View Full Version : ~*November 07 mums and bubs*~ #5
Rainbowbrite
14-07-2008, 11:27
OK ladies, a new thread here seeing as we almost hit 100 pages in the last one :p
Here (http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=171181&page=97) is a link to the old one :)
MrsScatterbrain
14-07-2008, 18:56
Hi everyone! :wave:
Oooh, can I remember what I was going to say without the multiquotes? :laughing:
Nan - congrats on the two teeth! And what a champ Caleb is, still sleeping through! I definitely couldn't sleep with my kids - DS1 comes in after 5am and wriggles and tosses and turns, and I wonder how co-sleepers get any sleep! I must say a belated 'thank-you' for the Women's Weekly recipe book reminder - I got mine out today and I'm going to have a cook up on wednesday! :thumbsup:
Shana - what a clever little girl you have! Clapping and grabbing her feet - how cute!
Sands - what a little adventurer - has your helmet arrived yet?
RB - Congrats on the teeth! Thanks heavens they are through - fantastic! What a relief!
Well, my three boys are much better today :fingerscrossed: DH got some good rest on the weekend and is heaps better, DS1 just has a residual cough, and Thomas has a tiny wheeze and has nearly finished his antibiotics. Just to add some more pain in, though - Thomas is now teething! Both boys are still waking out of habit - 4 times each a night (that's 8 get ups :dizzy:!) Thomas has been off his solids and bfing every 2 to 3 hours, but has improved greatly today, having 3 solid meals. Yay! Hopefully I won't be feeding all night tonight! :hair: I am not used to this sleep deprivation!
We also got out of the house today for the first time in weeks - oh bliss! Most of the other Mums at Playgroup had had sick and teething babies, so I'm not alone.
Oh - Thomas is screaming, better run,
Take care xx
Kittylou
15-07-2008, 13:37
I'll struggle to remember personals from the other thread too (I might just cheat off you Mrs S:laughing:).
AB - hope Aliyah is feeling better now. Wow, a new job - sounds like exactly what your husband needs. If the one down there doesn't work out, definitely consider Cairns :thumbsup:. I was just saying the other day that the only direction I would ever move in is further north. Love the sunny Queensland weather!!
Shana - yay for Xav!! I've been trying to teach Sophie how to clap and wave but she just like to watch and laugh at me. Actually, she waves one hand at me when she's in the highchair and doesn't want to eat anymore so I do it back but say "Hi" at the same time. She thinks it's hilarious.
RB - I think that day is fine for me. We might even see if the inlaws will have us for the weekend.
Mrs S - glad the boys are getting better.
Sophie is much better now too. She has started eating solids again and is bright and bubbly most of the time. We had a string of very hairy nights with her sleeping in our bed AND needing to be cuddled all night. She has improved though - night before last she was in our bed but just slept all night so we actually got some sleep too. And last night, she was in the cot all night!!! She woke around 2am and had a bit of a chat for 10 minutes, then started whingeing so I went and gave her the dummy and a quick pat. I went back to bed while she was still awake but peaceful and decided that I would keep trying to resettle her in the cot until 3am before caving and bringing her in with us. As it turned out, I never heard from her again till 7am. Amazing!!!!
AliyahBlake
16-07-2008, 08:12
Goodness everyone's gone quiet all of a sudden! I guess I can't talk though - I didn't make it in here yesterday myself.
I had a nice day with just Blake yesterday as Aliyah went back to preschool. I didn't get much done around the house as he was in a great mood and I just spent so much time playing with him.
Craig's meeting went much like he expected on Monday - he will definitely be leaving and his new job is lined up to start in about 3 weeks time. He will be getting a dual cab ute with full private use which will be nice, as at the moment he just has a van, so we've had to drive the 4wd everywhere.
I should go and give Blake his bottle and then try to get this house looking slightly tidier! Back later.
sandralee
16-07-2008, 08:57
Hi everyone!!!!!!!
I have been out a lot lately, so not much bubhubbing - yes it is really quiet on here, I think a lot of people are on hols.
Tally I entered Noah in that comp too - there is another one at www.parents.com.au/babyoftheyear (http://www.parents.com.au/babyoftheyear) if you are interested?
Off to the gold coast for me - will be back later -
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Hi girls,
Not much else happening here. Same old story - Xav is sleeping very restlessly lately. So I'm not getting much quality sleep in and am a bit grouchy. She's going to bed around midnight, which I can actually handle. . . it's the waking every hour that is getting me! Her bottom tooth is still coming up (not all the way through) so I assume it is probably aching/hurting and disturbing her between sleep cycles. Nurofen doesn't seem to be making much difference. I'm sure as soon as this one settles down the next one will be on it's way!
MB - you'll laugh at this . . . after reading that girl diet, I went and did just about everything you are not supposed to do this cycle!:laughing: And each time I thought . . oops, not supposed to do that. . .oops again, I'm supposed to avoid that . . . . um . .. think we might be heading for a boy if I keep this up!! But as a last resort at girl vibes, I think I'm ov'ing today or tomorrow so no nooky-nooky tonight!! :laughing::laughing:
Kittylou - glad Sophie is better, and what a dream child to settle in the cot again so quickly!
AB - your dh's new job sounds great! I'm sure the change and better environment will be wonderful. And yes, like Kittylou, I'd only move north too. In fact, I'd happily move north. . to the beach . . .and the sun :sunshine:. But my dh works in the city, so we can't go anywhere . . .:crying:.
Hi everyone!
Well we are back from the Christening and all went really well, except for when DH's Dad totally stuffed up the video of it and I burst into tears and threw a tantrum:laughing: It just really annoyed me how bad a job he did and no one seemed to really care because they were all there but no one thought of my family in Oz or that I would want to keep it :hair:
Anyway Luca is sleeping really well, last night he went from 7-7.15 without a peep! Shana, Luca only slept well once his teeth came through so hurry up Xav!!! :thumbsup:
Not much else to report, quite boring really! I wish I could enter Luca in these comps but gotta be in Oz! My friends Son is the little boy in the little tikes ad, he's so adorable!!!
Anyway can't think of much else, will be back later!! xxxx
sandralee
16-07-2008, 18:11
Yay Moops you're back! I can't believe how quiet this thread is lately - oh well, at least I haven't missed out on much. Today was the first time I 'went it alone' with Noah at my eyebrow wax/tint etc appointment - we arrived 20mins early and the therapist was running 20mins late. Noah just wanted to explore and got quickly bored with the massive bag of toys I packed.... Then had to pick And up from school for a haircut, and didn't get home til 4.30pm....have been running around so much that my brain is buzzing LOL! Thank goodness Noah went to bed happily at 6pm!!!! Now I get to chill out until I go to bed, apart from scrubbing bottles.
Shana I have to remember to ask Mel for the 'girl recipe' too - just in case I have a moment of insanity and decide to have one last baby. :confused: I am really scared of having another super active baby like Noah - he is usually okay when we are out cos there is so much new stuff to distract him.
Had a great night last night - Noah had his last bottle before 6pm, and didn't need another one until 4.30 this morning.. then slept til almost 7am. I didn't even hear him stir, which meant we all slept better. ALso today is the third day in a row that he has had an hour long sleep in the morning - makes so much difference with how much I can get done!!!:yelclap:
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Oh Moops, I'm so sorry the video is no good. If it's any consolation I got friends to video our wedding, but before they could edit it and give it back it someone else taped over it!!!! I almost cried . . .but there was nothing I could do so I just kissed it goodbye and don't think about it.
I hope you got some nice photo's??
sandralee
17-07-2008, 08:27
Hi girls!
Are there many of us left or have we migrated for the winter? Going to have a fairly quiet day at home - I am hoping that Noah's head thingy arrives today cos he has had two falls already this morning!! He tries standing all the time and lands with a splat on the tiles. Had to wake him at 7.30am today!!!!!! I am still in shock!! (maybe waking at 2.30 and 4.30 hadsomething to do with it LOL)
Moops I gave him some more of that leek and cauliflower stuff and he was fine yesterday - so maybe he is used to it already. Sorry to hear about your **** video - it sucks so much when that happens! Maybe you can have a naming ceremony down the track and film it yourself. Hell, you can have a naming ceremony in hawaii or something LOL - and we can join you to be witnesses!!
Andy informed me yesterday that he can now leave school every wednesday lunchtime, as they are letting them have study periods either at school or at home. Yeah right he is going to study at home hehe - more like playing with his baby brother or emptying his nappy bin, or running his bath.......:yelclap: Wish my dad would hurry up and come back - apparently his suitcase has been packed for a month!!
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Hey girls!
Well I am back from my mums, am so glad I went, had some lovely mummy time. BUT Connor got even sicker :gloomy: he has a chest infection and hasnt slept for more than 45 mins without a cuddle or food for almost a week now. I'm a wreck. Ended up having to fly home as there was no way I could cope with him on the train for 8 hours. Can you beleieve I managed to score a frequent flyer flight!
I also have the flu so poor DH really missed us but I am one grouchy biatch!
In other news I layby'd all of Connors Xmas and Birthday pressies yesterday at Big W so glad thats taken care of.
Almost forgot, Connor can now say Mumma (which he is saying ALOT now he is sick), Dada and Hey-ya (not sure where this one came from but it is so cute!)
Moops: Sorry about your video - thats shocking! :hugs:
AliyahBlake
17-07-2008, 18:30
Hey girls,
Sorry I haven't been here much the last few days - just been doing alot of stuff out of the house now the kids are better!
Moops - sorry to hear about the video being stuffed up, but I'm glad it was a nice ceremony anyway.
Hi Ves - :hugs: to you and Connor, you poor things. I hope you both get better soon. It's so cute when they start to say words isn't it? I was thinking that "hey-ya" could be Connor's version of hello maybe? Blake says "yeah" all the time, but so do I, so I know where he's picked that word up. I'm just waiting for him to start saying "no"!:D
Well, the kids illnesses have cleared up, and my mastitis has gone (and so has the milk). I'm glad as I don't have to wear a bra to bed anymore (I've gone back to my normal size but at least they're not saggy LOL!!)
My sister's coming up from Canberra again this weekend (she was here 2 weeks ago) - she's still getting her depression under control but has her bad days, and rings me almost every day. It's so difficult to see a once happy, confident girl become so frightened and insecure all because of her mongrel ex-husband.:rolleyes: Anyway, she doesn't like spending the weekends alone with nothing to do so she's bringing her little boy here so he can play with Aliyah and she can have some girly sister time with me!
