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whiteynow

22-12-2007, 06:16

Monique- Congrates on the pregnancy, hope it all goes well. I remember looking back on the first weeks of preg and it defently would be the longest part of the preg!! Will you find out if your having a boy or girl??

Toni- OMG first tooth/teeth!!! Keleya has been teething for SO long now but they still havent broken the gums yet, Im still uncertain of what to expect during the teething stage. Kel has been grabbing her ears alot lately, i thought maybe this would have something to do with teething??

JorBai- WELL DONE on the weight loss!!! My first goal was to be able to fit back into my board shorts by xmas and i tried them on yesterday.... AND THEY FIT!!! about a week ago i couldnt get them past my thighs. But altogether ive lost abit over 8kgs since i joined at the gym, which was about 2 months ago. Im hoping to lose atleast another 5-8kgs!!

Steph- Im so sorry i didnt make it to the gym yesterday, DP and I have been fighting and i have no credit to msg you, but ill tell you more about it later. I prob wont get to see you now until... you get back from holidays!! OH NO :(
Well ill prob msg u sometime today.

The weather here has been gross. Yesterday it was over 30 degree's and it was really sticky then in late arvo the clouds came in but it still remained sticky.... its been like this all night i hate it, sticking to the sheets and stuff eewww!!!
Anyway im going to lay back down its to hot n sticky to type LOL. Take care all
:xmas:

JorBai

22-12-2007, 11:50

:xmas:HO HO HO!:xmas:

Just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2008!

Have a great Xmas with your families and our beautiful July/early august bubs!

We head away to Melbourne this afternoon so wont be back online til the New Year, but if there is any great goss like BFPs!!!! I wanna be told!!! *Wink Wink* someone message me LOL!:laughing:

Ok have a great Christmas all and chat again in a few weeks!

:hugs::tree::hugs:

Lil X-men

22-12-2007, 12:33

Leanne you go girl!!!!!!:smiliedance: 51kgs that is just amazing you must be feeliing fantastic, have a wonderful Xmas in Melbourne and We'll see you when you get back!!

I have also lost a kg so am down to 57kgs now, still a way to go but feeling heaps better.

BRB

Lil X-men

22-12-2007, 17:09

Ok Just got back from the doctor and I showed negative for glandular fever but positive that I have had it in the past so most likely I have had it recently but it has passed its active stage now.
BUT, it did show that I have Ross River fever currently :( I really wasnt expecting that!!
So at least I know now I guess, there is nothing I can do about it just hope it doesn't hang around too long.

Monique - Glad your BT results were good and good luck for your next scan I hope you can see a heartbeat and a little bean next time:flowerz:

Jess - Yeah its hot here too, had the air con on today.
Well done on your weight loss too thats an awesome effort!!!
Hope things are ok with you and your DH too:hugs:

toni - That must have been nice doin your shopping without the kids, yay for Bryce having his first sleep over, I havent tried Xavier yet I reckon he'd be up all night thinking it was a party if he stayed at a friends house, my hyper boy!!

Anyhoo must cook dinner so see you and Valentine to all!!

our little treasures

22-12-2007, 23:43

Why hello ladies!!

Well it's great to see everyone chattin away again!

Leanne I am so jealous! My gym called yesterday asking when I will be back, I gave them Feb the 1st, LOL!! I will be too busy over the next month with my li'l girl starting kinder. I do want to do it, I have never been so unfit in my life. I think my revenge on my mother always watching what I eat has got to stop!!
ALSO Why oh why are you coming to Melbourne in this kind of weather:rain:. I have actually had it with running to my car with a child under each arm. I went shopping with our bubba last night and I sat there waiting for the rain to stop, well it didn't. So I had to get everything in the car including bub and I was drenched:p

Julie~ You know I think you look fab!! Ross River fever WHAT IS THAT?? Maybe I should google it. Take care of yourself

Monique You take it easy lovey!! Have as much sleep as you can. Great news on the bloods:smiliedance:

Toni ~ I dread the sleep over stage. I had a friend of mines girl stay the other day and my children loved it. I would not be able to do it though:(I would miss them.

TJ Glad your hubby is getting better!!

So things are getting less hectic, I have to get this house organised for boxing day as MIL is coming over. I am glad chrissy is still at my mums she is the BEST cook!! Prepares turkey, duck, pork and ham and all the vegies sweets that you could desire!!!:chef: I will just do 2 different meats and desert for my pil's! I wouldn't be able to find the time. DH is working all day leaving me with the preparations and my 3 li'l cherubs.

Hopefully I will get the santa pic tomorrow! This weather has really put me off going out:gloomy:

Have a good night and will chat soon!!

lollydove

23-12-2007, 10:26

oh jules you poor thing, my fil has ross river fever and he just hasnt been able to kick it. he got it when he was up at thursday island in may! sorry not the best news saying something like that to you, but he is not as young and healthy as you so im sure you'll recover well from it. poor darling you are, i really hope you can kick it and start off a great new year

leanne you wont be here to read this but i hope you have the best time and i bet jordan will be so good you'll have nothing to worry about, he's low maintenance that boy of yours, very lucky

tj wheres that gorgeous vid of lachie cracking up??? come on i wanna see it again its so so cute you must share!!! :mad:

i wonder how holly is going, has anyone heard from here about little malik? i wonder if she ever ended up going to the chiro or osteo with him. speaking of which i really need to take jayda back again. im honestly just really not handling it so well at the moment, i dont understand how my great little sleeper that was sleeping through the night is now waking up anywhere from a minimum of 3 times a night right up to 10-11 times a night??? :hair: it really makes me think something could be wrong with her but then on the other hand she seems to just having tantrums so i dont know if she's being a tad 'spoilt' and i have to break it or if she's actually in some kind of pain in which case i would never forgive myself if i wasnt recognising it. ive been to the drs a few times and dont get answers, and really dont think i can afford a paed, does anyone know how much they cost??

sorry im really getting into a post about me here, but i can i just tell you all about my friday for a minute? ok so i have a wedding to do (makeup) and my babysitters fall through due to a medical emergency a few days before but i couldnt sort out anything else because jayda is such a high maintenance girl at the moment, and i end up packing my kids up into the car TO TAKE TO MY JOB :eek: i've had less than 4 hours sleep. i finally have the car loaded with my makeup cases, jayda's pram, play mat, nappy bag and my kids and my friggin car wont start!! i was already running late after jayda decided to do a big spew all over us just before we were about to leave. so id told the hairdresser who was a friend of mine to go ahead and ill meet her there, well i had to get her to come back and get us and we all had to reload into her car. so as if its not unprofessional enough im going to a job with my kids in tow and half the house to keep jayda busy, im also having non stop coughing fits because im sick and had to keep leaving hte room every two mins to either 1.cough my head off 2. blow my nose 3. settle jayda if tiana couldnt do it. they were so wealthy and had the most incredible house at wellington point so it made me feel even more awkward... yep pretty sure they wont be hiring me again anytime soon

anyway my car is still not fixed so we've been stuck at home all weekend since friday. i had it towed and hoping they can fix it monday but they close at lunchtime so if they cant sterl has to come back from byron and pick me up.

anyway sorry about all my ranting but im just sleep deprived and crankskies at the moment, i wish i knew how to make it better for my poor girl, she must be so tired too :(

i better not end on a sad note, merry xmas everyone hope you all get spoilt or at least hope your kids get spoilt so you dont have to buy them anything for another year, gotta love families!

Lil X-men

23-12-2007, 12:34

Oh Candy hunny you poor thing :hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs:
What a horrible day you had!! I can imagine how unprofessional you must have felt doing that job with the kids in tow and being ill, but I guess it couldn't be helped. It would been worse if you had just cancelled on them at the last minute, I hope they were understanding and didn't make you feel worse than I know you already did!!

**** I hope they can fix the car tomorrow, so you were supposed to be driving to Byron to meet Sterling for Xmas?? Oh gawd this stuff always happens at the worst possible time. I am sure he wont mind coming to pick you guys up after all its not your fault the car broke down!

I really hope that you have an awesome chrissy to make up for the horrible few days you have had.

I really dont know what to say about Jayda, I doubt it would be behavioural at 5months old would it? or would it, I really dont know.
She is teething so it could all be related to that maybe? I mean that day at Leannes when she cut a tooth she was pretty inconsolable so maybe she is in pain?
Sorry I am no help and the doctors are being useless too, I am SICK of doctors fobbing people off it is so unfair.
For eg: I went to my GP twice and was told I had a cold then an infection for which I was given Antibiotics that did nothing. I suggested to her that I might have glandular fever (because a good friend who I spend heaps of time with had just being diagnosed with it).
But she said it would be highly unlikely and pretty much made feel stupid for asking. So I went to this other doc (a bulk billing med centre of all places) and was actually taken seriously and given bloods instantly!!! So I cant wait to take my results into my usual GP, shove them in her face and say thanks for fobbing me off !!
I have no idea how much a paed would cost but have you spoken to a doc and asked for a refferal to one? You must be able to get a rebate if you need to see one surely. Ally should be able to help you since she has seen a paed for Squeak.

Shilo - Hi there!!
Ross River fever is a virus contracted my female mozzies. It is particularly nasty and hangs around for a long time. I have been ill on and off for about 3months so far, hopefully it doesnt last a year:fingerscrossed:

OMG your xmas sounds awesome, all that food wow your family goes all out!
We keep it pretty simple being that it's usually jsut us and a couple of friends, though this year we are going to my friends parents so that will be a nice change.

I'ts raining here today too, coz of the heat so I am not going too far, still havent done the kids xmas photo either, so I should do that aye!
I am just finishing sewing a nappy at the moment then I need to finish sewing this dress I am wearing for my friends wedding.

Have a lovely xmas everyone if I am not back in here before the Jolly day!:tree:

cmd'smum

23-12-2007, 12:53

Hey girls!!!!

Havn't been on for a little while, so sorry if I miss anyone!

Julz, :hugs:hope you get all better real soon babe, you have been sick for a while now! Not fair! Try to relax and sleep as much as possibly possible !Oh and please leave the nappies till you're feeling much better, i'm in no hurry.

LD, poor little Jayda!Don't worry about what your clients thought! Your family comes first, if it was me, I would've been so appreciative that you went through all that to still do my make up!Am sure you made her look fantastic!
Ariane had been very unsettled for the last month and all of a sudden, it stopped and she is back to her normal self, I too was :hair:as she was waking quite abit through the night and hardly sleeping during the day! I'd still take Jayda for another visit to the Osteo, just to be safe! hope she settles for you real soon hun!

Leanne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WELL DONE I hope you enjoy your holiday and spoil yourself, you deserve it! BTW, I luuurve Jordy's cheeks, so so biteable!:D You all make a very gorgeous little family!

Monique, so glad your bloods came back great!

OLT :wave:

Well the girls are both doing well, A is trying to crawl and she has started putting on a "fake cry" when I don't let her use my boozies as a dummy!:rolleyes:

I went shopping yesterday and man the fashion ATM is horrible!!!!!! I did end up buying a skirt and top,( I go home in a bad mood if I go shopping and return empty handed!):raspberry: Oh and I can't believe it, but the top was a size 10 and skirt an 8! I honestly think the skirt is tagged the wrong size, but hey, I'm still happy! Mind you, the scales STILL won't shift, I'm starting to think that they're not working right, they're digital and getting old, I need new scales me thinks!

Well better go, we are shifting stuff into the new place, bit by bit! The tiling upstairs is almost complete. We have to be in there by the 11th Jan at the latest as our tenants are moving in to this place on the 12th. I'll take some pics of the new place and put them up later!

xoxo

23-12-2007, 13:38

OH my... I have only just found this thread, i had subscribed to the old one, so I thought everyone was just really quiet and that every one was busy, and then I found this one. WHOO HOOO!!

Julz, Sorry about the Ross River, is there anything you can take for it? Or is it a matter of shaking it on your own?

Linda, about bloody time you are getting into that house, hope its just the way you wanted it to be and you dont find anything "wrong" so to speak.
Make sure you post piccies once you are settled in.

Oh Candy, what a pr!ck of a weekend you have had.
Bugga about the car thats the absolute LAST thing you need right about now at this time of the year.
Hope you start feeling better soon, and with a Paed you are probably up for I would guess $60-$100 per appt, but im pretty sure you can claim some back on medicare.
Just call and ask them before you go, you will however need a referal.
Lochies vid is in the "photo album" thread :)

OLT, im going to come to your mums for chrissy as well, YYYUMMMMOOOO!!

Leanne - congrats on the weight loss, you have done a fantastic effort, and congratulations at sticking with it :hugs:

Monique, Im soo glad everything is ok with the BT and all is progressing smoothly.
Cant wait until you have your scan and post the piccies.

Jess - Hope you and hubby are ok and arent fighting too much over chirssy :hugs:

Toni - thats fantastic news about the teeth, make sure you post a pic, Im soo desperatly waiting for Lochie to get his cute little toothy pegs, but will be a while yet i think lol

Ange - Hope Connor is ok, you have had it full on for the past few weeks now :hugs:

News on my side of the fence, hubby is well again and back to normal, which is great. Its good having him home, but at the same time, we sit around and look at each other and say "IM BORED" but cant be bothered getting up to do anything either.
Ill be glad once Christmas is all over and done with, I hate this time of year, although I am looking forward to it for Lochies sake. I have already taken down the tree it was P!ssing me off, and i wanted the space back haha.

I never ended up getting my massage OR getting my hair done coz of Hubby being in hospital, so im a bit annoyed about that, my hair is in DESPERATE need of being done.
Oh welll..... nothing I can do about it now, will just have to wait. Haha yes a bit selfish of me wanting to put my needs/wants first over his health :p

Hope you all have a happy and safe chrissy!!

jkate

23-12-2007, 15:07

Hi all - just a quick post, only just relised there was a new thread...hehehe so slow at times :D

Anyway will be back tonight to do a proper post.

toni796

23-12-2007, 22:02

Tara - Glad to hear that DH is back to normal now. I hear you with the boredom to. DH and I are always like that lol. :laughing: @ putting the christmas tree away already.

Linda - Good to hear that the house is nearing finished and your able to move into it completly soon.

Julz - :hugs: So sorry to hear about the Ross River and I hope that it settles down for you soon.

Candy - That is terrible all the trouble you had when you had to go do the makeup. Hope everything is going ok now and that you can get the car fixed tomorrow. Even if Sterling comes to pick you up it is still going to be a pain not having that car fixed. As for Jayda. I hope that all settles soon. I don't really have any suggestions about it but as the others have said maybe take her back for some more chiro and see what happens.

Shilo - Our family also does the big christmas dinner thing where we have the turkey and ham and chicken and the salads baked veges and deserts like plum pudding, trifle and custard. We all meet up at my Aunties most years. Just depends on what everyone is doing, last year we went to the creek all day with my sister and her family and we sat in the creek cooling off most of the day.

Jess - The pulling at the ears has alot to do with teething in most kids. Bailey was just a fist in mouth one lol and the ears have not bothered him. I hear ya on the sticky weather. It gets up to or over 30 here most days and the humidity is a killer. We have the air con on in our room on most days and go in there to coll off a bit and the boys have there nap in there if it is way to hot so that they can have a good one or they would be awake after about 15 mins or so.

Leanne - I know you won't see this till you get back but have a great christmas and holiday. Hope everything goes smoothly for you while you are away.

Everything is going pretty good here at the moment. I have to go back to the doctors tomorrow as my elbow is still all achy from the tennis elbow. Doc said if it was not better then I would have to get quarterzone injections to make it better. I mentioned something at my Aunts today and her and one of my uncles said not to get it as it can cause your skin to become very fragile. I don't know if I can keep putting up with the pain that it gives me though. So I don't know what to do. I don't see the doctor that diagnosed me with it so I think I will just ask the other doc for some more anti inflamatories to get me through until the other doc gets back as I trust his judgement better. The doc that I see tomorrow is the one that I mentioned it to when I first went in about it and all she said is that it will go away and didn't even look at it and give me a diagnosis as to what it was.

Bailey is doing great. Hios teeth are really starting to come out now and you can begin to see them even more when he smiles now.

Well that is about it for now. Not sure if I will make it on tomorrow as I still have to get some of the kids xmas presents finished so.......

Merry Christmas
To All Of You.
Hope You All Have A Great Time.

cmd'smum

23-12-2007, 23:58

Hey girls, not sure if I will be able to get on tomorrow so just wanted to wish you all a

:xmastree:VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS:tree:

Hope you all have a wonderful day with your families! I have loved sharing my pregnancy and baby journey with you all! Looking forward to sharing our LO's milestones as they get older..........:(:D

Love you all xoxoxoxoxo
:xmas::noel:

jkate

24-12-2007, 05:53

Hi Ladies

ITS CHRISTMAS TOMORROW:smiliedance:-
I am such a little kid when it comes to Christmas. Before I get stuck into the cooking and cleaning and packing, just wanted to say:

To all the July 07 bubs - Wishing you a Very Happy First Christmas:xmastree:

To all the July Mummies and the familes
Merry Christmas!:tree:

Have a lovely day - and hope there a lots of lovely presents :noel:

taliistheword

24-12-2007, 07:02

hey my lovely july mummies,
tali and i are on to wish u all a merry christmas, and hope u all have a good one, we still don't have internet so i'm useing brenden moblie so i have to be quick. tali has moving in really well and loves her room , but she thinks she can get up at 3.30 lately. we have started to un pack and have our chrissy light up(will post pics later).
julz- i hope u get better soon, thats a bad thing to have.
candy- i hope bub is not giving u to trouble
leanne- have fun in melb
anyone i have missed i'm so sorry
i better go i have go and gett tali ready as we have to go to mums as my sis and brother inlaw are comming over because they wont be here tomorrow
so once a again merry chrissy to my july mummies and july bubs
and look after each other of the hoildays

our little treasures

24-12-2007, 10:19

:reindeer:
MERRY CHRISTMAS:reindeer:
:xmas:May all our li'l babies have a beautiful first christmas:xmas:

shellsbubs

24-12-2007, 14:08

Once again...

"Merry Xmas"
:tree:

:smiliedance:Santa Claus is coming to town!

reAllytee

25-12-2007, 20:26

Sorry im late girlies but

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!!!!!!
:tree::tree:

I hope you all had a great day & Santa was kind to you all !

We had a pretty quiet day with my mum & sister visiting for a few hours .... I forgot to update through the week that last weekend we came into contact with Whooping Cough :banghead: So i currently have two cranky sick babies !!!! Their coughs havent developed yet but only time will tell how severe it will get ! DP & i are now also getting fluey type symptoms :hair:

We are doing ok otherwise the boys got absolutely spoilt not so much by us but by my family who went wild with clothing, toys & books. Very glad we didnt get much cause being that we are in a small house we dont have the room for much more !!!!

Candy - Its really hard to say whether its behavioural but i beleive that cant really be an issue at this age. Some doctors will tell you otherwise like one of the morons we saw ! But if things keep going then i really would suggest asking your g.p for a referral to a paed cause they are so so much better at dealing with kids than g.p's.

We pay anywhere from $170 - $220 with our paed depending on how long the appt is for as he leaves it open incase he wants to talk more/we do or things are more indepth etc. He is wonderful ! We then get roughly half back from medicare which isnt too bad really especially when you look at it from the viewpoint of your childs health iykwim.

You said J did a big vomit the other day is this normal or could she possibly be a little sick cause this could explain that maybe she has say reflux or that she is ill atm so thats why she isnt sleeping. Does that make sense sorry im tired !

Jules - Again thats so sucky to hear about the Ross River Fever hun ... I really would stick those results under that doctors nose ! Im so tired of doctors who are incompetent !

Linda - Sounds like A is going to be on the move soon .... Glad its you not me hehehehehe. Squeak is going to be slow but im fine with that heh i think everything will be slow with him cause of his reflux. Also saw your thread about solids & this is what we plan to do especially because of his reflux unless the paed recommends it health wise. Its just going to be hard stopping all the well meaning family members *sigh* Size 8 !!!!! Bah i hate you !!!!!! ;)

Toni - Sorry to hear about your elbow that really sucks ! I would really read up about the injections cause many doctors recommended them for DP's spinal injury then we did some reading & really isnt worth it. Gotta love it when bubs get teeth those first photos of the white poking through are just awesome !

TJ - You big grinch you :p I really hope you can get that massage & have the day to yourself to get your hair done soon ! Glad to hear hubby is feeling better.

Shilo - Great to see you around again we have missed you !

Karen - Im a big kid too when it comes to Christmas which isnt a good match with a DP who isnt that thrilled with it due to his upbringing ! Aaaah wells i still enjoy it !!!!

Anyways i know ive missed others & im sorry truly i am but i am absolutely buggered & my throat is killing me so im off to shower & bed. Will no doubt be up a hundred times through the nite with sick kiddies so will grab a few hours now while i can !

Take care all xxxx

our little treasures

27-12-2007, 03:03

I hope you all had a great chrissy

We had a fab christmas but sooo hectic.

I stayed up until 4am chrissy eve wrapping and organising myself for the next day. I even had a shower at 3.30am to save time the next day. Thank goodness the bubbas didn't wake until 8am:sleeping:
My children actually spotted the 10 ft tramp we had got them while mark was trying to mow the lawn they peeked out the windows, li'l buggers. The smirk on dd's face as she ran from the window (I had just walked in) I asked her what she had seen and she told me!! So then I told her that maybe santa had got her a tramp early as it would be too dark to put it up at night and if she looked again it would disappear. Mark moved it and I got her to look and show daddy what she had seen, the look on her face was priceless:D

So after they opened their other presents and had breakfast we headed outside and all of us ended up jumping up and down like idiots on the tramp.
Shakyla was having so much fun with all the wrapping paper, lol.
DAYLAN Unwrapped half my families gifts so I rewrapped them and he did it again. So we put them in the car.
Then it was on the road for the car trip to my family.
We went to mums for the usual big traditional chrissy late lunch and then dads for the aussie bbq christmas dinner. With close to 20 people at mums the house was so loud and full on. As soon as you walk in everyone is throwing presents at you but this year we actually didn't make it in , I was unpacking the car and dd1 came out with her presents unwrapped:rolleyes: So I am hoping next year we have a bit more order. Everyone is like children they all squabble over who is going first, lol. My second youngest bro and I just sit back and wait and then do ours. We like to know who they are all from and make sure the person knows what you gave them. I had to ask "who gave this" to every gift.
Had way too much too eat but it was all just so yummy. Shakyla enjoyed her pumpkin and gravy christmas lunch that my mum fed her. She was even getting really mad at mum taking her time between spoonfuls, lol.

At dads it was so different as we were outside and the kids were running around playing. I was late though as I offered to do the dishes as everyone else took off to dads and mum was left with everyones mess:banghead: That really annoys me especially when the inlaws do it as I wouldn't do that to my mil. If it was only a few plates I wouldn't care but were talking a bomb by the time they left. Took me an hour to wash about 90% and wrap the food. I still left plenty for my sil to do. **okay vent over**

So christmas day was lovely and we got spoilt by everyone.

Today I woke a bit stressed as I had inlaws coming and I still had to organise what I was doing clean the day befores cr@p and do the normal stuff with kids. Dh had to work until 5 so I was on my own.
I walked into the lounge to hear DAYLAN say "santa presents and every darn gift of the inlaws was open. Freaken hell I re wrapped them again a few hours later he had unwrapped them again so I put them all in the room!!

Anyway dh arrives home at 2pm with gorgeous flowers apparently for everything I did the day before and leading up to chrissyValentine our 2 bubbas were in bed so we did what we had to and had everything organised with no stress.

Inlaws came and we had a great time but boy I didn't sit down. Now I know why MIL wants me to do it. I don't know why I am still up really. I cooked roast pork but cheated with the chicken and got them from the shop. All the deserts and platters. After we ate we were sitting there and FIL went to have a smoke outside when he walked past the lounge he just said "oh oh" and we all knew DAYLAN had unwrapped all their presents and sil's that we don't talk to gifts:hair:

It was so funny (as I didn't have to rewrap them) to see him there and paper surrounding him..

Anyway they left at midnight but we just had the best time. I am kind of sad it's all over.

I will show pics tomorrow but right now I need sleep. It's 4 am what is wrong with me!!

toni796

27-12-2007, 07:30

Shilo - How can you stay up till like 4am. I am dead on my feet before midnight most nights and that is as late as I can do lol. Lol @ Daylan and opening all the presents. What a cherub. Glad you had a great christmas. Now it's time to relax. And that would have been piceless, the reaction on your DD's face when the trampoline had been moved.

We got up around 7am Christmas morning and Bryce had come into bed with us at about 4am so I told him to go and look at what was in his room to see if santa had left anything. He came in with Baileys sack first and then went and got his own. He was so excited going through it especially when he came across lightning mcqueen stuff. I went and woke Marieanne up to get her sack and come in. Then we came out and did the pressies under the tree. Bryce was so excited the whole time no matter who was opening presents he just sat there and watched to see what everyone else got. We put Baileys toys together and Bryce plays with one of Bailey's more than he plays with his own lol.

We really didn't do alot christmas day, it's just to hot here. We went to my Aunt's which is where everyone goes. I helped get lunch ready and then we sat around talking for a while, then we came home with the boys so that they would settle and have a sleep. I had about a 20 min nap as well. We then went back and sat around and talked and then had dinner and talked for a bit longer and then came home. One of my uncles was there it was good to see him as we don't see him much at all as he lives away from here and is always on the road driving trucks.

Hope everyone had a great christmas and didn't pig out to much on food lol.

toni796

28-12-2007, 10:31

Hmmmmm where is everyone? Am I the only one that has DH at work and everyone elses at home with them lol. Hope everyone is doing great and recovered from christmas.

our little treasures

28-12-2007, 12:15

I bet they are all:sleeping: lol. My dh is working as well:( Oh well he is having a week off in 2 weeks so that will be good.

Sounds as if you had a great day. It's good when you go elsewhere and have them fuss over you for coffee etc.

I had SIL come over last night for late chrissy dinner. She doesn't get along with her parents so we couldn't have it all together but we love her to bits so we all had a ball. My li'l ones were just so very excited and Daylan unwrapped a present just before we gave them out. lol..

It's rather funny as I just pulled sausages out for dinner, I thought wow we go from 3 course meals for nearly a week, to snags and vegies lol.:laughing:

toni796

28-12-2007, 12:59

It's rather funny as I just pulled sausages out for dinner, I thought wow we go from 3 course meals for nearly a week, to snags and vegies lol.:laughing:

:laughing: I know. We went shopping on boxing day so we got Pizza from dominoes (never go there again there large pizza is like so tiny compared to the other places). Last night we had nachos. WE have not really bothered doing meals as the girls are not home so it is just DH, Bryce and I eating. I think we are having Fettucine tonight.

monique13

28-12-2007, 16:04

Hi July mummies,

i hope everyone had a wonderful xmas my kids had a ball Tyran also loved it but he loved the wraping papper more then anything els the wraping paper was in apile and he roll all through it and was riping it all up i will have to post some pic's up of xmas when i get a chance.

pregnancy is going well so far just really :sleeping: the Perth heat at the moment is really wriping me out im just glad today is alot cooler. i'm 7 weeks tomorrow its going so slow but the first 12 weeks always dose. and i can't belive Tyran is going to be 6 months next week where has the time gone. i was also wondering how mant sleeps dose everyone bubs having during the day day now Tyran only has one long sleep during the day sometimes he might have two but that really rare.

i hope everyone is well and happy i will talk to all you lovly ladies soon.
Monique

our little treasures

28-12-2007, 16:09

Monique my bubba has 2 good sleeps (nearly 2hrs) and 2 light naps (30mns):sleeping:

I feel for you in the heat!! I hope you get a few days of slightly cooler weather:wizard:

toni796

28-12-2007, 16:32

Monique Bailey usually has one long sleep around 12ish and then goes down around 7 - 8 pm at night and sleeps till about 6:30 am. And I hear you about the heat. It's knocking me about and i'm not even PG. IT is just so darn sticky here it is horrible.

reAllytee

28-12-2007, 16:40

I was just about to come in & ask how everyones bubs were sleeping & see Monique has beat me to it hehe !

Squeak is finally sleeping well through the day before he was a catnapper sleeping maybe 20min here & there due to the reflux. He is still unsettled at nites but he has roughly fallen into the following routine :

6am - Wakes for feed
9am - Feed then goes down for a nap
11am - Wakes
12pm - Feed
2pm - Nap
4pm - Wakes for Feed
7pm - Feed then bed

So he is awake for roughly 9hrs of the day which from what i remember was what seems right ... Could be wrong though :o We just go with what he wants though this just seems to be the routine he has chosen & shows his tired signs.

Squeak still seems to be fluey & is really sounding chesty *sigh* Im still hoping & praying it doesnt get worse for us !

Not much else been happening due to sick kidlets !!

Shilo - I had to laugh over your little man with the pressies !!!! Boof was the same but it was before Christmas lol whenever we visited anyone he would try to attack their tree & gifts !!! Highly embarassing !

Monique - I hope you are able to take it easy, put those feet up its too hot to be stressing yourself out ! Wow 7wks already ! How exciting !!!! I would love to fall pg now but i know there is no way id cope & have the implanon anyways !

Toni - I think a lot have gone away for Christmas or should i say i know Candy & Leanne have but im pretty sure the others are busy .... Damn these people that have lives hehehehe.

ANyways i best be off to figure out what Boof will have for dinner then its bath time for both boys & bed !!!!

28-12-2007, 17:03

Hello Lovlies.

Glad you all had a fab chrissy.
Mine ended up being horrible - well part of it, due to my "mother" but im in too good of a mood the moment to explain why.

Shilo - arrghh I would have been flipping out after the second time i had to re-wrap the pressies. He must just be soo excited haha.

Monique - Glad you are feeling well, apart from the heat of course. At least your 1/3 of the way through summer, so not tooo much longer to go. Could be worse you could be about due to pop, that would be TERRIBLE.

Ally - Hope Squeak doesnt end up sick again.. thats all you need.

Toni - I have been here, Hubby is home as he is still on sick leave until the 30th (although he is fine now) But just havent been posting much, I didnt want it to look like i had nothing better to do hahaha

Monique - in regards to sleeping this is what Lochie does

6am - Wake and feed (we then lay in bed until 7, when he goes back to sleep)
7am-830am - Sleep
9am - Feed + solids
1030am - 1130am- Sleep
12pm - Feed
2pm - 3pm Sleep
3pm - Feed
6pm - Feed + solids
630/7pm - BED

So i really only class that as 2 sleeps even tho he is waking at 6ish for a bottle and staying awake for an hour or so while we lay in bed??

MissSparkle

29-12-2007, 11:33

OMG I've been MIA for ages!

Hope everyone had an amazing Christmas. Ours was...busy! No one woke till 9am then Aj had opened all of his and Christians pressies so quickly, then my parents came down for brekkie n we did pressies with them before heading out to myaunties for lunch. Big lunch, lots of pressies and lots of kids...then back to DF;s parents for the early evening then came home and DF;s brother and his gf came over!
One everyone was asleep my and DF lyed on the floor and played with Aj's leggo for ages! lol.

TJ- Good to hear ur hubby is feeling better...sorry to hear Christmas wasn't so good tho.

Ally- Hope Squeak gets btter quickly...Hows he doing wit the reflux? Ive actually weaned Christian off the Zantac and he's doing really well....the odd projectile but hes so settled still.

Shilo- I cant believe u had the patience to rewrap the presents so many times! lol. DS only opened one present that was meant for someone else and that frustrated me enough!!

Monique- In regards to sleeping Christians day goes

8:30am- Wake. Feed.
10am- Sleep
12pm- Wake. Feed
1pm- Sleep
4pm-Wake. Feed
6:30pm- Bath. Bed
11pm- Dreamfeed.

Toni- Sounds like u had a nice quiet relaxing Christmas! And Aj plays with Christians toys more than Christian does too!!

We're heading off on holidays on Monday! I cant wait! My HUGE family will all be there (bout 100 of them...and thats just one side). Been going to the same place every year since I was born. Aj won't stop talking about the beach!
Anyway I better run...Christian is really for a feed.

Mummy2R&K

29-12-2007, 14:00

How many of the July bubs are trying to move like there's no tomorrow?

Riley is now 5 months and is now trying to get onto his knees,it's so funny watching him, as he gets tired and ends up flat on the floor. He'll also start at one end of the lounge but end up at the other, he's moving that much. He's also started to do the shuffle backwards thing.

How time flies on little sleep.

toni796

29-12-2007, 16:05

Hello Ladies!

Ally - Good to hear Squeak is in a bit of a better routine. Hope te kids get well soon.

Tara - Sorry to hear you didn't have a very good chrissy :hugs:.

Steph - Your sure did have a very busy christmas.....I'm glad ours was a relaxing day. :yelclap: for Christian being weaned of the Zantac. Have fun at your family get together and have a great holiday.

Mum2Riley - Bailey has only just started rolling over in the last 3 weeks but is now pushing himself forwards and rolling from one ned of the lounge to the other and spinning himself around a full 360. He is also getting moving in his walker now and is sitting up pretty good in it.

Our little bubs are just growing up way to fast.

I posted a toothy smile pic of Bailey in the July pics thread as well.

our little treasures

30-12-2007, 00:06

Hi guys!
Steph, don't worry there wasn't much patience but it was christmas. I don't blame him much for the inlaws. My dh and disagree with how the presents should be handed out. In his family they do it after the meal in my family we do it before. I feel after is too much time for little children to be waiting. He was excited and had already waited 4 hrs to open them, lol.
Have a great holiday.

Well I have had it with the my gall bladder, lol. I had another darn attack and the attacks are getting like they use to and lasting hours. I was grateful Mark had a day off as half the day was spent on the couch or laying in bed!! I knew last night when I went for a shower I had pain in my ribs and I commented to dh and sure enough within an hour I was doubled over! Oh well guess all that **** I ate over the last weeks and then the sausages tipped it!!

It got to 40degrees here in Vic, I was complaining all day. I decided we would have Macca's (not ideal for gallstones,lol) and sit in and eat to escape our very hot house. As we went outside it was bloomin cooler out than in!! Poor shakyla couldn't sleep it was that hot and sticky.

Hows everyone going with solids and how much are all the bubs eating?
Shakyla has about 4-5 table spoons for a meal a day but I am thinking of giving her some around tea time as she seems to be wanting more.

I took moniques idea and have kept a little bit of wrapping paper and letting shakyla roll around in it. She is having so much fun with her "toys".