Hi guys!
Shana - that is terrible about your wedding video! You have a very mature attitude about it! I on the other hand acted quite badly! I guess I just want everything to be perfect and capture all these moments and now it is gone and I can't do anything about it! We took some photos (on FB) but none in the church because I thought I had the video! :no:
Well after Luca sleeping 12 hours on Tuesday night he had a shocker last night! He is definitely teething and looks in heaps of pain! I think he has some at the top coming through, I hope they hurry up! He has been pulling his sad face all day!
I took him to my mothers group yesterday and a little girl there had diahorrea (I personally don't think she should have come) now Luca has it as well. Not sure if it is because of her or the teething though.
Not much else going on here really, I bought Luca a tent the other day so he sits in it with his toys in the living room, very funny! DH has some days off next week so we are going to go away for a couple of days, just the three of us and reconnect - it is badly needed!!!
Hope all Mummies and Bubbies are well. It has been very quiet in here! xx
Argghhhh I'm so stressed out! I'm home alone and Luca is sick! Last night he had a temperature (I think that is why he woke up) and today he just hasn't been himself, quiet, a but listless, diahorrea etc. I took his temp this afternoon and it was 37 degrees which seemed odd cos he was roasting, tonight he deteriorated so I took him across the road to our Dr's for an emergency appointment. They took his temp and it was 38.5! They told me what drugs to give him etc so I went home and gave him a bath, when I took him out he started shivering uncontrollably. I then gave him the medicine. As soon as it went in his mouth he projectile vomited everywhere! He has never thrown up like that before. I wasn't sure whether to give him more so I just gave him his bottle and put him to bed. I'm so worried about him! :confused: Shall I take him to the hospital??
sandralee
18-07-2008, 08:17
Moops Noah is like that when he has panadol - it is so thick that he gags and holds his breath. I would do whatever puts you at ease, and yes it is so sad to see them like that - especially when they are so active and chirpy normally. Big hugs to little Luca! I hope he heals quickly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sunnygal
18-07-2008, 08:54
Hey how are you all! My little man was also born in November 07, can I join in too?!?!?;)
He is a cheeky little boy, who absolutely adores all kinds of food, and he won't stop till he has a belly ache! He has 2 teeth which he cut a couple months ago, and he bites when he feeds the little rat! He isn't crawling or anything yet, but is trying, he can sit up, suck his feet and loves bouncing around on the floor!
I also have a mishcievious (?) 3 year old boy, who adores his little brother, (when he isn't being drooled on anyway!)
I look forward to getting to know everyone and there beautiful little bubbas!
Sunnygal :sunshine:
westerner
18-07-2008, 09:44
Welcome sunnygal, great to have you..
Well just a quick pop in for me cos its my little mans 3rd birthday.. :party:
Goodness how 3 years has flown by..
He loved his presents and little miss Kaitlyn loved helping with the wrapping paper..
Sorry about the vid moops.. :hugs:
And i hope L is better, thats no good at all..
AliyahBlake
18-07-2008, 11:46
Hi girls. Not much going on today, just trying to clean up the house (and getting nowhere!).
Hi Sunnygal - welcome to our thread!!:wave: It's usually a bit busier in here but some of the girls must be busy or away (it is school holidays I suppose).
Moops - poor little Luca! That sounds horrible - probably has got gastro if the other little girl had diarrhoea. Unfortunately there's not much you can do other than ride it out and make sure he doesn't get dehydrated. :hugs: I hope he gets better quickly.
Blake has been pretty good this week - sleeping til about 4:30 am, waking for a bottle then usually awake again around 6:30 am. He has been having 4 bottles a day, but he won't drink much during the day - I'm lucky to get 100mls at a time in, but at night (before bed and the early morning one) he finishes them. He's still probably having about 600mls formula a day which is fine (plus an occassional small drink of water), but I'm wondering if I should drop him back to 3 bottles a day? What are all you other formula feeding mums doing? I can't remember when I dropped Aliyah back to 3 a day.
Rainbowbrite
18-07-2008, 11:52
Hi ladies & welcome sunnygal :)
I've had a shocker of a week too. Had Ani at the hospital last night. He'd had a fever for a few days & couldn't break it & was also really tired/sooky & sleepy. Looks like teething REALLY doesn't agree with him :( as they can't find anything wrong. He has cut 3 teeth in the past 2 days so hoping thats the cause. Now have 6 teeth!!!. He's extra clingy & I'm exhausted. Not taking any solids at all, hasn't for almost a week. Any he does take, regardless of how thin they are, he heaves & gaggs :( Tried giving him a version of nurofen the hospital gave us but twice i've given it (once before & once after a feed) and he's chucked it & everything else back up that was in his tummy. I just wish something would help him. He's not sleeping either.
Hope everyone is well :hugs:
Oh my goodness, RB. Poor Ani. :hugs: That sounds just awful. Lots of hugs from Aunty Nan!!
Lots of hugs also for Luca. :hugs: Its awful when you're on your own and they're sick, Moops. I'm with Sands. Do whatever is going to help you stay calm and sane. I hope you enjoy your time away.
Welcome to the thread, sunnygal. :wave:
Well, I've been MIA for a bit coz Shane has been on holidays so we've been doing all sort of errands around the house. So much better when you can do things TOGETHER!!! I don't even care if its pruning the roses!! Hahahaha!
Moops & Shana - I can commiserate about the videos. Same thing happened at Eden's Dedication service. A friend videoed for us on a camera from Shane's work. He took it to work to edit and put onto CD for us and someone borrowed it before he had the chance to do it & taped over it. :banghead: I have photos of the lunch afterwards but only 1 pic in the church and its so blurry I can't use it. Grrrrrr.........
Vespera - So sorry to hear both you & Connor aren't well. :hugs: It takes a lot out of you when you're sick and have to look after a child (who is sick too). Glad your time with your mum was lovely in spite of it.
Hell, you can have a naming ceremony in hawaii or something LOL - and we can join you to be witnesses!!
Count me in!! LOL! .......just inviting myself. Don't mind me!
It's so difficult to see a once happy, confident girl become so frightened and insecure all because of her mongrel ex-husband. Anyway, she doesn't like spending the weekends alone with nothing to do so she's bringing her little boy here so he can play with Aliyah and she can have some girly sister time with me!
Sounds like it will be a nice time for both of you, Nic. It must take its toll on you knowing there isn't much you can do. I'm sure just being a listening ear is valuable though.
He has been having 4 bottles a day, but he won't drink much during the day - I'm lucky to get 100mls at a time in, ......... but I'm wondering if I should drop him back to 3 bottles a day? What are all you other formula feeding mums doing? I can't remember when I dropped Aliyah back to 3 a day.
I've been wondering the exact same thing. I'm not FFing but Caleb isn't drinking as much per feed and seems quite disinterested in his afternoon BF. I'm wondering weather to drop it and do 3 BF and 3 SF a day. I was thinking to give them at the same time for brekkie and lunch, then give his veggies for dinner and a BF just before bed. I think this is what I did with Eden.......just don't remember it being this early!! :confused:
Anyway, must go get some tea ready. Lasagne and veggies tonight. Yum! Love to all. xoxo
RB - Poor Ani! I nearly tool Luca to hospital last night too, he had a high temp and was really listless (sp?). Apparently he has a virus and a sore throat. He projectile vomited after baby nurofen last night and I just tried it again this morning and he threw up again, not sure if he is having a reaction to it? Not sure whether to give him more meds after he throws up??
Anyway he woke up once at midnight for an hour and didn't touch a drop of milk all night. The Dr said not to give him any solids until he's feeling better, I feel like I'm starving him!
Welcome Sunnygal! I'm usually in a better mood than this!! :laughing:
sandralee
18-07-2008, 17:25
I have no 'normal child' so can't give advice for FF's - Noah has been off bottles for a couple of days, so he is lucky to have 200mls by 5pm! I offer him lots of water through the day, and also make him up a small bottle of camomile and spearmint tea. He loves it! Had to wake him again today at 7.15!!!!!!! I get such a fright when Steve's alarm goes off and I am still in bed LOL! Freaky!
Andy is cooking dinner again tonight, so shall be back later as I am STARVING.
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Hi girls,
WELCOME Sunnygal!!! Lovely to have you join us!! Just jump in with anything you want to say, tell us about your day, good and bad . . we are great listeners!
Hugs to Luca and Ani and mummy's. It's scarey when their temp goes so high isn't it! Moops, maybe have some baby Panadol on hand . . and if he throws up the Nurofen try Panadol a little while after b/c they can have both of them at the same time (they work differently) Or I'd try giving the Nurofen in really small amounts over 10mins or so. It might stay down better if given in tiny amounts? I assume it would work the same??
I am getting a killer sore throat. I missed Moterss Group today because I didn't want to pass it on. Boo hoo. Xav is still waking up A LOT overnight and now I just lie awake until about 3-4am waiting for her to wake. :rolleyes: Poor me.
OK. shower time. XXXX
Oh Shana I feel for you being up this late!! As my health visitor said it is a very "unsociable" time - no ****! What do you do to keep yourself entertained? Hehe that sounded a bit dirty!
Well I think I've firmly established myself at the Dr's surgery as the crazy woman from across the road. I just ran across the road in my pj bottoms holding Luca demanding an emergency appointment because Luca wasn't breathing properly! He woke up screaming and breathing erratically even when he had stopped crying, I thought he was going to stop breathing all together! Of course in an hour he was fine and everyone thought I was overreacting, I would never forgive myself though if something happened to him because I ignored a symptom!!
Yep Moops, better to be a crazy woman and put your mind at ease than not. And always remember - you aren't the first mum to be 'crazy' and you won't be the last!!
So what do I do for entertainment . . . ? Well, unfortunately nothing dirty. Xav would keep interrupting! :laughing: It's hard enough getting a bd in with DH without Xav waking up at a very inopportune time!! I just usually do jigsaws online. Am I a party animal or what??? Or sometimes my mum is on msn so we chat . . for ages!
But Xav was a bit better last night. I've been giving her those All natural Hyland's Teething Relief tablets that disolve on their tongue and I think they have been helping her settle. I ended up rolling her onto her tummy last night at about 2.30am? (who knows) and she slept through until 9am! Yay!!
Well must go put some washing on. Its a gorgeous day here in Bris . . .nice to see the first half of it for a change! :sunshine:
sandralee
19-07-2008, 11:10
Healing hugs for you too Shana! Andy had sore throat on thurs and I poured him a glass of listerine, so he could gargle it every time he walked past it - kills any bacteria in there f you gargle as low down as you can get in your throat. It worked and he woke up fine on friday.
Had an awesome night last night - Noahs last feed was just after 5.30pm & he was asleep soon after....had to trips in to comfort him at 6.30 and 8.30 - then nothing until 7am! No bottles or anything!:yelclap: I still wake up tired though LOL!
Have been making him a bottle of herbal tea for the last few days - camomile and spearmint, to relax him and let the spearmint help with any digestion issues. He really loves it and has a small bottle of it each day - 140mls.
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sandralee
19-07-2008, 11:16
http://huggies.com.au/TheHuggiesClubs/SpecialOffers/Jeans-for-Genes.asp
Jeans for Genes Day baby competition if anyone is interested. Came across it on the Huggies website. The only pics I have of Noah are in daggies around the house LOL - I always forget to take the camera when we go out, and he doesn't sit still for nice shots either!
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Sunnygal
19-07-2008, 12:06
Gosh sounds like a lot of you ladies are having a rough trot at the moment, I hope all your beautiful bubs get better soon! There is nothing worse than a sick bub, and that feeling of helplessness.
Take care!
Morning Its 3.45am here and I am awake and playing poker online as I have a chest infection and everytime I lay down I cough so much I make myself throw up. :gloomy:
And would you believe it - after a week of Connor waking up every 45 mins for a feed I am awake and he is sleeping! I set up my ipod in his room tonite with an audio book playing, he has stired twice and just gone straight back to sleep!
La la la what to do for another 4 hours til Magoo wakes up........
I thought I would drop in and let everyone know where we are at.
The last few months have been extremely tough, Rylan is still fail to thrive and has put on only about 500grams in the last 4-5mths and is now below the 3rd percentile for his weight. His reflux and bowel problems are out of hand and we are now looking down the barrel of major surgery to try and correct whatever is wrong with him.
When hes not screaming hes a beautiful little boy but still doesnt sleep much more than an 1hr at a stretch through the night.
I hope everyone else is well and your babies are happy little vegemites.
Oh Tally :hugs::hugs: I was just thinking of you the other day and was wondering how Rylan was getting on.
Do they know what could be causing it and what the op would be for?
Oh Tally, I'm so sorry you are having to deal with this :hugs:
Our thoughts are with you and I really hope you get some answers soon.
Thanks, they're not sure yet, we're in an elimination phase atm to try and see if they can find out without operating, but if we dont see an improvement they'll have to go into see what they can find. It could be anything from the valve on his oesohpegus (sp) down to his bowel, which they seem think thats moreso where the problem is and its setting off the reflux. We havent asked what the operation is to look for or what will happen, atm we are just taking each day as it comes and trying to get through them.
Its pretty scary and makes one realise how lucky we all really are!
AliyahBlake
21-07-2008, 12:31
RB - Poor Ani! I nearly tool Luca to hospital last night too, he had a high temp and was really listless
Poor Ani and Luca!! It's been a dreadful year for illness this year. I hope they are both getting better now. It's scary when they are little and so sick. I know how you feel as I was just as worried about Blake with his bronchiolitis the other week (and I'm a nurse.....and he's my second child!! You'd think I of all people would have it together but :no: )
........ maybe have some baby Panadol on hand . . and if he throws up the Nurofen try Panadol a little while after b/c they can have both of them at the same time (they work differently) Or I'd try giving the Nurofen in really small amounts over 10mins or so. It might stay down better if given in tiny amounts? I assume it would work the same??
I find what has worked on fevers with my kids is not giving the panadol and nurofen at the exact same time, but spacing them out. I give the Nurofen first as it works for around 6 hours, and if the temp is going back up in about 2-3 hours I give a dose of panadol as a breakthrough. That way it gives their little livers and kidneys a chance to recover! In saying that, we recommend (on the health hotlines) that a temp between 38 and 40 is usually not harmful, and to give medication above 39 degrees as anything below is actually helping the body to get rid of the virus. If you think they have pain then you just give them something anyway though.
Another tip - Nurofen/Panadol usually won't bring a temp right back down to normal, they will only knock about a degree off - so if a temp is 39.5, it will most likely bring it down to about 38 - 38.5.
I don't know if anyone does it here, but I had a call last week from a lady who said she gave a double dose of panadol to her kids when they had temps above 38.......BIG NO-NO!!!!! By the time they're teenagers they'll probably have liver failure (that's if they make it that far!!) so I hope nobody here does that!! Anyway, I could go on for ages about all this but I won't. I just wanted to stress how careful you have to be using these meds with babies and kids as they're not as harmless as the drug companies would like you to believe.
Have been making him a bottle of herbal tea for the last few days - camomile and spearmint, to relax him and let the spearmint help with any digestion issues. He really loves it and has a small bottle of it each day - 140mls.
Never thought of that - might have to try it!
Thanks, they're not sure yet, we're in an elimination phase atm to try and see if they can find out without operating, but if we dont see an improvement they'll have to go into see what they can find. It could be anything from the valve on his oesohpegus (sp) down to his bowel, which they seem think thats moreso where the problem is and its setting off the reflux. We havent asked what the operation is to look for or what will happen, atm we are just taking each day as it comes and trying to get through them.
Its pretty scary and makes one realise how lucky we all really are!
:hugs: Tally - I hope little Rylan's going to be ok, poor little man.
Well, I had a pretty good weekend. As I said, my sis and her little boy were here so Aliyah played all weekend and is pretty tired today. My sister is obviously still pretty down, but is trying to keep positive. We had a few drinks on Saturday night as some good friends of ours got engaged that day. We had a bottle of cheap sparkling wine (Yellow) and pretneded it was champagne, but then one of the neighbours brought over a $300 bottle of Dom Perignon!! I have to tell you though, I actually liked the cheap stuff better :o I guess I'm not too classy after all!!:p
This afternoon (if she behaves!) Aliyah has her first dancing lesson. I can't wait!!:D I'll buy her the dancing gear in a few weeks after I'm sure she likes it as I'm told it's all pretty expensive.
melbryan
21-07-2008, 14:49
Thankyou all for my birthday wishes on facebook very hectic around here pregnancy is going well and everything is turning out as planned.
Yep another old fart here 32 today.happybirthday
Sunnygal
21-07-2008, 15:04
I am so sorry everyone, if I don't mention you by name, it will take awhile before I can remember you all!
I hope everything turns out for little Ryan, Tally, I can't begin to imagin what a stressful time you are going through...
It must really be the time for little bubbas to get sick! My DS 2 has croup, nothing serious, just keeping him up all night, but hey who needs sleep, eh??
Just a quick one today, hubbies coming home soon, and he is gonna take the boys to the park so I can have a nanna nap! Bless him!!
I just wanted to stress how careful you have to be using these meds with babies and kids as they're not as harmless as the drug companies would like you to believe.
Amen to that!! Thanks for the advice. That was a good tip to give meds for the pain not the temp. :thumbsup: All I can say to double dosing is..... :eek:!!!! I prefer cheap champers too. I've only tasted an expensive one once and it was pretty gross actually! Hope Aliyah enjoys her lessons.
Tally - So sorry to hear about Rylan. It must be so awful for you & difficult to handle too. :hugs:
Sands - I felt a bout of Tonsilitis coming on yesterday so I used the Listerine and its gone today!!!! That and the Vitamin C seem to have knocked it on the head. :thumbsup: Good one!
Well, Shane has gone back to work today and life appears to have settled down back to normal. I went to a mum's group meet up today and now both kids are :sleeping:. Anyway, I'd better go coz I've got to organize tea early. I stupidly made a chiro appointment for 5pm! Derrr! Such a dumb time. I'll have to think a bit more next time.
sunnygal - Your DH sounds like a good boy!! lol
Mel - Hope you're enjoying your birthday.
Rainbowbrite
21-07-2008, 15:16
Tally :hugs: I hope its nothing too serious :hugs:
Moops, is Luca any better? Ani is STILL the same & its really doing my head in. I'm at the end of my rope, haven't slept properly in almost a week. He's sleeping with me, bu he tosses & turns & just seems really restless all the time. Not fun.
AB thats scarey!!! I can't give Ani any of them atm. Kept chucking both straight back up so I have just given up with them. Might get some Brauers stuff & try that.
Shana, hope your getting some sleep.
Sunnygal, hope your DS2 has a speedy recovery!!
Sands, might have to get myself some listerine for me. My throat is STILL killing me & i'm on antibiotics!! Seems to be getting worse, not better. Can actually see a lump in my throat :(
I'm just not in a good place atm. Lack of sleep, MJ is mucking up & I'm sure its cause she's picking up on my moods, Ani is super clingy still................I don't know what to do anymore. We're supposed to be coming up to the gold coast on friday, but I just don't know if its wise. I have zero faith in Ani for such a long trip, he's so reliant on me for sleep & I can just see him crying all the way up there :(
Anyway, I will take my negativity elsewhere :o
Take care ladies :hugs:
Hi Ladies
Sunnygal - Don't worry it does take while to remember everybody! Hope your little boy gets better soon.
RB - Luca is alot better but still not 100%, he won't drink much of his bottle and won't touch solids so therefore wakes up a lot more at night. The Doctor said he had a sore throat so that is probably why, I'm so tired though!! Hope Ani gets better soon, I know how exhausting it is!
Speaking of having bubs sleep with you...my Best friend has arrived and is staying with us for a while. It was only supposed to be a week but last night she started throwing around "a couple of weeks" and "I'm in no rush". Don't get me wrong, I love having her here but she's in Luca's room so he's in with us and it is a nightmare! Our room is a lot noisier and lighter than his, and he's a light sleeper at the best of times! Last night he woke up 4 times and for 1.5 hrs at 3am!!!! I can't remember the last time he was so bad, I just couldn't get him back to sleep! Usually we would let him cry a bit but with someone next door I felt like I had to rush to him to keep him quiet so he got used to that. What to do???!!!
Better go, I'm absolutely exhausted!!! Hope everyone is well. Happy Birthday Mel!!
AB - Thankyou for that advice! yes, I was trying to suggest giving the Panadol/Nurofen alternatively over a few hours . . . but didn't say that! Stupid me!! Thank goodness we have you here! :hugs:And double doses??? :eek: OMG.
Ahh MB, you've joined the old fart ranks. Happy Birthday. I am an older fart than you though ... 33 soon!!