Well gotta go can hear atahlia having an asthma attack and dh hasn't come out for the pump.
Nite

Lil X-men

30-12-2007, 00:35

Hi all sorry I have been MIA too, jsut been so busy this past week and we are having a people over for new years so will be busy for the next couple of days preparing food etc for that too.

Hope everyone enjoyed xmas. Ours was lovely and relaxed it was at a friends place so I didn't have to do any cooking, just took a salad, my easist xmas yet. Which I was grateful for because I started to fall ill again on xmas eve and didnt have alot of energy xmas day.
Xavier was soooo into xmas this year and opened all his pressies with such enthusiasim.

Shilo- I still haven't started Zeke on solids. He did have some apple tonight inside his mesh feeder though and loved that, I think it felt good on the ol' gums.
I think I'll hold out till six months before trying any solids for now (he just turned 5months old today). He seems content and sleeps thorugh the night which is amazing. DS1 NEVER slept through the night and still wakes some nights at nearly 3yrs old!!
He tries to grab whatever I am eating so is keen, although he tries to grab absolutely anything within reach not just food lol!

Well I just realised the time OMG I need to go to bed, so I'll come back tomorrow and do more personals.

Love to you all, and I will be back more regularly once thisfestive stuff is over with!!
Valentine

toni796

30-12-2007, 09:43

Hello Ladies!

Shilo - Hope your feeling better soon. Can they not do anything for it if your in that much pain when it happens? Bailey is having like 2 heaped teaspoons of farex in the mornings and has half a can of HEINZ pumpkin and sweetcorn of a night time, And has cut back to 3 bottles a day and is happy with it.

Julz - How are you feeling now? Glad you didn't have to worry about anything on christmas when you were not feeling well.

our little treasures

30-12-2007, 12:20

Toni~ I had it worse when preggars with ds and just after I had him. At the time my obs and Gp said it was a muscle spasm and that I vomited because I was scared (I thought I was miscarrying). :rolleyes:Then finally a year later I had an attack that lasted 16hrs and I thought it was worse than labour so went to another gp and straight away she diagnosed it. I had U/S and other scans that confirmed so they booked surgery for 3 mnths later (the joys of public). They rang to postpone it and then I fell pregnant with DD. I stopped having attacks but have just started again. :(
I don't want to have surgery as I am too scared, lol. I did however just find a heap of cleansing things I can do. I will check with gp seen as I am BF before I try.:thumbsup:

Oh julie~ I feel for you being ill. I bet xav had the best chrissy. I love the age my older 2 are they really enjoyed chrissy. Thanks for answering the solids question. I have only just started her and I am just doing plain vegies and fruit with the odd farex as I want her to have the taste for healthy foods,.

I will have to get one of those fruit mesh things.

Toni~ I only just started her on solids a week ago but have noticed in the night she gets unsettled and wants to sit on the boob again and waking a few times in the nite. I an also goingh to move her out of the bassinette as I think thats the prob as well.

30-12-2007, 13:16

Hello Ladies :wave: I am still alive :flowerz:

Had a bit of a "time" with PND but am on the mend again now. Jesse is doing fine and growing so so fast.

I have quickly caught up on some very gorgeous photos of all your babies. They are all so adorable and growing so very, very fast.

I hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas and I would like to wish you all the best for a very happy New Year.

Heres a recent pic of my not so small little family!

The Whole Bunch (http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/dramaqueen_078/DSCF0017.jpg)

Jesse (http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/dramaqueen_078/DSCF0007.jpg)

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!! :party:

30-12-2007, 15:53

DQ - soo glad you are back, I often would think about you. And just assumed you were busy with all the kids.
I love the pics by the way, the 3 middle kids looks sooooo alike.
Jesse is a bit of a spunk rat as well i reckon. Is everything on track now with the PND?

Shilo - Hope you are feeling better soon chicky.
With Lochies solids - he has 3 or 4 heaped teaspoons of farex, with 1 x icecube of pureed fuit and about 50ml of formula with it in the mornings.

And at night has 3-4 ice cubes of mixed pureed vegies.

One day for compasions sake, 4 ice cubs equals the same amount of one of the Heinz tins of food - so the 120g size tins.
He still has 5 bottles a day, normally any where between 150-180ml

Julz - you got out of chrissy easy this year, nothing worse than slaving away in the kitchen all day. HOw are you feeling now? Any better?

Mum2Riley - Lochie is no where near ready to crawl yet.
He does get up on his hands, and sorta nose dives forward but certainly cant get his legs up and under him yet.

Steph - hope you have a fantastic holiday! Have a blast and relax as much as you can.

Hubby isnt feeling well again today - more headaches and feels like he is going to be sick... pls pls pls dont let it be meningitis again. Hopefully he is just feeling a little bit off colour.
Everything else is going well here, we are spending new years with family and just having a BBQ.
I really need to sort my self out and get back on the pill or get the mirena put in.
On Xmas eve and then boxing day and the day after that horrible sicking feeling came over me and i thought to myself "OMG pls.... pls dont let me be pregnant"
We arent using any protection at the moment so no ones fault but ours if I am.
Have felt fine ever since, AF not due until next week some time.
So in the new year ill be getting my self sorted and onto some type of contraception :)

Hello to the rest of the july mummas

MissSparkle

31-12-2007, 12:44

We're leaving to go on hols in an hour and half n I needed a quick break from DS screaming at me "HOLIDAYS HOLIDAYS!!" lol.

Shilo- My DS is just over 5months n doesnt have solids yet. DS1 had them from 3.5months but Christian just isn't interested and is still filled up by the bottle.

Mum2Riley- Isnt is cute trying to watch them crawl? DS1 was a late crawler (9months) but DS2 is already on all fours sometimes! He does get tired quickly tho!

Toni- That pic of Bailey is soooooo adorable!!

Julz- I have the same thing with Aj n Christian...Christian always sleeps thry the night yet at 3years old Aj still won't! Gr! Have a good new years!

DQ- Good to see u back! I was thinkin about u there other day when I saw ur number in my phone (from being sms buddies when the bubs were born)! Hop everything is going ok with the PD. The photos r gorgeous!!

TJ- I hope ur hubby is ok! And could u be pregnant? I was the same with contraception n only just got the mirena in 2weeks ago! Finally I can relax n stop worrying about pregnancy every time AF is due!

And lastly

HAPPY NEW YEAR JULY MUMMAS & THEIR FAMILIES:party:

taliistheword

31-12-2007, 14:02

hey lovely ladies,
i still alive but still no net due the silly company we with, we had a lovely christmas we went to hubby family for chrissy b/fast and then had my mob at my house. tali got heaps of pressie, tali is getting her two bottom teeth and we got the ear done the other at the same place that tina got yanice done sorry if i didn't spell her name wrong anywho hopping to have a brissy mum lunch up here soon
do personal later
i hope u are all well and bubs are getting big and are happy

prideNJoy

31-12-2007, 14:16

Hi Girls,

Sounds as though everyone had an eventful chirstmas!

Ours started with DP & I waking Jadah and Nayte, we had to convince Jadah to come and see the Tree as see isn't always the best morning person!

Once we got there she was fine, loved opening her pressies and N's of course!
He just loved the paper which was to be expected, but loves his musical bandstand.

Went over to DP's mums house for the best brekkie and then onto my mum's house for more pressie's, then had to go back later for the Lunch we have every year.

For dinner it was over the DP's Uncle & Aunty's house, apart from a few minor annoyance's eveything was ok, until we got N home and had him hysterical and sceaming for god only knows how long, thanks to DP's Uncle who thought it would be nice to give him a few licks of COKE!

He doesn't even have solids yet, let alone Coke! Sorry for the small rant, i won't keep going as it makes me really angry.:hair:

Anyhoo, have had DP home, he's off for 3 weeks. It's been really nice having him around, although im sure come the end of his holiday's i'll be happy to pack him off to work again. :laughing:

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! :party:

Hope everyone has a lovely night. I think were stayin in and having my brother and his DP over tonight, have a BBQ, a few drinks etc...Juice for me i spose :rolleyes:.

Still deciding if we'll go away for a few days, we like to plan things last minute here...keeps it exciting lol.

Mum2Riley ~ Nayte's also been getting around the lounge (and house), when he gets tired of commando crawling he rolls to where he wants to go.
He's also been getting up on all fours this last week and started the rocking back and forth.

Steph ~ Enjoy your Holiday's away !!

TJ ~ I really hope Jon isn't coming down with anything to bad, poor thing.

OLT ~ Sorry to hear about the business with the gall bladder, is the only other option surgery?
I hope the Dr. gives you the OK to use the cleansing tonics.

Ally ~ Hope the boys are feeling better, and that's good to hear that Squeak has gotten into some form of routine for you!
How is Squeak doing with his Reflux atm?

I had a 'little' bit of cheese yesterday, and boy did we pay for it last night, poor Nayte.

I vow now, to never eat dairy again while BF, i don't know whether i need to take him to a Dr. about the Intolerance, im sure there is nothing they can do anyway?

Ahh well, better leave it there...Have a good one! :smiliedance:

Mel
xo

our little treasures

31-12-2007, 15:14

TJ~ I hope your son feels a bit better. I started increasing her solids yesterday so she had some farex in the morning and then I gave her some organic sweet potato. Do you think she had a great sleep NO!!

DH said she was up most the night. I had the other 2 with asthma all night and I headed to bed after we got dd2 down at 4am and apparently mark said she woke again for an hour. So I think it's the weather as all she is doing is sleeping all day (escaping the heat) and then wide awake at night. I hope it all sorts out soon!!

ttw Did you get her ears pierced?

Mel~ Christmas day I looked around and caught mum giving dd2 a drink of fruit punch. She said that it wasn't her. DD2 grabs everything and she gets really forceful but I don't let her have what we are drinking. I don't mind the juice but not the canned pineapple juice that is added. My mum always puts **** in her mouth she says she is the nanna and thats her job. I told her last time not to put lollies into her mouth as I don't want her licking that and getting the sweet taste before she had even started solids!!:mad: Oh I hate they way they think they can do whatever with your baby!!
Have fun with dp I love when dh is home!!

Not coping well here with the heat poor kids are begging to go out. We are going to the beach for a few hours when dh gets home that should be fun

anyhoo gotta go be on later I am sure:flowerz:

taliistheword

31-12-2007, 17:10

yeah i did

monique13

31-12-2007, 17:50

Hi July mummies

Well Tyran has said his first word last week and has'nt stop saying his first word is bub its always bub bub bub
its so cute and nirther thing he dose is when he laying on his back he digs in heels in the ground and pushes him self backwards im sure he is going to get carpet burn on the back of his head if u keeps doing it.

TJ - i hope your DH is feeling better .

Steph - have a wonderful and safe holiday and we will see you back soon.

our little treasure - kids don't do well in the heat my kids hate it when its to hot and Tyran can't sleep when its really hot i hope you guys get some cooler weather soon.

Well girls im going to leave it here for now

HAPPY NEWS YEARS JULY MUMMIES AND BUBS AND HAVE A SAFE ONE

Monique and Tyran

01-01-2008, 12:23

HAPPY NEW YEATS GIRLS!!
Hope this year brings you all as much joy as last year did (ie our little ones :))

Hubby is feeling better, must have just been a one day bug kinda thing.
He had a few drinks last night and a bit of a headache this morning, so he must have been ok.

Steph - Enjoy your holiday! Hope you have a blast.

Mel - GRRR about the Coke, not on huh! WHy dont ppl think.
Jons aunty gave Lochie some MUSK STICK to lick...****... i went off!! Friggen hell!!

SHilo - Hope once the heat settles down the kids are ok. I couldnt cope with having to get back up during the night. I forget how hard it is now that Im having "normal" sleep again. Have fun at the beach.

Monique - thats great news about Tyran "talking". Lochie has been saying what sounds like BUB BUB and MUM MUM, but im not 100% convinced just yet that he is saying it, and they arent just sounds ya know. Although it always tends to be MUM MUM when he wakes up and wants to get out of his cot.

Tali - cant wait to see little tali with her ears done. How is she going with them so far?
Same as you, cant wait to catch up with the brissy girls in the next few weeks, im having withdrawals :p

Im off to do some more house work in a sec, and then have to go up to the shops to grab a few groceries. Have a good day girls :D

reAllytee

01-01-2008, 22:24

YMS - Hope you have a great holiday im sure you will ! We are still having a few dramas but hey what would life be without them hey ! Squeak wont be taken off his meds for some time yet unfortunately !

Shilo - Oh you poor thing ! My mum suffered terribly so had hers removed & life is so much better now. She still has dramas from time to time but overall is much better. If you can raise your bed so you are laying on an angle it helps with the reflux. Hope you can get it removed soon !

Julie - Glad you had a good Christmas & it was easy for you being so sick. Its awesome how much the kids are into it now isnt it !

Kellie - I was going to SMS you this week ! Ive been worried & hoping all has been well. Sorry to hear about the PND im still getting through it so if you ever need to talk im here :hugs: Your kidlets are gorgeous !

TJ - Hope hubby doesnt fall ill again :fingerscrossed: And get yourself to the doctor missy then you wont stress anymore :p

tali - Shame about the internet glad you had a great Chrissie !

Mel - OMG ! I would have freaked ! Coke of all things sheesh what was he thinking or was he even thinking at all !!!!! I cant believe N is already on the go ! Wow ! I know Squeak will take some time cause sitting up has to do with their gut being mature etc. So his is nowhere near ready from the reflux doing damage aaah wells he will get there ! Yeah stay away from the dairy he may in time get used to it & have no dramas but only time will tell what will happen. Just steer clear of any dairy even when he starts solids i would say until he is 12mths then see what happens. With Boof we just give him rice milk with added calcium & then make up for calcium in other forms like his veggies etc. Im going to make my own soon but i can buy the calcium powder from the health food store. Just need the kidlets to be well enough to get out !

Well Boof is going well he is over the flu symptoms just has the lingering cough with a temp every so often & poor Squeak is really rattley & chesty so if that doesnt clear by tomorrow i will have the doctor out. This week will at least be the last week i need to stress about it getting any worse thank goodness & i will be mighty glad if we come through it with little more than what we have !

We havent started solids here yet either. It was talked about because of Squeak not eating & not putting on weight but since his meds have been sorted things have come on with him putting on weight & guzzling his milk. Im happy for it to stay that way especially being that many reflux babies have issues with food allergies so i really didnt want to go down that road just yet ! Im also not really worried starting him at exactly 6mths either & will be doing it when he is ready. He doesnt even watch us eat or grab at food he is more intersted on gnawing on my fingers lol ! So it will be baby led weaning here.

Oh & i also forgot to say he is fully bottle fed now :( Since he has been sick he has been refusing to b/f. Im guessing cause he has been so stuffed up etc that its been harder to feed & much easier from the bottle. Im sad but overall really proud that we lasted as long as we did & that i stuck with it too. We overcame soooo many hurdles & issues so hey we certainly did the best we could have !

Anyways this has turned into a mega post yet again so shall leave it there !

toni796

01-01-2008, 23:19

Hello Ladies!

Just a quick one will catch up on personals tomorrow. Just letting you all know that everything is going good here.

Hope everyone had a great new years we were in bed before midnight so didn't see in the new year. Oh well just another day to me.

our little treasures

02-01-2008, 13:39

Hi guys

Ally You certainly did a fantastic job BF! You didn't give up or throw it in and you went through a lot!! WELL DONE:yelclap: Glad bubs is getting a bit better!!

I just went into my room to check on ds and shakyla (having their nap) Shakyla is on her tummy!! Usually she sleeps on her side or back but I have never found her on her tummy. I check her every 10mns. I will leave her as I check her often and she isn't bothered. She looks so cute!! Does anyone elses bub sleep on tummy?

We took the tree down and some of our many lights (the ones I can reach). I usually leave it up but ds keeps asking when is santa coming and isn't getting the next year thing. So out it went lol.

Anyway better get back to dusting DH will be shocked as I never dust not since DD came along.

Lil X-men

02-01-2008, 14:21

:party:Happy New Year July mummies!!:party:

Sorry I haven't been back in a couple of days but I havent even been home, its been party party party for the past few days!
We had planned a pool party at our place, and had a big screen and projector up outside to watch movies and the fireworks at midnight, but the weather was so CR@P that we had to move the party to a friends place indoors instead. ( our indoor living is too cramped for everyone to fit comfortably).
Anyhoo that was a big night, drank a bit too much, we all did lol. I even had a cigarettte:shame: I havent smoked for two years:eek:
Then had another BBQ last night and had tequila shots, ooh nasty!
Since bub sleep right through the night now it means I am free to have a few drinkies now, still have trouble giving him EBM though, someone recommend me the best teat for BF bubs??? I am using the NUK ones and he refuses them most of the time now:banghead:
I have a wedding to go to in two weeks so it would be nice to be able to give him EBM that night.

TJ- I hope AF turns up soon for you since you are not wanting to TTC anymore.
Has the nappy I sent you turned up yet, I only posted it late last week sorry but it should be there today surely?

Monique how you doin with the pregnancy, feeling ok? I saw pics of Tyran he is such a cute chubby boy, sounds like he is on the move now huh?

Mel - Coke OMG how stupid and disrespectful can people be!!
Nayte sounds like he is very strong and mobile too, geez they are growing up too fast, your pics were cute too, he sits up well by himself doesnt he?
Zeke sits up but he has to hold onto my finger with his wee hand to balance, its like he has a rolly polly bottom, he also spots something he wants and goes to grab it then topples over.
He is going to crawl early like Xavier too I think, he follows Xav everywhere and tries so hard to crawl. Its funny to watch.
They have baths together now too, so cute watchin them play and interact.

Jeni- I saw your vids of Tali, she is growing up quick, Zeke is doing the same thing trying to crawl to what he wants.
How is the new place? How did the ear piercing go?

Steph have a great holiday!! I hope the kids are well beahved for you.

I wonder how Leanne is enjoying Melbourne, I bet it is hot unlike here in Brissy lol, the weather is back to front at the moment isnt it!

Shilo- Come to brissy, it isn't hot here at all atm, infact it keeps blowing a gale then raining, then the sun comes out for five minutes. Followed by another pour down of rain. Weird, but it is lovely and cooooool though!
IKWYM about family giving kids whatever, my fil gave bubs icecream when he was over from NZ, I mentioned it here after it happened coz I was shocked, I wasnt angry but just like "ummm what are you doing giving my 3month old icecream??" he thought it was funny!!

OMG DQ hello my fellow original due date buddy ( if you remember back as far as when we got our BFP's!!!) How are you hun, so sorry to hear you have been suffering PND that must have been soo hard with all the kiddies to look after. Glad to hear you are on the mend. Sooo cool to see pics of Jesse, he and the other 4 are so lovely!!

Oh Ally you are a legend, almost five months of BF with everything you have been through is amazing, you can be soo proud of your efforts!!
Sounds like Squeak is doing sooo much better now, I can understand you not wanting to throw a spanner in the works by starting solids just now.

I am also soo proud of myself and bubs that we are still BF at 5months. I never thought I could do it, after failing so miserably last time. I know I tried my best last time too and that Xavier is still the healthiest little boy ever from being formula fed, but am still amazed at every day that goes by and we are still successfully BF. I am nervous about him getting teeth and stuff though. Have had blocked ducts a few times too, especially when he started sleeping through. Very scary for me as I get the whole fear of getting so sick with mastitis again. But we manage to clear it up everytime so far. Fingerscrossed we dont have too many more issues to over come at the moment its going well.

Toni- How you doing, sounds like you had a nice quiet NewYear, I normally do too, this was the biggest NYE I have had since I had the kids.
Did I mention how cute Baileys toothy grin was? Zeke is still a gummy bear in his his smiley pic lol!

Ok I better go this post is soo long, and i know I have missed so much too.

taliistheword

02-01-2008, 14:32

hey all,
well tali ears are going well and no teeth have come though yet,
to all the brissy mum can u check out the lunch thread as i would like to have lunch at my house this month , the house is great and tali is love her room, we still haven't unpacked stuff yet but we will get there. i have to go as tali hasn't had a sleep today and i feel like i want to pull my hair out

our little treasures

02-01-2008, 16:56

yeah i did

I am intending to get dd2 done. Much easier at this young age, less fiddling. I bet you thought I was going to be opposite, lol. DD1 got hers done at 9mnths with not a problem!!:yelclap:

x-men I was born in brissy but haven't been back since my honeymoon. I loved it then although it had all changed. I stayed at broadbeach in an appartment overlooking the beach but travelled to brissy with our rent a car:D Gotta love queensland!!

Boymum

02-01-2008, 20:15

Happy New Year July Mummies...

I am back...been very, very busy and haven't had time to come chat sorry.

It's late now, but I will pop in tomorrow if I get a chance and talk, talk, talk he,he.

Love to you all,

Ange.

02-01-2008, 21:10

Julz, the nappy and the lovely cow for Lochie as well.
Thank you soooo much for that, he chucked a right old tanty when I took it off him for bath time. Cheeky boy.xxx

Ally - DO NOT feel bad about having to fully FF now. Your responsibilty as a parent is to feed your baby, and doing it by what ever means does not matter!! He is getting fed and thats all you need to worry about.
Congratulations on being able to BF for as long as you did with all the heartache you had to go with it, I really do admire you for sticking with it as long as you did :hugs:

Shilo - I think Candy's bub Jayda sleeps on her tummy for some sleeps :)

Finally tomorrow I get my hot stone massage :D:D I cant wait!! Whoo hoo!!
I just need to get my hair done and then Ill feel human again

lollydove

02-01-2008, 21:25

hi all! missed you all so much even though i dont post much anymore but i still read up when i get a chance or someone fills me in on whats happening with our july mummies.

ive been in byron since xmas eve finally got my car fixed teh guys at zupps mt gravatt are amazing. they fixed my car free so i saved $600 plus they paid for my tow truck because i didnt have the cash only eftpos and said that i didnt have to pay them back!! how nice is that. so i bought them a carton of beer but they deserve much more

jennie did tali cry at all? i had tiana's done when she was 6 months old but i just dont think jayda could handle it with all she's been through lately. she's one unhappy bub at the moment yet she doesnt want to be, always trying to smile and giggle poor little thing

drama queen wow its so great to see you back here!!! jessie is so so gorgeous thanks for showing us piccies. please stay and keep in touch, we've often wondered about you

has anyone heard from holly? i always think about her and malik and wonder how they're going. same with nikki and her twins i miss them all and priya too :(

oh and jennie id love to come if i can make it so ill let you know in that thread

ange hows little B doing? she's looking so cute from your last pics. im realising now how much she looks like you

jules you have done an awesome job bf. you have had the most flow of anyone ithink and done well to keep it under control and persevere. isnt it funny how one child is fien with bottles and the other will only bf? tiana would never have ebm either so i bf until she would drink milk from a cup and now jayda refuses bf so i cant reach that happy medium :rolleyes:

ally jayda is the same with solids. not interested and she throws up alot and when i try give her solids she'll throw up sometimes too so im steeing clear. ive only just tonight realised that she most likely had acid reflux after doing some googling. she wheezes all the time and pulls of her bottle every feed half a dozen times before finishing it and has a congested nasal passage, screams constantly lately throughout sleep and throws up not every feed but still some with the thickened formula and arches back heaps too. ill have to see if i can get her diagnosed. do you think i need to go to a paed to do that? well done with your bf too. im so happy to hear you doing well with your boys :yes:

toni, tj, monique, shilo and everyone happy new year :kiss:

reAllytee

02-01-2008, 21:39

Candy - Glad you had a great time in Byron !

Definately get in to see a paed. So go to your g.p & get a referral seriously while a g.p can 'help' they are so limited in their knowledge & understanding of reflux. Wish i had really stood my ground with Squeak now.

I have to admit i was actually going to PM you but forgot because i honestly keep thinking she may have reflux with some of the things you have posted. I wrote you out a big post somewhere just seeing if i can find it now heh.

Here tis :

Candy - Its really hard to say whether its behavioural but i beleive that cant really be an issue at this age. Some doctors will tell you otherwise like one of the morons we saw ! But if things keep going then i really would suggest asking your g.p for a referral to a paed cause they are so so much better at dealing with kids than g.p's.

We pay anywhere from $170 - $220 with our paed depending on how long the appt is for as he leaves it open incase he wants to talk more/we do or things are more indepth etc. He is wonderful ! We then get roughly half back from medicare which isnt too bad really especially when you look at it from the viewpoint of your childs health iykwim.

You said J did a big vomit the other day is this normal or could she possibly be a little sick cause this could explain that maybe she has say reflux or that she is ill atm so thats why she isnt sleeping. Does that make sense sorry im tired !

So yep ive been thinking reflux for awhile now.

Lotsa :hugs: for you both

Have you tried her on the HA - AR formula ? Its for babies with allergies its the final stpe before going to a prescription formula. Honestly this helped us heaps with Squeak cause often allergies go hand in hand with reflux. We realised he needed this formula when he was reacting to the dairy in my diet. This may have also been why J wasnt wanting to feed !

Oh i could go on all nite about it but seriously if you need to talk PM me anytime ok !

prideNJoy

02-01-2008, 21:41

Julz ~ Sounds like you had a full on New Years Eve! Pity about the weather huh!? That was a huuuge post...lol.

Both of you have done so well to get this far with BF! }

Ally ~ Your a fighter that's for sure, you gave it your all! Congrats for making it this far, after all the mountains you have climbed! :yelclap:

olt ~ Nayte is a tummy sleeper, it's very rare that he sleeps on his back!
I agree with you, if your going to get bubs ears done as a baby, it's best to do it as early as possible.
Less fiddling with them and even less chance of infection that way. Jadah had hers done at 10 months.

titw ~ Good to hear your all settling into the new house well! Unpacking sucks, doesn't it!
I bet Tali looks gorgeous with her ears done.

TJ ~ Enjoy your massage tomorrow. :D
For Chrissy Andy got me a 3 hour pamper package down at Pure Indulgence (Chermy) on Monday next week, I can't wait. So excited. :smiliedance:

lolly ~ Sorry to hear lil Jayda is still not feeling well, what you have described definately sounds like reflux to me.
I would be inclined to find a Paed and skip the Dr's maybe. Unless you need a referal of course?!
Perhaps for the time being, if she's really upset you could try Infant Gaviscon, that's what we were using for Nayte, helped heaps.
Other than that, im not too sure. Ally would have better advice for you! :thumbsup:

If you do want to consider getting J's ears done at some point, you can get a numbing cream from the chemist called Emla Cream. She won't feel a thing!

Helllllo to everyone else :wave:.

ETA : hehe, Ally beat me to it!

lollydove

02-01-2008, 21:56

toni796

03-01-2008, 11:07

Hello Ladies!

I am going to start off backwards in personals here and start with the most recent posts and work my way back till my last post of personals. Think it will be easier as I have alot to catch up on lol. So here goes.

Candy - Sorry to hear that Jayda is still not doing to well......Hope you get a diagnosis for her soon.....It really does sound like reflux by what others have said about the bubs and reflux.....I have been one of the lucky ones as none of my kids have never had reflux. Sounds like you had a good holiday. That is awesome about your car also. It's unbelievable that people will even do that kind of stuff now days.

Tara - Hope you enjoy your masssage. Good to hear that hubby is over being sick now.

Jennie - Good to hear that things are going well after your move.

Julz - Glad you had a good time for new years and you were not sick with the ross river, christmas was bad enough huh.....Which nuk teets are you using the clear silicone ones or the brown ones?...I can't fault the clear ones as they are the ones that Bryce and Bailey have both used and like them the best out of the differnt ones I have.....I have thouse and the wide neck bottles.

Shilo - Bailey has slept on his tummy since a few weeks old as this is the only way we found that he would sleep for a great length of time.....I was and always am checking on him to make sure he is ok......He rolls around alot in his sleep now so he starts off on his tummy and rolls onto his side or back throughout the night....He wakes around 4-5 in the morning but I go in and give him his dummy and he goes back to sleep right away. Did you end up going to the beach the other day? Hope the kids had fun if you did.

Ally - Good to hear that squeak is doing alot better now his meds are sorted. I don't blame you for not wanting to start him on solids yet either. Sorry to hear about the B/F. You stuck it out this long your much better than me I just couldn't even handle even trying to BF this time after the pain I went through when I tried to BF Bryce.

monique - :yelclap: to tyran on his first word. How are you feeling?

Steph - Hope you have had fun on your holiday.

DQ - Good to see you. Sorry to hear about the PND. But also good to hear that you are starting to feel better.

About the ear piercing...Someone asked about the age of getting them done? I think! lol. I got DD1 donw when she was 3 months old and DD2 donw when she was about 2 months old.....I think the earlier the better as they cannot play with them when they are this young.

Everything is going pretty good here......other than the kids driving me insaine being home on holidays lol. Not much else happening and everyoen is well apart from me being a bit snuffly with a cold....I am well and truly had enough of being sick now.

Bailey was eating a half of tin of HEINZ food of a night time up until last night and last night he also ate half a tin of the desert food and absolutly loved it......He was much happier to I must admit.

jkate

03-01-2008, 16:08

Hi everyone

Sorry for not posting much, been really busy and when I do sit down usually pretty tired that I wouldn't make sense LOL. Thankfully things have started to get a lot quieter and I can get the boys back into a routine.

Elliot is going well, took him off solids for a bit, he just didn't seem to be interested or taking much, tried again yesterday and he was taking a bit more. He is really lifting himself up when on his tummy and tries to sit up when on lying on his bouncer. In a few months I think he will be crawling , then I will be :hair: LOL

Toni: Hope you get rid of that cold soon. Good to hear Bailey is going well with his solids.

Candy: hope you get this sorted out with the reflux. I don't know much about that but constipation - well been there done that LOL. Travis had constipation really bad, I found that prevention was the key. We just made sure he had plenty of pears and apples in his diet. And a little bit of extra water in his formula (5 mls max). Hope this settle soon.

Was going to type more, but Travis is one very cranky toddler. And I am starting to get really tired again

Hope to catch up more later. Hugs to everyone

reAllytee

03-01-2008, 17:26

Thanks so much Ally :hugs: I did read that post im so sorry i didnt reply i didnt get on for ages after and forgot. Im using Karicare AR but do you think HA-AR would be better? Poor little darling got so badly constipated when i changed to AR the other day. it was so so awful and this is tmi but it was hard as a rock and she was pushing and straining so hard with her little fists all screwed up and face went all red and she made pushing noises and then it got stuck halfway and she was crying from the pain :(:crying:it broke my heart i cried so much seeing her like that. she's back to norm kind of now we had to put water up her bum and lots of pears and water and water with brown sugar but now im worried we've gone too far the other way. aarrgh im doing so bad at being mum this time round

sorry to hijack the thread for this everyone but while im here because ill forget to pm, ally so what did the paed tell you to do with squeak? is his acid reflux? i think thats the one jayda must have...

Oh who cares if we hijack the girls will get over it im sure ! They are all wonderful :hugs:

OK !

Reflux babies have major issues with their bowels because of their guts so this can lead to them having constipation or diahoerrea ( sp?) so what she is experiencing is quite normal especially when changing to AR as its thickened. Squeak had this issue on it. Now we are just back to the usual sometimes firmer sometimes explosive plus the explosions are to be expected when on Zantac.

The issues with their bowels are common because of the way their guts are working in regards to the reflux & also the intake of formula & what they are spewing back up etc.

For us because Squeak reacted to dairy in my diet it was best for us to change over & really there is no harm in it for Jayda. HA - AR is formulated so that its already partly broken down which means its easier to digest & more suitable for sensitive tummies. This is the last step before going onto prescription formula which is broken down even more & then others that are specifially done for babies with allergies who cant handle normal formulas.

So its hard for me to say but honestly i would try her on the HA-AR but maybe wait to see how she goes for the rest of the tin as she may settle its hard to know. I would definately be getting her in to see someone a.s.a.p if you are unsure of a good paed in your area maybe ask here on BH for some names for those that are great with reflux as plenty of us mums are around. You really need to get it sorted because it sounds like Jayda is getting worse iykwim. In many cases where reflux goes undiagnosed things just settle naturally & its not a big deal but in J's case it would seem its worrying her. You also have to remember that it can be doing damage to her throat etc which is causing the pain so it will also take some time for this to heal & things to get better :hugs:

The second paed we saw who is the one we return to pretty much just confirmed all that i knew in regards to it being acid reflux i just say reflux to make it easier. I basically had a list of all his problems as well as a diary of what had been happening & when his attacks were etc. I didnt really have to show him this because he was actually a great doctor who listened compared to all the morons i saw previously !

So write down things like when she refuses to feed, how much she drinks, whether she loses weight, constipation issues. Whether she does things like gagging herself, pulling backwards arching her back all very common telltale signs of reflux. How she sleeps, how she wakes whether it be with coughing, choking, spluttering or the likes. How she vomits or even if she does little dribbley type spews or even if she has acidic breath. This is all really valid in getting things diagnosed & it will also help you when you start meds as to whats getting better etc.

There is also the RISA section on here that is of great help & i often find myself looking at their website or reading back through old threads for info & ideas.

Anyways ive rambled enough for now & ask anything else you want cause i am more than willing to help !

toni796

04-01-2008, 11:25

Hello Ladies!

Karen - Good to hear things are going pretty good on your end.

Ally - You are so amazing allways giving out such good info and trying tohelp everyone. :hugs:

Nothing much changed since yesterday here. Just DH and I going to the doctors later on today. Me for my tennis elbow as it is still giving me some grief and DH for his ankle as it is still giving him grief after he hurt it when he was doing construction work.

mumelle

04-01-2008, 16:56

Hi there,

Can I join this thread? I'm a july mummy- new one so ohmigod what a life changing experience. I have a nearly 6 month old (obviously) boy bubba- Fletcher is a an absolute darling. We had major dramas at first with reflux, lactose and soy intolerance but at 3.5 months things got a whole lot better. We took him to an awesome paed who put him onto neocate (presript. formula) took him off the reflux meds and he was a different baby ever since. We even took him on a boat and stayed overnight on Rottnest the next day! (which was a massive thing for us considering we didn't even leave the house for the first 3 months coz he was a screamer). He pretty much slept through the night from then on and if it wasn't for resisting day sleeps (he's a bit of a party animal and wants to stay up all day) he would be an angel baby. Of course he's still our angel baby. Honestly we went from "oh my god what have we done?" first time parents to "I just love this". Oh course you still have the odd day but once we got over the reflux its been great. nasty nasty thing that reflux. Anyway Fletch is loving life and has decided that the best way to get around is not to crawl but to roll! Roll and roll and roll (can only go one way) very fast until he hits the other side of the room- then I turn him upside (facing the other way) and he rolls and rolls all the way back again! very entertaining...he has soooo much energy that Im scared! Think he's decided that sitting up is much too effort and rolling is the way to go! (he has been trying to sit up for the last few months- has quite a six pack developing)..