Sunnygal - don'tcha love nanna naps?? I take one at every opportunity!
Tally :hugs:. I hope you to the bottom of things and little Rylan improves and gains more wieght.
RB - lack of sleep really sends you around the bend huh?? I know!! I hope you can still take your holiday up to the coast, but I understand your hesitation. Does Ani sleep in the car? I know it doesn't sound like it but could the drive actually be a rest for you??
We are driving to Sydney in Nov and I'm dreading it because it is such an unknown how Xav will take so long in the car. She does sleep in the car, but hates being strapped back in the seat after only being out of it a short time. Gonna be fun and games, that trip!
I have just been so cranky all afternoon. Bought some new jeans and wore them for the first time to the shops . . . .I hate them!!!!! They kept sliding down, were tight on my thighs but too loose on my hips. I've already taken two pair back b/c I didn't like them! . . . I just cant win! My jumper was giving me the @#@$, my shoes (thongs) were too loose and made steering the trolley difficult . . my handbag kept falling off my shoulder! :hissy: I could not wait to get home and back into my faithful tracky-daks!
I've been dringking chamomile tea last two days so I'm back on the coffee now. . . ahhh bliss. I only usually have one coffee a day, amazing how much none at all makes! Not to mention I am having an awful lot of annoying AF pain . . . but Af is not due for another 10days .. . ???
But on a GOOD note . . . Xav picked up her sippy cup just before and tried to take a drink all by herself!!! Clever girl!! And, I have put her in the cot awake, about 4 times now and she's gone off to sleep by herself! :yelclap:
MrsScatterbrain
21-07-2008, 19:04
Hi everyone,
:hugs: to everyone having such a hard time!
Tally - how on earth are you functioning with so little sleep? You are an amazing woman! Good luck for Rylan's surgery.
Ves - arg - you poor thing! I can sympathise with you - I had pneumonia a couple of years back and had to sleep sitting up with a pile of pillows behind me and DS1 asleep on my lap on a triangle pillow! No fun at all - hope you all feel healthier soon!
Sands - listerine! What a great idea!
Moops - I would have done the same thing if T wasn't breathing properly. When they're not breathing properly you pull out all stops! Imagine looking back and wishing you'd gone when you hadn't because you were worried what people thought!
Happy Birthday Mel! Since when is early 30's being an old fart? :laughing:
RB - why don't you just bite the bullet and go to the Gold Coast? Perhaps its exactly what you need to escape for a bit! But I know why you're hesitating! You can always come back if it is too much.
My little Thomas has been turning the tables on his feeding, and feeding mostly at night (3 times a night) and only snacking during the day. I'm not sure how to switch him back - any ideas anyone? I am so desperate for some decent sleep!
Thomas has been raring to go lately - commando crawling everywhere (and rocking on all fours, so perhaps real crawling is not too far off!). He keeps grabbing all DS1's toys and there have been DRAMAS!! :laughing: One minute he's in one corner, the next he's across the room and ripping up DS1's train set! :laughing: I just have a giggle and usually DS1 joins in! (Thankfully).
We've also been getting Mummummums and Dadadadads! And lots of raspberries - very cute! :cloud9:
Take care everyone xx
Hi everyone how are you all going?
Tally big huge :hugs: sweetie i'm thinking of you and Rylan keeping you guys in my prayers.
Everyone else :hugs: too cause it's been so long again since i posted.
Balin is good except for a bug he has that has been going around poor bubba has been constantly sick the last month or so, so he still hasnt had his 6 month vax:( oh well these things happen.
I had a car accident yesterday morning on my way to work nothing too serious to my car but the other was written off and it was my fault..I was at giveway sign, thought i had enough time to get through the intersection but i didnt or he was going really fast... i still cant believe it happened but lucky the other car was an old holden so market value for it will only be a few hundred bucks and i can pay that off weekly which is good and i still have my huge 4wd drivable but i'm going to walk for a while anyway.
Well hope you are all good i need to leaving now to make it to class and get the boys to kindy on foot lol, Take care everyone!
xoxoxo
Hi Girls, I've been MIA for nearly a week, went home to visit my parents last Wednesday, got back yesterday. It was Ava's first plane trip which went well! She just got a bit antsy with having to sit in the one spot for over an hour!!
It was great to go home and have some help, have a rest while someone else (my Mum) did the cooking, cleaning, washing etc!
It seems to have done Ava the world of good she has come back a different child! She has become really talkative and even more active (is that possible!!:laughing:) She's also been sleeping really well during the day (touch wood) perhaps it was the clean country air!
Okay will attempt some personals.
I've been wondering the exact same thing. I'm not FFing but Caleb isn't drinking as much per feed and seems quite disinterested in his afternoon BF. I'm wondering weather to drop it and do 3 BF and 3 SF a day. I was thinking to give them at the same time for brekkie and lunch, then give his veggies for dinner and a BF just before bed. I think this is what I did with Eden.......just don't remember it being this early!! :confused:
I'm confused too! She's currently having 5 BF a day, but I want to cut back but don't know which one's. Sometimes, she's not interested in the arvo one or the one just b4 bed.
I thought I would drop in and let everyone know where we are at.
Tally - :hugs: I hope Rylan ends up okay and it's nothing too serious
I'm just not in a good place atm. Lack of sleep, MJ is mucking up & I'm sure its cause she's picking up on my moods, Ani is super clingy still................I don't know what to do anymore.
:hugs: RB - it's so hard when you aren't well and having to look after a sick and unhappy child too! You know we are all here to listen anytime! I hope you all get better soon. I reckon you should go to the Gold Coast, a holiday in a nice warm, sunny place, is possibly just what you all need!
Happy Birthday Mel! Since when is early 30's being an old fart? :laughing:
Thomas has been raring to go lately - commando crawling everywhere (and rocking on all fours, so perhaps real crawling is not too far off!).
I agree Mel! Don't tell me I'm already an old fart!!
Mrs S - Ava is the same, she can take one step while on all fours but then can't do the next one, and ends up toppling over. My Dad tried so hard when we were home to teach her to crawl, I'm sure it wont be long!
I had a car accident yesterday morning on my way to work nothing too serious xoxoxo
Hi Loz, glad you are okay!
:hugs: Hugs for all the sick mummies and kiddies, including Ves, Luca etc.
Welcome Sunnygal! Don't worry, you'll get who is who soon! Just jump in and chat.
AliyahBlake
22-07-2008, 10:03
Yep another old fart here 32 today.happybirthday
Hope you had a great birthday, Mel!! I'll join the old farts club too :D Craig is 11 months younger than me and is always calling me an old fart - lately I've been thinking I can't believe I'm 33!! I remember when I used to think that when I turned 25 I would be old LOL!
I stupidly made a chiro appointment for 5pm! Derrr! Such a dumb time. I'll have to think a bit more next time.
I know, I'm always doing stuff like that - it's a pain in the bum when you have to make appointments for things and you have to quickly think about the baby's routine and where it's all going to fit!
I'm just not in a good place atm.
:hugs: RB - hope you are feeling better soon.
We are driving to Sydney in Nov
Oooh, if you have time while you're here we might all try and catch up!!
I had a car accident yesterday morning on my way to work nothing too serious to my car but the other was written off and it was my fault..
Bugger, Lozie! Glad you're ok. People might have lots of bad things to say about 4wds but I know its the car I'd rather be in if I was in an accident!
It seems to have done Ava the world of good she has come back a different child! She has become really talkative and even more active (is that possible!!:laughing:) She's also been sleeping really well during the day (touch wood) perhaps it was the clean country air!
Welcome back Kaybee - glad you had a relaxing time. It's nice that Ava's happier because of it too.
Well, Aliyah's dancing lesson was terrific yesterday. We weren't allowed to actually sit in the room and watch, but the door was open so every now and then I snuck a peek to see what was happening. She was getting right into it - they were dancing to a Chipmunks song and it was so gorgeous! She was also pretty stoked with getting a lolly at the end LOL!
Craig quit his job yesterday - he finishes up on Friday week and then starts the new one the week after that. He's nervous and excited at the same time, and spent last night tossing and turning so neither of us slept very well. Blake's still teething so he's been a bit grumpy today too.
We went shopping yesterday for some clothes for Aliyah - Best and Less were having a clearance sale and there were heaps of winter clothes for between $5 and $10, so I got bigger sizes and layby-ed them so she'll have some stuff for next year. I also bought a couple of cute summer dresses as they had some new things out already. I didn't worry about stuff for Blake as the rate he's growing I have no idea what size he'll be this time next year. He's starting to grow out of a few of his size 0's already because he's so long!
Oh, I forgot to add, Ava has this funny nappy rash type thing. It appeared last Wednesday and has developed into large pimple like things, so not actually a rash but about 8 large very red pimples on her bum. Does anyone have an idea what they could be? They are very angry looking and now seem to have a head on them like a pimple. They don't seem to be bothering her at all, I've tired Bepanthan Nappy Cream and then Savlon Antiseptic Cream, now trying Paw paw.
I've got a Dr appointment tomorrow morning to get my Scan results, so was going to get Dr to look at it then.
Any ideas???
Hi girls.
Kaybee - Could be a reaction to the nappies?? :confused: Funny you mention this coz a friend in my mum's group was asking about the very same thing yesterday. You described it exactly like she did. I know we're in 2 different states but maybe something is going around?
I had a car accident yesterday morning on my way to work nothing too serious to my car but the other was written off and it was my fault..
Oh Lozie. :hugs: You take care of yourself won't you?
She's currently having 5 BF a day, but I want to cut back but don't know which one's. Sometimes, she's not interested in the arvo one or the one just b4 bed.
Glad to hear she's doing better. My advice would be don't drop the one before bed! That's the one that keeps her tummy full for the long sleep......which I think we'll unanimously vote is the important one!!! :yes: What you do is stretch out her other feeds and drop an afternoon one. eg. if she was going 7,10, 1, 4 & 7, you'd start feeding her 7, 11, 3, & 7 or maybe if 4 hourly is too long 7, 10:30, 2, 5:30 & again at 7 working towards stretching to 4 hourly. Then you stretch out the feeds even longer when you go down to 3 feeds in a few months. Hope this helps.
Craig quit his job yesterday - he finishes up on Friday week and then starts the new one the week after that.
Hope his new job is what he's looking for and that you all get some more sleep. Thanks for the Best & Less tip too btw. What did you end up doing with Blake's feeds? After I read your post I decided to try and drop Caleb's afternoon BF and it worked really well. He now has 3 (7:30am - big one!, 12:30pm & 6-6:30pm) as well as 3 solids (brekkie after BF, lunch after BF & tea at 4:30ish). He's on the boob for a while now, whereas before he was really quick and not really interested. Now he's hungry!
Hope everyone is enjoying their Tuesday.........stupid phone just rang and I was so startled (coz the kids are sleeping & its so quiet) that I knocked my cuppa onto the tiled floor spilling it everywhere and then ran to the phone only to find it was one of those stupid recorded calls. :banghead: Luckily the mug was almost empty & bounced off the rug first otherwise it would have shattered. It made a huge noise. Thankfully both are still asleep. Bl@@dy telemarketers........how do they live with themselves? (runs and hides in case anyone on here is a telemarketer..........)
AliyahBlake
22-07-2008, 14:50
Oh, I forgot to add, Ava has this funny nappy rash type thing. It appeared last Wednesday and has developed into large pimple like things, so not actually a rash but about 8 large very red pimples on her bum.
Any ideas???
Not really sure, Kaybee. Maybe it's just some type of skin infection - definitely a good idea to take her to the GP. Let us know what they diagnose.
What did you end up doing with Blake's feeds?
Bl@@dy telemarketers........how do they live with themselves? (runs and hides in case anyone on here is a telemarketer..........)
I haven't dropped his feed. I tried dropping a feed so he just had his 4 or 5 am one, then one at around 11 am, then his bedtime one at 6 pm, but he would only take 100 mls of the 11 am one. I was worried he wasn't going to drink enough, so am persevering with the 4 bottles a day for now. He's picking up a little with them anyway and still has between 600 - 700 mls a day, so it's all good. I thought it may be just from when he was sick and it's taking him a little while to get his appetite back - his solids intake has decreased a little too. Teething's not helping matters either.
I know what you mean about the telemarketers - they drive me bonkers. Although since I put my name on the Do Not Call register they haven't been as bad. I still get a lot of the charities wanting to flog raffle tickets, but I politely decline them (don't like being rude to charity ones!) What I hate is the door to door marketers - I had a bloke come round the other day trying to get me to change electricity companies as he had record I was off contract with my current one. I don't know where he got his info as I knew I wasn't off contract, but he was rudely persistent. He even wanted me to ring my electricity provider with his mobile phone to prove I still had a contract with them! I usually close the door on these type of people, but he had approached me when I was outside getting my mail from the letterbox. I had Blake whinging in my arms and was getting quite flustered, when Craig arrived home from work right then and told the guy in no uncertain terms where he could go! I pity poor elderly people who get sucked in by these morons!
sandralee
22-07-2008, 20:18
OMG I have missed so much on here LOL!! Moved my laptop into the bedroom on the weekend, as Noah kept attacking it, or chewing the cord like a cat. So much I wanted to say so will do my best -
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you got a great night's sleep as one of your prezzies!!! Glad to hear your pregnancy is going well - it would be an amazing feeling to have a house full of kiddies, if they were placid I could handle it but if they all had personalities like Noah's I would be in a straight jacket.
Moops - YOU POOR THING!!!! It would be so stressful having all that stuff happen at once!! Luca in your room, him not feeling well, your friend staying longer, no sleep, sudden overnight feeds again, trips to the dr, Luca out of his normally brilliant eating habits, PLUS TRYING TO BE QUIET AND 'NORMAL" WHILE YOUR FRIEND IS THERE.. how are you coping love?!?!?!?! Probably not the best frame of mind to be 'enjoying' your friend as much either, with all this going on! :kiss: Luca will go back to his normal self once he is back in his familiar room I guess. xx
Ves - big healing hugs to you!!
Lozie - I am so glad you are ok, did the boys get a fright? Yes, I should really be doing more walking too lol! I haven't done any exercise since having Noah... er... before I had him either LOL!
Shana - I can't WAIT to get home so I can put on my trackies or pj pants!!! I think I value my comfort so much these days, as there is so much 'selfless running around' to do with a baby - as soon as I am here I rip my undies and bra off (and uncomfy clothes) and get some snuggly stuff on. LOVE IT! Even if what I have worn has been a long soft dress, I still can't wait to get into my daggies. Kinda scarey really. Next thing I will be doing my grocery shopping in my jammies <scratches head> ..now there's an idea!
RB - I still wouldn't rule out reflux for Ani, some babies start off 'silent' then change when they start getting more active. THey are also clingier and more sensitive. Just a thought. You can always try a few things and see if they help - like feeding him an hour or longer before bedtime, then just a little top up at bedtime so he isn't too full and uncomfortable. Or keeping him upright for a while after feeds - minimum 30mins. I don't know, but you may find it helps.
Kaybee Noah gets a dribble rash under his chin and on his chest, there is an awesome product called Hydrozole that you get from a chemist. Clears it up really quickly. His also looks weird, lol, maybe I will remember to take a pic... uh then again maybe I won't lol. I think the acidity in their wee and saliva just aggravates the skin. Also, some nappy free time in filtered sun through the window may help, or outside in the gentle morning or arvo sun. So glad to hear you had a nice break at your Mum's - how wonderful!!
Tally - I feel for you guys! Reflux cries go right through you hey? They are so sudden and urgent that they make my heart race - and when they can go all night, I can totally sympathise and understand completely how you feel. These days, Noah is sleeping heaps better throughout the night, but can be so unsettled for the first few hours. Really unpredictable actually. Over the past week (for the most part) Noah hasn't been too into overnight feeds which I think has been helping his reflux. Our next step for him is an endoscopy to see what is going on, if his reflux doesn't settle. It is so much hit and miss isn't it? And even when you figure out something that works, it only works for a little while until it flares up again...which doesn't take much either! Even a simple cold can be enough to torture a reflux household, and make things worse. Sending you my prayers for 'some answers and non invasive solutions' for your little man. I am sure I read somewhere that the thickened formulas have more calories than the regular ones - is Ry on it at all? :kiss:
Mrs S - for overnight feeds, you could try making up half feeds? Seeing as how what they drink at night, is taking from their intake during the following day - maybe you can try cutting back with the ammount OR depending how often he is wanting a feed, you could just try one normal sized feed and offer small ones for the rest of the wakeups. Gradually reduce it until you are down to nothing. Then you could try offering water. Hopefully he will learn not to wake up for feeds soon, but I don't really know enough about his feeding patterns to pass a comment that makes sense lol - by all means seek as much advice as you can on the subject, then do whatever 'feels' right for you.
Cool you guys used the listerine remedy - I believe you can also gargle aspirin, or rum (even better if you soak a few cloves in it). Either or really, cos they all have a 'kill bacteria effect.'
I think I am the oldest on here then - I was 35 in November! But I have the mind of a 16yr old and I don't feel a day over 30. Guess it all balances out somewhere hehe.
Maybe we should meet up in our trackies next time Shana - woohoo - go comfort!
I feel like I have forgotten someone here... <scratches head again> <my brain is actually hurting from trying to remember lol>
Uuuuuuuum....
Sunnygirl nice to hear from you again! You will fit in just fine around here.
AB glad Blake is on the mend! And re double dosing - I remember I was told to give Andy a double dose of panadol before all of his vaccinations. That was 16yrs ago though lol. I am reluctant to give Noah anything he doesn't absolutely have to have. Apart from his losec and mylanta, I stick to all natural stuff wherever possible.
For the past week, I have had to wake Noah a few times by 7.30am cos he had been in bed for 13.5hrs. THe first few hours of the night are usually the worst so maybe he gets worn out by all of it... who knows lol.
Love to everyone xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cool you guys used the listerine remedy - I believe you can also gargle aspirin, or rum (even better if you soak a few cloves in it).
<my brain is actually hurting from trying to remember lol>
I thought it was whisky for your throat! Ah well, rum....whisky......its all good!! ;)
Actually hurting?? :eek: omg that can't be good.
AB - Ikwym about teething not helping. So far with both my kids they've got their teeth right on top of each other. So annoying. Eden started at 10 months and they all came out by 15 months! Her back molars are coming through now. Caleb got one tooth a couple of Sundays ago and the other the following Tuesday and now it looks as though no.3 is rearing its ugly head! Poor little things. It must kill :( and it really does mess with their feeding......and sleeping.......and pooing! Geez, their whole life! :thumbsdown:
Having a nice day here. Took the kids to playgroup this morning and doing some grocery shopping this afternoon. That's about it from me.
AliyahBlake
23-07-2008, 17:40
Hi girls - quiet in here again today!
Well, I had an action packed day (it wasn't too bad, I'm just exaggerating!). Aliyah was trying my patience this morning so as a consequence we didn't go to playgroup. She is so moody lately :rolleyes:. We went in to pick up the tickets for the Hi 5 concert, which will be on Sunday. Craig is kindly going to take care of Blake, so Aliyah and I will go and have some Mummy/daughter time - I can't wait! I love Hi 5 (oh, and so does Aliyah LOL!)
Then we went to the doctors, but this time it wasn't due to illness. Aliyah needed her 4 year old immunisations. Well, wasn't that interesting!! I didn't tell her that's why we were there until we went into the doctor's room, and she started to get a bit panicked. Then the doctor made me hold her and as soon as Aliyah saw the needle she freaked. And she had to have one in each arm!! She screamed the surgery down and then sobbed all the way home. I gave her a dose of panadol and Vit C and put on a Peter Pan DVD for her, which settled her down (she's obsessed with that movie!). I think Blake picked up on her distress as he's been really unsettled since then too. Oh the joys of raising kids :D Now I'm working so I have a little peace and quiet!
RoarsomeMum
23-07-2008, 17:55
My God! Our Babies are all so big now!!!!!!
Hugs to everyone not getting enough sleep! - I'll join the club.. Teeth! Who needs em!
Lozie - How scary Glad your O.K..
RB - DOes sound like Silent Reflux.. gRRRRR
Me and Roar doing O.K we had to see a Ped for an eye Prob (left eye smaller than Right) and it seems he thinks its related to a severe Flat spot, and is sugesting Helmet therapy... I have to do a lot of reading..
Also muxt read up on the thread!!! Hanging out to see what u all up to!!!
:hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs:
AliyahBlake
23-07-2008, 18:09
Hey Em!! I was only wondering the other day where you had gotten to - good to hear from you!! :D
Just popped back in to tell you all something I forgot to mention before (how could I have forgotten this?) - Blake waved for the first time today!!:wave: Unfortunately neither Aliyah or I can take credit for getting the first wave - he waved at a lady sitting in the waiting room of the doctors!!!
RoarsomeMum
23-07-2008, 18:13
:laughing::laughing:Aliyablake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a classic! good going Blake!!! clever boy. Roar not waving but has learnt to clap:yelclap:
MrsScatterbrain
23-07-2008, 18:46
Lozie - hugs on your accident - hope your okay.
Oh, I forgot to add, Ava has this funny nappy rash type thing.
Oh yikes - did the doc help you on this one?
He now has 3 (7:30am - big one!, 12:30pm & 6-6:30pm) as well as 3 solids (brekkie after BF, lunch after BF & tea at 4:30ish). He's on the boob for a while now, whereas before he was really quick and not really interested.
Wow! What a great eater! Its great he eats after bf! Thomas is usually too full, so I try and feed him about an hour later.
He even wanted me to ring my electricity provider with his mobile phone to prove I still had a contract with them! I usually close the door on these type of people, but he had approached me when I was outside getting my mail from the letterbox. I pity poor elderly people who get sucked in by these morons![/COLOR]
Arrrrg! These guys make me so angry!! One time, I was unpacking the car and dropping things everywhere and they came and helped, so I had to talk to them as well! Not good! It must be profitable, though, otherwise, why would they still be doing it!
Moved my laptop into the bedroom on the weekend, as Noah kept attacking it, or chewing the cord like a cat.
Mrs S - for overnight feeds, you could try making up half feeds? Seeing as how what they drink at night, is taking from their intake during the following day - maybe you can try cutting back with the ammount OR depending how often he is wanting a feed, you could just try one normal sized feed and offer small ones for the rest of the wakeups.
:laughing::laughing: Thomas chews his baby monitor cord when I'm not looking! Then he looks up with a big cute smile ... awwww!
Thanks for the tips - I hadn't thought of that. He may actually be getting into the habit of having a little snack here and there at night, too, so I might try just giving him less and less.
Our little Mr. T has finally popped his first tooth!! :smiliedance: Tis very sharp, my bbs are a bit worried! :D
I think I have cracked his solid refusal, too! :fingerscrossed: I think he's bored with what I'm giving him, so I'm planning on adding some more bits and pieces like white sauce, yoghurt, tomato, tahini, etc. Tonight I put some cheese (stroooong tasty cheese! :laughing:) in his vegies and he's loved it!! DS2 loves it, too - he can eat big chunks, and I can only stand a little strip of it!!
Take care everyone xx
Hi Em!:wave: Long time no see! Hope everythings going well!
Went to Dr's the ultrasound on my thyroid shows nothing, so we're gonna leave it for now and retest in a month. I've just got to try and eat more and eat more calorie dense foods.
He said Ava's pimply bum is an infection probably caused by her cold or teething, so we've got some antibiotic cream to apply.
Ava has been so close to crawling and then last night while I was running her bath, DH yells out to me, I come running and she has apparently crawled and I missed it. She hasn't done it since!! :rolleyes: Will have to try and encourage her tomorrow, we were out for most of the day today.
I can't believe that Ava is 8 months old today!! My little bubba is growing so fast! :( I have to go back to work in 12 weeks! :eek:
Better go to bed, sweet dreams loveys!! :sleeping:
Rainbowbrite
24-07-2008, 12:53
Hey ladies, just a quick one. Getting ready to go tomorrow......not looking forward to it :o Will PM Sands & Shana & kitty with my number and let you know when & where we'll be.....is that all that live local? I don't have net access up there so won't get any messages but if I forget anyone or got it wrong lol, can you guys pass on the info please :)
Other news, 6 teeth now, a bit better in general which is great. Trying so hard to crawl, waving all the time & LOVES daddy's transformers :p
Best be off, packing won't do itself!!!
Hi all!
Thanks for all the hugs and well wishes, I'm fine the car isnt too bad still driveable so no real loss there, i spoke to the other person involved the other day and they are happy for me pay the market value of the car which wont be over $1000 which is good i was pooing myself thinking thousands of dollars but no which is Great!
Em so good to hear from you, was thinking the same thing the other day:D Balin waves to but not to just anyone lol he waves at bedtime lol says nigh nigh to the boys lol so cute!
Balin took steps yesterday little butthead! Daddy put him down standing on the couch and he had a little whinge and took a few steps after him lol was so cute!
Nothing else really going on her been hard at it with my practical work experience for my course and one of the girls doing prac where i am got offered a job yesterday so :fingerscrossed: they'll ask me soon too!
Well take care sweeties I'll try and get back soon
ps-RB hope you enjoy your holiday! I'm up this way too but unfortunately i can get out very far anymore:rolleyes: have fun though! I'll try and meet you next time ur up this way!
Hi ladies,
RB - have sent you a PM. I'll have to see if I can get a car to come on Sunday . . .I hope so!!!! I hope you have a good drive . . . well, bearable at least!
Kaybee - Xav had the same pimply type things on her bottom too about a week ago. Probaby was from teething too. I had been using Bepanthan for a couple of days so switched back to Zinc and Caster Oil cream which I have used on her since early days and they went away.
I swear by that Zinc and Caster Oil cream! Xav hasn't has any real nappy rash at all - only those couple of spots twice I think. I also only use 'wipes' on a dirty bottom and always follow them with a cotton ball dipped in water to wipe off any soapy residue left from the wipe (unless we are out).
Hi EM!!! Lovely to see you! I hope little Roar's helmet therapy works. One of the ladies in my Mother's Group is looking into that for her bub too who has a flat spot at the back. :fingerscrossed: it helps things.
Mrs S - Xav is the same . . likes tasty food! I think it's a good thing. Provided she doesn't get too much salt, it broadens their palate right??
I cooked Beef Strog in the slow cooker the other night . . oh yuuuuummm. Had it with mash potato, Xav gobbled it up!!! She is also drinking lots of water too from a sippy cup, and she can pick it up and take a drink from it by herslef now! Well . . its a bit hit and miss, but she's pretty good!
So we are back to a 3.30am bedtime. :laughing:
I can only laugh. We sleep in until about 2.30PM . . . :laughing::laughing:. Thank goodness I don't have a job! Ahhh. It'll work itself out again. We are getting a good block of sleep then so that's good atleast.
Completely off topic, but I am really liking Katy Perry's new album 'One of the boys'. Cant get enough of it! You know - she sings that cheeky song ' I kissed a girl' ? Very catchy and all in good fun I think. Although I hate to think of all the young women out there thinking it's cool to go around smooching other girls now :eek:! Haha. Nightclubs will be full of men requesting that song to see what happens!
Now I'm working so I have a little peace and quiet!
Funny how we go to work to get relaxation now hey? :D I'm looking forward to 4 year imms like a hole in the head!!
Me and Roar doing O.K we had to see a Ped for an eye Prob (left eye smaller than Right) and it seems he thinks its related to a severe Flat spot, and is sugesting Helmet therapy... I have to do a lot of reading..
Hi Em. *waves* All the best with it. Hard when you have to make big judgment calls in relation to your kids. Good to hear from you.
It must be profitable, though, otherwise, why would they still be doing it!
Our little Mr. T has finally popped his first tooth!! Tis very sharp, my bbs are a bit worried!
Yay for teeth! :yelclap: Hope he doesn't become a biter. Caleb has bitten twice but I made a big, loud 'ah....no' noise and he cried! I felt so mean but he hasn't done it since. I just said no playing very sternly & I think he gets it thankfully. I think its like AB said the the telemarketers, the elderly and people who aren't all 'with it' are preyed on which I think stinks.
DH yells out to me, I come running and she has apparently crawled and I missed it.
That's so good that she's crawling! Sorry you missed it. I guess its nice for your DH to see the first of something. Is he a full time worker? The guys always miss these things so its nice for him, if its any consolation.
Hey ladies, just a quick one. Getting ready to go tomorrow......not looking forward to it
Have a wonderful time. I hope the kids are TERRIFIC for you so you can get some R&R.
I swear by that Zinc and Caster Oil cream! Xav hasn't has any real nappy rash at all - only those couple of spots twice I think.
That's good to know because I've been using this awesome cream that used to be farmed on this little organic farm about 30 mins from our place, but they don't make it anymore. :hissy: Some midwives thought that almond oil in it might not be good for allergic kids.......'well they can stay away from it' is my response!! It is awesome stuff. I bought up the last few containers of it but it'll run out when Caleb needs it (good thing about BF......no nappy rashes yet), so I'll need something else.
Well I braved the Target toy sale today and I'm almost finished the Chrissy shopping already, which I'm stoked with. Had a few dramas with Eden sitting on the loo then pooping in her nappy not 20 mins later. :hair: She hates sitting in it so we then had a tanty in the shop (Best & Less.......got some cheapo PJs :thumbsup:! Can't remember who, but thanks for the tip!!!) coz she didn't want to sit in the pram for the trip back to the toilets. So there I am with Caleb crying coz he was tired and Eden screaming with the most stinky poo EVER....so gross. What a scene. If it was a movie I'd have laughed! Oh well. At least I got everything I went to get.
Enjoy your evening everyone............... xoxo
sandralee
24-07-2008, 21:20
Hi Em!!!!! xx
Well girls I am gonna type this out quickly - Noah has squealed a few times since 9pm - went in twice, but he was fine when I picked him up (I always give him the benefit of the doubt with reflux dammit)... so the third time I left him cry for a little while as it was all doing my head in! (which probably MADE him reflux LOL - can't win!!) Hmmm, must be teething/reflux/separation anxiety/ or another freakin wonder week LOL! He has been learning so much lately so maybe his mind is all busy. Today he stood up on his own twice, then fell down trying to take a step. Pulls himself up on the window ledge at every opportunity and goes from there. Before he found the ledge yesterday, he was trying to stand up from crawling position without holding onto anything. Anytime he hears birds he says "bir", and he has gone from calling his bottle a "boodle" to a "bowtle." I started a bad habit - just to get him to drink his bottles, I have been letting him play with my hair (otherwise he wouldn't want to sit still enough to have a bottle)... so now the past few nights when he has been stirring, I go in and the first thing he does is rub my hair between his finger! He won't relax until he has it in his hands. Tonight is the 3rd night he has done it (yeah the old '3 days and it's a habit' rule is SOooo true).. so no more of that from now on. He is so quick to make something a habit.