Are there any perth mumms on this thread- have just moved to northern suburbs (Beldon) from North Beach and woukld love to meet someone to go walking with. Plus all of our friends are not kid interested which makes it a bit isolating.

Happy New Year to you all...

:):):)

taliistheword

04-01-2008, 17:03

firstly welcome mumelle (http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/member.php?u=24874) we all ways looking for newbbies,
candy i hope u get stuff worked out with jayda poor little thing,
everyone has been so quite , we have the net on now so i can keep up with stuff. tali went and got her 6month old needles today she didn't cry to much thank god i feel so bad when it happens, she also got weighted she is 8.5kgs and 70cm long so she going to be a tall girl when she get old. brissy mum still haven't got back to me about brissy lunch . because i would really love to have it here. well i hope all is well and bubs are healthy

lollydove

04-01-2008, 17:44

HI mumelle! welcome to july mummies, you sound like good fun :D

I wish you lived in brissy, we always have meets usually every fortnight, what a shame!

Thanks so much ally and ange for all your helpful info re reflux. ally i will def try put up a post tonight and see if anyone can recommend a great paed for me or even a dr that has great experience in reflux

Jen im there at your house hun. sorry i havent replied in that post but count me in whatever day you pick im usually free. as long as you dont mind me bringing tiana?

toni hows that elbow of yours treating you today? poor huni hope it gets better. bloody elbows and knees, nothing but trouble i tell ya!

hi everyone else. sorry gotta run im typing lightning speed at the moment cause i should be doing bath and jj is waiting in the nuddie :laughing:

cmd'smum

04-01-2008, 17:51

Hey girls! Sorry havn't been on for a while! It's been so hectic here ATM. First it was xmas, then my Dh's relo's came up (not staying at our place though, thankgod!) A's Baptism on Sunday, so doing last minute things for that! My bestie also arrives from Sydney tonight! PLUS we are in the middle of shifting into the new place and doing bits and pieces in it :dizzy::dizzy:

A and C are doing really well, A is growing so fast :(

Sorry about the me post, but there is sooo much to catch up on and so little time right now! Promise i'll be back soon to catch up with you all.

hope you and your LO's are doing great!

xo
Linda.
:hugs::hugs:

taliistheword

04-01-2008, 20:26

i was thinking the 14th of this candy and ur oldest is welcome to come as well we have a 46 inch lcd and heaps of dvd's for her to watch,just waitting on the other girls to reply to it

toni796

04-01-2008, 22:47

Hello Ladies!

mumelle - Welcome to the July group. Great to see a new person around here. There are 2 or 3 Perth mums in our July group.

Jennie - Good to hear that you have the internet back on.

Candy - How is Jayda feeling? Hope you find a good pead soon and get her sorted so she is the happy bub she was a little while ago.

Linda -Hope Ariane's Baptism goes well and everyone has a good time and it is not to hot for it.

Well DH and I went for our doctors appointments today. DH has arthritis in his foot joint which is why his foot is always painful. Dr said it is a result of the injury and it did not show up right away because of the injury healing before the arthritis came......Me I ended up getting the cortizone injection to see if that helps me.....My arm is a bit sore at the moment but is feeling better than it did about 2 - 3 hours after I got it done. :fingerscrossed: that is all that I have to get done to it now as I have had enough of the pain associated with tennis elbow.....Dr said that most cases this does stop it and nothing else has to be done....So I am hoping that I am one of the good cases.

Anyhow it is late and I am off to bed good night everyone and take care.

Pink Kisses

05-01-2008, 09:29

Hello everyone. I have read through most of this thread and would really love to join....if you'll have me!? You see technically I'm a June mummy as DD was born on the 25th June - her due date was the 7th July though! She came at 38 weeks so missed her due date by 12 days (and July by 5 days). I am craving some chit chat with mums who have bubs similar age to DD. I have checked out the June mums thread but it doesn't seem very active.

You all appear to be very friendly. I am a North Brisbane mum and recently returned to work on a casual basis (so when I feel like it or have a bill to pay!). I do not have many friends with little ones, they either have grown children or no children.

DD celebrated her half birthday on Christmas Day so is now 6 and a bit months. She has started crawling. She still needs to work at it a bit to get it going properly but is almost there - has the co-ordination of hands and knees but finds it hard at times to hold her weight so may only take 4-5 steps at a time. It is so funny but I can feel her frustration when it doesn't work the ways she wants it! No teeth and no words yet (just lots of babble) but plenty of dribble and giggles.

I am excited at the chance to chat with mums who have real experiences and advice to offer. You have a lovely group here and it looks as though lasting friendships have been made.

It sounds as though most of you had a great first Christmas with your new bubs and I hope to join you for a spectacular 2008!

05-01-2008, 10:31

Onebubbygirl - OF COURSE you can join us :):) Even better that you are north brissy, as we quite often have meets. Im at Kedron atm, but moving to Banyo on Aussie day weekend.
Whats your daughters name, and a big congratulations to her for crawling already!! Thats fantastic new :)
Check out the Brissy Lunch thread, and see if you want to come along to our next meet

Toni - hope you and hubby both start feeling better, bit hard when you are both out of action soo to speak.

Linda - make sure you post pics of the Baptism, I would love to see.
I still havent organized anything for Lochies, its getting a bit late now isnt it??

Candy - Hope you can get JJ sorted out must be driving you batty!!

Tali - I havent looked up where you live yet, but Ill still come anywya, I must get lost on the way thats all haha

I had my hot stone massage on Thursday and man oh man it was divine.
They do allll over your body, soles of your feet, palms of your hands, your face, all the kinks in your neck and even in between your toes. Ohh it was bliss. Ill definitely get another one some time.

CodSop

05-01-2008, 13:42

:wave: everyone so sorry i havent been in for ages just so very :sleeping: miss sophie still finds it nessacary to wake 3 times a night for a feed have tried resettling her with the dummy but it just dosent work she screams the house down and i am way to tierd to argue with her so i give in and just feed her!! She is now on 3 solid meals a day (i know naughty naughty me) but anything for a half decent nights sleep. But sadly the solids have made no diffrence to her waking at night!! She is easy to get back to sleep only have to feed her for 10 mins or so and she is out like a light again so i dunno any suggestions would be great???? Sophie is still not really rolling much she can get from back to front but thats it cant get back and she only dose that every so often anyone elses bubs not rolling properally yet????
Someone was asking about bubs rountines sophie's is

7am wake feed
8am solid breakfast
9am till 11am sleep
11am feed and play
12:30pm solid lunch then play
1:30pm feed and sleep
4:30 pm wake and feed
5:30 solid dinner
6:30pm bath
7:30pm feed and bed
11:30pm wakes for 1st night feed
3:30 am wakes for 2nd night feed
5am wakes for 3 rd night feed

Gee she seems to always be eating!!!
We turned her carseat round round to face the front yesterday and she just loves it hardly cries at all in the car now!! (naughty again i know)

TJ that massage sounds awesome i would definatly be going back for another one after all we are mums we deserve some pampering instead of spew and pooh :laughing:!!!

Onebubbygirl hello you are so welcome to join the more the merrier and the girls always willing to help out with advice and tips when needed!! it's really great o have the others to lean on when everything seems to be going belly up!!! Welcome to the group we really are a friendly and sometimes very chatty bunch!!!

Toni I really hope the injection helps the old tennis elbow and you are pain free it really sucks being in pain all the time my tailbone still hurts constantly and nothing can be done about it :crying: just have to wait for it to heal itself (12 months or so) Hopefully hubbies ankle dosent give him to much grief have they given him anything for that???? Hows school hoidays going have the kids driven you mad yet???

taliistheword i hate taking the kids for their injections to it's even worse with ds as he just had his 18 month needles and he just screwed up his face and started bawling saying hurt mummy hurt poor little thing but a lollypop made it all better!!! Good to hear you are back on the net again and a ll settled into the new house you will have to post some pics up when you get a chance cause i missed the link you put up before you rented it by the time i saw it, it was gone!!! Bet tali looks so cute with her ears pierced have been thinking about getting sophies done but just cant decide!!

linda hope the baptism goes well tommorow dont forget to post some pics and hopefully it wont be to hot for her!!! Wow so excting about finally moving into the new house bet yu cant wait to be settled in!!!

Candy i really hope you are havingsome luck with little j i know how tierd you are feeling cause sophie dosent sleep very well of a night either!!! If jj is anything like sophie she would love waiting around in the nuddie for you sophie just loves getting her gear off!!!

mumelle welcome to the july thread great to have you join the more the merrier!! My little girl sophie just hasn't worked out the rolling thing yet and just gets so frustrated cause her brother is running around and he is stuck in one spot poor thing!! Sounds so funny i could just imagine him rolling across the room he would think that is fantastic!! Sophie has the same six pack happening she really wants to sit up she can nearly sit by herself but is still a long way away from beingable to get from lying to sitting!!!

Hello to everyone else sorry to those i have missed but i have rambled for ages and i am going to go have an afternoon nap while thekids and hubby are sleeping!!

Happy new year to everyone!!!

lollydove

05-01-2008, 21:49

sorry this is a super speedy post and lacking in personals but just wanted to say very quickly (because i should be in bed!) ONEBUBBYGIRL welcome welcome and please please please come along to our brissy meets :yes: we'd all love to meet you and your beautiful girl. its always great to get new mums and bubs in our group, soon we are going to be HUUUUUGE :smiliedance:

JorBai

05-01-2008, 21:49

Hey Ladies!

Im just letting you know Im still alive just been so busy since we got back from Melbourne! I will go back and read all the posts when I get a chance!

Hope you all had a great Xmas and heres to a great new year!!!

Will do a proper post soon
xox

our little treasures

06-01-2008, 01:15

jkate

06-01-2008, 06:15

Hi everyone

Linda: All the best for tomorrow...oops today. IT will be a lovely day, have a wonderful time and as OLT said - don't forget pics. Congrats and God Bless Ariane too.

Leanne: Hope you had a lovely Christmas and new year.

Gail: Sounds like Sophie is a hungry little girl. Is she breastfeed or FF, If formula's there are some formula that help with sleeping, I think its a heavy formula so they feel hungry longer. If I remember correctly DS1 was a late night feeder up till he was about 5/6 months old. I think for now you do what's best for Sophie, once she is past the 7 month mark, maybe if you want to try cc.

TJ: I am jealous!! That sounds wonderful!

OneBubbyGirl: Welcome, always nice to have new mummies. And the Brisbane girls are lovely!

Toni: Hope your arm is feeling better.

Candy: How is Jayda reflux going, did you get a number for a good pead.

Taliistheword: Some days it does get slow on here, other days hard to keep up lol. Good to hear Tali needles went well, I have Elliot's and DS2 needles on the same day!!!

mumelle: welcome!! Those first 3 months sound very hard, glad you got everything work out.

A big hello to everyone else, just quickly what is happening here, before the boys relise they want breakfast LOL....Elliot has a tooth!! So I now have two children going through the teething stage!!! I am glad though Elliot didn't take as long as DS2 to get his first tooth.

Elliot's routine...well it all depends. Usually he wakes up 5.30 wanting to play with his brothers. First bottle between 6-7, then some solids. After that its....
Sleep, bottle every 3 hours sometimes will stretch out to 4. usually a sleep in between bottles. Its hard to right down because every day is different. Usually after the late afternoon feed I will give him by solids. If he has doesn't have a feed after 6 then I will wake him usually about 9 for a feed, and then he sleeps through.

OK boys are starting to get restless..just quickly here is a pic of my new baby (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g52/jkat_hog/mickey.jpg) LOL...got him last week, his name is Mickey, they boys love him.

Have a lovely day. Chat soon

metalhead713

06-01-2008, 07:13

Anyone mind if I crash this thread/section again? Been a bit slack and keep forgetting but maybe if I mark it I wont forget:doh::laughing:

metalhead713

06-01-2008, 07:34

anyways I have sifted through the thread but will make an effort to read through it properly a bit later, just thought id let you know about my dd's daily routines and how she is doing, would be interested to see how everyone elses bubs that are around the same age are doing.
DD is doing pretty well with sleeping at night now, she sleeps from 7.30-8pm through to 7am with a bit of stirring between 5am and 7, but the dummy fixes that thankfully lol.
She has just started solids 3 times a day now (shes been on them since about 4 months but only small amounts) She has about half a cup of rice cereal and pureed fruit mixed with formula for brekky, fruit or vegies for lunch and vegies etc. for dinner (also about half a cup sometimes less) her routine is like this (though varied in the exact times)
7am wake up, bottle
8am brekky
9am nap for 1.5 hours (longest nap of the day- cat napper here:rolleyes:)
11am bottle
12pm lunch
12.30-1pm nap 1 hour
3pm bottle
4pm nap 1 hour
5-5.30pm dinner and some water in her sippy cup
7pm bath and bottle
7.30-8pm bed

so shes not doing too bad, a pretty easy bub really but she has her days, shes whinging right now so id better go lol;)

Pink Kisses

06-01-2008, 08:18

Goodmorning everyone!

TJ, CodSop, lollydove, jkate....thanks for making me feel welcome. To everyone else, I look forward to chatting to you and getting to know you and your bubs. I had a look in the July Photo Album and your bubs are all gorgeous!! I'll have to work on posting a picture of my DD (by the way, her name is Ziggi and mine is Linda - thanks TJ!)

I see some of you are posting daily routines. Ziggi's goes something like this:

7:30am - 8:00 - wake up and bottle
8:30am - breakfast (2 large cubes of fruit)
9:30 - bottle and sleep

10:30-11:30 - wake up and bottle
12:00 - lunch snack (yoghurt, arrowroot biscuit, or custard - at 7 months this will be vegies time and snack will be afternoon tea)
1:00 - bottle
2:30 - bottle and sleep (well cat nap usually!)

3:00 - bottle
4:00 - dinner (two large cubes of veges)
5:00 - bottle
5:30 - bath
5:45 - top up bottle (about 60mL)
6:00 - bed (sometimes 5:30 if really tired.

DD is formula fed (has been since birth) and will only take 150mL at time (hence the amount of bottles). She is going well with solids and eats everything I have offered. I hopes this continues. Lots of bubs go through fussy stages closer to toddler age or when they are teething don't they? Ziggi has been on solids since 4 months on the advice of paed as she was gaining weight very slowly (100g every 3 weeks). He thought this was unusual for a FF bub, I just thought it was because she was quite active?? She is on track now and has chubba thighs with a roll...gotta love it!

Anyway, enough about us...we need to get to know all of you. We have some reading to do!

Take care,

Linda (and Ziggi)

CodSop

06-01-2008, 10:50

Morning all well just morning anyway!!! It was so hot here last night sophie would not sleep wrapped up so i left her unwrapped and she slept the same as she normally does just wouldn't go back to sleep at 5:30 am when she woke up :hair: so i think i will still keep wrapping her to sleep for now is anyone else still wrapping bubs for their sleeps???

Jkate Sophie is breastfed and wont drink from a bottle either so i guess we will just have to stick it out for now i am getting used to the lack of sleep anyway as long as she goes back to sleep after that 5am feed then i feel kinda normal when she wakes a gain at 7. Guess we just have to do whatever keeps the little princess happy!!

Metalhead sounds like you have a nice rountine for dd but as babies are rountines seem to always be changing!!! Typical girl hey they really do have their days little angels!!!

linda the little chubba rolls on thelegs are so cute my ds was a little skinny minnie so never had any rolls but dd has a few and it is just so cute!! Ziggi seems to eat as often as sophie, sophie is breastfed so hard to tell how much she is getting but i reckon only little bits cause she eats so often and really is not overly fat!! Sophie is always busy looking around seeing what ds is upto so just cant stay focused on the task at hand (drinking)!!!

Anyway better go and do some more house work while dd is asleep as ds has gone 4 wheel driving with his daddy so the house is quite and peaceful :smiliedance: for now anyway!! Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!!

metalhead713

06-01-2008, 11:20

yeah, your definetly right, always changing and whatever works for the bub eh!;) my dd used to do the 5am feed too, she stopped getting swaddled around 3 months when she kept unwrapping herself and waking up cold lol.

I acctualy posted a thread in the sleep section earlier cause I was worried about when bubs should drop to 2 sleeps, it would be good for dd to have a morning and an arvo only nap not 3! But I think shes a little young to be awake any more than 3 hours just yet, she only sleeps for an hour usualy so she has one morning, mid arvo and late arvo and it works for her at the moment I suppose!
How many naps does everyone elses bubs have?

Oh and a late merry christmas and happy new year to everyone too lol, should post a crhissy pic of dd up

our little treasures

06-01-2008, 11:24

Toni~ Yes we went to the beach at Tooradin but I wouldn't call it that!! LOL A friend told me about it so I drove their and I swear it was the smallest beach but perfect for the kids. They had a great time and as it was only us it was really nice.

TJ~ I would love kind of massage!! :cloud9: I hope DH is feeling a bit better.

Metalhead~ Seen you around the forums and wondered why you hadn't stuck your nose in here.

JKATE~ Oh that bird is so cute! I expected a dog to be honest!!

Talis the word~ I hope your loving your house! Have you organised much?

Codsop~ I hope your li'l one decides to sleep better very soon! It's one of the hardest things to deal with 'sleep deprivation'. DH and only ever had arguments when we were sleep deprived and it just made everyday a blur. DH helped a lot with my eldest girl. She still does wake frequently through the night. I still remember the feeling of not knowing how many hours sleep you would get:dizzy:. I think thats why I sometimes stay up until 4am

Also on the carseat we had already turned ours around with ds as he couldn't handle it being backwards. He was about 4mnths and I turned it on a holiday. We had gone up to the great ocean rd and it took 7hrs to get to Point fairy as we had to keep stopping getting him to sleep before putting him in the seat. Should have been a 3 1/2 hr drive. If we left him he would scream and scream and I couldn't handle it I wanted to comfort him. The best thing we ever did. I am not sure if he was car sick as I get that way. So don't feel bad mummy about it!!

One bubby girl
Welcome to our very chatty group!! Some of us write essays on here.

My wonderful hubby watched the kids for a few hours yesterday so I could go clothes shopping. I had a ball as most women do. Buying all the kids new clothes but mainly DD1 as she starts kinder and all she has is skirts and dresses and I needed more practical outfits. It was so nice standing there with the different tops and really matching them with different shorts and not being 'needed'. I love clothes shopping:D
We went to MIL's house for the afternoon as it was too hot to stay at home so we went there for what turned into dinner! I am actually getting along with MIL since SIL and us don't talk! We hadn't been going for a while as my dd was giving MIL some really bad attitude. Nothing I could say was making her be nice to her. Yesterday was good though as I sat DD down and told her why we hadn't been going and I did notice she didn't once give MIL an attitude!!:flowerz:
Poor shakyla didn't get much sleep as she was just so icky!! The heat was knocking her really bad. Mil's house isn't aircond either so we only had fans.

We have increased her feeds as well and she is loving it. Shakyla actually loves being on the floor and my other 2 have learnt to just lay near her and play not on her. We get all these chrissy baubles and lay around her and she rolls really quickly and starts trying to get them. I don't think she will be crawling anytime soon but she certainly gets around! My other 2 hated floor time so it's nice to just watch her play!!:flowerz:

Anyway my house needs to be cleaned and I now have 2 children crying as daddy has told them off!! :wave:

our little treasures

06-01-2008, 11:31

Gail~ Here you about the heat but Shakyla seems to sleep no matter what, I do put blankets on her though!

lollydove

06-01-2008, 12:33

hi all, gees its so friggin hot today and me here decided i would have a yard sale so got up at 4.30.. well more that i stayed up cause id already been up 4 times with jayda between 11 and 4 so decided to just get everything ready. needless to say since it was so unprepared it was a bit of a flop :rolleyes::o i made $180 though but i only stayed out till 10 cause the heat was bothering me and i could see dh and the girls inside in the air con relaxing so thought bugger this im packing it in lol

leanne (jorbai for those newies) great to see you back! how was melbourne? i posted a pic of bailey and jayda in the photos section, they look so cute next to each other

linda i love the name ziggi!!! how cute is that?!!! she sure does like her bottles doesnt she. jayda will only have 150mls a time as well and sometimes only 120mls and she was only having 5 bottles a day even with such low amounts, but this last week shes been having 7 bottles a day, 2-3 of which are overnight. she used to sleep through once upon a time and not have any feeds through the night but we are having issues at the moment so never mind, im used to sleeping only an hour at a time all night now :dizzy:

metalhead our routine is non existent at the moment. hopefully ill get into a nice routine soon once she's all sorted with her suspected acid reflux. i think tj's bub lachlan has dropped a sleep now so your bub might be ready sooner than you think

OLT i think thats so cute your dd having an attitude to your MIL already :laughing: good luck when she's older, i think ill have the same issues with jayda. your dh sounds very capable as a father. mine has only recently really got the hang of things now that jayda is a bit older. he was a bit scared when she was so tiny and fragile.

does anyone else bubs sleep like this:
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w135/lollydove/DSC00747.jpg

it looks SO uncomfortable??? poor little neck

06-01-2008, 14:14

OH Candy I love that pic of JJ, looks very bloody uncomfy, but ohh soo cute.

Metalhead - Yep Lochie has dropped a sleep and a bottle.
So has one sleep around 930/10 and another mid arvo waking at about 3ish.

Gail - Sophie sure does like her milk the little princess. But you are right being BF you never know how much she is getting if any at all as she may just be comfort sucking??

Linda - I love the name ziggy, very unusal. Where abouts in brissy are you?

OLT - bloody SIL's mine always use to cause issues with my MIL as well.
Glad you are getting along better now tho.

Leanne - glad you got back safely from Melb - are you coming to lunch at Tali's place??

Hello to everyone else :D

We went down to Redcliffe today - I wouldnt really call it a beach, more like water front... was quite a nice breeze there, however its p!ssing down rain now.
I got a lil bit burnt on my back where I couldnt reach to put the sunscreen.
Ill post some piccies of Lochie in the other thread

taliistheword

06-01-2008, 14:26

yeah candy tali sleep like that, we ladies we may have a crawler soon tali getting on her knees and rocking her self so no teeth but u can see them just under the skin ,

reAllytee

06-01-2008, 15:25

MMMM Candy i think thats JJ trying to get away from the pain :(

Squeak used to end up in weird positions etc after screaming & falling asleep etc.

Welcome to all the newcomers :wave:

Having a rotten weekend here wont go into it cause i will just get more cranky/upset about it !

Hope everyone is surviving the heat !

06-01-2008, 15:38

Oh Ally hope you are ok chicky :hugs: :(

lollydove

06-01-2008, 15:49

reAllytee

06-01-2008, 16:23

If she was intolerant it would be really obvious by now in that she would be passing blood & mucous in her poo cause her body would be so stressed from it. But then its also possible that she just doesnt handle it well which is why the HA-AR formula may be a good option being that its partly broken down.

Relfux often goes hand in hand with intolerances because its the intolerance that triggers the reflux ... Does that make sense ?

So with Griff he would get worse & be screaming in pain when i was b/f & would have dairy. It was an instant affect.

I would say the reason her poo's are foul are due to the reflux itself which is what i was talking about last time in that their gut & bowels are both affected. Griff's poo is just vile & revolting lol ( nice topic ). Our paed advised it was totally normal ( G poo'ed while we were there timing or what ! ) because of the way his gut was working.

I know what you mean about trying to get in to see the doctor ! If it gets bad go back to your g.p & get them to ring the paed themselves as they usually have more sway if its serious !

I also forgot to say the other day the reason she will be feeding so often is because she is trying to soothe her pain. So be very careful not to over feed her at the same time cause a full belly then causes more reflux. Most refluxers comfort feed which only causes more issues. But then it seems like she has worked it out herself in that she is only taking small amounts more throughout the day. Which is fine & often recommended for reflux babies especially when they wont feed properly.

We had major fun & games with G trying to get him to feed some days was a nightmare. I would often just be sitting crying over it. There were some days he would take the breast once then only have 50mls of the bottle later in the day & thats it so i was often syringing formula down his throat to get him to have something !!!!!!

There are also a few strategies you can employ now to help JJ.

Prop her cot or mattress at an angle
Let her sleep on her left side or tummy ( dont shoot me about SIDS i already know !!!! )
Sit her up for 20mins after a feed to help her tummy settle
Change nappies before a feed or otherwise wait 20mins after
When changing nappies roll baby to the side rather than lifting legs up as this squeezes their tummy's which inturn can make the reflux flare
Dont put on tight nappies or clothing that presses against her tummy
Allow her to be upright as much as possible to help her tummy

G doesnt spend time on the floor because of his pain the only time he is laid 'flat' is when he was put in the portacot & it meant i could raise the floor with extra blankets. Otherwise he is in his rocker loads, being carried by me or now even using the highchair a little as it reclines.

Sorry gotta run its time for a feed hope that helps for now !

lollydove

06-01-2008, 16:44

thanks so much ally, you're such a great help :hugs:

ive posted a thread in the reflux section with the online help so i can stop taking over this thread with my problems.

thanks all for letting me borrow it

Chicco25

06-01-2008, 21:55

mumelle

06-01-2008, 22:04

oh really ally?? ooooh my poor bubba!!! we have a chiro appt wed and i looked up another thread for paed in brissy and have the number for one but i was told it will most likely take a few weeks to get an appt :hissy:

something i was wondering though.... do you think its possible it could be lactose intolerance rather than reflux? or maybe even both combined? im only asking because her poos are always quite runny and sometimes they may be a little pasty but thats only sometimes and they wont be any thicker/harder than that (well aside from when she was constipated, poor girl one extreme to the other!). the last two days she has been having more bottles than usual, still only 150ml each time but wanting around 7 a day and she's been doing more poos two a day and still very runny

do any of you know if the symptoms of lact intolerance are similar to those of reflux? i.e. throwing up, runny poos, crying more than usual and not sleeping well? but then there is still the wheezing and pulling off the bottle a lot so it prob is the reflux.

its so hard to get to see someone about it- ive tried to book an appt with my dr and its one of those stupid places where you have to call on the morning of when you want an appt because they keep a certain amount free for emergencies, so ive had to book in for a definate spot when they are next avail in case i cant get one sooner and that is two weeks away grrr

ally btw griffin is looking like such a chubba now!! he's so gorgeous :yes:
Hi Candy,

Oh you poor love- I can really relate to what you are saying about the lactose intolerance (if it is that), runny poos, projectile vomiting, constipation reflux etc etc... nearly cried when I read your posting and read it to DH who was sympathetic too.. Fletcher had all of the above and after taking him to GP's (who kept trying to get me to keep breastfeeding even tho he turned out to be lactose intolerant and yes there is lactose in breast milk- one GP told me there isn't). We even ended up at PMH (childrens hospital) one night with Fletch severly dehydrated after vomiting up so many feeds after trying goats milk (naturpaths suggestion). We had him on Losec (didn't do much, slight improvement) some "miracle" green potion (acid reducing)- made him worse. Couldn't even find the right teats to use for ages as he kept gagging and screaming during feeding..In the end we took him to a fabulous Paed. who put him on Neocate which is prescription only. We elevated his cot (not sure I would recommend this at this age tho as he kept sliding down and we've flattened it now). Basically didn't lie him flat on his back for ages (unless sleeping- he often rolls over now).We use the pidgeon teats and have found them the best.

Lactose intolerance- I'm not an expert but it's best to get your bb tested while she's still on lactose (breast or formula) otherwise once you've taken them off it, it doesn't show up. It's a simple poo test. I have heard conflicting views on whether you can breastfeed a lactose intol. bb- some say there are drops you can put in the breast milk (obviously you have to express) some say if you go off dairy this will reduce it. We knew Fletch was lactose intol. as he did explosive gassy poos, projectile vomited all formulas except Neocate and Soy. He had constiptaion with S26 and other formulas.
We didn't do the test because he had been on soy for a while but this is quite hard to digest. basically as soon as we put him on the Neocate the reflux disappeared. The Paed. said most babies he treats with reflux have a 100% success rate with Neocate, then if it has still not disappeared he puts them on a reflux med (like Losec but think he said a different one). Fletch is not on any now.
Fletch is now a different baby (don't know if you read my post before- think you did coz think you said hi but am getting confused with all these lovely mummies)..so prob the best thing is to find a really good Paed. and trust your instincts. I got so sick of stupid doctors telling me to keep breastfeeding (coz as much as really wanted to it wasn't possible plus got mastitis and was expressing all that - urghhh)

Fletch is now a snacker so I am forever making up bottles and is not taking to solids too well but he has put on weight all the way tho and is in the top percent for his height (don't know where he got that from)..

Keep your chin up because it will get better..so sorry to hear you are going thru this..let me know if I can be of any more help..

elle (mumelle)

mumelle

06-01-2008, 22:16

Still trying to work all this out so hope I'm not replying to myself!;)

TJ- think you said somethiing about Batism- I just went to one and the baby was 18months- it was lovely except she didn't want to wear her dress so lucky mum had her in some lovely undies!

Gail- re: waking at night- Fletch was waking a bit for a while (around 3am- 4am) and we worked out he was cold. Hard to know as it's so hot when I put him down around 7.00pm. The other night we had him in the portacot in our room with the aircond on as it was sooo hot and DH got up and checked and he was freezing trying to snuggle into the mattress- such a bad mummy! Felt terrible! Doesn't sound like shes hungary if she only takes 10min to drink in the night unless shes a fast drinker so there's gotta be another reason (wind? maybe?) she might sleep better when she rolls herself over. I was scared when Fletch started doing this and then I started getting up to check him all the time anyway! You can't win hey!

**** -gotta go am getting in trouble for spending too much time on here (instead ofwith DH who is making dinner)

Chat soon! (you girls do chat a lot- takes me ages to read them all coz we've just moved and are on dial up at the moment- arghhhh).

Am yet to work out how to get piccys up etc..

elle:wave:

our little treasures

06-01-2008, 22:21

just wanted to pop my head in and say :wave:. I was originally a due in July mummy and had cmdsmum as my phone buddy - but my phone was stolen while I was in surgery :banghead:, and didnt get back on bh for a while after that.

So, anyway hope you all dont mind if I join you chatty ladies :o

OMG We have always wondered what happened and if you were alright!! Feel free to jump right back in as you would remember it is a bit hard to keep up as we chat too much;)

Pink Kisses

06-01-2008, 23:04

Oh my goodness....you were all right! You girls can chat!! (But guess what - so can I! :yes:) I can see myself getting adicted to these smilies.

TJ: I live at Caboolture so when I say north Brissy....I mean way north bordering on Sunshine Coast. Banyo is near Taigum and Chermside right :confused: It takes me about half an hour to get to Chermside Westfield (not that I venture there too often this time of year!!). Hope you had a great day at Redcliffe. I spend a lot of time there. My parents live on the outerside of Redcliffe and I visit 2-3 times a week. Mum watches Ziggi when I go to work because she lives 5 minutes away. I'm very lucky and it's nice to see Ziggi and Nanny forming a strong bond.

Taliistheword: :yelclap: on DD getting up on her knees. Ziggi did this at the beginning of December (around 5 1/2 months) and rocked back and forth until mid December. Then she worked out how to move her legs...but her arms stayed stiff and wouldn't move. It was quite funny and frustrating all at once. She then started co-ordinating it all on New Years Day and now there is no stopping her!! I have had it pretty easy with Ziggi and each morning I would wake up and say, "Today could be the day the may world changes...be prepared!!". Well, my world has changed and I'm exhausted (and its only been a week). I have just started a personal weight loss challenge and so now I don't need to exercise. All I have to do is chase after Ziggi (cos now she thinks that everything is hers!). Hope it isn't too long before your DD is up is going because it can get quite frustrating for them (hope it doesn't for your DD). On the other hand, I look at Ziggi now and think "Where did my baby go?". :(

OLT: Thanks for the welcome. Look forward to chatting with you, especially since you probably have heaps of advice to offer being a mum of 3! I don't know how you do it (you probably get that a lot). I am exhausted just having 1.

Chicco25 :shakehands:: I'm new too. I think I will find it hard to keep up with this bunch!

Lollydove: Thanks for your comments about Ziggi's name. It came with mixed reactions but most people have taken to it (not that I really care anyway). I thought having 7-8 bottles was a newborn thing - a least that's what the tin says . It seems that Ziggi has a bottle in her mouth most of the day (every 1 1/2 - 2 hours) and it becomes hard when you are introducing solids at the same time. But I have come to the conclusion (and I accept) that this is the way she is. At least she is consistent. :fingerscrossed: for a good sleep tonight.

CodSop: Have to say that I love the name Sophie...it was on our 'list'. My cousin has a DD named Sophie and couldn't bring myself to 'copy' her. I hear you about getting distracted when feeding. DD doesn't have any siblings but likes to look around the room as if she has never seen it before. We are going through the 'I can do it myself' phase when feeding....whilst hitting herself in the head with the bottle. Oh, the newest game is chase the bottle. In all seriousness it works well if the TV is off and I look away.

To everyone else - hi!!

Think it is time I went to bed. I am not usually up this late!! Goodnight!

Pink Kisses

06-01-2008, 23:15

OLT: Just looked in the photo album - now I know how you do it. Your family is gorgeous!!

lollydove

06-01-2008, 23:16

hmmm.... seems like someone is addicted already *cough cough* One bubby girl :p

Dont let it take over your life like it has mine!!!

Elle wow thank you so much for your caring post and all the info :hugs:

Ally once again thank you so much. you've graduated from hugs to kisses now so :kiss: thank you to you also for helping so much and caring. im certain that i will be finding hte answers and solutions i need this week and i cant wait for her sake

chicco WELCOME BACK!!! piccies please piccies please! july photo album has been waiting for you... june shmoon pfft you belong with us :D

jkate

07-01-2008, 05:33

Morning Ladies

Just a quick one from me

Ally: Hope you have a better day today.

Candy: From what I learnt from Lactose Intolerance, it is usually picked up straight from birth because bubs fail to put on weight. What Elliot had a few months ago was Lactose overload. Hope you get to see a dr soon, :hugs: for both of you.

Chicco: So glad to see you back :smiliedance:Has candy said photos photos and photos!!

OnebubbyGirl: good to see you getting addicted LOL

OLT: shopping is fun - although I find clothes shopping stressful at the moment, done of the styles suit me. Glad to hear you had a wonderful day.

I know I have missed people :hugs: to everyone.

Not much hear. Elliot sat in the highchair last night and did even better then we expected. Last night about 10.00 he woke up screaming - never seen him like that before, not sure what it was took me about 5 mins to calm him down. After that he went back to sleep and didn't hear from him till 5.30 this morning - although I checked a few times.

Ok better run - 2 pooy nappies here :footinmouth:

Have a good day everyone

toni796

07-01-2008, 10:10

Hello Ladies!

Time to catch up on personals so here goes lol. Everyone has just been so chatty the last couple of days.

Onebubbygirl - I don't know if I said welcome to the group or not so WELCOME! :laughing: It won't take much but you will find yourself wanting to get on BH more and more all the time and not be able to go a day without catching up on everyones gossip lol. I have only been here since June and am somewaht addicted to it.

Tara - Good to hear that your massage went well and you enjoyed it.

Gail - I think there is a few of us that have our bubs on 2 to 3 meals per day already so don't feel to bad for doing it.....We have to try and make them happy in any way we can and if that is one way to do it then so be it.

Karen - I see your kids are still not letting you sleep in the mornings......Mickey is a great looking cockateil.....Mine looks a little sad at the moment his tail feathers have all broken off. I think it is from the cage we made as we used the really small squared wire and I think it is getting caught in the holes. I have him inside the house at the moment in a small cage of a night time and out with us of a daytime to see if it starts to grow back nicer and not get broken again. Glad you got Elliot settled last night without to much trouble. It's quite scary when things like that happen out of the ordinary. It makes so many thoughts go through your head wondering if it was something that you did or if they are sick and what not.

metalhead - Welcome back to the thread. Don't be a stranger to here you post everywhere else lol. :p

Shilo - Good to hear the kids had a good time at the beach. That's all that matters huh. Also glad to hear you had a good time out shooping on your own without having to worry where the kids are all the time and not being able to focus on what you are there for. Re: The hot weather....Bailey is really feeling it as well so when he gets upset and really crying lately we just have to take him into our bedroom into the air con for a few minutes and he is fine. I wish Bryce would leave Bailey alone sometimes on the floor as well.....We have to really watch him lately as he just wants to play with BAiley now that Bailey can move around a bit more. He lays on top of him and pins him down lol.

Candy - That pic is so cute. But I hope it is not her trying to get away form the pains of anything that she has. I would have done the same thing in regards to the yard sale if I was out in the heat and everyone else was inside enjoying the a/c.

Ally - Hope your feeling better today.

Chicco - Glad everything is going well for you and bubs. Good to see you back and we all would love to see pics of bub.

mumelle - Good to see you fitting in so well and giving out info that some of us need.

Well everything is going pretty good here. My elbow feels so much better already after getting the cortizone shot in it on Friday. It really feels like I have a new elbow. Doctor said that I will not see the full effects of the shots for 3 weeks though.......It still does hurt a little if I bump it but nothing like it used to hurt before I got the shot.

DH has had his xrays that were taken on Friday sent off to a specialist and we have to wait till this Friday for an outcome from them....But the doctor is pretty sure that it is arthritis as a result of his fall back in January of last year. Even if it is arthritis he can only treat it for the pain when it is at it's worse. Which is a good thing to know though so we can treat it.....DH is hobbling around some days as he is in that much pain so to know what it is is a good thing.

Yesterday we were going through the house packing as we have been told that we need to get out of this house as soon as we find another house to move into.....Some friends of ours are moving house in about 3 weeks so I want to get in and get alot of it done now so that if we can get that house then we don't have so much to do when it comes time to move. The real estate that has there house is the one that has our house so we have a pretty good chance of getting in it as they know we have to get out of this house. The kitchen is almost done and condensed down to only the pantry cupboard and a couple of other ones......We have boxes stacked up in the family room against the wall half way to the roof already lol. We still had boxes of stuff packed from when we moved to this house so we have not had to completly pack everything up again.

I have to go get back into the kitchen today and finish that off and find the benches again as they are covered with alot of stuff out of the cupboards. Then I might start cleaning off some of the walls or going through the cupboards in the boys room and getting them wiped out so that is another thing that I don't have to do when it comes time to move.

Anyhow things to do so am going to get them done.

Take care all and again to all the newbies to the group WELCOME.

Chicco25

07-01-2008, 11:39

Thanks for the warm response ladies :hugs:. I felt like a bit of a dork popping in after 6mths! :rolleyes:

Anyhoo, sienna was born 2 weeks early via csect and was 2.7kg - 6pnd exactly, very healthy apgars of 9 and 10. Born with a very ferocious appetite and spent most of her time attached to my ( . )( . ). Went home a week later to 3 kiddies full time which was a tad bit overwhelming (school holidays). BF for only 4mths :(, but formula sorted out alot of sleep, wind and bough issues. Still doesnt sleep through - wakes for a feed between 1-4am and back to bed till 6-7am. No rolling yet - my other 2 didnt roll till 8-10mths, so not fussed. been sitting up since 5mths, no solids - not interested. Teeth - had one pop through at 4mths but went back into hiding. Has reflux but its manageable, and has a nasty cough and cold thx to big brother and sister :rolleyes:

Ok, enough from me. Off to post some pics and do some catch up reading :)

our little treasures

07-01-2008, 14:54

Toni~ EEEEK a needle!! My mum had to have a few shots for her shoulder. I have a really bad ankle that just gives me really bad pains all day. The thought of a needle terrifies me! We have never really settled here as we always thought we wouldn't stay long so a lot of stuff is packed in case! I think it's best to start early.

Jkate ~ Could have been night terrors!! Poor li'l man! I also hate clothes shopping for me has something to do with the extra 20 odd kilo's I am carrying:crying: I got dd these really groovy camo shorts and when she put them on I was wishing I was a good size so I could wear similar!!

One bubbygirl~ Thank you!! I am going into the other thread to check the new posts out

DQ~ Where did you go?????

Well we finally had our phone line fixed. I had problems with crackling, cross lines and the connection was really bad. I was told 27th dec they would look but then they rang and said 7th Jan:mad: Anyway the telstra guy came this arvo and he said there was water on the line and it was really bad! So anyway everything sounds so clear!! I am a bit sad that I can't listen in on anymore crossed lines;)

My li'l bubba is not wanting to sleep today. I had trouble with her first sleep this morning but after 5mns she went to sleep on her tummy. This arvo I had to feed her both sides and finally she went to sleep. 10MNS Later DS wakes and comes out him and his sister start fighting over a toy and next minute I hear her wake!! I could have killed them!!:banghead:
So she is up and munching on a teething rusk. At least I will be able to do dinner in peace as she will go for her big nap then!

I am putting the older 2 back in their room next week and I can't wait. DD had a bad coughing fit last night so I went in gave her asthma pump and then warm milk to get rid of the dry feeling. I was awoken dreaming of my butt being burnt, anyway DD1 had just wet the bed and I ended up being wee'd on!!:crying: So up I got and the pilot light had gone out on the hot water so I had a freezing shower at 6am. Then I couldn't go back to sleep!!:crying: Thank god it's summer. I couldn't growl her as it was my fault for giving her the drink at 2am!!

Oh if you remember my rocking chair I got for this bubba well it has sort of collapsed!! It started squeeking and then one side went down and now its totally collapsed. I rang them (baby bunting) thinking I would get grief as I never keep reciepts but had a card to their store. The lady was really lovely and said bring it in asap and they will work it all out for me!! That really made my day.

NOW guys I am looking for a new high chair for bubba just because I am over the last one and now know what I want in the chair. What kind do you have and what are the pro's and cons?

Ok gotta go I have so much to do all before DH gets home and it has just taken me about an hour to post this as I was rushing off putting clothes on the line and doing things for the kids!!

CodSop

07-01-2008, 15:12

:hair: So annoyed just did a huge post and then went to submit reply and the whole program shut down guess that is the system telling me i talk to much haha ok here we go again never sounds as goodsecond time round though!!

Sophie seems to have gone off her solids a bit today maybe she has filled up her hollow legs now this might meen she will sleep all night haha who am i trying to kid!! Well what a day dunno what has been wrog with Cody today but he has been bawling on and off since he got out of bed this morning till 2 when i put him down for his nap and then he stopped ahh so peaceful. Although when he was not bawling he decided he wanted to play with Sophie so he was laying on the floor onhis back and wanted me to put Sophie on his tummy face down so he could give her a cuddle like he does with his teddy bear he was really loving it but sophie just didn;t like it one little bit poor litte bubba it was very cute though as cody never really wants much to do with sophie!! He has also decided today she needs help rolling over so he grabs her clothes and tries to roll her over :eek: Today i was sitting on the floor playing with them and i was holding Sophie in a standing position and Cody grabbed her hand and wanted her t go for a walk with him just so cute but ha to tell him Sophie cant walk yet so i had to carry her around in the standing position and inch from the ground with Cody holding her hand and leading the way very cute!!

Metalhead I think Sophie still could do with 3 sleeps a day as she does get very tierd between afternoon wake and bed time but a third sleep just wont fit in very well!!

olt Yeah sleep deprivation is horrid all dh and i seem to do is fight and argue about nothing really he gets cranky cause i am tierd and crabby with everyone and snap at them all but i am just so tierd i just cant seem to help it. Some days i just sit and cry because i am cranky at myself for snapping and snarling at everyone but i am so tierd i just feel at a loss how else to deal with it!! Good on your hubby for helping you out mine just dosen't seem to get it some days he thinks just because i dont go to work i have all day to sleep haha i dunno who he thinks does the wasing , the cooking , the cleaning and entertasining the kids!! Your hubby is a real gem looking after the kis while you go clothes shopping gee how peaceful it must have been with noone screaming nagging or crying at you!! Sophie is a much happier travelier since we turned her seat around she just loves seeing where we are going!!

Candy I can totally understand you packing up early from the yard sale it must have been torture sitting out in the heat watching everyone else chilling out in the cool inside!! Did you have much stuff left over?? I really hope you have some luck this week in sorting Jayda out and hopefully by months end you have your happy content little Jayda back!! Oh jayda looks so content in that photo but wow so uncomfy looking for us!!

TJ Yeah i think Sophie is just comfort sucking during her night feeds as thefirst few sucks are really big followed by the gulping swallowing sound then after that it is just small gentle sucks so the little bugger thinks i am her dummy:hair:!! Nothing beats that cool sea breeze on a stinking hot day although your days are proberally a fair bit hotter than ours are down here!!

Jenni :smiliedance: for tali nearly crawling what a clever little girl!! Sophie gets up on her knees sometimes to but she just gets so frustrated cause she cant go nywhere and she wants to follow cody around!! Sophie has no teeth yet either ds never got his first tooth till 11months so he was nearly walking byt the time he got his first one!!

Ally i hope your weekend got heaps better the heat just makes a bad day even worse cause not only are you cranky and snappy you are also sweaty and bothered by everything!! :hugs: hope everything is better now and boof is not giving you and squeak to much grief!!

Chicco hey welcome back so good to see you just make yourself at home again and try if you can to keep up with the chit chat!! Sounds like your first 6 months has been similar to some of us with the sleep, feeding and reflux issues!! Hopefuly things are starting to improve for you! Sophie is not really rolling much yet however today she did roll from front to back thats the first time she has done that she has gone from back to fron t a few times but not many!!! Your bubby looks so cute sitting up all by herself cleaver little thing!!

Elle i have thought about sophie being to hot or to cold but even changing the amount ofblankets hasn't helped but thanks for the thought always helpful to know what has worked for others. I am leaning more towards wind but i d burp her every feed but sometimes just just dosent burp so it might be wind low down in her belly yeah i would be the same getting up to0 make sure she was still breathing i dunno kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place here!!!!

Linda (onebubbygirl) :smiliedance: for ziggi starting to crawl what aclever girl be t she keeps you racing now!! The whole everything is mine only gets worse as they get bigger then they think absoultly everything is theirs certainally dosent get better!! Thanksi really like the name Sophie to now anyway i wasnt sure to start with but it was the only name dh and i could agree on so thats what we picked and now i couldn't imagine her with any other name. I love Ziggi's name to i bet you got plenty of comments when you named her people are funny aren't they not like it is their child or anything and you are not asking them to call their children that funny hey!! Haha sophie new game i"i can do it myself" is using the spoon to feed herself she snatches it out of my hand and tries to put it in her mouth and she mostly misses!! But even funnier is when ds tries to feed her they both think it is hilarious sophie is laughing so hard she spits most of the food out!! Very very cute though!!

Jkate that bird of yours is so cute i was sure the photo was going to be of a rabbit or a puppy never even thought bird his name suits him though just looks like a cheeky little fella!! Well done to Elliot for sititng in his highchair sophie sits up in her highchair playing with her feet while i feed her just lovely hey!! Yucky pooy nappies i cant wait till ds is tt!!

Toni so glad to hear the elbow is getting better any bit of pain relief is better than none but hey a complete cure would be way better. Hopefully once hiubbies ankle is diagnosied propperally it wont give him to much grief it must be very frustrating!! Cody is the same now with Sophie cause she is moving a bit more he always want to playwith her and then they both squal at each other it is just a horrid noise but they think it is great ear piercing!! Hopefully you got some packing up done today i just wouldn't have the energy or motivation for moving at the moment but i suppose you gotta do what you gotta do!! Good luck with it and hopefully you get the house that you are after.

Ok this has taken me nearly 2 hours to write cause i have been trying to do heaps of other stuff to so sorry to anyone i have missed but i have talked enough now gotta go wake Cody up and then think about some tea. Take care everyone talk later.

metalhead713

07-01-2008, 15:12

wow.. I can see I will have trouble keeping up with everyone!:o
well not much to report here.. same old same old.. read a bit through the thread about some peoples bubbas who keep waking early morning because they were cold, I never clicked this is probably why dd wakes up some mornings but not on the hot nights as the other night it was still warm in the morning:doh: but thismorning she kept waking up between 4-5am and its never out of hunger as she can go half an hour in the morning before wanting a bottle once shes up for the day.

So whos bubs here have had their 6 month vaxxs? DD was meant to get them 3 days ago but they had rang up and changed the date and I didnt realise (dp forgot to write it down:rolleyes:) so I missed it and the only other available time I can get in to the mchn is on the 21st, dd turned 6 months on the 6th. Is that leaving it too late? I would go to the docs but last time I went there for her 2 month shots they were so rough and jabbed all 3 in at once and I just didnt like the way they did it, dd cried so much:crying: but she was considerably better at her 4 month ones. How was everyones bubs with their 6 month shots? (for those of you who vax I mean)
anyways this old girl (old? Im 21 pfft lol) needs a nanna nap:sleeping::wave:

Lil X-men

07-01-2008, 20:29

Holy cr@p batman, this thread has been busy!!

Welcome back Chicco, we all wondered and worried about you for so long, great to have you back, Sienna is so cute, I love your slide show of her!

Welcome Onebubbygirl and Mummelle!!

Metalhead - Zeke is a late July bub ( 29th ) so wont be getting his 6month shots till the end of the month or early next month. But I am sure it will be fine for your DD to get them a couple of weeks late, better later than earlier IYKWIM. It's ok to have them late but not preferable to have them earlier.
My DS1 was fine with his 6mnth shots, but then he was fine with all his shots. DS2 has been really good so far too.
Goodluck I hope she doesnt get too upset.

Seriously I am going to be on here all night if I try and do personals for everyone, so I am not going to even try. I'll just start with a clean slate from here and try and stay up to date a bit from now on.
Hello everyone, OLT, TJ, Lollydove, Codsop, Toni, Karen, Ally, Metalhead, Leanne, Jeni, Mel thats all I can think of right now.
I reckon we have one of the most active threads around atm.

Our computer got zapped in a storm blackout two days ago so have been having trouble getting online, hence my absence.

All is well with us, we are very uneventful, still just boob here, No solids yet gonna wait till 6months now and bubs is sleeping brilliantly ( barr two nights where he woke once).
OOh TJ - tried one of those tommee Tippee bottles shaped like a breast and he drank from it, so heres hoping it wasn't a fluke. I am going to try it again this weekend, just got to build up my stash of EBM without mucking up my supply too much with expressing.

Day time can be a bit erratic sleep wise especially since xmas an NY we have been out and about so much so mucked up both my boys sleeping patterns. Xavier wants to stay up all night becasue of late nights he had on NY, and Zeke wont sleep if we areout, he only sleeps properly in his own bed. He's a real homebody.

shellsbubs

07-01-2008, 21:19

Holey moley!!! A few hours to catch up and now my eyes can barely stay open lol!!

Hope you all had a great xmas new year etc, its such a busy time of year and for some of us being school holidays - super busy!!

I know its impossible for me to respond to everyone right now as there are so many people posting and i would feel awful if i missed people.... so i will just try my best at a couple of personals (and the fact i can see Dh glaring at me from the loungeroom as i have been on here for hours;))

first of all welcome back to drama queen (like others i always wondered how you were and miss your funny sense of humour!) and chicco - i was so worried when we never heard from you, thanks for popping back in.

Tj - gee so glad your dh is better and bet your little man is growing before your eyes

jkate - guess its my time to get off my bhum and reply to your email:)

shilo - i am the same re:highchair - i actually bought a new one and it was really poor quality (the safety buckle even kept coming open) so i took it back - now have to look for a new one, i think i want one with wheels!

jorbai - glad you had a good time away

ally - hope your day was better

lil x - sounds like you have had a busy festive season!!

toni - you poor thing packing - thats one thing i am so over!! we actually passed through the town you live in last week on our way to cape trib - but because it was a spontaneous trip i didnt get time to pm you for your number otherwise i would have caught up with you - maybe next time - who knows we may have even walked passed each other at the shops (we stopped for food and i dont think we know what each other looks like lol!)

codsop - yes i can relate to the crabbyness:D

Well just quickly - Ava is doing really well, she is such a pleasure to have! Still has the 2 bottom teeth but is dribbling so much may be getting more, getting used to solids - she is so funny with certain foods you can tell what she likes/dislikes - she pulls the most funniest face when she doesnt like something, if i feed her around 10pm'ish she sleeps through (most times)

better go i can feel the vibes through the wall from dh!! Ava is ready for bed and i think she likes nestling into my chest more than daddies!!!

mumelle

07-01-2008, 21:46

Hi guys,

wow think I'm the oldie in the group (32) and it's funny coz hardly any of my friends have kids! had some funny comments lately- one girlfriend was supposed to meet me for brekky and texted me saying that as she works full time, she needs to have a sleep in (couldn't meet me until 10am). DH read it and said- does she have ANY idea what you do all day??? Honestly going to work full time was a breeze (and I thoughg it was stressful)...We still get invites to the pub an hr before everyones leaving (usually just when we're getting Fletch ready for bed). Honestly they have noooo idea! Some of them are trying so it will be very funny when they have their own he he..;) can't wait..

Am totally addicted to this tooo.....it better than facebook!

Fletch really went off his solids twice now- gets right into it for a about a week and then won't have a bar of it - do you think its teeth?? Had a suggestion to let him "feed" himself and play with the food a bit. Sooo funny..food everywhere but good for laughs and photos..even got a few mouthfuls in.. later gave him some watermelon in one of those food meshy things. Once heworked out its not just a toy (flicking it around) he got right into it..
Think he's saying his first word "dadda" gone from babbling heaps to repeating this loudly constantly. Do you count this as a first word even though he doesn't know what it is?? DH is stoked..i'm a bit jealous but obviously happy he is saying a "word"

DH and I had a little fight, as usual to do with surfing. He's addicted so we are actually seeing a cousellor about it (amongst a few other thngs) its quite funny really -the couseller said she sees quite a few couples because of surfing! Honestly it is the bain of my life but I won't get into it!! Anyone else living with a surfer??? Fletch has no hope and I'll be stuck on the beach by myself again before too long (boys will be out catching waves)..

Gail- another thought- you've prob read The baby whisperer but she suggests going in 1/2 hr before baby wakes habitually in the night and waking her, then getting her back to sleep with dummy (if she takes one- Fletch is off his now) just tpo break the pattern. Never tried it but thought it's worth a mention. Sleepless nights are hell. Fletch only slept for 45min at a time for the first 2 months so we had to take the night in shifts. I went to bed at 6pm and got up at 1am while DH stayed up. I then stayed up from 1am on..it was an absolute killer!!

Vax- we were naughty and didn't get Fletch vax until he was 4months so now we have to take him for his 4 month ones then in two months his 6 month ones. They said that's okay. We didn;t go anywhere for the first few months anyway plus he was pretty sick. I also wasn'tsure if we were going to do it all but DH wanted to coz his dad had polio as a kid..

That's enough from me...:ecomcity::ecomcity::ecomcity:

Lil X-men

07-01-2008, 22:00

Nah your only as old as you feel, ok that statement sucks when you're a new mum coz you feel 50 somedays lol!!
There are a few other 30 something July girls here too, dont worry you arent the only one!

Gosh that must be weird being the ony one of your friends with children, having a baby changes so many relationships doesnt it?
I was lucky in that respect as we moved to Australia ( from NZ) just before I found out I was pregnant so I had no friends to start with ha! A couple of my friends back in NZ have just started to have families and some are still years away from it.
But I have made all of my friends in this country with the aid of this website and playgroup so of course they all are mothers lol!!
Friends without kids cant comprehend not being able to go out at the drop of a hat. It's not that you don't want to socialise anymore, you just need time to prepare.
I cant leave my bub at all at the moment because I am BF'ing and he isn't keen on taking a bottle of EBM so it makes me a bit of a party pooper, but hey I have partied plenty before having the boys and will party a whole lot more when they leave home and Dh and I get travelling around the world!
Besides it's amazing how the things you used to enjoy aren't so appealinganymore.

When I was preg with DS, I kept thinking how devastating it would be that I couldnt go clubbing every weekend anymore. I have been once since having DS and didn't get the same thrill out of it that I used to, I am over that part of my life now, being with the boys and having BBQs with friends is what I like now. My friends without kids would screw up their nose at the thought of it :laughing:

Anyhoo it's bed time and I have just rambled a whole heap of :ecomcity:

toni796

07-01-2008, 23:15

Wow so much chatter again today.....I have read through the posts and I will catch up on personals tomorrow as it is late and I am going to bed.

Night Night.

metalhead713

08-01-2008, 06:23

mummelle, I think it could definetly be teething, dd is teething at the moment and just wants to bite the spoon instead of eat lol. I got projectiled on last night because I tried to give her mashed pumpkin but there was still stringy bits i couldnt get rid of (we dont have a food processor) and she mustve got it stuck in her throat and made herself vom with gagging:barf: lovely!

And yeah I know all about friends who think their lives are soo hard now.. if anyone seen my post about new years, it sucked, my new years resolution is to cut ties with people who dont make effort anymore. Hardly get any texts from my best mate anymore, because shes either workin or drinkin! I mean its not hard to send one measly little 25c text once in awhile, but no, I didnt hear from her in over 3 months.

She was looking after my pet rat as I had nowhere to put him in our small house away from Kiara, and on new years i caught up with her (after a lot of nagging for her to drag her @ss out) anyways I asked her how splinter was doing, and she goes 'he died, sorry sarah' Im like WTF???! He had died 3 weeks beforehand and she couldnt even send a txt or anything just to let me know:mad::mad:.

It sucks, but hey our lives are more rewarding watching our little ones grow everyday;)

anyways time for dd's brekky :ecomcity: better go :wave:

jkate

08-01-2008, 07:32

Hi Everyone

Metalhead:Sorry about your pet rat. Elliot has 6 months needles in two weeks. He has gone well with the others so not worry. I find my boys really sleep well after them.

Mumelle: When bubs first start solids they will go on and off. Elliot was good for the first couple of days, so I took a break for about 5 days I think, and now he is back into it. Just keep trying and yeah give him a spoon to play with. You can get spoons that are nice and soft so if they do chew on them its good for there teeth. And you only a couple of years away from me - I am 30 next month!!

Shell; Wheres my email:hissy: JK LOL....its cool, I took long to reply too :D life with little ones get busy! Ava sounds adorable - more photos needed please!

Lil x-men: Bummer about the computer, glad your back online. Took my boys a bit to get over Christmas and New years - and now they are back into a routine, where going to mums tonight - oh well they have been there lots of times so no big drama. Glad to hear the BF is still going really well.

Gail: you do so well with that post!! That is cute about Cody wanting to help is sister, but a bit scary for you at times. And yep Mickey is very cheeky, we have him out of the cage a bit, and the boys love it!! Even Elliots face lights up.

OLT: Not sure if it was night terrors, I hope not, I went through that with DS1 - he stills has bad dreams but not as bad as the night terror he used to have. My problem with clothes is the boobs - all the styles suit the bigger breast size not my small small small ones :( In terms of high chairs, how is very basic, but does the job. Sometimes I wish for one that reclines, but that what I have the bouncer for. We choose it because there wasn't many spaces for food to hide and it was a good price (brought when we had DS1) One thing I really do like about it is it has a extra part coming from the tray so they can't slip down! HTH's

Chicco: You did wonderful, so glad your back. The slide show is lovely, and your DS is adorable.

Toni: You might need a bigger cage for your bird. We borrow one at first but the Mickey looked so squashed so I brought a bigger one, but he is still happiness out of it of course. How is the packing going?

TJ - IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT:shame: LOL

I was talking to Tara last night saying how Elliot has now gotten to that stage of not settling to well - I remember DS2 going through the same thing, but that he was still sleeping well over night - HA HA - last night sleep was awful!! So many times I was up resettling him, most times I just had to rewrap, put the dummy in (maybe a bit of bonjela). My easy little bub has gone! I feel like I am going crazy at the moment, DS2 has it the toddler tantrums big time again - the squeals, the hitting, the biting(well trying) the back chatting(even though he can't talk- thats another vent altogether), the stamping of the feet.....and now with Elliot getting frustrated because he can't crawl to what he wants, and the whole sleeping things :hair::crying: Sorry just needed to get that out. I better get a move on, were going to mums today, DH and I are going to see Spicks and Spectakular (I love Adam Hills LOL), and mum will look after the boys!! So hoping for a nice night.

Have a good day everyone. Chat soon

toni796

08-01-2008, 10:19

Hello Ladies!

Chicco - 1 awake time during the night is not to bad huh.....Better than 3 or 4 times a night....I am glad that BAiley is back to sleeping from about 8pm to about 7am now after getting back in his routine after being sick in hospital for 3 days when he was a couple of months old.

Shilo - It was either take the chance and have toe needle and see if theat helps or be in constant pain....I chose the needls as the pain had me in tears at times it was that bad....Glad your phone is fixed. Don't you just love homw things just get pushed aside and you have to wait longer to get things fixed......We are still waiting after a week for our lounge room light to be fixed. It shorts out when it gets turned on and flicks the safety switch....I have been calling the real estate every day but the damn electrician companies are all on holidays still.....You would think that someone would be doing some emergency work though....It sparks also when the switch is flicked which is quite scary. That sux about the rocking shair but good that they were so reasonable and you are just able to take it in and they will do all the work about getting it fixed or replaced.

Gail - That is cute what Cody did with Sophie wanting to cuddle her.....Bryce is always wanting to cuddle and hold Bailey lately I have to watch him carefully at the moment.

metalhead - I don't have the problem of Bailey waking up cold in the mornings......Him and Bryce both only sleep in nappies of a night time and with no sheet or blanket to cover them as it is just way to hot here for anything unless your in the room with the air con on. Bailey is not due for his needles yet....But I don't think it will make any difference that your DD gets them a little late....They don't really worry about if it is late you just can't get them done early.

Shell - Good to see that your still alive. I will pm you my mobile number if you want and then if you do ever come around this way again even if it is spontanious then just give me a call and we can try and catch up.....

Elle - I'm almost there age wise. I turn 29 in June. I feel much older at times though having 4 kids lol. Hope the councelling is going well for you and your DH and you start to see improvements soon.....To be honest I have never heard of people going to counselling for surfing addictions. But then again I don't live anywhere near where you are able to surf lol.

Julz - That is awesome news about the bottle. I have my :fingerscrossed: that is was not a fluke and that he still takes to it next time you try it out.

Karen - The bird cage we have our cockateil in is one that we built and is about 1.5 m x .9 m x .9 m so there is no way that it can be to small for him lol. I hope that Elliot resettles for you again soon. Bailey is also getting a little frustrated and upset that he can't get to things on the floor that are close but just that little bit to far away for him to reach. DS1 is also being a little bit of a brat lately smacking DD2 in the face when he don't get his way and cracking it bad when they don't give hims something etc. He is being a bit slack about goin to the toilet as well having accidents a few times a day rather than a couple every few days or so....Hopefully it is just a small phase and they grow out of it soon.

our little treasures

08-01-2008, 10:28

No personals as I am having a bad day!

I went to bed earlier than usual and have got up feeling like, BLAH!! I am grumpy, which is unusual and I am really lethargic. I would still be on the couch but the kids had finished watching their shows and are now out the back. I don't want to go out there so I am here watching out the window!

A guy rang at 7pm last night and left a message he was coming to fix the patio out the back and he would be here today at 2.30. It annoys the hell outta me that the real estate never ring to let me know what is going on. So I had to get hubby to pull all the kids combo gyms and stuff and empty it all out. He did that at nearly 9 after I got the kids in bed and had a shower! Oh well at least it might be SAFE for the kids to play now!

I just looked out at my son who is wearing pink girls fluffy dress up heels riding his bike with a little pink dolly in his arms!!:laughing: All while trying to squash a spider with the pink heels!! Thats just made my day.

Jkate I can relate although I think our 2 are getting a lot better. Somedays when the older 2 are crying and grumpy I wonder what the hell I am doing wrong! Then within a week I have sorted them and they are back to my angels!! I hope your night is a good one!! I wanted to say your boys look a lot like their daddy!

Anyway have just taken 2 panadol my li'l ;ady is being really good sleeping until 9.00 and then went back down at 10.30 which is helpful.:thumbsup: So I am going to sit out the back with the kids in my pj's :o

toni796

08-01-2008, 10:48

I just looked out at my son who is wearing pink girls fluffy dress up heels riding his bike with a little pink dolly in his arms!!:laughing: All while trying to squash a spider with the pink heels!! Thats just made my day.

:laughing::laughing: I can just picture it in my head......Sorry to hear that you are not haveing a good day and not feeling well.....I hate those days.

Mummy2R&K

08-01-2008, 13:17

Sorry, I don't really get on here very much as I am back at work now!

But had to boast - Riley is saying 'mum mum mum mum mum'.

He started saying it on Friday i think, so it made coming back to work a little easier knowing he did it before I came back.

I thought I was going insane cos i thought it was too early. But everyone has heard him and it's definately it.

Not so nice at 3am though :sleeping:

toni796

08-01-2008, 13:35

lollydove

08-01-2008, 14:30

jkate sorry to hear about your bad night, i know how you feel but i dont even have more than 1 bub to look after so i really feel for you today. i hope its just a bad night and not a new pattern :fingerscrossed: you have to come back and tell us how he sleeps tonight k ill be very interested to hear

mum2riley good to hear your transition back to work was not too difficult and how cute riley saying mum! jayda says 'bub-bub-bub' and 'wa-wa-wa' and 'mum-mum-mum' and sometimes 'da-da-da' but she doesnt know what she's doing its just her babble. doesnt make it any less cute though. is riley at day care or do you have family that looks after him? tiana went to day care when she was 9 months old but she was such an easy baby and she loved it (1 day a week) but with jayda i could never take her to day care because she still isnt really settled yet. we'll get there one day

OLT kids are good like that, turning a cr@p day into a great one arent they. whoever made the song "you are my sunshine" is spot on

metalhead OMG i cant believe your friend didnt tell you your pet had died?!?! wtf alright!

mumelle i am with you there about friends inviting you somewhere with an hour notice, ha! who are they kidding. i need a full day notice :o i often have friends call me saying "hey babe im really hungry lets go have some sushi" etc my response "oh id love to so much but jayda has just spewed all over me and the couch and she's desperately overtired so she needs to sleep :ecomcity: so maybe in a few hours ill be ready" i think they're sorry they asked!

sterl (my dh) is from byron and was born there so he's a fish and craves the ocean, but doesnt board surf just body. i do often get left behind in byron for either golf or a surf (i go with him but he goes 'out the back' :rolleyes:) but its not so bad to teh point it ruins our lives. i can see how it would though for some, bloody men lol. do you live near the beach? we almost bought a house a few months back that had the golf course as its backyard and i loved it overlooking the fairway... now im realising i probably saved our marriage not getting it i woudl have become a single parent living there!
hope your dh can get a grip on his addiction good luck with the counselling

CodSop

08-01-2008, 14:31

Afternoon all!! Well we had kinda a better night with Sophie last night i was so buggered so i went to bed at 9:30pm and Sophie started crying about 10 or so and dh went into her and gave her dummy to her and she went back to sleep and then she started crying again at 11 or so just as dh was coming to bed so he went and gave her dummy back to her and she went back to sleep again and never woke then till 2:30 so i feed her then and she slept through then till 5:30am so only 1 feed over night i just layed in bed listening to her babble and squeal away to herself at 5:30 and she kept doing that till after 6am then she started crying so i got upto her and she had rolled onto her belly and couldn't get back onto her back so was upset!! Sophie is right back onto her solids today loving them and scoffing them down and crying for more little guts!!!

Olt thats very dissapointing about the rocking chair but at least the shop are going to b understanding and helpful about it!!! Hopefully your deck has been fixed now and you are feeling a bit better i hate bads days touchwood it has been good here lately just parts of the day are bad not the whole day!!! Haha aout your ds i can just imagine that just makes your day that much brighter when they do cute stuff like that!!

Metalhead Sophie is booked in to have her 6 monh needles on monday so that will be 2 days early but i dont think it makes all that much diffrence s long as it is somewhere around the date!! Our needles are the dead opposite to yours the first needles i got for sophie i took her to the clinic lady to get them done and we had to wait for 2 hours cause the lady was so slow and then she was so rough and talked way to much about rubbish (no wonder it took so long) so i now take sophie to the docs cause they are on time and way nicer than the clinic lady!! So sorry ot hear about your rat some friend hey!!!

little x thought we hadnt heard from you for awhile glad the computer is working again now!!:laughing: only as old as you feel some days i must be 80 i reckon. Sophie is like Zeke she just will not drink out of a bottle at all we managed to trick her a couple of times a few months ago but the night i went to go out she refused the bottle dh offered her so she cried till i finally got home the little rat so i am still trying to get her to drink from a bottle so i can go out with the tassie girls on the 19th but no luck so far:( but i kinda feel special knowing she loves me that much!!