His HeadBumpa thing arrived yesterday and I took some pics - but can't be bothered going out to get the camera attachment to upload them - sorry girls but I don't want to move right now. Looks funny and cute at the same time, but I am so glad I bought it. Especially with him pulling up on to the windows cos he gets excited and accidentally headbuts them while he is jumping around.
Did anyone see that Jamie Oliver chicken show? Good on him for doing that. Made me sick in my stomach though, so didn't end up eating the butterscotch muffin I bought for dessert.....................
Talking about it made me want it.... so now I am being a pig before I go to bed... and I don't really even EAT sweet stuff much! The last couple of weeks I have been eating a lot of sweet stuff, and the only time I have ever been like that is when I was pregnant with Noah. I would just die if I was pregnant right now.. very quickly in fact! No way I could handle Noah AND be tired and pregnant lol. Ok gotta change the subject or I will have nightmares!!
Shana most people I know have kissed a girl before lol, I did in my 20's. <shock horror :detective:> Hehe my 20s were kinda spontaneous and a bit crazy. But always fun lol!
RB if Andy is only working a half day on sunday I won't be able to make it, hopefully I will know by tomorrow. It would be so lovely to put another face to a name. We must be about due for anther catchup too SHana :smiliedance: - you are such legend! ANd perfectly sane for the hours you keep too!
Nana I admire you for cmas shopping so early - I vow to do so every year, but I don't. If I see something that someone will love, I buy it and give it to them. WOuld be so hard for me to know that I have 'un-given' presents in the cupboard. I am a sucker.
Took the little man shopping today and bought him some toys (read:distractions for meal times..same as bottle time, he is not interested in sitting still to eat if he isn't distracted by something.) We ended up in Beenleigh of all places as they had an undercover carpark. Kind of a hideous ferral place really - I only went for the carpark:rolleyes:
Glad to hear the damage is not too much Lozie!!
Bedtime for me, sweeeeeeeeeet dreams my little blossoms XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
sandralee
24-07-2008, 21:23
p.s. zinc and castor oil rocks! My mum put me onto that stuff.
Nan maybe you could try a goats milk product too- apparently it is really good and heals skin things like eczema. Google the A Current Affair website for the story if interested. Must be pretty amazing stuff! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
AliyahBlake
25-07-2008, 13:47
Went to Dr's the ultrasound on my thyroid shows nothing, so we're gonna leave it for now and retest in a month. I've just got to try and eat more and eat more calorie dense foods.
He said Ava's pimply bum is an infection probably caused by her cold or teething, so we've got some antibiotic cream to apply.
That's good Kaybee - glad your thyroid's ok. Gotta tell you, if it was me I'd have no problem with eating calorie dense foods LOL! Glad to hear Ava's rash isn't too serious either. Aliyah used to get nappy rash all the time, but Blake only seems to get it mildly when he's teething.
Balin took steps yesterday little butthead! Daddy put him down standing on the couch and he had a little whinge and took a few steps after him lol was so cute!
OMG!! What's the go with some of these bubs standing and walking already!!! Blake's still trying to work out how to crawl! I do stand him up sometimes and he does pretty well holding on to one hand, but not for very long.
I cooked Beef Strog in the slow cooker the other night . . oh yuuuuummm. Had it with mash potato, Xav gobbled it up!!!
Blake likes the tastier foods as well - he loves just about anything we eat - even mild curry! I have made a couple of really yummy soups lately which he has loved. I'll pop the recipes on here when I get a chance - they're really easy (I'm not the world's best cook so they have to be!)
Best & Less.......got some cheapo PJs :thumbsup:! Can't remember who, but thanks for the tip!!!
That was moi!! :D:thumbsup:
Hmmm, must be teething/reflux/separation anxiety/ or another freakin wonder week LOL!
Shana most people I know have kissed a girl before lol, I did in my 20's.
Yeah I think Blake is having a wonder week now. He's pretty grizzly, has gained a huge appetite again (finishes all his bottles), and is quite unsettled when we put him to bed at night (usually he just drops off to sleep without protest but the last couple of nights it's taken him 30 mins to settle). He does have top teeth trying to come through which doesn't help. This week he has learnt to wave, has started trying to drink out of his sippy cup by himself, and is now attempting his version of a commando crawl. He's not really talking yet apart from the dadda and bubba etc. He has also been trying to grab the spoon off me when I'm feeding him his solids! I haven't weighed him since he stopped BF and went onto formula, but he certainly feels heavier and has begun to fill out in the tummy and face.
Might I say Sands - you dirty girl! :laughing: Hope you just mean a peck on the cheek?;);)
Looking forward to tomorrow - I'm going to catch up with 2 friends I used to hang with when I first moved to Sydney. One is my old flatmate (who now lives in Melbourne but is up for the weekend - I haven't seen her since Aliyah was about 2 weeks old), and the other is a crazy but lovely girl who we made friends with and used to go out in the city with all the time (haven't seen her in about 8 years!). Should be great!
sandralee
25-07-2008, 16:15
Nah it was definitely a pash AB, LOL!!! :Dxx
Nana I admire you for cmas shopping so early
Nana??!!!! What am I....80??!!!!!! :laughing:
Nan maybe you could try a goats milk product too- apparently it is really good and heals skin things like eczema.
Yeah, I saw that story........might give it a go. Nice work with the pash by the way! :laughing: That's so funny! I'm not game enough to ever do something like that. Definite hetero here.
AB - That's right. I remember now! Thanks for the tip. Caleb is a bit off too lately. His is teething & hunger though coz once I feed him & put bonjella on his gums, he's fine. Sleeping ok. Caleb isn't even crawling either, so don't worry. He is sitting on his own now though. :yelclap: He HATES tummy time......still!!
Anyone got any ideas?? I put him on his tummy and he just cries.......for ages. Doesn't even try to push himself up with his hands or roll over anymore. Its so bizarre.
sandralee
26-07-2008, 22:24
LOL Nan!! I did it because these guys were following us around everywhere (while I was out with a friend one night in the city).. they were really geeky & we weren't interested.. so we pretended to be lesbians instead, to give them the hint - but it backfired so badly lol! a) They thought they were going to get lucky :detective: and
b) A lady came up to us and gave us her phone number!!! She said that she wasn't a lesbian but she was curious, and invited us to her place later that night for er 'drinks' & said she was sick of men. Ah needless to say we bolted pretty quickly and sprinted back to my friends place - where we had a bottle of champagne in peace! Weird night indeedy :D
Nan when I first used to put Npah down for tummytime he cried as well. So I bought toys that were designed to make tummy time more enjoyable, then he never looked back. One was an inflatable flat duck that you put water in, and had little animals floating around in it. Another one was a Sassy mirror toy, that he could look down at and see himself. xxxxxxxxx
AliyahBlake
27-07-2008, 20:45
Hi girls, I'll write more tomorrow as right now I'm just shattered - I have come down with a shocker of a chest cold so am about to go to bed. I thought I would just log in and share this with you though as it made me chuckle............
WHY GOD MADE MUMS
Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:
Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the sticky tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mum just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.
What ingredients are mothers made of ?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.
Why did God give you your mother and not some other Mum?
1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's Mums like me.
What kind of little girl was your Mum?
1. My Mum has always been my Mum and none of that other stuff
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.
What did Mum need to know about Dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?
Why did your Mum marry your Dad?
1. My Dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mum eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My Grandma says that Mum didn't have her thinking cap on.
Who's the boss at your house?
1. Mum doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2. Mum. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mum is, but only because she has a lot more to do than Dad.
What's the difference between Mums & Dads?
1. Mums work at work and work at home and Dads just go to work at work.
2. Mums know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but Mums have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's.
4. Mums have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.
What does your Mum do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
What would it take to make your Mum perfect?
1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.
If you could change one thing about your Mum, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my Mum smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.
LOL - kids just know stuff don't they??
Haha, funny stuff AB, so cute!
Nan, I find Xav has to really be in the mood for tummy time. She can push herslef up really high, can slide backward a bit, but doesn't like it that much. I wonder she will ever learn to crawl at this rate! Oh, well, at least I don't have to vacuum every 10 minutes yet!
Well, RB and I had a lovely chat yesterday! "You are lovely RB!!!" I really enjoyed it! Xav was a total pro. We had been up half the night mind you (as usual) but she didn't make the slightest fuss the whole time, and lapped up her babycino! Then when we left she was due for a sleep so I bolted accross the road and she felt the fresh ocean air and beach sand through her toes for he first time! Ahhhhhhh, such bliss. I LOVE the beach, fresh air, warm breeze, sound of the waves . . . I so need to move there! And then she slept all the way home. It was a great day.
Only drawback was - all that shopping available and I didn't spent a cent other than my coffee! :eek: I must be coming down with something!
Oh and then . . Xav went to bed at 6pm, had a bottle at midnight and a few little wake-ups but didn't get up until 6am this morning!!!! WHooooo hoooooo!
Hope you all have a wonderful day!
Oh, was gonna tell you . . . I have been showering Xav with me since she was 5weeks old and thought on Saturday to give her a bath for a change and she might really enjoy it.
Boy was I wrong! she sat in it for about 10 seconds and then SCREAMED the house down! I have no idea why, it wasn't too hot or anything. I have a washcloth on the bottom so she didn't slip around. I even bought a new bath toy!
So then I popped her on the floor of the shower and got the same reaction! So strange.
Anyway, I'll try again but get in with her nest time.
I was going to start her in swimming soon (when I get around to it), but now I'm a tad worried she's gonna hate it. ( I think you get a free first trail at least)
AliyahBlake
28-07-2008, 09:08
Nice work with the pash by the way! :laughing: That's so funny! I'm not game enough to ever do something like that.
Anyone got any ideas?? I put him on his tummy and he just cries.......for ages. Doesn't even try to push himself up with his hands or roll over anymore. Its so bizarre.
Same here, Nan! I don't think I'm a prude (well I might be a little more so now than I was about 10 years ago!), but that is one thing I'd never have the guts to do.
Tummy time has never been a problem with Blake, he loves it. Aliyah, on the other hand, was not a fan of it and that's why she never crawled til 10 1/2 months! She hated tummy time with a passion. I just persisted and eventually she learned to tolerate it. I found putting a mirror in front of her helped so she could look at herself, or putting a favourite toy just out of reach so she had to try to get to it.