Shellsbubs haha about ava and the solids Sophie pulls the funnist faces when she tries something she dosent like but not to be detered she still eats it just pulls faces the whle time funny little thing!!

Elle thanks so much for the suggestion i have never acctually read that book but fingeres crossed we may not need to use it she might just settle into sleeping all night!! Hopefully the councelling is succesful for you and dh i to have never heard about councelling for a surfing addiction but we dont live where you can go surfing either although i can understand it my dh is always away somewhere with his mates 4 wheel driving or motorbike riding or similar so very frustrating!! Yeah it is very addicitve i have only just discovered facebook so a little addicted to that atm to!! I agree people that have no kids just dont understand that you need more than 3 mins notice to do stuff. My friens are getting better now but then ds is nearly 2 so they have had a while of me saying need more notice!!! Full time work sure was a breeze compared to being a parent (no lunch break, no holidays , no weekends off, no going home and leaving work behind) and i thought fulltime work was hard to haha silly me!!

Jkate oh bummer what a dreadful night whats with these little angel bubbies being invaded by little terrors!! I really hope he settles down again for you cause i know how hard it is being up half the night settling crying babies it just zaps all your energy!! My ds sounds just like yours the toddler tantrums stamping feet, squaling, chucking things snatching everything off sophie then bawling when you take it off him and give it back to Sophie, :hair: enough to drive one completly insane and constant whinging for some reason!!! Sophie is getting frustrated to so i have two grumpy grumps on my hands!! Hope you have a great night tonight while your mum watches the boys sounds like you really do need a break. I could do with one to but dd wont take a bottl so i am stuck oh well the joys of children!! Have a fun night!!

mum2Riley Oh so very cute saying his first word and luckily he did it before you had to go back to work. My ds his first word was dad dad dad it was ages before he would say mum and then it was only when he wanted something!! No 3am is not a good time for talking Sophie has learnt to squeal and so she thinks that agood noise to make at 5:30 in the morning!!All i can think is just go back to sleep :sleeping:.

Toni yeah they are growing to fast but sophie is just at that stage where she is frustrated with everything cause she cant get what/ where she wants so cant wait noe till she starts to move so she is less grumpy!! A bit of a bummer about Bryce slacking off on the tolit training especially seems he was going so well Cody just dosent seem to get it yet loves sitting on the potty just wont do anything!! Going to be a slow process i think!!

Oh well enough rambling from me i am making a roast for tea tonight and it is smelling so good better go turn it and put some vegies on!!
Bye all

CodSop

08-01-2008, 14:38

Hey Candy we posted at the same time i meant to say the other day how i just love you av picture it i just adorable i love that little hat Sophie had one with the ears to but it was a new born one so dosent fit her anymore now she can smile and stuff!! Jayda just looks so happy and full of energy!! Haha bout the golfcourse for a backyard just imagine how many stray balls would end up in your yard to sounds like you made the right choice!!:thumbsup:

our little treasures

08-01-2008, 15:56

Lolly~ You crack me up!! I have a few close friends who invite me to the beach all the time and truly there is NO way in Hell I would take my kids to the beach without Mark. I have 3 to watch they have 1 it makes a huge difference! I have to agree with gail your avatar is gorgeous!

Gail~ The rocking chairs frame has collapsed dh said. The lady said a few have been returned due to them squeeky. The funny thing is mine was squeeky for a few months but we ignored it and then it got louder and thats when it collapsed!! I said to dh I don't want the same style I want to upgrade! I told dh he has to go in as I don't want them thinking I am too fat and thats why it broke!! LOL!!:o:laughing:
Glad you got some good sleep! :sleeping: Heres hoping you get more!!

We will be putting the cot up and shifting dd2 in there next week. I am sort of sad as I was hoping she would be a coslept baby and I never used the cot for the other 2 but she sleeps all night and I don't think she would do that in our bed. I have to buy new sheets etc as the other 2 never used it so I just used all the bedding on the floor as play rugs!:p

Anyway I forgot I was posting this and I am in the middle of cleaning so will be back to finish it!! I always get side tracked!!:rolleyes:

Pink Kisses

08-01-2008, 16:09

Hi everyone...well 2 pages to catch up on!!

jkate and lolly: Yes!! I can easily see myself getting addicted to the hub. It's good though because I don't feel so alone (even though I have only just started). I just got to the point were I was craving some adult interaction - even if I can't see you all, it's good to know that someone is here to chat!

toni: Nice to 'meet' you. I watched the video of you DS today. How cute!! He sure was having fun.

CodSop: We did get quite a few suprised reactions rather than opinions about Ziggi's name. The best one was when SIL arrived at the hospital and asked what her name was. She laughed and said, "Ziggi the Piggy!, No..what's her real name not her nickname?". I just laughed and shrugged it off. We predicted which is why we responded with "the name is a surprise". It got grandmother approval first though (because that's impotant ;) ). Roast dinner!!?? I am sooo jealous. What type of roast (my favourite is lamb).

Metalhead: We haven't official 'met' :wave:. My DD had her 6 month needles a week before Christmas...so a little early. They originally wanted to change her appointment to Christmas Eve or to the new year so they mustn't be too worried about when they have them. They went well though. My GP is very gentle and spend nearly 45 minutes giving her a proper checkup. I was surprised when DD got only 2 needles at the 6 month appointment (and the oral)...I was expecting 3!

Lil X-men: :wave: I hear you about the clubbing and friends issues. I get asked to go out clubbing by friends with older children and without children. The ones with children ask if I can watch theirs when I say "NO I have to look after my baby, DH works on weekends - you know that and besides I'm tired - aren't you?!!" and the friends without children have rung all hours of the morning asking if I can pick them up because they can't get a taxi and our house is close by! I am beginning to realise that I am a friend of convenience at times. (Oh, and I don't pick up my friends who have been clubbing all night!". Mind you, I did love to go clubbing pre baby days!

Mumelle, shellsbubs :wave: - it's lovely to meet you.

OLT - how funny about your son. I bet they are the moments that you treasure and don't forget in a hurry!

Mum2Riley - Boast away...well done to Riley for talking. My DD still babbles away. I understand what it feels like to return to work. I went back when DD was 4 months old. I only work 2-3 days a week (on a relief basis) for 6 hours at a time. My Mum watches DD whilst I'm at work so it made it that bit easier. I was worried about missing DD crawling for the first time whilst I was at work but was lucky to be on holidays to see it - and still on holidays and watching the progression. Some time in the near future I will have to return to my full-time position and I am dreading that. Lucky for me my work has been very flexible and are happy for do what I want for now. Bet it made you feel sooooo good to hear Riley talking and being home to experience it!! Everything they do is precious isn't it!? By the way, it is nice to meet you and look forward to chatting to you.

To everyone else - hi!!

Ziggi had her first swimming lesson today. I was worried that it would be too cold, she would get sick, she would hate it etc etc. BUT she loved it - even when they dunked her under the water and left her to 'swim' towards DH!! The best thing of all was that DH was on holidays to take her. I was so excited for him to have that experience. It was my job to take the photos....but as luck would have it, the camera had no battery left (it's always the way!?). So we are going again on Saturday to re-enact the moment! :laughing:

Also, some advice please - I mentioned that Ziggi is crawling and getting into everything. I say 'no' to jewellery, remotes, phones and anything dangerous or anything that she can destroy beyond recognition (I try my hardest to make sure she can't reach these things). I am trying to leave most other things down and am hoping to go with the 'baby will eventually (and I know it takes time) learn not to touch' theory. However, we have moved items that are safety issues (eg, a little display cabinet that she can pull onto herself). I only have a lock on the cupboard with all the knives and chemicals. When she is into something that she shouldn't be, I say "Ziggi, no touching" and I re-direct her to something else positve (like playing with a toy etc.) She just looks at me and continues with the new 'game' I have her until something else catches her eye. Am I on the right track? Any other suggestions? What I am doing seems to be working for now but for how long I don't know (afterall she is still on L-plates and is yet to get into the full swing of things!!) :)

TIA - Linda

Mummy2R&K

08-01-2008, 16:49

mum2riley good to hear your transition back to work was not too difficult and how cute riley saying mum! jayda says 'bub-bub-bub' and 'wa-wa-wa' and 'mum-mum-mum' and sometimes 'da-da-da' but she doesnt know what she's doing its just her babble. doesnt make it any less cute though. is riley at day care or do you have family that looks after him? tiana went to day care when she was 9 months old but she was such an easy baby and she loved it (1 day a week) but with jayda i could never take her to day care because she still isnt really settled yet. we'll get there one day

Well I am full time for 4 weeks whilst DP has that time off. After this, Riley will be going to day care once a week, mum twice a week and mother in law every second Friday. I will be having Tuesdays and every second Friday off. When Riley starts walking then he will go to day care twice a week. Looks like a really good place, a lady from work sends her son there and he looked so happy when i went there. So the next two weeks, he is going to DC an hour here and there, then a full day.

Riley will be fine there, he's a good bub and he loves being around other kids. My 4 year old nephew only looks at him and gets him into laughing fits.

Well i best be off, gotta spend what precious time I have with the Riley monster.

:hugs:

our little treasures

09-01-2008, 09:12

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Onebubby ~ I am much like you the reason I came onto bubhub was just for something else to do during the day . I love seeing how other people handle certain situations that I may be facing at the same time. To be honest I never realised how many different ways of parenting there were until being on bubhub. I have gained a lot by being on here in regards to the baby led parenting. I also lov that I can start a post and then walk off do something and continue on once I have finished. Imagine doing that on the phone to a friend:D

OMG This guy is making so much freakin noise pulling the patio apart!!! There is no way my angel is sleeping through that!! I will just check her,.. Ok she is:eek: Mind you I have the air cooler on and 2 fans to block some of the noise out. I had a bit of trouble (meaning she didn't fall asleep while feeding) getting her down but as soon as I rolled her on her tummy she fell asleep!

I am meeting up with a friend this arvo at a cafe. I am looking forward to it but I bet she is going to ask me to do the bbq fundraiser for the dance school. I don't mind doing it as it keeps the fee's down :thumbsup: I am hoping the kids will be on their best behaviour:flowerz:

Oh I got that mesh feeder thing for shakyla and my god it's very long. She had a munch but I thought she was going to gag on it! I gave her watermelon within 10 mins I looked outside and Daylan had it in his mouth:p Li'l bugger I asked him why he had it and he said "akyla gave it to me"

Hope you all are having a great day!!

09-01-2008, 09:59

Hello Lovlies.

M2R - sux about having to go back to work, but then again the adult intereaction would be fantastic. Hope it all goes smoothly for you and Riley :)

OLT - have fun this arvo!! We have the mesh feeder as well, and Lochie loves it, i have found banana to be a bit of a pain to get it all out tho, i end up using the bottle brush to get it all out.

OBG - glad to hear the swimming lessons went well. I have been taking Lochie myself after watching the Lawrie Lawrence learn to swim DVD but have been meaning to look into classes. How are the priced? and where abouts do you go?

09-01-2008, 10:05

Gail - hope Sophie starts sleeping a little better for you. No wonder you are buggered!
I complain when Lochie sleeps though until 5am -(as its normally 6-630 these days) Ill have to keep my mouth shut now I think.

Karen - hope spicks and specks was good :D
hope you didnt have tooooo much to drink.

Metal head - I wouldnt worry about your "friend" you dont need to surround your self with people like that.

Mumelle- for the past 3 days Lochie hasnt been too interested in his dinner, but has been eating breakfast, so I have put it down to teething as well, as he is having all the other signs?? If not I have no idea why.

Hello to everyone else that I have missed :bee:

I've woken up this morning with a terrible cold - Lochie had the sniffles yesterday, but he is fine today.
So hoping its a one day thing and thats it. Nothing worse than a runny nose and it being stinking hot huh!!

I have decided to get a Tattoo of Lochies name done on my back vertically along my spine - hubby is dropping into the Tattoo place this arvo to drop off the design and to make an appointment, so hopfully within the next week or so.
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toni796

09-01-2008, 10:46

Shilo - That must feel really strange that Shakyla will be sleeping in the cot after the other kids didn't......Hope the man doing the verandah is not there to long so you can get back to normal....Daylan sounds like a real little character and one to brighten up your day all the time.

Gail - Bryce is the one toilet training Bailey is the bub:p. lol I know it gets cunfusing trying to keep up with everyones kids sometimes I don't blame you. Hope Sophie starts to get moving soon so she is not so frustrated with everything.

Linda - Good to hear Ziggi had fun with her swimming lesson.....You are pretty much on the right tracks with teaching Ziggi about not touching things....I would just keep going along the way you are for now....It's more just repetition of telling her what to do and not to do that will teach her in the end.

Tara - Hope that cold does not hang around to long and that you get over it well. That tattoo looks pretty cool....I don't think I could ever bring myself to getting one lol.

TwoLittleLadybugs

09-01-2008, 11:49

Hi Girls!! Hope you all had a lovely christmas and a wonderful new year.
Not sure how many of you know me other than the Brissy girls, I just thought i'd pop in and give you all an update on Yacine.
Yacine is now 6mths old and had her 6mth vax on monday. She did so well and I am so proud of her, she only cried when the needles went in but recovered really quickly. Her stats:
Weight 7.6kg (95th percentile)
Height 69cm (97th percentile)
Head Circ. 42cm (50th percentile)
On new years day she surprised us by pulling herself up into a stand and now she has started to do a little bit of furniture cruising. I just hope that she crawls for a while before she starts to walk. I cant believe my little girl if growing up so fast. In less than 6mths she'll be a year old.
Cant wait to read up on all of your updates.
Tina and Yacine

09-01-2008, 12:02

Wow tina, standing allready. What a clever girl.

Lochie is no where near crawling, and has decided to stop rolling now.
You really will have your hands full. As much as I want him to get up and GO, Im enjoying the ease of it all at the moment that I can put him down, duck out of the room for a few secs and him still be there when I get one. haha thats one positive of having a lazy bub I suppose. Hes ALMOST sitting... just gets the wobbles happening.

Cant wait to see you on Monday

wannabemum

09-01-2008, 12:03

HELLO DARLINS,

So sorry for not being on in SO LONG, between moving house and not being able to get broadband connected (Telstra :banghead:) and well just being too lazy, HERE I AM! :wave: Hope everyone is well. Now just a quick check, anything MAJOR that I need to hear about??? How are all the bootiful :baby: going? Malik is amazing, love him so much! I have put some brag photos down the bottom lol.

Still having sleep issues (since he was born, so nothing new I guess). Days are ALOT better, I can now put him down in his cot awake and he will put himself to sleep. Nights are still very hard though. Wakes up many times and just wants boobie to go back to sleep, he has formed a big sleep association with wanting a feed to go back to sleep, because of his reflux and colic problems for the first few months :(. But I think we will get there, its just time and perserverance. Other than that he smiles and laughs all the time, and is an incredibly busy little boy.

Please keep in touch, looking forward to hearing about the bubs and their amazing mums.

Lots of love Holly x

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our little treasures

09-01-2008, 12:34

TJ~Nothing worse than having a bub to look after and being sick!

Toni~ I keep following you into so many posts on BH!! Your becoming an addict!!

Well I just put DS down for his nap, with NO DUMMY!! I was going to wait until dh is on hols but I am a bit impatient! Anyway I have been cutting the tops of some and then dropping them in his toys so he will find them. Then when he brings them to me I tell him that the fairies are cutting them because he is a big boy. Anyway he lost his good ones and I tried finding them and all he could find were the broken ones. After 10mns I said "well looks like you have to go to bed with the broken one". He was a bit sooky and kept saying "find me another one" in this gorgeous li'l voice that almost had me going and getting one. Anyway after 10mns he is asleep and not much fuss!! So I plan on finding the good ones and nipping the ends off so I can't feel guilty and hand them back!!:smiliedance:

Oh my god I am so happy!!:D Lets see how I go though, it was much easier with the first. I bet he tries to take Shakyla's. :yes:

our little treasures

09-01-2008, 12:47

Holly
Your li'l girl is just a cutie! My eldest was a bad sleeper days and nights and unfortunately most of it was a big blur! I had no support at all other than poor DH who would do what he could when not at work. It was very hard but eventually we got there. Some nights my hubby and I sit and can't believe that we got to where we are today. It will end I can promise!!

Well of to coffee, chat later.

ETsMum

09-01-2008, 14:35

HELLO EVERYONE!!!

Oh my goodness!!! :ecomcity: I think Julie summed it up pretty well with holy crp batman!!! :raspberry: But, in all seriousness, it is pretty high quality chatting going on here... I'm impressed!!!

Here is my update: AJ rolled right over (tummy - back - tummy) for the first time on Sat - and I missed it... but she did it again on Monday and I didn't take my eyes off her! Yay!! She is still so 'new baby' like. Nowhere near crawling or sitting on her own or STANDING!!

We aren't starting solids of any kind until 6 months, which is at the end of this month - much to DS's disapointment - he keeps trying to feed her. AND she is still fully BF!! Woo hoo!!! I can't believe we lasted this long after all the trouble we had. We still have painful moments though!!

She isn't sleeping through anymore though and still wants to be wrapped. DS stopped getting wrapped at three months, and I can't for the life of me remember how we did it. I suppose I had more time back then for helping him get to sleep. At least she isn't crying, just wakes, huffs and puffs for a feed then goes back to sleep.

I just love her to bits and sometimes I wish she would just stay just like she is now... just like a doll!! Hehehe!! :cloud9: I'll post a pic in the photo section.

prideNJoy

09-01-2008, 14:43

Hiya,

Just a short one today.

olt~ Had to have a laugh at your post about your DS doing dress-ups outside while playing.

M2R~ It melts your heart when you hear them say "mum" for the first time doesn't it?! So cute.
Hope the juggling of work and home life is going well for you!

Welcome to mumelle & OneBubbyGirl :wave:

wannabemum~ Glad to hear that your little man is doing alot better thoroughout the day, loved the pics btw.
He looks so much like his mummy!

Hello to all the rest of the girls...:)

Well some of you might remember how i said that N was given some coke on Xmas day, and then he was a nightmare that night, yeah well ever since then his reflux has gradually come back and gotten worse.

I wasn't due to go back to see the Osteo for another couple of weeks as she didn't need to see him for two months. But we had to take him yesterday.
Poor little guy also woke up yesterday morning with a fever and snuffly nose. *sigh*
SO on top of having a restless and screaming baby for a week he is now not well. I hope it passes soon. He still has mild fever today. As for the teething, i wish his teeth would just pop through already. Poor little guy, i think the pain is sending him nuts.

God, I can't even remember what it feels like to sleep through the whole night anymore?!
Even when we had his reflux under control he still wakes at least 2 times through the night to feed.

I just thank my lucky stars that Jadah was a 'perfect' baby in every sense of the word, cos geez if she was like N is that would have put me off wanting another i think! :(
Gotta take the good with the bad huh! (Not saying he is bad, but just they can't all be easy/cruisy babies)

Sorry this has turned out to be a bit of a vent post hasn't it! :o

Not much else to report, had to change my pamper day to tomorrow. The girl who took the appt got the times wrong.
So looking forward to that.

J is doing well, fully TT through the day just wears a nappy for nap/bedtime or if we have to go out for long periods and aren't sure if there are toilets close by.

Better go N has just woken, and is wanting attention... *runs*

xo

toni796

09-01-2008, 15:20

Tina - I remeber when you first popped your head in here on BH. Don't see you arond much but hi!. I can't believe that she is cruising around on the furniture already. You are going to have a early walker there.....All my kids were walking around by 10 months so I don't know what it is like to not have early walkers lol.

Shilo - :laughing: I am not becoming addicted, I am addicted.:laughing: Great to hear that it was quite easy with DS and his dummy. Just got to perservere with it I am sure it won't be to long before he does not have it at all now. Bailey is the only one of my kids that has really taken to the dummy all the others by Bailey age now didn't want the dummy anymore.

Holly - Malik is just adorable......Hope your all settled now after your move....Don't you hate it. We may be moving house in a few weeks. :fingerscrossed: we get this house we want. I have already started packing and getting cupboards cleaned out so I don't have to rush and get it all done when we do end up moving.

Etsmum - Way to go to AJ for rolling over. Your lucky she only wakes for a feed and goes back to sleep right away. But it still makes you feel tired though huh.

Mel - That is the pits that Nayte has not been well since the coke incident. :banghead: I would be so angry. Hope he is not ill for to long with the stuffy nose and temp. Oh and vent away we don't mind listening to it that is what we are here for. :hugs:

Well as for me I am still packing and cleaning slowly. I have had enough but it is better than having to rush and get it all done when it is time to move.

The girls are driving me absolutly insaine bring on the start of school......

The boys are doing good and Bailey is just being cheekier every day. Not looking forward to his needles in a couple of weeks though. I hope he does not get his excema back.

09-01-2008, 15:43

I forgot to mention in my earlier post

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNA (Chenicimo)
Its sometime this week but the cheeky bugga wont tell me what day...
This will be her last year in her 20's!!!!
HELLO YOU OLD GIRL :p

Happy Birthday babe, hope you have a fantastic day (which ever day this week it mat be ;))

JorBai

09-01-2008, 16:01

Ok lovelies! I dont have a hope of personals coz Id be here all day! LOL! So Ill just start a fresh now!

Xmas in Melbourne was good but would you believe it, ,y happy lil man decided to start teething while we were there and was SO unsettled for most of the trip, he was fine for a few days when we got back but he is back to unsettled again. I feel so bad for him, so helpless...:(He is such a happy bub always smiling and at the moment he is miserable. Sometimes he tries to let out a smile then the pain comes back... I HATE TEETHING...

Still eating pretty well, but had some naughtys over xmas but I dont mind as I lost alot of weight before xmas and Im so close to my new goal weight anyway! The weather has been cr*p, lots of rain so I cant get out and walk so Ive just been doing DVDs instead.

Jordan starts swimming lessons on the 1st Feb!!!!! I cant wait, he is such a water baby!

Got our Pixi photos back today and they are good, not great but Im happy with them. Some just seem a little off centre IYKWIM but I went halfs with my mum so we bought the whole package! Ill try put some on later!

Anyways, better go and get organised!

Talk again soon xox:hugs:

monique13

09-01-2008, 17:02

Hi girls just poped in to say :wave:

i have been so tired of late and toni i hear you bring on school they get so bored don't they. well im almost 9 weeks its going so slow for me i just wont to get to the 2nd stage so i can get my energy back and feel human again.

Chenicimo - happy bday for this week i hope you have a wonderful day happybirthday.

JorBai - you have done so well at loseing your weight your aloud to be naughty every now and then.

mumelle & OneBubbyGirl Welcome and :wave:

TJ - i hope you are feeling better and i love the tattoo idea and i also love the design.

YacinesMommy - what a cleaver little girl you have already standing.

Well girls im going to leave it here for now take care and i will talk to u lovly ladies soon.

Monique :wave:

ETsMum

09-01-2008, 17:22

Oh, I keep loosing my internet connection.. and I have a "helper" here, being desctructive... :rolleyes:

MumtoRiley - Did you know that there is an old wives tale that says whatever your bub says first out of mum and dad, determines the sex of your next bub??? So, you had better think pink if you are having any more... :laughing: (BTW - it worked for me.)

Mumelle - You aren't alone in the over 30's. I think I am the golden oldie of this group. I'm 33 in May! :eek: I think Boymum is our age too... Sorry BM if I mixed you up with someone else...

ET says.... fkohohiiohptgre kloi n bn bn n cdcdn fiofgviiooiic xx z.

Ok that is enough help... I'm going before he resets the computer... :geek:

JorBai

09-01-2008, 18:21

Hey Monique! Wow 9 weeks!!! Your gonna have another baby this year:smiliedance: Are you gonna find out the sex? Another baby boy would be nice for Tyran;):D

ETs mum- Jordan says Mum all the time and he even says it to me!!!! So if I have another bub then maybe it will be a girl LOL!!!! But no bubs in the immediate future!:no:
And yes Ange boymum is in her 30s! She is such a yummy mummy tho! Im 25 and connect so well with her! :wave:Ange! So HOORAY to all you mummys in thier 30s!

And OMG Tina is Yacine standing already!!!! What a clever girl!

Mummy2R&K

09-01-2008, 19:02

[quote=ETsMum;2247625]MumtoRiley - Did you know that there is an old wives tale that says whatever your bub says first out of mum and dad, determines the sex of your next bub??? So, you had better think pink if you are having any more... :laughing: (BTW - it worked for me.)/quote]

Haha thanks for that! I would love a lil girl somewhere down the track! Not right now though, too darn tired :laughing:

prideNJoy

09-01-2008, 19:50

ETsMum~ that old wives tale didn't work for us!

Leanne~ I hear ya on the teething business! We're so over it! (Nayte & I that is) arghh. :hair:

monique13~ Good to hear you starting to feel human again, it must be hard at the 'tired' stage keeping up with the younger ones.

Boymum

09-01-2008, 20:01

Hi, hi, hi, girls,

Well my goodness, what a lot of talking going on. I am with you Leanne, I am not going to do personals really....too much to write so little time he,he.

Well my 'Little B' isn't so little anymore....you will probably be surprised at this Lil X Men but she weighs in at 7.16kg the other day (with clothes on). Wow, she's on average for her age now. She's 6 months old on Monday. Not crawling as yet, but walking in her walker already and rolling around like a crazy woman everywhere I put her down. Funny really, she is sooo busy, really active. Loves her food too.

My little Man Connor is fine, being that he's two now, well 26 months I am interested in helping him drop his beloved do-do (dummy)....how old is your DS OLT?

Nice Tat you've picked there Tarz, very different, good luck with that. I have a tat but in a spot nobody would ever see unless you're my Husband he,he. Not rude either, just inside of my bickini area really.

Ha,ha,ha,ha Leanne, yes I am 32 soon (in March) so an oldie but a goodie...not sure about yummy mummy though. I am working on that v soon, joining a gym next week and starting to work out at least twice a week if not three times if I can.

Oh congrats Monique again, so excited for you having another bubby....I love newborns, awwww.

How's things going with Jayda Candy?

Sorry to hear about N Melly...poor wittle bubby.

Hi Toni, ET's Mum, Mum2Riley, Yacine'sMommy and new mummies who have joined us and sorry whoever else I am forgetting (hugs).

Best get going for the moment, am making dinner.

Oh and bye the way Brianna isn't sleeping all night either, she wakes at least twice, if not for one bottle but maybe another.....and if it's not for bottle she wants her dummy or to be moved back into the middle as she wakes up all over the place and hits her head or something he,he.

Love to you all, Ange.

metalhead713

09-01-2008, 20:11

I still end up having mental blanks and when I go to reply to everyone individually I forget who said what/and all the names lol:o Ill work it out eventually:p

Well definetly an anoying day here- had to do shopping and as we dont have a car, or any nearby shops to just walk to when we run out of supplies- I try to do a fortnights worth of shopping (dd's stuff ie. nappies food formula etc etc.) while hauling dd along in the pram and probably overloading it with more than it can carry:o PLUS trying to carry 3 laoded shopping bags and walking from the bus stop all the way home which is at least a 15 min walk in the heat and sun ARGH (at least dd has a good uv resistant pram shade) and dd kept crying and whinging the whole time which made it so much more stressful cause she had missed her nap (but at least now I know she still needs her 3 naps and isnt ready to drop one) SOO need a car!!! We need a loan first though cant save any money on our income.. bleehh

Someone in here mentioned their bub had woken up because they rolled over? (sorry cant recall there was too much to read and im having brain lag lol) I brought a safe t sleep today (its those things that wrap around the matress and has a strap thing that wraps around their belly preventing them from rolling around but not completly restricting movement) it was fairly expensive, like $70 but well worth the money, dd has been so much easier to settle because she cant roll around while im getting her to sleep so she fell asleep so much quicker tonight! its great.. just a bit worried about the hot weather shes just in a nappy atm but i checked her temp before it was fine, and in winter there would be no probs with it.

ok I think i was going to type more but my brain is refusing to cooperate LOL think i might have to hit the hay soon :wave: nite all

JorBai

09-01-2008, 20:19

Ange- You so are a Yummy Mummy!!!!!! Glad to hear lil B is well! And it sounds like she has beefed up!!!! Wow 7.16kg is great! Cant wait to see her again!

metalhead- :hugs:you sound like you have had a very rough day, you poor thing. Its amazing how much we take for granted a car, definately not something you can live without easily. Hope you manage to get one soon:fingerscrossed:

Oh and Mel lots of hugs to you, this teething business is so tiring... (I didnt even know when Bailey was teething, I just suddenly saw teeth) This time Im hearing all about it...

I forgot to say in my post, Jordan is not rolling that much, he can do it but chooses not to i think! Lazy bones! He is very strong on his feet tho and wont sit on my lap now, he will only stand! I gave him some farex while on hols and he scoffed it! LOL! But he is off it now coz of the teething. He sleeps thro the night pretty well, but lately has been restless sleeping and Im putting that down to teething too.... Bl00dy teeth...

reAllytee

09-01-2008, 20:46

Ok here goes !!!!

Im not sure who was talking about being in their 30's but you can add me to the list im almost there ... Quite happy about it too funnily enough !

Leanne - Squeak is the same he can roll but only rolls to his side to grab at things now but meh im not worried really Boof was reeeeally slow with all his milestones bar walking ! Glad your trip went ok shame about Jordan teething though poor bub !

metalhead - I feel your pain we dont have a car either & its a major pain in the a$$ !!!!! I really hate it now it was ok with only one bub but now having a baby & runaway toddler its a nightmare !

Not too keen on the safe t sleeper things myself but everyone is different & i hope it works for you both !

Ange - Brianna sounds like Squeak he often still wakes for a bottle it all depends. But is always waking cause he is either uncomfy or uncovered !

ETsmum - Dont you love little helpers :p Glad to hear all is going well with the b/f !!!! For us we stopped wrapping by slowly making it looser & then by only wrapping arms then slowly loosening that. Just do it slowly & you should have more success !

Monique - Wow 9wks ! How incredibly exciting !!!!

Mel - :hugs: I hope the osteo helps N & i really hope he starts sleeping better soon. Im lucky now that Squeak sleeps a good 4hrs then has a feed at 11pm then goes back to sleep for another 6hrs. He is a much better sleeper than Boof was ... I really dont know why i had another lol ;)

Linda - Your little girl is adorable & i love her name too its awesome ! There isnt really much you can do in regards to her getting into things. What you are doing is the best thing in distracting her it will take a while before it all starts working unfortunately !

OLT - Hope things arent too messy round your place now with the patio removed ! How good is it when our littlies sleep through that sorta noise ! Hope your coffee break was enjoyable !

TJ - Hope you are feeling better soon hun. That tatt is freaking awesome ! Everyone keeps talking about getting theirs done lately, makes me so jealous ! Im dying to get my back tatt done but its going to cost over $400 so its something thats on the backburner for now !

Tina - OMG thats insane !!!!!! Awesome news but sooo scary !!!!

Holly - Glad to see you around again. Glad to hear Malik is doing a little better just give it some time cause he needs to learn new things. Squeak has had a rough trot too but we are getting there slowly but surely !

Ok thats enough of that otherwise i will be here all nite !!!!

All is as well as it can be here ... I want to kill DP but whats new :rolleyes:

Im just really over cr@p atm & it doesnt help that i havent had my antidepressants script filled so im having withdrawals grrrrr !

Think i will go wash up now & take myself off to bed to read for a little while before Squeak wakes again !

09-01-2008, 21:32

Ally - ohh hang in there, hopefully you can get upto the chemist tomorrow??
My tat is costing around $300 is what they quoted.

Ange - glad you posted and lil B has really picked up with her weight now, thats fantastic.
Haha get your tat out at the next meet ;)

Monique - Hope you can manage to get some rest with the kids all still being home.
Bring on the 2nd trimester i say.. have you had any scans yet?

Et - a BIG hello to you, have missed you :)

same as you LEANNE - glad you are back as well!!

Ally, Ange, Leanne - Im glad you all said about bubs only rolling when they want to.
I was starting to get worried about Lochie as he doesnt go too far at all, and everyone else was posting about bubs going from one side of the room to another.
Bless the lazy babies cotton socks :hugs:

I SHOULD be in bed, this cold is really hurting my head - had a nanna nap this arvo tho, which was great, havent had a nap in sooooo long!!

Pink Kisses

09-01-2008, 21:34

Hello!

Well another rainy day here at Caboolture :smiliedance:. My gardens love it, my dog loves it and Ziggi loves it (well licking it off the sliding door as it dripped down - only problem was she was inside!). Love staying inside on a rainy day. I usually have a hot shower and then spend the rest of the day on the lounge in my favourite pyjamas. So you guessed it....not much happening in our household today.

OLT: It's nice chatting to mums who are first time mums and experiencing things for the first time but it is also nice chatting to those who have 'been there, done that'. But I too am very quickly realising that there many parenting styles and I think that's great!!

TJ: Who designed your tattoo? I love it. It took a while to untangle the letters (visually) but I think it is very symbolic...is DH going to get a matching one? As for swimming lessons I spent a lot of time ringing around and asking questions. All are around about the same cost...I pay $12 per lesson :eek: but you can't put a price on a little life!! I chose the program at Cabooture Aquatic Centre (at Morayfield) as it is very interactive. They spend the entire half hour singing songs. In the first lesson Ziggi had her head under the water (several times) and they let go of her to 'swim' a very small distance. At the same time, is bub isn't ready they hold off until both you and bub feel comfortable. They practice falling off the edge and returning to the side (with your guidance of course) and had lots of interactive play with toys (like watering cans, squirt toys). I even like how they teach them body parts, how to wave, blow kisses, clap hands, colours etc......it felt like a preschool lesson as well! My favourite part was when all 6 bubs sat (in their own unique styles) on the floating mat and played together. As for LL program I saw him on Sunrise and he has some excellent advic, am yet to check out the website. If anything, he is getting the message out which is so important! I'm a teacher and you would be sooooo surprised at how many non-swimmers there are each time we start the swimming in summer (about 5 a class in our area - too many!).

JorBai: :wave: Have only been chatting to these wonderful ladies for a few days. They have made me feel very welcome. My DD (Ziggi) went to her first swimming lesson this week and loved it!! I hope Jordan has a positive first experience as well!

Toni and Ally: Thanks for the encouragement. It is so hard. You really have to be on the ball don't you!? The thought of her getting hold of something and choking scares me!!

:yelclap:to everyone else...once again, thanks for making me feel welcome and for including me in your chat.

mumelle

09-01-2008, 22:34

Hi everyone! :wave:

Wow so much to catch up on.. had intentions to do personals but now after catching up on the last two days (DH took the laptop to work, bugger) and am a bit shattered..but we'll see..

Thanx so much for all the advice on solids, friends not understanding and surfing! Just an up-date-

Fletch loved his solids today Yum Yum (pumpkin and broccoli + rise cereal) didn't even have to "play' around, just straight into it.Hooray!

TJ- I got banana stuck in the meshy thing too and it's a bugger to get out (wont be doing that again- watermelon is easier).

Friends- saw on Facebook photos of our friends out bowling (of all things??!!) but hey, where's out invite?? (child friendly place too:shame:) Then one leaves a message to say "looking forward to seeing you on Friday at the outdoor cinema" once again- where was our invite (another child friendly place)!! Huh, over it! Need some new mates!.. anyway have been in touch with the local health nurse who has given my number to a mum in the mothers group of this age in this area. We'll see if I hear back...have heard they can be quite clicky. In the meantime have been ringing around about Gymboroo, swimming (loved your stories/info OBG) and "Rhymetime" at the libraries (which is free yay). Anything to fill up the days and get out of the house. Feel like such a dork as we have made a friend at the local shops (a lady who loves Fletch) so we pop in for a chat. Yep, definately desperate and dateless ha ha!!

Surfing- DH applied for a new job today as he wants to have more time....he wants to work afternoons only. I'm like oh why is that- coz the surfs better in the am of course! If he thinks he's going surfing every bloody day he's got another thing coming..! Apart from the surfing thing DH is actually an awesome dad and great to me too- gets up and looks after Fletch to give me a break in the mornings when he can and always gets up and does the night feeds if Fletch ever wakes. So really he does deserve a surf every now and then hey..at least its a very healthy addiction

TJ- your tat to be looks awesome- never thought I could do it but after childbirth I reckon I could do anything- bloody painful- had to have an epidual in the end (had pre-eclampsia) but ,my hat goes off to anyone who has done it natural. Same goes to people who have tats.

OLT- would love to see Fletch in a girls dress with high heels (and squashing a spider thats hilarious)- great for the 21st if you got a piccy. Think you mentioned something about co-sleeping.? I wished I'd done this with Fletch (altho he is an awesome sleeper now). He had a really bad birth and we both ended up in intensive care for 2 nights (hospital for 9 days).I think he would have been a much more settled baby in the beginning if I had co-slept but the mid-wives made me feel so scared about it that I didn't. Think I will next time tho...Sometimes I do take the time to lie down with him sleeping and just cuddle him- it's just the best and so bonding I love it.

Metalhead- thanx for the advice re:teething etc. so sorry about your rat. WTF is with your 'friend" there??

mum2Riley- wowwww impressed with the "mum mum mum" Fletch is saying "DAD DAD DAD" very loudly especially when I say MUM MUM MUM!!

Candy- we go to Byron a bit (for the surf of course) so next time maybe we can hook up. (and anyone else thats close) we used to live 300m from the beach(!) but we just moved 2.5km from the beach BUT DH can SEE:rolleyes: the surf from our balcony so its almost worse! He can see exactly which break to go to! I've even tried surfing myself (if you can't beat em join em) but got so many bruises and while it was kinda fun- I'd rather sunbake or go shopping to be honest. Then I got preggers so I had an excuse ha ha.

jkate- Thanx for the advice on solids too -we're getting there I think..

Well thats it for now- do have some exciting news tho- am going to Broome this weekend! DH has to go for work so I'm flying up on Sat am, having the day to myself at Cable Beach and then we both fly back on Sunday night. Fletchie is staying with my mum and dad!! Our first night apart :( I'm not sure how I'll go really but a few cocktails should help I reckon! Can't believe mum offered.

must go girlies Hope everyone has a wonderful day tomorrow xxxx

mumelle

09-01-2008, 22:34

Lil X-men

09-01-2008, 23:27

Hi everyone, again it seems impossible to catch up!!

Ally - :hugs: make sure you get time to get that script filled wont you, hope tomorrow is a better day:babydust2:

Etsmum- Your wee girl is a cutey I love the pic of her in the photo thread!! Your theory rang true for us, DS1 said daddy for ages before saying mummy, and our second was a boy. Hope Zeke says mummy first, I am encouraging him everyday hehe!! A big :hugs: and congrats for the BF'ing I can feel your pride, I feel the same way. It was a tough start and is sometimes surreal that we are still doing it successfully!

Holly - Malik is a all growwwed up so gorgeous, I love the one of you both, you are looking mighty good for a sleep deprived mumma lol!!
Ezekiel also likes to BF to sleep, but I dont mind. In saying that I haven't had the sleep/reflux issues you have had with Malik so it hsnt caused too many probs for us. He usually sleeps all night after dream feed at 10-11pm which is just unbelieveable to me.
My first baby was the bad sleeper, he still wakes sometimes and is nearly three. So don't be put off, your next baby might be easy peasy, at least you will be prepared with knowledge and experience next time ( if you are planning more that is).
Sounds like he is 100 times better than he was, I am glad everything has been diagnosed now.

TJ - Love the tat, would love to get one of the kids names somewhere, but I can't bare to get anymore tats. I got mine so young (17) and regret them, so I am saving to have one removed atm instead of getting a new one lol. ( Just the one on my arm, I dont mind the others).
Compared to labour/childbirth mate it's easy you'll do fine!

Mummelle - Have an awesome Holiday you lucky thing, it is weird leaving them for the first time, but the cocktails will help. I guarantee you will be busting to get back him the next day though, I remember DH and I were like that after leaving DS1 for the first time, we couldnt wait to pick him up.

Onebubbygirl - Swim lessons are great huh? My nearly three year old has been going since six months and he's a champ swimmer now, better than me I tell ya!! I want to start Zeke next month ( 6months) but it all depends if we can fit it into the budget coz it would be $30 a week to send both boys ouch!
We have a pool at home, so I might hold off for awhile and teach him in ours until it cools down too much to swim in ours, then go to lessons.

Leanne - Glad you had a good holiday, sorry to hear Jordan is out of sorts with teething though, bummer. Poor wee man, life is hard right from day one isnt it!??
I hope he is ok so we can see you all at Jenis next week..

Ange - woohoo Little B has finally scaled the 7kgs mark. Thats great news, we are trying but not quite there. we have been stuck on 6.5kgs for a month now. He is a very active little fulla though so probably burning off all his food!

Ok I have to go I can almost feel DH's thoughts right now, "when is that woman going to get off bubhub" he is walking up the hallway now......

Love to all sorry to those I missed:kiss:

jkate

10-01-2008, 07:25

Hi Everyone

Good to see this thread nice and busy again, even if its hard to keep up:D

Well things are a lot better since my last post. It seems thankfully (touch wood) Elliot just had one bad night, the last two nights he has slept really well. Still a bit grizzly to go down sometimes, but better. And considering one night we were at my mums - he did really well. DS2 well he is still a demanding toddler, it's going to be awhile before that starts getting better I think, it has been easier the last couple of days because either DH or mum have helped out. But once DH goes to work tomorrow it will be a different story. We are thinking of putting him into preschool one day a week, will make things even more tight money wise - but he really does need it, it might even help his talking.

Elliot is trying so hard to crawl! And you can tell he just wants to get down and join in with his brothers, I don't mind if he waits another month before crawling. For anyone who has a bub who isn't rolling much - don't stress (I know easier said then done) - I have known many bubs who didn't roll or crawl or even walk a lot later and they are now toddlers running around Keeping up with my over active boys LOL

Spicks and Specks was fantastic!! It was a lovely night out, and great to spend time with just DH and I. Needed it after all the stress lately!

Now to try and do some personals

Julie - Its usually the opposite in this house, that late at night DH is on the computer, he thinks he isn't addicted - ha I know better LOL

mumelle - now worries about the solids, Its one thing I remember when I first started with DS1 ( some things just seem to stick in your mind) is that they will go back and forth, before they are really confident. Enjoy your holiday!!

Ally: Hope you get your script soon, try and rest up.

Tara: REST!!!

ANNA - HAPPY BIRTHDAY happybirthday- Why didn't you tell me naughty girl LOL Chat soon

I am going to be slack and stop there, Big Hello and Hugs to everyone.

Chat soon.

Oh, just remember that test about saying mum or dad first - didn't work here, my boys all around 9 months started saying "mum mum mum" (late talkers)

10-01-2008, 09:05

Hi again everyone :wave:

Good to see that you all can still chat away madly, just like we did in the "Due in July" thread last year. Does anyone else find that seeing the "Due in july 08" thread makes you feel all warm and fuzzy? Or is that just me and my meds talking??? :laughing:

Well officially off meds now anyway which is great. I don't really think I had PND, but the doctors did. I did feel heaps better on the meds though, so go figure. I truly beleive that it was such an overwhelming situation for me to say that I would never be pregnant again. I really don't feel "finished" in that department yet. Hubby and I are talking about another bubba, so will keep you posted - yes #6 - I am crazy, but I really think its what we both want (well me anyway, he's just going along for the ride :o)

All the doctors kept at me and at me to have my tubes tied after Jesse was born. I'm glad I flipped out a little at them, at least they left me alone in the end!!! So the DramaQueen finally lost the plot!!!:laughing:

Anyway enough about me.

I have roughly gone through everything and am glad everybody is doing well. All your babies are just so delightful, we are a clever mob aren't we!!!!!

TJ: Your tat is fantastic! I must say though, along the spine will not exactly tickle. I have one at the base of my spine along my tail bone, and that was bad enough. The outcome will be worth it though so you will be right. It will look fantastic when its done! Plus you are a yummy mummy so will be able to wear little tops to show it off as well! No one has seen my tat in years for fear of the muffin falling over the sides if I were to wear a little top!!!! he he he

Lil X - Hope you are well and your family is well!
Shilo - Hope you and your family are well too!!!

Jkate - Glad it was only a one-off bad night for E - nothing worse than feeling you have sleeping down pat, only to be rudely awakened in the middle of the night again!!!!

Hi to everyone else, there are so many of us now that I can't keep up, plus not all of you will remember me anyway.

Hope to be around a little more from now on - if you'll have me back that is!!!!!

Have a great day ladies!!!!

10-01-2008, 09:07

Oh and I think its Anna's birthday tomorrow (the 11th). I think she is only 29 as well which gives her one more year in her 20's!!!!!!! Another yummy mummy - GO ANNA!!!!!!!!!

I only have 4 months and 19 days left in my 20's :doh::hissy:

toni796

10-01-2008, 09:28

Hello ladies!

Anna - happybirthday for whichever day it is. Hope everything is going well for you. Have not seen you arond in a while.

Leanne - Good to hear you had a good christmas......I didn't have any trouble with Bailey or Bryce with teething.....Just big bubps in the gums for weeks before they got them and then they just appear......Can't wait to see the piccies.

Monique - 9 weeks already.....Seems like time is flying on my end lol. But I know how you feel about time going slow when it is you.

Boymum - Good to hear your little one is at the average weight now.

metamhead - I know how it feels to not have a car and have to drag the kids around when trying to do shopping it is so horrible and in this heat as well.

Ally - Make sure you go and get that script filled asap. :hugs:

Tara - How are you feeling today? A bit better I hope.......I have had a cold for over a week now. Pretty much over it now just a little bit of a sniffle left.

onebubbygirl - It rained here for like 4 days straight up till yesterday....It didn't rain yesterday but is still so cloudy and is still today. I am over the rain for a while now.

Elle - Try not to let the so called friends get to you......Hope the mum in the mothers group works out and you find yourself a new friend there soon.

Julz - Good to see you back on after your computer incident.....Was wondering where you had got to.....How are you feeling at the moment? Getting better I hope.

Karen - Good to hear that it was just one bad night with Elliot.

Bailey is vertainly getting around now.....He does not really roll around a real lot now, only to play with a toy that he has gotten to.....He seems to twist himself around and comando crawl to where he wants to get to.....Last night we went shopping and when we got home one of the girls took him out of the car and put him on the mat in the lounge and he like pushed himself up with arms stretched out really straight and his legs out straight and up off the ground with just his toes touching the ground......He looked like he was straining and trying so hard to do it, it was quite funny to watch.

We had to take one of DH water dragons to the vet yesterday.....She goes nuts and just runs around crazy in the cage when you go near it.....Well yesterday DD1 went near the cage and she went nuts and got herself stuck up in one of the plastic plants in the cage and I poked her with something and she was all floppy. I was like great there goes $100 down the drain......Well she got out of there and I had called DH at work to let him know so he could come home nd we sort them out as I was not going to open the cage as there is another one in there as well and I was not taking the chance of losing both of them......He got her out when he came home and her snout was all bleeding. Took her to the vet after DH finished work and she said that it is like 1 layer off being down to her bone. So we have to put betadine solution on it till it heals. We also had to go out and get stuff to make a new cage for her so she can't hurt herself on the wire in the other cage.....$200 later and still don't have everything for it, but at least she won't be able to hurt herself in it. She is in a big plastic container at the moment till we get it built.

Anyhow that is enough from me I am going to go and get some more cupboards cleaned out.

Bye for now.

toni796

10-01-2008, 09:32

Hi DQ :wave: You had posted in between me reading all the other posts and typing out my long post. Good to hear that you are off the meds now and feeling better.......

I also only have a bit over a year till i'm out of my 20's as well......feeling so old now lol....

10-01-2008, 09:38

hmmm tomorrow you say!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL!!
And im pretty sure she was turning the BIG 30!!!
Either that or im seriously getting confused!!

ETA - NOPE Im wrong it is only Happy 29th :p

DQ glad to see you back! Yep I get fuzzy seeing the july 08 thread as well :(

Jkat, glad you are home in one piece... well maybe ;)

Lil X-men

10-01-2008, 09:41

Karen Ezekiel is the same he just adores palying with his brother and eager as all heck to follow him aorund the house, it's so nice to watch. But I know I am going tobe cursing it in a few months when they are both running around the house:laughing:
Glad to hear Elliot has settled back down again, I hope that continues.
Zeke has had an unsettled night, I had trouble getting him down last night and then he woke at 4am, I know not that bad, but bad for him. Then when he woke up this morning he had a 38.5 temp, so he IS off colour poor wee man, not sure what the temp is all about, but he has had panadol and is now back in bed with daddy, they are both snoring their heads off. NICE FOR SOME HEY???:rolleyes::laughing:

DQ- Hey luvely lady how you doin, good to see you back again!
Go on go for no.6 gotta even things out hehehe!!! It is really depressing for me too, the thought of never having another baby or pregnancy again, I am soooo having another one in a couple of years.
I too see the July 08 thread and get all tingly, it also freaks me out that time has gone so fast. It felt like yesterday that we were whinging ( yes we did alot of that) about our pregnancies and now our bubs are half a year old ( almost for us).
I am glad you are feeling back to your old self, and arent needing meds anymore. Remember you did go through a tough time during the end of your pregnancy which would have not only exhausted you but may have also contributed to having PND, you did so well to cope with all the back and forth to hospital etc.:hugs::thumbsup:

Anyhoo - I best go am off to a friends place for haircuts for DS and DH.We have a wedding to go to next week, so need to tidy them up a bit lol!! I bought the boys we suits they are sooooo cute. I'll take piccys.

Have a nice day e:wave:veryone

toni796

10-01-2008, 09:45

hmmm tomorrow you say!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLD GIRL!!
And im pretty sure she is turning the BIG 30!!!
Either that or im seriously getting confused!!

Her profile age says 28.......Unless she is trying to make herself look younger lol. :p

Chicco25

10-01-2008, 10:14

Wow ladies, a couple of days off my comp and I have so much reading to do.

Hubby decided to take Jan off work, but has spent most of his time checking his e-mails and phoning clients :rolleyes:, as much as I love having him home I really cant wait for him to go back to work :o

Sienna has started saying "da da da da da" :crying:. I really thought that I was going to have at least one that said "ma ma ma ma" first!

We have been trying solids the past couple of days but she really screws her nose at everything. Tried sweet potato yesterday and all she did was gag on the first spoon then refused to open her mouth on the second. Then we tried the 6mth baby cereal this morning and we managed to get a second mouth but with alot of hesitation. Getting a bit worried as my other 2 by this age were already established on 2 meals a day. So I dont know if I should keep persisting or just leave it? And another thing that gets me worried is shes not a big drinker - out of a 260ml bottle she might drink between 80-110ml and thats every 4.5-5hrs. I dont know kids are just one long learning curve.

Ok enough whinging from me. I'll attempt personals. Sorry if I miss anyone out

Anna - happybirthday for whenever it is and for how ever old you are, You are only as old as you feel ;)

Julie - I hope zeke feels better soon and its nothing too serious for your little man.

Toni - wow, commando crawling around already. He'll be off in no time. Scary really, makes you realise how fast their growing up.

DQ - Glad to hear your off the meds. And can totally relate about the feeling of possibly never having anymore bubbies. I've been on a big downer because dh is adamant he doesnt want anymore and its kinda ripping me apart because I really dont feel done. But if your hubby is willing to go for a 6th then go forit!

TJ - Luuurrrvvve the tat! I have mine booked in for my bday in Oct. Gives me plenty of time to lose the excess 19 kilos I'm carrying around so I can show it off for summer next year. Definately post pics when you have it done

Monique - Hope your pregnancy is going well. If you ever want to catch up for a coffee let me know, I live across the road from you in Mindarie.

jkate - glad to hear you enjoyed your night out with hubby. You definately need those times out when you have kiddies.

Holly - :hugs: I was where you were for the first 4mths of siennas life. Its not easy, but as julie said you'll be armed with more knowledge if and when no.2 comes along

Ok, thats as far as I can get my little princess has woken up.

Ciao for now ladies
Anita

Mummy2R&K

10-01-2008, 13:22

I don't get to come on here that much, but when I do, I'm sorry I don't do personals! But by the time I read everyone's posts, I forget what the first one said!!

Well i'm at work and sooooooooooooooooooo bored!!!!!!!!!!!! Could not go back to my position part time, so i'm doing a short term project until they find me something else and it's sooooooooooooooooooooooo boring! :sleeping::sleeping::sleeping:

Anyways, hope everyone's bubs are going well.

Riley still waking alot at night, and I'm on the waiting list to a sleep clinic, so hopefully we will get somewhere. They rang today to see how everything was and I broke down, and said I'm back at work and not coping with him waking etc. So hope that made them feel guilty and to bump me up the list :laughing:. Apparenlty there is about 80 on the waiting list, and they only have 9 spots a week etc.......there is a lady of with twins who has been on it for 8 weeks! Seriously there needs to be more places like that. There is just one here in Adelaide.

DP is enjoying some daddy time with Riley as he's on 4 weeks holidays looking after him before he gets into the mum/daycare routine.

Well that's about it. Better get back to my EXCITING job!

10-01-2008, 13:54

So sorry Anna if you are only turning 29! Bahahahah OLDLY SMOLDY!!

Anita, glad you are back in for a visit, how are the MCN's going?
Totally addicted yet or what??
With the solids, Id prob wait a few days try again and see how it goes. Just keep trying every few days, you dont want to turn it into a stressful thing for YOU or BUBS.

mum2riley - hope the sleep school can help you, I cant imaging having to get up X amount of times in the night and then have to go to work as well. so Kudos for you for being able to do it!!

Im starting to feel a bit better today - still have the "snots" but my head isnt throbbing like yesterday, Hope it all clears up for monday for the brissy meet :D:D
Im soo glad hubby has changed jobs, its gone from him leaving the house at 6amish and getting home after 8pm, and now he starts at 3am and is home by lunch time.
Whilst he is in bed pretty early, its great him being able to spend time with Lochie and actually being home while he is awake!!
Im thinking about getting a big chunk of my hair cut off as well, It comes down to about my bra strap, so thinking about going just under my shoulders.
Hmm its on Sat arvo, so a bit of time to decide yet.

lollydove

10-01-2008, 14:22

mum2riley i hope they get you in soon at the sleep centre. please let me how it goes, id love some help too. jayda used to sleep from 8pm until 6am and now she wakes between 5 and 15 times a night so i need some serious :sleeping: went to chiro yesterday and another friday and will be continuing 3 x a week for 3 weeks so hopefully it helps with her reflux and sleep. is riley waking in pain do you think or is it just wanting comfort? i used to think jayda was just waking because she dropped her dummy or was wanting to be helped back to sleep but i have now been told its more likely that its discomfort making her wake and she should eventually go back to sleeping normal again

chicco jayda is the same with solids, she often gags on her food especially if its rice cereal so i dont give her that anymore. that is something i was also told about reflux- that many reflux babies have allergies and wont eat rice cereal/custards/yoghurts/banana etc but jayda will eat pureed fruit alone or if i make my own sweet potato and carrot mix with chicken stock so its almost 'soupy'. another thing, jayda was exactly like sienna. she used to have 200mls a feed and then all of a suddent starting dropping back mroe and more and at its worst would only have 50-100mls only 4 times a day. at one stage she wouldnt have anything for 14 hours and when she finally did it was only 80mls so i freaked. ive now also learnt that this is a sign of reflux as well, because it causes pain when they eat so they dont want to have anything. i used to think reflux was just about spewing but ive now learnt so much thanks to helpful mums on here that many reflux babies dont actually spew at all but sleeping, non feeding, archign their back, cat napping in the day are all signs of reflux. is there any chance sienna could have it do you think?

tj hope you feel a bit better today babe. stupid me here didnt even realise that your tat spelled his name until it was pointed out :doh:

DQ its so great to see you back here! Of course we would all remember you but *ahem ahem* where are the photos woman???!

Jkate thats great that it was just a one off with little elliot, so happy for you i know you must need your sleep with 3 boys to look after

monique please keep us updated iwth your pregnancy. i think we are all feeling sad that our bubbas are growing up so fast so we can relive the highs and lows of pregnancy through you

leanne hope you and your boys can make it on monday. it feels like so long since we've all seen each other. it feels awful!

tina how exciting/scary about yacine!! i cant wait to see her go. im really really hoping jayda doesnt start making a move until we move to our new house... hang on im having de ja vue, have i already said this? lack of sleep is making me nuts, poor tiana keeps saying "ookaaaay then (this in response to something strange/whacky/silly that i do)... mum i think you REALLY need to get some sleep because you're acting a bit crazy" :laughing:

mel same wtih you i cant wait to see nayte again. hopefully you can come to the following meet we have. speaking of which im happy to host at my place because its central to everyone (morningside so only 5 mins from city).

ange how cute that B is chubbing up! will you be there on monday? i cant wait to see you both again too. im dying to get jayda a fish tank cot thingy now after seeing how much she loved the fish at your place. not that they can compare lol. havent been able to find one anywhere though

ally thanks so much for helping me this past week *hugs and hugs and more hugs* you're such a beautiful caring person and i hope you have some fantastic days coming your way because you deserve them well and truly

onebubbygirl are you going to start coming along to our meets? we'd love so much to meet you and your beautiful girl

elle i would absolutely love to meet up when you're in byron. where abouts do you live? if you're close to us you can join out meets too?! otherwise you can put up a post here on bub hub in your local section and just say you're new and would love to meet other new mums and have coffee. lots of them do it and many great friendships have been made from doing this (i adore my brissy mums and hope we're still meeting for years to come). you'll be surprised how many other mums are dying to do the same but are very shy. do you have msn? if you do add me and we can chat and organise something sometime you can let me know when you'll be there candycollier@hotmail.com we need to see piccies of your family too come on come on :shame:

my god i seriously have NEVER been this tired in my whole life ever. i think it will be a shock to my system if i start getting more than 3 hours sleep at a time again and i will still wake up and lay awake in bed anyway grrr

ok thats quite possibly the biggest post ive ever done. has anyone ever been involved in the bub hub awards thing? cause im new to this i dont know much about it but there are a few people in here i would love to nominate for things so i might have to go read through and see how it works.

ok thats me done for now. hugs and kisses to all

oh wait... i forgot, HOLLY! Good to hear little malik is doing much better. ive wondered for so long how you and he have been doing since people were recommending chiro and osteo to you. thats actually what got me started, from reading your thread. did you ever end up trying it? he is so gorgeous btw. he looks so grown up in that pic with his nike kicks and chelsea footy outfit lol so cute. is daddy a soccer... sorry 'football' fan?

Mummy2R&K

10-01-2008, 15:08

lollydove

10-01-2008, 15:39

jkate

10-01-2008, 16:17

Candy and Mum2Riley I am so sorry, there I was boasting about Elliot sleeping and both of you are getting no sleep :( I think all my suggestions would be ones that you would have done at the beginning...maybe start a thread on bub hub to see what others have done, stating what you have done and you would like to hear what other people have done in your situation, that way you may can some more detail response. Hope you both can find a solution soon :hugs::hugs:

Chicco25: If you are ever worried about how much bub is eating/drinking, just keep an eye on bubs weight. For many bubs now they don't start solids till 6 months, and there are many that don't get into a routine for a couple of weeks, maybe just try every couple of days.

Julie: Hope zeke is feeling better, and the temp was just a one off.

TJ: Keep resting! If you do go with getting the hair cut - don't forget before and after pics.

Toni: Sounds like Bailey is off and running (well very soon.)

DQ: So glad to see you back :D No I don't think it's the meds I get that warm fuzzy feeling too :cloud9: Bub no 6 - wow I would love 6, but I think we would stop at 4! Dh and I were chatting yesterday too about when to ttc#4. Some people think were crazy!!

Well not much happening here, just got on to do a quick post LOL Been a bit tired today, but that is just because of a busy couple of days, going shopping tonight - better go DS2 screaming again!!!:hair:

Chicco25

10-01-2008, 16:29

Yay hubbys off my computer :smiliedance:

TJ - OMG if only I was this addicted to weight loss :laughing:. I'm luving mcn's, I really wish I had discovered them with my other 2 - they're amazing!!! I just counted my stash and I have 27 :shame:, and I have 2 more coming in the mail :o. Sshhhhhh dont tell dh *checks to make sure dh isint reading over my shoulder*. As for the solids I feel like she should be on them, but I know every kid is different and she'll let me know when shes ready

mum2riley - my ds was a nightmare of a sleeper and now at 4 he still wakes at least once a night and if he does sleeps through hes up at 5.30-6am. I suppose that doesnt help telling you that, but I really hope you get into sleep school soon and get it sorted out. Sleep deprivation is the worst kind of torture

lollydove - sienna definately has reflux, has been suffering silent reflux from day dot. She was on 15mg of Losec a day, but she hasnt needed it for the past 3 weeks *touch wood*. As for solids we have tried pear, pear and banana, banana, avocado, apple, apple and mango and sweetpotato. The apple was by far the worst for her reflux, one teaspoon had her vomiting, screaming in pain and there was no sleep at all that night, my poor bubba :(. As for siennas bottles - she has always drunk that much. From 4mths when she started formula, she never finished a bottle. The only time she will drink nearly a full bottle is her 1-3am feed. She is 6.8kilos, so seems to be getting enough from her feeds. I hope the chiro ends up helping Jayda, sienna just seemed to sort it out herself - i think her digestive system matured. Maybe as she gets older the reflux will sort itself out - the only problem is they get used to certain things in the so many mths they are sick that breaking habits is the hardest.

Your brissy mums lunch sounds like so much fun and you ladies seem to have formed close friendships over it. I think thats great. Not alot of us in perth to do that, maybe I can convince dh that we need a change of scenery :D

lollydove

10-01-2008, 16:54

lollydove - sienna definately has reflux, has been suffering silent reflux from day dot.

:o ummm ok i feel a bit silly, ive known about reflux for a whole 5 days and here i am trying to educate the world :ecomcity: when you've been dealing with it the last 6 months :o

so i guess relief (i.e. sleep) isnt going to happen just like magic like im thinking her losec will do :crying:

Chicco25

10-01-2008, 17:12

Moorish

10-01-2008, 17:23

OMG TJ YOU'RE IN SOOOOOO MUCH TROUBLE!!!

Yeeeeeeees my birthday is SOMETIME soon, but CR@P T.J I'm only turning 29!!!!! :laughing: Give a girl a break!!
I'm depressed enough about THAT!
At least when I DO turn 30 - NEXT YEAR - I'll have a massive party! LMAO! :laughing:

10-01-2008, 17:51

BAHAHAH Happy ALMOST 30th babe :p

lollydove

10-01-2008, 17:52

awwww dont feel silly. You cared enough to give advice and thats what maters :hugs:

How many mg is Jayda on? Sienna was originally on 10mg a day and found that didnt really help. Once she was upped to 15mg it made a big difference. Is Jayda on formula or bf?

she's only on one a day so i think thats 10mg? i was struggling to get her to take it, tried juice, food etc and it ended up all around the cup/bowl not in her mouth so ally (bless you ally) suggested wetting my finger and waiting for it to go mushy and put it on her tongue and thats been working but it really upsets her. how did you give it to sienna? i wonder if i should be giving her 15mg then.

leanne how much are you giving bailey? thats if he's still on it, im so outta touch. and how was he having it?

any other losec experiences out there? oh and also how long should it take to notice a difference?

oh HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNA :smiliedance:happybirthday

Pink Kisses

10-01-2008, 18:21

Just a quick one from me today...not much happening. :wave: Ziggi is teething for sure (like most of your babbas). It seems like we live in a pool of drool! Favourite activity of the day: hitting yourself in the head with the wooden spoon...whilst making the beautiful drum noise on the metal bowl (with the metal bowl on your head!).:laughing:

Lolly: Would love to come to the Brissy meets sometime soon...I too would love to meet you all. I am 'craving' that contact from other mums and well, who doesn't love a baby! Just that I work 2-3 days per week so it might be hard sometimes (I'm on holidays at the moment and loving it!).

Are any of you giving your bubbas meat? If so, how much, how often and what type of meat (was thinking of fish or chicken first) :confused: ???

Moorish

10-01-2008, 18:26

Ok TJ - I told you you'd regret it - here goes (and I'm NOT B.S-ing you).
This is why I don't feel like celebrating. . .

Today we've just found out that a credit card that we rarely use and have been paying off (balance should be down to around $500) has been overdrawn. Over the last 7 months someone has been using Shane's number for overseas transactions ranging from $20 - $130 each (each with a fee for US$ conversion rates) and so we've been cleaned out of around $10,000+ dollars :(.

We've contacted the bank and lodged the fraud and they're on it. One HUGE issue is that there is a note on our file saying that in Aug 07 they were going to phone us to query a transaction that flagged in their system. They looked back and saw a similar transaction and decided that it was normal so they didn't call us! They've breached their duty of care and so we're just going to have to wait to see how much we're going to get back - however Shane is armed with info (and ombudsmen's phone numbers) and is prepared for a fight.

We don't know how this could have happened because it's on Shane's card number and he never makes credit card purchases. Also our cards have a microchip in them and a security number on the back that you have to quote for any transactions - and his card hasn't ever been lost or stolen - it's still in his wallet.

Please pray that everything works out and we're completely covered.

I feel physically sick.

Oh and I'm still 28 by the way . . . :raspberry:

Moorish

10-01-2008, 18:32

Feel bad yet TJ?!! HAHA!! :laughing:
You know I'm not really mad - but I'm just waiting for your b'day so I can repay the favour! :devil:

10-01-2008, 18:35

****! Thats bloody sooo disgusting... who on earth would do that!
And pfft to the banks for not checking it out.
Im furious for you, I really am. No wonder you feel sick in the stomach, I would too.
Hopefully the banks can fix it and take FULL responsibility.

And yes :o I did feel terrible!! :p Nasty for rubbing it in.
:hugs::hugs::hugs:

JorBai

10-01-2008, 19:13

Wow this thread is going off!!! Lots of :ecomcity: going on!!!

Ally- Glad to hear Im not the only one with a slow roller, he rolls side to side and fully rolled over (in front of our july mums at the last brissy meet) so he can do it!!! Just a little lazy bones! LOL!

TJ- I checked out some pics of Lochie, he looks so cute and just like Jordy such a chubba!!!! Hope your feeling better tonight too hun!

Hi One Bubby girl!!! I dont know if I have spoken to you before but HI and welcome to the group! And Ziggi is such a funky name I love it! Glad Z enjoyed swimming lessons! I think J will coz he splashes like crazy in the bath!!! Oh and you asked about meat, Jordan isnt on meat yet but when Bailey was I got Fresh basa fillet as it has no bones and not too much fishy flavour and mixes easily with vegies!

Hi Mumelle! Welcome to bubhub!!!:wave:

Julz- love that video of Zeke! Jordan goes mental with his legs kicking too! I love it, shows how happy they are! And Bailey loves Jordan now too but I think he thinks he can play with him coz he is always grabbing his hands and we continually have to tell him to be gentle!

Jkate- Thats great news on Elliott sleeping so well! Jordan is pretty good and was sleeping thro but lately he is a little restless thro the night but we just pop his dummy in. Bring back the full content nights! Bailey has been quite demanding too, so I feel your pain!!

DQ- Welcome back! We missed you! How is lil Jacob doing?

Toni- Well done to Bailey on the commando crawling!!! Thats amazing!

Chicco- Hello there Luv! How are you? I would worry about Sienna refusing solids or bottles, as long as she is having nappies it may just be a stage. But if your worried then just pop her to the Dr to make sure. If she isnt interested in the solids maybe leave it a week then try again. Good Luck hun, it sure is one huge learning curve. I feel like I learn something new everyday and even tho I have done it before Jordan and Bailey are totally different babies.

Mum2Riley- Hope you get into the clinic soon, that would be so tiring especially with work:hugs:

Candy- Hey babe! Sorry to hear about J having reflux, it sux big time. As for the Losec, Jordan only has a half a tablet daily. Sometimes I dont think its enough but mostly he is fine. I use a nurofen syringe to give it- I put the tablet in the syringe and then add a small amount of warm boiled water usually just from one of his bottles, then shake it with your fingers covering each end then syringe it in to the back corner of his mouth and hold til he swallows before pulling syringe out or he spits it! Its a pain in the butt and I have no idea why they cant make is liquid or even cheaper to have it compounded... Ill chat to you on Monday if I come along!

Anna-happybirthday Im so sorry your birthday isnt the happiest but know were thinking of you xox

Ok going now! Love to you all xox

Mummy2R&K

10-01-2008, 21:17

mum2riley- oh huni i really can relate. your nights sound so much like ours only jayda has gotten much much worse the last two weeks, now waking two to three times an hour. it started much like yours just 3 or 4 times a night and i kept going 'grrr i curse this stupid dummy' cause i thought it was just her dropping it and wanting it back. same thing as well, i have been feeding her thinking 'oh she must be hungry' but she'll still wake up again straight after and keep crying so this is what i have been told reflux bubs are like.

the chiro isnt bone cracking for bubs, its very very gentle and just helps to get their body working the way that it should. i was told that every baby should have an adjustment after a vaginal delivery, especially for more difficult deliveries, because you can imagine the pressure that is on their little heads and bodies. mine wasnt difficult but was posterior and after the first adjustment jayda slept through the night again, but that was before she got really bad. after her one yesterday i was hoping she would sleep through again and she didnt BUT she did sleep for a 4 hour bar which was good for how she's been lately so im hoping with each one she will improve more and more. the chiro is also supposed to help heaps to improve colic and reflux.

i wish i could offer some advice but im obviously at a loss myself as well. i really hope in jayda's case it is the reflux so we can fix it and she can get her sleep back again. does riley eat well? i.e. good amount and regularly? could also be teeth has he got any coming through do you think? jayda has just cut a second tooth so it hasnt helped the reflux which is prob why things have gotten so much worse lately

how long has riley been like this?

mmmm......he's never had trouble with reflux. Can it just start up at any time? He eats fine. Has 3 200ml bottles during the day, and a 250ml one before bed. he's been having a 150ml one lately early am.......but if he does't have that, then i bump his morning one up to 250ml so he's getting the right amount etc. He's also on rice cereal with fruit in the morning, and vegetables at night. And drinks water throughout the day.

I reckon he is teething - but not really bothering him that much, the bumps are definately bigger tonight...had a crying session today and one last week (although that one produced a nice solid poo afterwards, so i think it was constipation - only the 2nd time he's had it!).

He just more 'gums & bites everything - rubs them along his gums - doesn't really seem in pain - i think it more annoys him than anything - i give him rusks when he's really at it And waking up thing has been going on for nearly two months. Pretty much since i introduced solids, just after he was 4 months!

The thing is Riley RARELY cries. he just fusses IYKWIM. Those two crying sessions were screaming - and he's never like that. So it couldn't be reflux could it? CYH Nurses haven't even considered that. And also, he doesn't chuck much, just little ones every couple of feeds.

When the nurse rang to get update - you'll never guess what she told me to do! She said to go to sleep when he does at night - 7.30pm!! THAT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM! and besides, what time do I spend with DP? And do household stuff? And have ME time at the gym, somehow trying to lose weight and get MY body back?? Stupid woman (maybe they did that in the 1930's when she was born)!

OH have a listen to me! :laughing:

reAllytee

10-01-2008, 21:35

Heya girlies sheesh everyone is talkative this week hehehe. Usually its my fault :p

Elle - Tis always a bummer when friends start doing that sorta cr@p ! Ive ended up losing most of mine cause im apparently an alien now that ive had two ... Pathetic !

Leanne - You can get Losec in a compound liquid its just that it doesnt last long as in it becomes ineffective sitting on the sheld so it tends not to be worth it. Bummer hey !

Anna - You poor bugger ! What the hell is with that !!! Make sure you ask for copies of their screens where they had all that written ( not calling that is ) that way it cant mysteriously dissappear :rolleyes: Dont worry about getting older hun you are still a yummy mummy ! Im almost there only 3mths to go & im happy actually !

Linda - About the meat its not meant to be introduced till bubs is 8mths+ because at this age the nutrition isnt important its all about them learning about food. Thats why its not a big deal when they dont want to eat etc cause they are getting everything they need from their milk. So i would really hold off for now but thats me & yes i would start with something like chicken at first otherwise some beef. Fish is really strong so bubs tend not to be too keen for awhile & also its been found recently that larger fish like Flake, Catfish, Swordfish etc are unsuitable for kids as the mercury content is too high so like pregnant women they are advising kids not to eat it !

Karen - Glad you had a great time at S&S wouldve been great to feel like adults heh. Im also going to be putting Boof into daycare one day a week this year. We both need it & will do us the world of good !

Kellie - Congrats on coming off the meds :yelclap: Im nowhere near ready although have been off them now for 3 days & am currently trying to hang onto sanity ! Totally can understand being clucky !!! I see the July threads & get all sad because its going to be another 3yrs before we TTC#3 & i dunno but i sorta regret agreeing to that !

Toni - OMG you have water dragons !!!! Im sooo jealous !!!!! Shame your female WD hurt herself hope you dont have to spend too much more !

Anita - I wouldnt stress about the solids if Sienna isnt keen just wait a little bit & try again. Bubs tend to do their own thing when they are ready some earlier or later than others ! Especially with reflux she may not be keen on certain foods so sticking to the real bland one like pear & potato tend to be a good start. Her milk intake sounds typical of a reflux bub just keep an eye on her weight & as long as she isnt lethargic dont stress ,,, But im sure you know that already :p

Mum2Riley - Hopefully the sleep clinic helps you ! Certainly does do your head in when they dont sleep well ! It doesnt really sound like reflux but then i could be very wrong ! Bubs doesnt need to spew to have reflux thats only one sign & even then that means nothing as many babies spew without problems. Sounds more like teething etc. Are there any other symptoms he is displaying or its just unsettled sleep & general crankiness ?

Candy - No probs hun im here anytime you need me :hugs: You will still be restless for a little while after JJ gets into a routine but you will sleep properly soon enough woooooohooooo hey !

Nothing much new here im afraid !

Pink Kisses

10-01-2008, 21:48

OK everyone...quick question time!

I can't seem to find my booklet for our car seat (I'm sure it's around in my 'well organised' filing system somewhere!). Now this has probably been discussed...but when can I turn it around to face forwards? I did a quick search and got lots of differing opinions but want to know what the manual states. I've read up on what is recommended (including new recommendations to be introduced as law??)....but still do not have a clear answer. It says 6 months (birth to 9 kg). Does that mean at least 6 months and at least 9kg? Kidsafe Australia says the same but adds up to 700mm...does that mean bub must be all three or just one iykwim? Very confused. Has anyone already turned their carseat? It's just that Ziggi's feet almost touch the back seat but she is not even 7kg yet (but is 6 1/2 months). I don't want to put her at risk....I want to do the 'right' thing (whatever that is?). Is there a point where having them rearward facing is a safety hazzard in itself (like a max limit?).

Well maybe it wasn't a quick question...sorry.

JorBai: Thanks for the info on fish. When did Bailey start having fish? Did you ever try tin tuna? Is that recommended for babies?

Pink Kisses

10-01-2008, 21:51

Ally thanks for info on when to introduce meat. I just asked JorBai the same question in my previous post but now I have an answer! I'm full of questions today! Everyone has been so helpful...thanks!

our little treasures

10-01-2008, 21:51

happybirthday Anna!! I can't believe someone has done that to you!! I hope the bank does sort it out!!:fingerscrossed:

TJ~ I love that tattoo. I am too scared to get a tat. My dh wants all 3 of our children's names on him. I figure I can enjoy looking at his and not go through the pain! With your hair after having my dd1 and ds each time I just had the overwhelming urge to cut my hair all off. It's always down to my waist but both times I just had to do it. Make sure you post a pic when and if you get it done.

lolly~I hope J gets a little better for you now you have meds!

DQ~ I would dearly love 6 but dh is really loving the number 4! You must be a great mummy going through what you do and having so much love for #6!

Monique ~ I hope your doing well.

Well as I suspected the cuppa yesterday turned into a can you help with some scrapbooking albums the dance school want to sell. I knew it although we did chat for 2 hrs and my kids were good.

I had a busy day today as Vic roads needed all this transfer info on the car we purchased months ago. So I had to drive to the car dealer and get everything resigned and drive to vicroads to get it fixed, pay my rego and renew my licence. Anyway I was there by 10 and it was dead I got the next number so started getting my purse out and I left it at home!!:hair: I then had to drive 2 suburbs away and get the damn purse and drive all the way back in the heat. I got back and there was 20 people ahead of me:banghead: I was pretty calm though as I realised that I was in aircon and DH had all 3 at home in the heat:devil6:
Oh and our patio now has NO roof. The guy said that he is sure they are selling as they didn't want to spend on fixing it!! It looks a lot better but now the kids have no shade!! Oh well!!

:wave:To Gail, Leanne, Julie and everyone else!!

reAllytee

10-01-2008, 22:06

Linda - Just me again :wave:

The best thing with turning car seats around is two things. One is weight so if bubs is in the right weight range then thats a good sign & the second is head control because when they dont have enough head control they are very vunerable in the forward facing position. This is usually why they say no earlier than 6mths because of head control.

It is advised to keep bubs rear facing as long as possible & well into toddler stages if at all possible because this is the safest mode if in an accident. A lot of damage can be done to fragile little people when facing forwards.

With Boof he was a huge baby not just weight wise but in length so he was turned early much to many peoples disgust but he was incredibly uncomfortable. I also talked with firies & ambo's about what to do & they advised it was too dangerous to actually keep him rear facing as he was.

So while standards are there to help they arent always something you can follow to the tee.

Hope that helps !

Gosh im acting like i know it all ... Dont mind me :o:footinmouth:

our little treasures

10-01-2008, 22:11

:wave:Ally you do know it all,.. Don't you?? I should have also mentioned my son was over the weight and length as he was much like your boy,.. A WHALE at birth and still is very tall for his age!!

How are you going Ally??

Pink Kisses

10-01-2008, 22:25

Ally thanks for replying so quickly. It really is hard to know what is 'right' isn't it? DD is within the right age and length recommendations but not weight. I don't anticipate she will reach the 9kg mark until around the 12month+ mark (according to CHN - but they have been wrong before!). I just didn't want to cause a safety issue by keeping her reward facing (like with Boof). From info you just gave me it seems that maybe I should wait until she reaches the recommended weight (whenever that happens lol!). As for head control she is crawling but not sitting for long periods of time. I'm just not sure how her head/neck would cope in an accident....their heads are so heavy and it would be like a bullet in a crash wouldn't it?

BTW I'm glad you know it all....because I get some answers to my many questions!

lollydove

11-01-2008, 07:01

onebubby girl i turned jaydas car seat around about 3 weeks ago because she is so loooooong (72.5cm) and her feet were touching the back as well as her head touching the top strap and im sure it was annoying her as much as it was annoying me. her poor little head was either tiliting to the side to dodge it or just squashed under the strap. mine says 8kgs up or 6 months and jayda is only just over 8kgs but was just under when i changed her.

and yes ally you DO know everything and we appreciate all the advice TREMENDOUSLY :yes:

rileys mum even though i know nothing about reflux compared to ally i agree it does sound like teething not reflux... i was just on a 'save-everyone-with-reflux-bubs-who-doesnt-know-it' day :laughing: because this whole time ive just thought my little jj was just having sleep issues and didnt like cuddles

some good news for me and jj though, she only woke twice last night :smiliedance: im so happy for her and she woke up this morning and had 180mls which is more than she's had in a long time. i feel so great yet at the same time i almost feel more tired having had 5.5 hours of broken sleep rather than 3 hours of broken sleep. must be a shock to my body lol. not getting my hopes up for tonight though (although, she is having chiro againt his afternoon so maybe deep down i am getting my hopes up...) if i dont admit it out loud it doesnt count right :confused:

OLT grrr at leaving your purse at home, nothing is more irritating than that ive done it so many times and if i do it will never go get and and go back because by then im so mad so it has to wait until the next day.

I was at chiro the other day and when i went to pay i forgot to purse at home so didnt have money, and said i would go home and get it and come back but they said not to worry because they were going to give me one free this week anyway so i can just pay for today's one instead. They also said if I take her 3 times a week for the next 3 weeks they will cover 2 sessions if i pay for the one, because money is tight atm and they really want to make sure she gets teh right number of treatments. how nice is that hey??? me and dh (more dh lol) have decided that we cant have that though and will only accept the one free session

brissy girls i cant wait to see you all on monday i love you girls and boys

Mummy2R&K

11-01-2008, 08:03

Thanks for your advice everyone....if it's teething, it's been going on for abit - i wish they'd just come through already. He will occassionlay get red cheeks, but that's about it.

with regards to turning around the car seat - I've just turned Riley around, cos he's a big boy and was pushing 9kg, and because he's really long, he was kicking the back seat etc. The recommended weight for my seat is 9kg - and it must be that for a reason - maybe the stabliser bar or something? He loves being able to see us now and has great head control, so i had no worries in turning him around. Must easier getting him in and out of the car too now!

11-01-2008, 09:14

HAPPY 29th BIRTHDAY ANNA!!!
I hope you have a fantastic day you gorgeous thing!! xxxx

Onebubbygirl - I also turned Lachlan's seat around last week.
He is over 9kg, but isnt 6 months until next week. He is also 70cm long and feet were touching the ends and seeing as I only have a 2 door car, it was an almight struggle to get him in whilst it was rear facing. I do understand that the "reccomendations" are to keep them rear facing as long as possible for the safety of their necks etc, it juts wasnt working for us. So do what YOU think is right. But if she isnt anywhere near 8or 9kg I personally would wait a wee bit longer.

Ally - How are you hun you big know it all you :p
Only joking, its always best to hear what others say who have "been there done that" :hugs:

Candy - thats fantastic about JJ sleeping through, Could be the meds working or also her little teethies? Good luck with the chiro, sounds like it could be a combination of them all maybe??

OLT - i would have been spewing about the purse, then again I dont have the best lot of patience either. You are right tho, you were in the cool having kid free time hahah!!
Ill def post a pic of my hair and tat next week

Leanne - teehee about Jordy being a lazy bones as well. Him and Lochie will get along well being chubba bubbas laying there talking to each other.
Hope you can make it on Monday and his poor little teethies have settled down. Feels like forever since I have seen you.

Well hubby is getting his tattoo today (mine on Tuesday) So ill post pics of his later tonight as well so you can have a sticky - haha its NO WHERE near as good as mine.
FRIG we have an open house tonight... and I had forgotten about it, Ill have to vac and mop later today.

Hello to everyone else..

Mummy2R&K

11-01-2008, 09:19

Hey TJ I have a two door car too - they are such a pain in the *** hey!

But I am getting a new car! possibly this weekend. Looking at getting a Camry Altese :D

I won't know myself, central locking, power steering, 4 DOORS!!!!!!!!!!! BOOT SPACE!!!!!!!!!!!! AUTO!!!!!!!!!

Chicco25

11-01-2008, 09:35

Morning ladies :flowerz:

mum2riley - teething really sux. Sienna has been teething since 3mths and she has her really good times and her really bad times (more often than not) - red swollen gums, chomping on everything, red cheeks, pulling at ears, grizzly, restless. Things that I found helped - Brauer Teething Relief, Panadol and Bonjela and anything cold she could munch on.

lollydove - Losec is awful to administer. I put half a tablet in a syringe with 4-5 ml luke warm boiled water (find it dissolves better), give a bit of a shake to make sure all dissolved then syringe slowley into her mouth. Sienna uses a dummy so it was kinda squirt, dummy, suck, squirt, dummy, suck etc. Otherwise it was squirting as far back as I could in her mouth so she had to swallow rather than spitting it out :rolleyes:. This became quite tedious 3 times a day and as she got older she just learnt to spit it out regardless :hissy:. Suspension liqued would be so much easier but doesnt last as long as the tablets and is a bit more expensive. But if Jayda is having a real problem taking the tablet then maybe try the suspension liqued and see how you go. Losec will take about 14 days to work as its based on an acumulative effect, if your not seeing results by then get her dose reassesed. God, whos acting like the know it all now? :o And thats great about her waking only twice last night - looks like the losec is working?

onebubbygirl - there is so much conflicting advice on when you should turn bubs. Sienna is still forward facing but shes not even 7 kilos yet, but I cant wait until she's 10kg so I can change her round. Shes a screamer in the car and I hate venturing out anything further than 20mins from home.

OLT - How annoying about your purse. I dont think I could've been as calm as you were about it.

Anna - thats awful. I really hope they find the culprit and it gets sorted out for you. Otherwise the Ombudsmen is definately the way to go. No bank likes bad publicity!!!

Apologies to anybody I've missed.

Sienna likes Peach :smiliedance: She hijacked the peach I was eating yesterday and she really enjoyed. I think sienna would enjoy things she can munch on herself rather than things that are shoved into her mouth. I know its no stress if shes not eating, but I'm happy shes starting on something. Nothing else really going on. Sienna has her 6mth needles on Monday :( really not looking forward to that.

mumelle

11-01-2008, 11:22

We have been trying solids the past couple of days but she really screws her nose at everything. Tried sweet potato yesterday and all she did was gag on the first spoon then refused to open her mouth on the second. Then we tried the 6mth baby cereal this morning and we managed to get a second mouth but with alot of hesitation. Getting a bit worried as my other 2 by this age were already established on 2 meals a day. So I dont know if I should keep persisting or just leave it? And another thing that gets me worried is shes not a big drinker - out of a 260ml bottle she might drink between 80-110ml and thats every 4.5-5hrs. I dont know kids are just one long learning curve.

Anita

Hi Anita:wave:

My bubba (Fletcher) sounds very similar with his solids. some days he's right into it then others he gags too. quite frustrating. We've started lettting him "feed himself" and that has made him more interested-then I am able to get a couple of mouthfuls in here and there..He's also not a big drinker- only drinks about 50-100ml (!) at a time but has around 6 bottles a day. A little snacker- I've tried everything to get him to drink more but he will sleep all night (yay) and then only drink 50ml when he wakes (or 1/2 hr later). That will sometimes last him for 3 hrs. I don't no how he does it. We also had major feeding issues in the beginning with breast feeding but he didn't even lose any birth weight and has been on the average birth weight all the way through! I don't know where he is getting the weight from! He' just shot up tho and is now in the top height range. Not a fat roll on him but he's doing well. I still worry I'm not getting enough in him but I gues all babies are so different!

Just thought I'd share that with you:ecomcity:

Fletch has also started saying DAD DAD DAD:crying: but:yelclap:

elle:)

Chicco25

11-01-2008, 11:33

jkate

11-01-2008, 11:35

Hi everyone

Chicco:How cute! Sienna sounds like she loves to feed herself, maybe try more finger food. Immunisations are never fun but there for the best - well thats my belief.

Tara: so exciting about the tats, can't wait to see the pics.

Candy :smiliedance::smiliedance:I woke up this morning thinking about your little girl and hoping you both got some sleep!!

Ally: you know it all :raspberry: JK - you always have good advice so keep it going :)

OLT: bugger about the purse, I have done that a few times too - very frustrating, at least you got the air con comfort LOL

Leanne: our boys sound on par!! Even the the two toddlers!! LOL

ANNA: happybirthday Have a good day!! Hope you get that credit card all sorted - how awful.

Big hello to anyone I have missed.

We had a busy morning, we to the local westfields to meet friends at the soft play - the older boys had a ball playing and I am sure Elliot just wanted to get down and join them. I don't think I will have any rest once he starts to get going.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend. Chat soon.

prideNJoy

11-01-2008, 12:10

Where to start!? So much been happening here.

Well, had an awesome day yesterday, got to go and do my 3 hour pamper package that DP got me for Chrissy! I dozed off three times :o. Spose when your sleep deprived you take every snooze chance you can get. hehe.

N has been fairly good through the day, come 6pm though it all goes downhill, it takes us over 3 hours atm to finally get him off to sleep from crying, and i think he only goes to sleep out of sheer exhaustion.
He actually slept last night for 6 hours before waking for a feed, couldn't believe it!
And then only woke once more about 3 hours later for another feed.
So not bad compared to most nights.

I hate waking every morning to have the first thing i think about be 'How am i going to tackle tonight?' I've even considered probably trying him on puree solids today in hope that it will help tonight?
I've noticed he's been grunting/growling so much even through the day, but it seems to upset him at night only. I think he gets really bad wind? Cos he does eventually do a big toot, but there's always more!

Boymum~ That's great to hear that little (big) B is going well, hope she starts sleeping through the whole night for you too!

Ally~ Thanks for the hugs! That's awesome about Squeak sleeping for a good block period, hope you manage to get some good rest.

and yes ally you DO know everything and we appreciate all the advice TREMENDOUSLY :yes:

Toni~ How's your DH's water dragon going, is she still alive and kicking? I hate it when pets get hurt, as bad as it sounds you always think "OH god, how much is this going to cost?"

Julz~ Hope little Zeke's temp has gone, Nayte also had one the other day, apparently there is some viral thing going around atm, i also had the sniffles but N seemed to cop it worse.
Was over with in just over 24 hours so hopefully it won't last for long.
J always got a temp when teething too though so i havn't ruled that out completely.

Mum2Riely~ Sorry to hear bub is still waking through the night, i hope they can give you a place asap in the sleep school. :hugs:

TJ~ That's great about DH's new job, more time to spend with the both of you!
Also i forgot to comment on your tat, which i think is AWESOME!!! To be honest i just thought is was a really cool tirbal design until someone mentioned that Lochie's name was in it. I don't know how i missed it now!

lolly~ I really hope the Chiro starts helping with J soon. :hugs: And that the meds kick in and work really well for her.

We have a lovely Chiro that we go to aswell, she's great she doesn't charge for children at all!
They also highly recommed Chiro for C-Sec bubs aswell "due to the unnatural tugging & pulling on a new baby's spine". I get given these wonderful mags by my Chiro called 'pathways' from the i.c.p.a (International Chiropractic Pediatric Assoctiation) they have excellent articles/studies in them.

Anna~ Happy Birthday! :party:
Hope you have a really great day. :)
So so sorry to hear about credit card fraud, it's sickening to know there are people out there who do this type of thing all the time! I really hope it gets all sorted out.

OneBubbyGirl~ I love you DD's name. I thought id heard it before....
Kim from '9am With David & Kim' her DD is called Ziggie aswell. Such a cute but funky name!

To the other lovely ladies i have missed out on .... *hugs* to you all!

xo

mumelle

11-01-2008, 12:20

Thanks Elle. I definately think sienna would much rather feed herself, so I'm going to cook up some potato wedges and carrot sticks and see how she goes. We had success with peach yesterday, so thats a start.

Siennas weight in hospy dropped to 2.2kg from 2.7kg by day 3 but I think thats because my milk hadn't come in yet. She regained that weight beofre we left at day 7. When I was bf she was a snacker only on one side and I would stress that she wasnt getting enough, but she was gaining weight fine too. On bottles I dont know how she survives, maybe 3-4 bottles a day at 80-110ml at atime. Gets me really stressing but shes gaining weight fine

With Fletcher did you just make up 50-100ml bottles? so you didnt waste formula or did you just make up a full bottle and give him what he didnt drink at his next feed?

Because thats what I'm doing with sienna. Out of a 260ml bottle she might drink 80-110ml then I'll give her the rest at her next feed, and with whatever she doesnt drink I ditch after that.

Hi - what a quick reply:) Am just in the kitchen washing bottles (coz we go through a lot of those he he).. I make up bottles to 150ml coz sometimes he will drink more than usual but if the bottle runs out and then I make up a new one, he wont take it again! Fuss pot! So we waste a lot of formula. I don't give it to him again especially as he mainly likes it to be warmed. If we are out and about he will drink it at room temp which is handy. For a while, I was using a bottle (not heated) and then put the leftovers in the fridge and try him again with it later (lightly heating it to take the coolness out of it) so it was only heated once and the health nurse said that was fine. I found after a while it wasn't really worth it as I worried he would get sick especially as he had tummy probs inthe beginning. He never did tho.. His form. is very cheap as we get it on prescription (which is only $30 for 8 little tins, if it wasn't on presrciption its $388 for 8 tins!! Have read on the net that in the US they can't get it onprescription and a lot of people who need it, just can't afford it which is sad because I don't know what we'd feed Fletchie on- he can't have anything else)

So its back to wasting formula but I don't worry anymore- their only little for such a short time and then their probably wasting other things (like cold milos or something).

I used to be such a stressed out mum and now I just go- you know what- whatever works!

By the way, love the name Sienna and did I see you have a Portia (coz Fletchie may have been a Portia if he was a girl)..

Have a nice day!

Candy- thanks so much for the lovely reply. Think I was a bit confusing- we live in Perth:no: but do come to Brissy occasionally (and Byron):) so maybe we will catch up one day (and any mums there). I hope you- you all sound so lovely. A big:yelclap: to J for getting better with sleeping. I really hope the reflux improves as with all others going through that. Have added you to my e-mail address- hope that okay.. Also I am soooo computer dumb but where do I go to put pics on and see others. Am soo embaressed:eek:.

We took Fletchie Fletch to the drive ins last night!! It was so much fun. He had a sleep in the back of the car and we actually got to watch a movie with popcorn. So glad they still have these. Will definately be doing that again..

Must go- hope you all have a lovely weekend.

xxxxxxxxxxx:smiliedance:

Lil X-men

11-01-2008, 14:15

Julz~ Hope little Zeke's temp has gone, Nayte also had one the other day, apparently there is some viral thing going around atm, i also had the sniffles but N seemed to cop it worse.
Was over with in just over 24 hours so hopefully it won't last for long.
J always got a temp when teething too though so i havn't ruled that out completely.

Hey there thanks for the heads up about virus going around.
I am really not sure what the prob is with him. Xavier is off colour too.
Zeke had a fever throughout the night but it appears to have broken this morning, though he is still very clingy and not his usual chirpy self.
His farts STINK:barf:, dont know whats up with that because I haven't been eating anything different, and he hasn't been pooing much, only once every two days and it is smelly and very formed for BF poo.

Xavier on the other hand gets these awful cramps and when he finally poos its all mucousy and hurts his poor wee bottom. I have also been getting these cramps and urge to go for weeks now. I am beginning to wonder if the boys have Ross River or glandular fever too as they just seem out of sorts. Zeke only recently, but Xavier has been having them for weeks. The thing is I dont want them to have to have bloot tests ( too traumatic for them) unless they have to. I might head to the doctor next week if things arent better. I mean it's hard to know coz neither of them are OVERLY sick just not quite right and its seems ongoing, which is making me wonder..........

Anyhoo sorry for no personals today I have to go and get this place ready as am having a little Hens party here tonight, we having cocktails and an Adult toy party hehe, should be a laugh!!

Oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY Anna 29 today!!!!happybirthday

prideNJoy

11-01-2008, 14:42

That's not good Julz, having both the boys a litte of colour. :fingerscrossed: It won't last too much longer, if you have a feeling it could be something that needs looking into than a Dr.s visit might be the best thing . The thought of little people having blood tests freaks me out.

hehe you should have a fun tonight! Hope it goes off like a frog in a sock! lol.
My mum used to host Naughty But Nice party's. Went along to one that had a stripper. OMG, too much fun!
Have a cocktail for me, will ya. :p

11-01-2008, 16:32

Now just a quick one... Candy there is an idea for the Slumber party..... an Adult toy party!!
hah can you imagine... all us girls and bubs sitting around looking at vibrators and the likes.
Not quite soo classy is it, could you imagine the kids trying to grab at everything... eeek...

Forget i mentioned it!!

Maybe another CHILD FREE night we should all do one.

Boymum

11-01-2008, 16:52

Happy Birthday Anna, enjoy your night tonight whatever you get up to.

I have had an awful afternoon, I need hugs....all I can do now is just sigh really, a big heavy sigh. Kids I tell you, they run you ragged. Nothing too much out of the ordinary really, just a little too much on my plate and a little low on the energy to deal with it all.

Has anyone got their bubbies on Step 2 Formula yet?

Bye the way, Brianna only drinks 100-120mls per bottle and about 3-4 hours apart. Sometimes only half of that cause she snacks a bit. It's annoying, but she's certainly putting on enough weight so it's worth dealing with. She's meant to be on 240mls per feed at her age, but I am not worried.

I will be back soon, I am NEEDED again.....sorry.

monique13

11-01-2008, 17:25

Hi girls

well two days in a row i have felt more human and it feels great to have more energy again so i can keep up with the kids and clean the house it looks like Tyran wont be to far of crawling were the time going they are just growing up to fast and Tyran also is giving kisses now big open mouth ones with heaps of slobber got to love the slobber the girls hate it they run when he wants to give them kisses but he loves the girls to bits he get so exitced one they walk into the room.

Chicco25 - going for coffey sounds great

TJ - let us know how your tatto goes and if it hurts much.

Lil X-men - have fun tonight and have a cocktail for me to

and for everyone i have missed a big hello and i hope you are all well

Monique

Pink Kisses

11-01-2008, 18:52

Thanks everyone for the advice about turning the car seat. Ziggi and I went for a drive to the southside today and about half way through the drive Ziggi tried to turn her head upside down to see me (car seat is in the middle) and tried to lift herself out of the car seat. This went on for about 45 minutes and she became very frustrated. I feel confident about her physical ability to sit forward but the weight thing has me. Maybe the fact that I am so indecisive is a sign that I should wait :confused: :confused:

Boymum: Ziggi is a formula bub (has been from birth) and drinks only 150mL at a time (sometimes leaving some) and is on step 2. Am thinking of putting her back onto step 1 as she has become really constipated because of the extra iron - even with solids. CHN said this was OK as long as she was getting the added nutients/vitamins from her solid foods?? What do you think? It has been about a month now and now success. She has about 6-7 per day and they are about 1.5-2 hours apart (because she sleeps 13/14 hours a night :eek:). It seems like she always has a bottle in her mouth. It only takes her about 10 minutes to drink the whole bottle though (and she has 2x20 minute cat naps in the day...so very busy in the daytime). It's good that you are not worried....I spent a lot of time worrying about this issue as Ziggi only puts on the minimum weight each month.

Meljellybean: Thanks for comments about Ziggi's name. That's where we got the name. A few years ago (maybe 6 or 7) when Kim had just had Ziggie (before the twins) she was interviewed on Kerri-Ann...I have been in love with the name ever since. Her other girls have great names as well (but can't remember what they are).

:wave: everyone else....hope you have a great weekend.

Pink Kisses

11-01-2008, 18:53

Oh, and Boymum here's your hug :hugs:!!

Boymum

11-01-2008, 20:01

Another quick pop in to say Thanks Onebubbygirl for the hugs....and yes I think it's alright to put Ziggi back onto Step 1 formula, a lot of bubbies do better on that for a while longer I hear. I think Step 2 is also containing more Casein (from Milk) which is able to make their tummies seem fuller for longer which is why they also start to drop another feed and sleep longer at night (but not sure if this is true, it isn't always for some bubbies that's for sure).

I am having to try Brianna on a Step 2 after she's been on the Lactose Free for a while because the Paediatrician wants me to try her on it for health benefits etc...and to see if she's over her lactose issues. So I am slowly introducing it at the moment.

Ummm, ANna, I am so sorry to hear what happened with your credit card, dont' know what to say...just oh you poor fings, really is bad that is.

Hey Julz, Myself, Connor and I am sure Brianna (and Hubby) have had similar tummy cramps and poos...all over the course of a couple of weeks (during the holidays for Christmas)....I was awake one night in tears sitting on the toilet for over half an hour and couldn't get to sleep for a good 2 hours that night. It isn't nice, sorry to hear you guys are having a hard time with it all.

Can't say much else sorry gals, back later or in morning...got to go for dinner in a minute.

Just wanted to say that Connor has gone to bed tonight WITHOUT HIS DO-DO (Dummy) for the very first time, I am soooo proud of him. He was so attached to it up until this morning even, wow...what a surprise I could cry. He amazes me so much every day that beautiful little fella.

Cheerio for now, love to you all...sorry I couldn't send more personals to you all.

11-01-2008, 20:32

Ange hope you are ok hun :hugs: :hugs: :hugs:
are you coming on Monday?

lollydove

11-01-2008, 20:45

reAllytee

11-01-2008, 20:52

Ange - :hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs: I know exactly what you mean. There is nothing you can put a definate finger on but its more everything building up creating a tidal wave that crashes over you .... Well that was really descriptive wasnt it.

I really am sorry for my moronic behaviour atm i got my script filled today so the meds will kick back in soon enough. Being without has really shown me i am nowhere near ready to come off them. Ive been crying most days with today being the worst & just crying almost non-stop.

What makes matters worse it that Griff has been in pain the last 2 days & been vomitting like crazy. Im sure its just the weather being so hot but its still depressing. I really thought all was coming good. He has refused to let me put him down bar for his morning naps & being so hot its the last thing i want to do is hold a hot baby. Im really sick of the vomitting. I know i havent got the worst reflux baby far from it but gosh im really over smelling like spew. Im sick of changing clothes constantly & im sick of our lounge getting ruined by spew stains.

Was also meant to have photos done tomorrow morning of the boys but Boof isnt well now.

Bah want a whinge this has turned into !

lollydove

11-01-2008, 20:56

oh ange big bear hug from me to you :hugs: this hug just isnt big enough if i see you on monday ill give you an extra big hug. sounds like connor has made his mummies day :D

lollydove

11-01-2008, 20:57

oh and elle, there is a 'july bub photo album' or something like that in teh same area as july 2007 #2. we also have our brissy july meet thread there too and july bubs stats

Pink Kisses

11-01-2008, 21:23

Ally: I'm not sure what you mean by 'moronic behaviour'...I haven't seen it. In fact you have been nothing but a great help. Here I am asking questions to help solve problems (in my life) that seem so small compared to how you are feeling atm. Yet, you gracefully answered all my questions without once saying how sad you were feeling. Thanks again and hope things pick up for you soon! :hugs::hugs::hugs:

Lolly: Your DD looks sooooo cute in that hat. Oh, and thanks - you have been great at helping out us newbies!:yes:

Chicco25

11-01-2008, 21:57

Grrrrrrrrr, so over my in laws. They're going away for 2 days and they insist on coming over for dinner to see the kids before they go :banghead:. I could understand if they lived ages away and didnt see the kids often, but we live in the same suburb and we see them 3-4 times a week :hair:. Aaaaaargh so annoying!!!

Ok feel better :)

Monique - I look forward to it, let me know when is good for you as you have more kiddies to deal with than me. I'm flexible so let me know when your up for it

Elle - thanks for the advice :thumbsup:. If your ever interested in getting the bubbas together for a "playdate" let me know.

jkate - I think needles are best for her as well, but I hate the look she gives me after she has them done, like "Why did you let them do that to me mummy?" it breaks my heart :(

Just a quick one tonight..... sorry to all I missed. Have a great weekend ladies.

Anita

JorBai

11-01-2008, 21:58

Evening all!

Ill make this quick as Im sooo tired, just had my parents over for dinner! It was a great night tho! Then mum and I went for an hour walk which was good! But its been a long day as Jordan woke between 2-3am this morning, thing is he wasnt crying he was wide awake and full of smiles LOL! It was really nice tho to just sit with him! But I had to drag myself out of bed early coz B has kindy and I had a client at 9am! Chaotic morning!

One bubby girl- What is your name hun? How is Ziggi going with her teething? Jordan was great today so hoping he is getting better! For your question on fish, I dont think he had it til he was about 7/8 months. I just introduced straight vegies first.

Allyoo- My Dr did mention the compounding but he said it was about $70 a month so I decided Id rather pay $30 and have the hassle of dissolving. I just wish it was cheaper! How is G going tonight, poor lil guy?

Shilo- Dont ya hate it when you drive somewhere and forget what you needed and were going for in the first place:mad: I do it all the time, think its our baby brains not returning to normal LOL!

Candy-:smiliedance: to Jayda!!! Lets hope tonight its down to one waking or better still none at all!!! I miss seeing her, cant wait to catch up with you all again!

happybirthday 29 today!!! Hope you had a lovely day Anna!!!

Oh god this has turned way too long!!!

Night all xox

TJ- Cant wait to see your Tatt all done! Are you nervous? Youll have to post a pic of DHs!

Chicco- Reading your post about administering Losec was funny, I could have written that exact post word for word LOL!

Mumelle- Go fletch for saying Dad... Now drum it into him MUM MUM MUM MUM MUM!!!:p Also, can you make your bottles smaller and then if he still hungry make another? Also if you try giving him them at room temp then you can pop it in the fridge if he doesnt drink it all! Jordan has been wasting heaps lately too...

Mel- Im so jealous of your pamper! Im in need of a good massage! Im so over giving them all the time, I wish I could have one myself!!!

Julz- Sorry to hear the boys are not feeling great, you guys have sure had a rough trot. Lots of get well vibes being sent your way hun xox

Ange- Here is a :hugs: x1000! You poor thing, hope tomorrow is a better day hun! A day in the life of kids! LOL but we wouldnt have it any other way hey! I havent put Jordan onto step 2 yet but he is only 5 months still. Go Connor! He will be fine without his Do Do!!! Well done big boy!

Mon- Glad your beginning to feel human again hun! And how cute about Tyrans kisses! He is too cute!

lollydove

11-01-2008, 22:32

Just super quickly because im so so tired (did i mention that i kept falling asleep driving across the gateway bridge today.. with my kiddies in the car :eek: :( - im not ever going to drive more than 5 mins away when i feel that tired again)

Ally oh huni, you are superwoman honestly. Dont be so hard on yourself. Linda summed it up perfectly, you came on here constantly the last few days and did nothing but help us. Im such a sook when i look at what some of you have to deal with :o

Im so sorry to hear griffin isnt doing well. Im sure he's not reverting backwards though, hopefully its just the heat its hard enough on us let alone their little bodies not knowing whats going on. I feel for you with the spewing, it was doing my head in too, I never had any clean blankets/sheets/clothes left for jayda or myself and it makes you feel even worse. I wish you lived close to us here in brissy so you could come along to our meets and I could come and help you some days. I hate doing the clothes washing but I actually enjoy doing the dishes and vacumming :D

mumelle

11-01-2008, 22:33

Hi all, back on here again -twice in one day am really addicted and I'm going to be away for the weekend so will have lots of reading to catch up on when I'm back..

Anita- would lurve to catch up for a "playdate"- where do you live?

JorBai- thanx for the bottle ideas..Fletchie is a bit naughty coz I've tried making up smaller bottles but if he drinks it all by the time I've made up another he's lost interest. :shame: I agree that giving them at room temp then heating up later is a good idea and this works most of the time although sometimes he just won't drink it unless it's warm ... never mind...:no:

Well good night to all and hope everyone has an awesome weekend, cocktails, adult parties an' all (have fun!)
:wave:

lollydove

11-01-2008, 22:35

yep me again still here :rolleyes: this pic is a bit random and irrelevant to july bubs but i wanted to show you all. at xmas when we were in byron the whole family got sick, assuming it was gastro, and when tiana was sick 'bones' our dog slept by her side all day and night and wouldnt leave her, it was really sweet so wanted to show you this pic. hes a dedicated boy :) *notice no sheets-none left! :barf:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w135/lollydove/DSC00688.jpg

wannabemum

11-01-2008, 23:18

Candy, you honestly make the most beautiful girls, congratulations :bee:

Pink Kisses

12-01-2008, 07:54

Good morning everyone!

Forgot to share yesterday that Ziggi said mum mum mum in the car several times when we were driving to the southside!! I love when they do something new (and this event has the 'cute' factor!). I don't think she relates it to me but I'll claim it!!

Chicco: grrr about your inlaws. We have the opposite problem. I really like my inlaws and they only live 45 minutes away (they are divorced) and we have only seen them 2/3 times since DD was born. It is a real struggle to get them to come over, we always go there.

JorBai: My name is Linda. Thanks for the advice on the meat. Will have to wait a while longer before starting I think.

Do any of you have the Fisher Price L&L puppy? We do and I bought one for my friends new baby cos we love it sooo much....it teaches about body parts, colours, abc (and says zed), numbers etc. BUT when I gave it to my friend I told her to press its nose because it makes a sneeze noise and says 'got your nose!" - it said "blue ear!". It was one of those had-to-be-there moments. Now I have to ring Mattel to tell them about their dog that has an ear growing in the middle of its face!!

our little treasures

12-01-2008, 09:51

:wave:

Leanne an hour walk, wow your so GOOD!! Glad you had a good dinner with your parents.

LOLLY:eek: about nearly falling asleep. Its so frightening isn't it. That pic is so adorable!!

Ally :hugs: Your doing fine and as the others have said such a great help!!

Chicco Oh inlaws!! All I can say as they read what I write on hear:rolleyes:

Onebubbygirl Oh congrats on ziggi and MUM my li'l lady says it only when she is grumpy and dh loves handing her to me and saying "she wants you"!! With those dogs I got my nephew and niece one for chrissy about 2 years ago so I hope theirs worked!!

our little treasures

12-01-2008, 10:01

Well shakyla gave us a bad night last night the thing is I didn't wake up and DH had to settle her. I went to bed at 2am and apparently she got up at 3 and then 6. Usually once she is down she doesn't wake at all. I hope she doesn't do it tonight!!

My dh is off for a week:smiliedance: and we had all these plans of getting all the old clothes and stuff out and redoing the kids rooms:ecomcity: but we have 5 parties to go to in 1 week!! So I think we will only get the hard rubbish and move the kids and everything else will have to wait!!

My best friend from high school and I are going to lunch tomorrow childfree:smiliedance: She was overseas and we have caught up a couple of times since her return but with hubby and children. So I really am looking forward to it. I plan on going for a few hours as it will be my first outing other than shopping!!:flowerz:

12-01-2008, 10:53

Ally Babe :hugs: like candy said, you really are a superwoman you just dont quite realize it yet.
You are ALWAYS one of the first ones to help and offer advice to others.
Dont look at taking your meds as a bad thing at all, if they are making you happier, the kids happier and hubby happier then stay with them. No one looks at you as a failure or anything like that coz you need to take them. :hugs: x 1 billion for you! I wished you lived closer to us brissy girls so you could meet up with us and we could give you a helping hand.

SHlio - have fun at lunch, have a glass of wine or 2 ;)

onebubbygirl - thats hilarious about the BLUE EAR!! bahaha
And I would also be claiming the MUM MUM MUM as real, anything so i can rub it into hubby that Im the favourite

Lolly - You NAUGHTY thing driving whilst you are tha tired are you crazy!! Soo glad nothing happened to all of you. ANd I love that pic of TT and bones.
Cant wait to see you on monday.

Leanne - good on you for walking, I would have gotten out the icecream or something instead haha. WIll miss you on Monday. But hopefully you can make it to Candys on friday?? Nope no nervous about the Tat at all, quite excited actually.

Anita - Sux about the inlaws being so "in ya face" could be worse tho, and not have them around at all.

I should really get off my butt and go and dry my hair, as Im heading to my Gf's (who is a hairdresser) this arvo whooo hooo I cant wait.
Isnt it funny, once upon a time I had my hair done every 6-8 weeks and didnt think anything of it. These days going to get it done puts my on cloud9, goes to show what you really use to take for granted huh. I havent had it done since Lochie was about 9 weeks old, so its really in need of some touching up.

Ill be back in a sec to post pics of Hubby's tat :)

12-01-2008, 11:03

Here is Hubby's tat (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/tara-jane/DSC03282.jpg)

our little treasures

12-01-2008, 16:18

Ouch ouch ouch!!! I think it look great though and love the birth date!!:thumbsup:

reAllytee

12-01-2008, 21:31

Thanks girls as always you are too kind :hugs:

TJ - Hubby's tat looks awesome similar to my DP's one but his comes around his elbow & onto his forearm. Hope you had fun getting your hair done ! Its been ages since i did mine & it needs it badly !

Shilo - Hope S is better tonite & it was just a one off ! Wow a week off hey ! That would be awesome & yes wouldnt it be nice to clear the house. Im dying to do mine its a disaster zone. Hope you have a great day tomorrow !

Candy - Norti ! Next time be careful we dont want anything happening to you all ! Your dog is gorgeous ! Isnt it awesome when they know something isnt right so look after you. I miss my doggy so much :(

Another hot day here & tomorrow is supposed to be worse. We are considering taking the kiddies to the local pool early morning its indoors. Let Boof have some time to work off his energy etc before coming back to die in the heat !

G isnt coping at all :( I dont know what to do whether i should try to see the paed a.s.a.p or just hold out until we are due ( end of Jan ) & see if the heat is the problem. Im so glad now that this summer has seen us have a lot more cooler days than normal cause this is horrible.

On a brighter note G is doing MMMMM noises lol so maybe he will say Mum first ... I can dream !

I do have more photos to post but stupid photobucket is taking 5yrs as always :geek:

Anyways im off to read in bed !

our little treasures

13-01-2008, 08:39

Gosh so quiet in here!!
Shakyla and my other 2 gave us a bad night again. I was so happy to get my older to bed by 6.15 as they were really tired. At 12am Daylan started coughing and I went in and settled him then came back out. Within minutes he was coughing again and came out of the room so I took him back and he was coughing and woke dd1 up. They then decided they were not going back to sleep and would not go back to sleep until 3am!!! :mad: My dd1 was good didn't come out of the room but ds well I had to put him back heaps of times. Then to top it all off I had another gallstone attack.. I thought I was watching everything I ate!!
Anyway we spent Yesterday at bunnings and I finally
painted a book cabinet I got from a garage sale over 3 years ago!! Here are some pics
before
http://picasaweb.google.com/our.little.treasures/Bubhub/photo?authkey=WzuIC2zoF8o#5154589165153383394
after
http://picasaweb.google.com/our.little.treasures/Bubhub/photo?authkey=WzuIC2zoF8o#5154589448621224946
http://picasaweb.google.com/our.little.treasures/Bubhub/photo?authkey=WzuIC2zoF8o#5154589667664557058
The cabinet only cost .50cents and other materials cost around $24 So not bad for $25:D

13-01-2008, 12:41

OLT - Your links dont work.
But you are right $25 is such a bargain :D

Oh Ally - sux about the hot weather, why not fill up it up with cool water and let Squeak have a kick and splash in there (obviously not if you are going to the pool, but on the other days) I've done that for Lochie a few times as its just soooooooo stikcy and gross!

our little treasures

13-01-2008, 14:26

TJ How did your hair go??

our little treasures

13-01-2008, 14:27

Mmmh not sure what I did wrong! I will try agin

our little treasures

13-01-2008, 14:33

ok fixed the links

our little treasures

13-01-2008, 14:42

Well had lunch with my bestie and it was really nice and relaxed with just us. It's amazing how much you can chat about without li'l people or DH butting in:rolleyes: I was gone for about 45mns when I rang to check dh not that he isn't capable of watching the kids. Anyway apparently my ds got stuck under the patio and dh was about to call the fire brigade and was really stressed because he couldn't get him out. Notice he wasn't going to call me!!! So he then went on to tell me "we have to watch him while he is outside",... Well HELLO he is only 2. Other than that all was well they managed and I had a great lunch.:D

I think we may head to MIL'S for a few hours so the kids are napping so they don't run around at her house and get all feral. Oh the joys!!

Laine

13-01-2008, 16:26

Hey everyone! Just popping my head in to say Hi, I'm still around (incase anyone missed me :rolleyes: lol).

Hope everyone and their bubbas are well! This thread has got to be the most active one in the birth groups. Its excellent!

Happy Birthday to Anna for the other day too!!:flowerz:

Be back later for personals :yes:

Oh question, whose babies have cut their first tooth already?

13-01-2008, 17:50

Laine - No teeth here yet for Lochie. Has been "teething" since 11 weeks, but nothing has actually cut through as yet.

Here is my hair (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/tara-jane/Tara%20photos/DSC03287.jpg) front on only tho (nice self portrait huh :p). It doesnt really look all that much different, just my roots are fixed up. I was looking like a ferral. I also got about 4-5inches cut off the back. I didnt take a before photo, so you wont be able to see the difference anyway.

Here (http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s137/miss_alitz/DSC00997.jpg) is another taken today

ETA - Here is a pic (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/tara-jane/LJ/DSC03177.jpg) thats front on taken the other weekend. (arrrghhh it actually looks like I had dark hair at the front ewww) I was waving trying to get Lochie to look at the camera, but hubby took it at the wrong time, and we both came out looking silly :p

Mummy2R&K

13-01-2008, 19:10

Hi everyone.

Hope everyone had a great weekend. I bought a new car yesterday, so should get that some time during the week :) good bye hatch, bring on 4 door!! Now I have to sell my other car :fingerscrossed:

Went to my nephew's 4th birthday today - they had a jumping castle big enough for the adults! Was great as when i went to his sisters 1st birthday last year, they had one too - but i was still preggers so couldn't go on it. pretty cheap to hire too really.

Riley is now getting onto all fours, previously he could do either the knees or the arms, but does both now and rocks back and forth, so not too much longer and he'll be whipping around the house like there's no tomorrow. Must make sure little things are off the floor, as he puts everything in his mouth.

Well I'm having an early night, I am so tired - i haven't managed a nanna nap all weekend! And Riley thinks it's fun to be wide awake at 3am lately trying his new found crawling skills in his cot. :sleeping::sleeping:

Boymum

13-01-2008, 20:39

Your hair is gorgeous TJ, you are so pretty.

Connor hasn't asked for his 'do do' since it 'broke'...so amazing, he was so reliant on that thing for sleeping and comfort at ouchie times. I am so amazed at him.

Brianna is unsettled with what might be a sore ear at the moment, she's keeping me up a bit more the last couple of nights, waking for her 'do do' actually and whatever else amongst her rolling and hitting the ends of cot etc...6 months is such a busy time for these bubbies.

Maybe she's having her growth spurt or something.

Can't stay, but back tomorrow, have a nice night.

toni796

13-01-2008, 21:19

Hello ladies!

Just a quick one tonight.....We have been so busy the last few days tryin to get a cage built for DH's female water dragon. I have been jumping on to read posts etc to catch up.....I will do personals tomorrow if I can find time.....Hope everyone is doing fine.

our little treasures

13-01-2008, 21:54

TJ Looks good!! :yelclap:

Daylan has now been dummy free for 4 days and I am so happy!!:smiliedance: He hasn't really asked for it he just keeps sticking his fingers in his mouth when he is grumpy and sad. I can't believe how easy it was and he is so proud of himself. It's sad when he goes and gets shakylas and insists on holding it:( Mummy feels a bit guilty but I just cuddle him and tell him I love him... I am hoping to take him to Kmart tomorrow and get him to pick a special wiggles soft toy. It's amazing how scared I was and it turned out all good!! I am glad I cut them though as I would have given it back!!:o

14-01-2008, 07:30

OLT - great news about the Dummy. I want to start working on getting Lochie out of the habbit of having his as I had read they lose that sucking instinct at around 6 months. I just didnt want it to drag on, but if its too hard to get it off him soonish, I might just have to grin and bare it huh.
He only has it for when he goes to bed, not any other time, so its not sooo bad I suppose.
Picking out a new toy as a reward will hopefully help Daylan on the way :D

Ange - Good on Connor as well! Good little man.
Sorry B isnt all that well, hopefully she is on the mend so both you and her can get some decent sleep.

mum2riley - you willl certainly have your hands full when Riley gets going.
Clever little tyke he is.

Lochies needles are booked in for tomorrow, but he has quite a runny nose and a cough thats sounding rattly & phlemgy, he doesnt have a temp or anything, and is his happy normal self, should I post pone them?
I know they say to if they are unwell, but he is acting fine?
What do you girls reckon??

I might give them a call??

Pink Kisses

14-01-2008, 08:28

:wave: Hope everyone had a great weekend. Just read in Brissy Lunch tread that some bubbas are not feeling well. Here's to a quick recovery.

Lots of celebrations!
Boymum and OLT :smiliedance:on the 'no more dummy!'.

:smiliedance:to Mum2Riley for DS nearly crawling. It certainly is a fun and frustraion time isn't it! I'm a very busy mummy now that Ziggi is crawling....goodluck!

TJ: Don't know if this helps but is Lochie going for 6 months needles? I was quite relieved when it was only two needles this time. Ziggi was quiet and didn't feed well after 2 and 4 month needles (for up to a week each time). This time it was as if nothing had happened....no 'side effects'. Not saying that it will be the same for Lochie but hope this helps. Not sure about the being unwell part though.

To everyone else have a nice day!

Pink Kisses

14-01-2008, 08:42

Oh...forgot to mention that I start Weight Watchers online today. It has worked for me in the past so am very excited. I only put on 9kg during my pregnancy (which I lost straight away) but 15kg in my pre-TTC journey. I had a lot of medical issues in that area that put a lot of strain on our TTC journey. So hormones played a big part and so did comfort eating and lack of exercise (the gym went out the window) :shame:!! OK no more excuses!!

Anyone else on a personal weight loss challenge? Would love to hear about it!!

Gotta go...need to blow the dust of the treadmill!!

prideNJoy

14-01-2008, 09:31

Goodmorning,

:yelclap: For Daylan & Connor, they love to surprise you with how well they cope at the best of times.

Hope all the little ones feel better soon. :hugs:

TJ~ Your hair looks great!!!!
As for the Immunisations, you'll find that they will probably be happy to give him his shot, little ones can be feeling pretty crappy but still seem perky and happy.
I just think he will feel 10 times worse if he was to have them done while his little immune system is so busy trying to fight off his cold.
Good luck either way. :goodvibes:

Had an OK weekend, went to DP's Mama's & Papa's 70th Birthday party on saturday night. There was a fair few family members missing at this get together so only had about 52 people all up! :dizzy:
Went along in a gorgeous dress, nice heels....looking like a beetroot!
I am so sunburt, it's not a pretty picture AT ALL! So embarassing ,that'll learn me!

DP's back at work today, & J's at Daycare Day. So just N and I. ahhhhh :cloud9:.

ETA: oh forgot to add my little guy has mastered the downward-facing dog position!!!! LOL (Yoga move)

Lil X-men

14-01-2008, 09:52

HI eveyone!!

TJ- Yeah I would call them and reschedule, they wont want to do them if he is unwell:no: Well my doctor doesnt like to do them then anyways, notsure about yours.
Hope he comes right soon, there must something going around coz Zeke woke up so congested with a fever this morning too:(
Love the hair btw, looks great! I need to get my roots done very soon too. Oh and DH's Tat looks fab, hmm I should convince my DH to getone of the boys names somewhere.

Toni - Have fun building the waerdragon cage talk to you soon.

Shilo - woohoo to Daylan for going dummy free. Oh I cant beleive he got stuck under the patio and DH didnt ring you lol!! I spose he thought he might get in trouble if you found out lol!!
Glad you get together went well, its so nice to catch up with old friends.
The book cabiet looks great too BTW, great job!!

Mum2Riley- sounds like Riley is getting ready to move, congrats to him clever man!
The bouncy castle sounds great. We had one at a friends DD 5th birthday a while ago, it was waaaay to hot to get on it myself though.

Ange- I hope B is ok and not getting an ear infection or anything. They are busy now aye, Zeke rolls all over his cot now and has arms legs hanging out the sides lol!!

HI - Laine good to see you back!! Does your DS have any toothy pegs yet? None here yet, but my Ds1 didn't get any till 8months so I am thinking DS2 might be the same.

Candy - Omg you poor thing, sleep deprivation is soo not good, you just stay at home next time if you are too tired, we dont want anything bad to happen to you all:( I also love that photo of Tiana and doggy, how gorgeous, thats loyalty for you. Poor thing looks so pale in the pic, still beautiful though and the dog is also a gorgeous specimen!

Onebubbygirl - I have jsut turned Ezekiels car seat around even though he is only 6.5kgs. He is sitting up by himself pretty well now and is very strong. I did however have second thoughts about turning it back after seeing a thread on here with a youtube video showing crash tests car seats rear facing and front faacing, very scary. I am still thinking of turning it back around again, but I will feel bad for him coz he loves being able talk to his brother and look out the window. It's hard I know. I am doing a personal weight loss challenge. I started jsut before xmas though so have been very slack with all the food and drink over the festive season. I also found out I had Ross River fever just before xmas too, so it hasnt been going as well as I planned. I am intending to start my exercise regime again next week, when my friends wedding is over and hopefully my boys arent sick anymore. I only want to lose 5kgs, but they are 5 very stubborn kilos lol!! I have lost 2kgs since starting so I have done ok considering how slack I have been over xmas. Goodluck with yours and keep us updated!!

Monique glad to hear you are feeling slightly more normal again, I still cant beleive you are going through this again its seems surreal as it only felt like yesterday we were preggers with our last bubs. The time is going so fast!!

Leanne - Hows things, you're a good girl still keepingup the exercise with all thats been happening lately. I hear you with Jordan waking all smiley at night. Zeke has been in the habit of waking between 4-5 for a feed and then wanting to play, its soo cute but makes me tired coz I am used to him coming into our bed for a feed and dozing back off for a couple of hours btuah what can you do!

Chicco - sorry to hear the inlaws are being a bit overbearing, I never see mine being that they are in NZ so havent had that problem lol!!

Ally - I am glad you got your script, so I hope you are feeling a bit better every day. Sorry about poor G vomitting again oh dear it's going to be a long haul huh, but totally worth it when you get a smile from them. I think that why they make em cute, other wise we'd be tempted to get of them lol:laughing:

Oh Mel you naughty girl getting so sun burnt!!! Hope you enjoyed the party though despite the beetroot look and poor turnout!

I took both my boys to the doc yesterday and put a stool sample in for Xavier to see whats going on with him, will take 5-10 days for the culture results to come in. If they show nothing then we may onsider having him tested for Ross river too, as he has alot of the symptoms.
Doc thinks Zeke just has a virus thats going around, hope thats all it is, he has had fevers and stinky farts, did a massive poo this morning so hopefully thats makes his tummy feel a bit better. He will not let me put him down for a second argghhh!!!
So over this illness stuff!

I have also been absent because of all the events in the past couple of days, Hens night Fri, Sat night BBQ at friends where we gave them their wedding pressy early (a few of us put in for a massive fish tank), so that was another late night, then last night we were out for tea again. Phew we are tired.

Zeke had his first swim in the pool yesty since it was sooo friggin muggy and hot. He was a natural like his big brother, kickin away like crazy so cute! Probably a mistake though since he is crook today, but it was so hot I wanted to cool him off.

He can get up on his hands and knees now, but then gives up and plonks back to his belly, doing very well for not even six months. I really thought he was going to be my easy going slow baby but nup he wants to follow his brother lol!

Finally Jeni - SO sorry we all cant come to todays meet, it seems there is once again alot of illness going around. Hope to come to your place another day very soon!!

our little treasures

14-01-2008, 10:53

Mum2riley~ I went to a party when shakyla was about 3mnths and it had a jumping castle. I loved it had so much fun! Riley on all fours, won't be long and he will be off.

boymum~ Just read you have also got your boy of the dummy!! :yelclap:It is so funny how worried you are of doing it and then they actually don't react the way you thought. I am now starting Toilet training as he has been going for a few months but I just have been too busy to make it a definate.

onebubbygirl~ Good on you for going online with weight watchers. I am starting back at the gym in 2 weeks and I am pumped,. I have also been on my kids tramp every night and I have actually lost 2kgs:smiliedance: I just have to watch what I am eating.

mel~ I don't know yopa but is that where they have their butt in the air and head facing ground??? I hope you enjoy your day with only you and your bubba!!

Toni~ What is a water dragon?? I had a mexican walking fish is it similar?

Jules~ I hope the results for X come back clear or at least with nothing serious. I doubt have Z in the pool would have made him sick today, I bet he loved it though!! We have one of those busy weekends,. My daughter has 2 parties, we have a 60 th and my nieces 3rd birthday and we have to fit dh's nanna in as we still haven't caught up with her for chrissy and she has already rang asking when are we coming:o Oh and :yelclap: for your bub being on all fours!!

Went to MIL'S for the afternoon and then we bought tea for all of us although I had to eat a light pasta as I was still having a bit of pain from the gallstones
Not much today my DH keeps knicking my computer and I am just catching up on housework and reading magazines.
Although my dd and ds keep fighting for the vacuum and I hate vacuuming so it's great!!:D

prideNJoy

14-01-2008, 10:58

mel~ I don't know yopa but is that where they have their butt in the air and head facing ground??? I hope you enjoy your day with only you and your bubba!!

:yes: :D

Lil X-men

14-01-2008, 11:22

Man this is gonna be a loooooong day, Zeke is sooo cranky, he wont sleep for more than 15 minutes and jsut screams if I am not holding him, he is in bed now but is waking again arggh, sorry to whinge.

Just quickly wanted to post a pic of me and DH on NYE2007 (http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/JulzXav/?action=view&current=Image22.jpg). We hardly ever get good pics together so wanted to share with you!

our little treasures

14-01-2008, 12:01

Oh jules:hugs: I sure hope he goes for a sleep sometime today so you can have some down time. Your pic is lovely my dh and I never get pics or even family shots together either:no:

Laine

14-01-2008, 12:14

Gosh Julie you look like someone and I can't pick who it is!! Dont you hate that!
Gorgeous pic of the both of you though :D How are you feeling? Has your virus subsided yet or still hanging in there? Hopefully Xaviers results come back with the all clear, certainly no fun when they are sick. No teeth for Hamish yet, but I have a feeling they aren't far off!

TJ - Your hair looks great! Just saw the pic of your hubbys tat, very cool! Dh is gonna get one of Hamish's name one day too and I was thinking of doing the same, maybe once we have had all our kids :yes: Can't wait to see yours when its done.

OLT - Congrats on Daylan being dummy free! Must be an awesome feeling :yelclap:

Onebubbygirl - Firstly will say Hi! and yes I am on a weightloss thing as of Tuesday. I was on it before but then we moved house and I sort of fell off the wagon a bit there. MIL goes back to London on Tuesday so I figured id start then, no use when she is here as she drives me batty so I am always comfort eating lol. I am on the Tony Ferguson diet, in the couple of weeks I was on it I had lost 4kg in one week. Its hard for the first couple of days but gets better. You just have to drink lotsa water!

Meljellybean - Wow the house must be so quiet today! Hope you and the little ones are well! I saw the video of Nayte crawling, such a smart little man you got there. Hamish is trying really hard but just doesnt have the coordination going on yet, feel quite sorry for him at times lol.

Holly, Jorbai, Toni, Ally, Boymum, Candy, Mum2Riley, and anyone else I have missed I hope you are all well.

Oh out of curiosity who here is TTC this year?
or wanting to ttc lol!

Take care ladies!

JorBai

14-01-2008, 12:15

Oh girls I need advice...and a bit of a whinge too...

Jordan was such a happy bub and since we have come back from Melbourne and while we were there he has changed. He is so unsettled. One minute he is smiling the next he is screaming and inconsolable. He slept well last night and didnt wake which was great and when he got up this morning he was arching his back and screaming so much he nearly vomited:confused: I know this sounds totally crazy but its like he is having a temper tantrum...thats not possible at this age is it?

I just dont know what to do? When he is tired its worse, he wont let me cuddle him but he doesnt want to be put down either...

Im at a loss as to what could be wrong. We have been giving him panadol for his teething and bonjella which works a little bit but not totally and sometimes not at all.

I want my happy bub back:(

Personals coming next...

JorBai

14-01-2008, 12:34

:wave: Candy- Sorry to hear your so tired hun, sleep deprivation is terrible. Please take care hun and get as much rest as you can. Is Tiana on hols? And OMG that pic of T and your dog is just beautiful, love it!

Linda- I have the fisher price learning puppy! Its awesome! When we first got it I played with it constantly LOL! ( with Bailey of course!!!) It actually taught him all the body parts so very educational! Ph and well done Ziggi for crawling!!! NOw the fun begins LOL! Also for the weightloss challenge I did it last year, well just before xmas, you can read my journal in the weightloss section. Dont know how to add the link tho.

Shilo- OMG is Daylan ok?? So much for a relaxing lunch! Im glad you enjoyed it! You deserve a break! How is Shakyla doing today? Oh and I forgot GO DAYLAN on dummy free!!! WOO HOO!

TJ- Your hair looks bl00dy awesome! Your one yummy mummy! I love how natural your hair looks too! Wish mine was like that! And Jons Tatt looks fab! I want Darren to get a tatt but he wont do it...

Ally- You are such an inspirational women, you are amazing! And as for G saying Mmmmmm...Jordan was doing that and it has now turned into MUM MUM MUM!!!! I rubbed it into MILS face like she did with me when Bailey said Dad first!!!:laughing:

Laine- Hello there huni!!!! How is that gorgeous lil man Hamish going? Jordan hasnt cut teeth yet but they are on their way and I can see and feel them in the gum so hope they come up soon before I go insane LOL! Oh and as for TTC...:no:not here! Were buying a house and waiting til B goes to school before we THINK about a 3rd! But Im sure alot of others will be TTC with you!!!!

Mum2riley- LOL at Riley!!! Crawling at 3am! :laughing:Cheeky lil man!!!

Ange- GO CONNOR!!!!!! WEll done on becoming dummy free! I wish I could cut Baileys thumb off!!! Haha! Hope B is a little more settled now, is there something in the air all the bubs seem a little unsettled right now.

Toni- Youll have to post a pic of your water dragon!!

Mel- how is your sunburn, poor thing! And LOL and the yoga moves produced by Nayte! Cheeky lil man! My DH went back to work today too. I miss him but I am actually more motivated. When he was here he helped heaps but I think it made me slack and a bit lazy!

Julz- I hope poor Z doesnt have ross river virus... Oh sending lots of hugs to you:hugs: Go Zeke, he will be crawling soon! Jordan is still a lazy bones just like Bailey was... LOVE LOVE the pic of you and DH! Very nice! Frame that one!

Ok thats it for personals here!!!!

**phew wipes brow, that took a while!!!!**

Laine

14-01-2008, 12:48

Leanne - He isn't pulling his ears or anything is he? If he doesn't have a temp, has been fed and changed then maybe it is just teething hun, he may be feeling really uncomfortable. Hamish was a bit like that when we got home from Perth recently, I put it down to a bit of a change in routine and shock to the system. It is possible Jordan is just having a bit of a tantrum though. Its so hard to tell with these little ones! Maybe its a growth spurt, or a pain in his tummy? :hugs::hugs:hope he feels better soon!

Lil X-men

14-01-2008, 13:52

Leanne Zeke has been exactly like that in the past week. I wasn't sure what it was either until this morning when he woke all congested and coughing etc. So maybe he is about to come down with something?
I noticed last time Zeke was sick he was really cranky and clingy for about a week before the actul cold symptoms appeared.
Hope he is ok, poor wee man. :hugs:
I think the teething doesn't help though, it irritates them even more when they are off colour. Zeke isn't happy unless he is chewing on something 24/7 ( at night it's his fingers lol).

reAllytee

14-01-2008, 17:02

Jusr a quick one sorry will be back to do personals later !

We have had a very sick Boof to contend with poor bugger couldnt stop vomitting it was horrible :(

I went through around 10 of his tshirts, 3 blankets, all his sheets, all our towels & most of my (50) terry flat nappies ! No sooner than we would get some water or hydrolyte into him that it was all coming back up in a gush. So today has seen me washing, washing, washing !

He was so pale & lethargic it was really scary. Ive never dealt with him being so ill before & im really glad too ! Anyways today has seen him a lot more perkier & starting to eat again which is good !

Otherwise Master G is fine as is DP & myself so im not sure what he has had or where he got it from :confused:

our little treasures

14-01-2008, 17:22

Leanne You might be right about the tantrum thing. Some children have that kind of temperment it must be very hard for you when your not use to it. Most the time my children go through fazes and then within a month they are over it.

Ally oh that is not good!! I hate when they are sick but hate the extra washing more. I hate that your up all night and then have to get this stuff out on the line. It's not like normal washing where you can wait until they go to bed it is a do on the spot job!!

To all with sick bubba's I hope they get well soon.

I have noticed over the last few days when Shakyla is laying on the floor and she see's me she will stop playing and start grizzling and almost crying! Same with hubby I was carrying her outside and she heard Dh's voice well she kept squealing and kicking her legs until we realised she wanted him. When we pick her up you wouldn't believe she stops and starts smiling!! It's very cute but I am starting to creep in and get things and then slowly go out again!!

lollydove

14-01-2008, 18:23

just quickly, ill try come back later if i can stay up, leanne this is EXACTLY what i was saying was happening a few weeks back but everyone had told me it couldnt possibly be temper lol. i still think she has her temper tantrums and dont know whats going on now because she's been on losec for a week and it seems to have worked because now she isnt crying in pain in her sleep and not doing projectile's anymore BUT she is still very very unsettled and im still only getting about 4 hours of broken sleep each night. she wakes up crying and as soon as i get there i get happy little kicks and giggles and she is now staying up for an hour or so EVERY NIGHT :hair: at around 2-3am. i really dont know what to do or how to get her out of this habit and i also dont know how long i can go on like this with hardly any sleep.

Remember Jayda was exactly like that, she wouldnt let me hold her and would arch away all the time and i thought it could have been from reflux because now she is letting us cuddle her a little more than she used to and not arching away so much. are jordan's meds still working do you think? is losec something they can become immune to?

I feel so bad for you because i know how you feel and how awful it is when they used to be so so good at sleeping and getting settled and now they are all over the shop, so :hugs: to you. I hope for your sake he isnt like jayda and stays like this. :fingerscrossed: its just a temporary thing, hopefully just teeth.

BTW jayda has cut her second tooth so i think part of her unsettled business was teethign as well as reflux

Sorry i wasnt much help but just wanted you to know i feel your pain