I think Blake will crawl very soon - he's now getting on his knees and pulling himself forward with his arms and hands. I think he just got sick of rolling to things and figured it's faster to go forwards! He also sits really well now and hardly ever falls over (unless it's deliberate because he wants to get to something). He's not at the stage of being able to get back up into the sitting position once he's down, but that'll probably come once he's able to crawl properly. He even sits up in the bath really well, and I don't have to actually hold him, just put my hand on his back.
Over the weekend he attempted to increase his vocabulary - he started to say what we thought sounded like "hello". He's also learnt to go "la la la", which we think is him trying to say "Aliyah".
I have had a horrible cold the last couple of days and still feel very average today. It didn't stop me from taking Aliyah to her Hi 5 concert yesterday though. They are fantastic! :thumbsup: Aliyah and I had so much fun singing and dancing - it took her a couple of songs to join in but once she got into it, she didn't stop! Then we had to listen to Hi 5 songs all the way home, and put on a Hi 5 DVD once we got home! She was hyped up for the rest of the day after that. I took Aliyah to a Wiggles concert about 18 months ago, and I thought that was quite good at the time, but the Hi 5 concert was heaps better. The new members were really good, and they all involved the kids in the show so much more than the Wiggles did. I remember being a little bored at the end of the Wiggles concert, but when Hi 5 finished we all just wanted it to keep going!
Anyway, I'm going to go and lie down and hope the kids stay happy for a while. Blake's getting a runny nose so I think he's caught another cold :rolleyes: Bugger!
LOL Nan!! I did it because these guys were following us around everywhere (while I was out with a friend one night in the city).. they were really geeky & we weren't interested.. so we pretended to be lesbians instead, to give them the hint - but it backfired so badly lol! a) They thought they were going to get lucky and
b) A lady came up to us and gave us her phone number!!! She said that she wasn't a lesbian but she was curious, and invited us to her place later that night for er 'drinks' & said she was sick of men. Ah needless to say we bolted pretty quickly and sprinted back to my friends place - where we had a bottle of champagne in peace! Weird night indeedy
LOL! That's hilarious!!! Funny what we did to get rid of unwanted attention in those days!
I wonder she will ever learn to crawl at this rate! Oh, well, at least I don't have to vacuum every 10 minutes yet!
Oh and then . . Xav went to bed at 6pm, had a bottle at midnight and a few little wake-ups but didn't get up until 6am this morning!!!!
Same here about the crawling business. I hate vacuuming so it suits me just fine! Not good for him though. Doh! Good for you that you both got a good sleep.
Thanks for the tummy time ideas, ladies. I have tried all those things but must admit to not being very consistent with them at all. I'll have to set my phone to remind myself every day or something!! :o He's sitting up on his own fine, but its the tummy thing that helps with crawling, so I'm keen to get onto it......if Eden will stop stealing his toys. :rolleyes:
AB - That kids post was so cute! No to drugs and yes to chores!! :laughing: Caleb has been trying to say Eden's name, I think. It comes out 'dee-da', but he only ever says it when he's playing with her or looking at her, so I'm thinking he's saying Eden. The other word I think he's saying is 'ba-ba' for baby. I've been reading him a book with a baby on the first page and repeating 'baby' to him, and I think he's got it. He doesn't do it all the time though.
Well, enjoy your day girls........I'm pretty sure Eden has decided not to sleep again today. She's been in her room almost 1.5 hours and isn't asleep. :mad: Oh well, so long as she rests, she can just go to bed early.
Right, I'm off to clean my house. I wish a magic house cleaning fairy would come and wave her magic wand over my home and it was all done! :babydust2: :wizard: Hahaha!
ETA: AB - Just curious.....did Charlie do the Hi-5 concert with the others or have they got someone to replace her?
sandralee
28-07-2008, 19:00
Shana and RB I am sorry I missed you on sunday - I had a horrid day with Noah, starting with screaming and writhing in my arms at 5am... that went on for ages... and I was starting to lose my mind, so by 7am I not-so-kindly woke Steve to help. By 1oam we were both exhaused & Steve fell asleep snoring in the playpen with Noah... so I woke him again....then he fell asleep on Noah's playmat! Very whingey baby & it all got me cranky too! Saw today that he had gotten another tooth point through - what's weird, is he has had 2 points through for weeks but actual visible teeth haven't come out yet! What's up with that... and why so damned sloooow LOL? Is this normal? Looks like he will crosscut at this stage as the one that came through on the weekend is beside the middle/bottom to teeth. (& is more noticeable than the middle two)
ALso has been doing 2-3 poos a day, which is annoying cos he is sooooo hard to change!
AB I hope you feel 100% ASAP!!
Re crawling - before Noah crawled, my dad spent a day or two pulling his legs up into crawling position while he was on his tummy - just to get the feel for it.. (not constantly lol, but whenever he was on the floor.) Then moving his legs like he was crawling. From there he learned pretty quickly. Then spent a week or so crawling 4 steps at a time. Then took off, while also learning how to sit from a crawling position etc. From the minute he learned to sit up and crawl, he has been trying to stand up on everything. I strongly believe that their personalities come into play with all this though - some babies are just more placid and content than others, and aren't in a rush to get busy! They know that their needs are taken care of, and are just enjoying being babies without rushing. It's almost like they know what's ahead, and they want to make the most of just chillin'.
Gotta go lol, Bubblewords is calling out to me. "Play me Sands play me, you know you want to.."
My sister got a job after enjoying a few months off - she has gone from politics (10yrs) to the leukaemia foundation. She wont be getting nearly as much moula but she sounds happy.
Only a couple of months until we go to NZ - at least it's not a long flight. It's not what I had planned (Hawaii) but Steve can't help the timing of this trip. Still haven't got Noah's passport YIKES. And DOUBLE YIKES KEEPING HIM STILL FOR A FEW HOURS ON A PLANE!! I am so happy that we aren't flying economy at times like this!!
Have a fantastic night everyone -
Love you all lots, my little sanity savers! XX OO XX OO XX OO XX OO XX OO XX OO XX OO
MrsScatterbrain
28-07-2008, 19:10
Hi everyone!!!
Oh Sands! :laughing: You bought back bad memories with that girl pash thing! One of my friends jumped into bed with me naked after a night out ... :eek: ... not the best way to let her intentions be known. :laughing: We remained friends, but I was always a bit wary after that!
Kaybee - glad your health is okay.
Nan - I have just bought a jar of this: Bottom Balm (http://www.nurturenappies.com.au/store/WsDefault.asp?One=2044), and haven't looked back! Might be one for when your current one runs out.
I'm not sure about the tummy time thing - I was really lucky with Thomas, I just rolled him from his back to his tummy one day, and he never looked back! However: I hadn't given him much tummy time up until that time, and he would often just lie on the carpet face down because his neck was too tired! (:eek:). He does it less and less now, thank heavens! I did find it good in the early days to lie down there with him and chat - it seemed to make it a bit less scary ... mirrors are great, too! Thomas is like a budgie with his!!!
AB - sorry to hear about your cold! Arg! Hurry up summer!
My poor little Thomas has another cold and wheeze - the doc says it could be a hangover from the bronchiolitis (kids who have had bronchiolitis often have a residual wheeze in subsequent colds) or even a little asthma. :crying: I must admit I'm a little bit stressed about that, but there is no point in worrying yet. He was given some medicine at the GPs today, and if it works, there is a good chance he has asthma - so fingers crossed he is still coughing/wheezing up a storm tomorrow! (Never thought I'd hear myself say that!!!)
Thomas is still rocking away on all fours - I'm waiting for him to take off! (Although I'm kinda happy how it is at the moment!)
He's also chatting away and making lots of 'words' and sounds. When I'm driving in the car, I get a shock when I realize that noise is Thomas and not DS1! I can't believe how quickly they are growing up!
Happy 8 month birthday tomorrow Thomas and Caleb!:bee:
sandralee
28-07-2008, 19:30
I meant Bubble Words lol xox
Rise and shine ladies! . . . . .
Oh Sands, what a terrible Sunday you had. And poor little Noah being so unhappy!. I hope now the tooth is 'through' he is more content.
Xav's one tooth took at least a week to be more than just a little point. And now it's still only a couple ml out of the gum.
Jeez - I have lived such a sheltered life . . .no girl on girl action for me :laughing:. Not even close! Mrs S - I would have DIED if a girlfriend climbed into the sack with me! Holy dooley!
Well, again last night Xav crashed at about 5.45pm. I wasn't really expecting her to, she had a huge sleep from 2pm to 4.15pm and I thought she woudln't go down for the night until 7ish, so I didn't give her dinner or anything before she fell asleep! She got up at 5.30am. :D Terrific stuff except bed time before about 6.30pm doesn't really work here as we don't get home from the gym until 6pm. Poor kid. We just cant seem to get it right. But she's getting heaps of sleep atleast, so thats good.
sandralee
29-07-2008, 11:12
Shana that must feel great with Xav sleeping those hours - you have been so patient!!! I have to head out to the fruit market, so gonna go in my daggies lol, way too windy and cold to be anything but comfy. Noah didn't wake til 7am today, absolutely saturated... I put him in bed with Steve so he could snuggle him up under the covers while he took off his wet clothes and sleeping bag... and we both got a surprise...there was a slushy poo as well LOL! SO had to wrap him in a baby rug, clean his bum, THEN finally bath him. All before I had my morning coffee EW!
Back later, gotta get dressed before the sproggy wakes up! xox
Lol, yeah . . . amazing how much you can get done when you aren't asleep all day! I keep looking at the clock thinking - is it only 8am??! 11am??! My god . . I've got all day ahead of me!
Oh if any Qld's buy The Courier Mail, apparently my bro Adam and his partner are on page 20!
AliyahBlake
29-07-2008, 13:55
Just curious.....did Charlie do the Hi-5 concert with the others or have they got someone to replace her?
:no: Unfortunately Charli wasn't there (which upset Aliyah a little as Charli was her favourite!). Her replacement is Casey, and she was quite good. She made quite an impression on Aliyah and since Sunday, Charli seems to have been forgotten, as Aliyah talks about Casey all the time now. I loved the show almost as much as Aliyah did (how sad is that? :laughing: ). Tim's replacement, Stevie, is quite a cutie so I was happy to watch him ;)
Saw today that he had gotten another tooth point through - what's weird, is he has had 2 points through for weeks but actual visible teeth haven't come out yet! What's up with that... and why so damned sloooow LOL?
I know, Blake's top ones are the same. Teething drives me nuts, so I can't imagine what it must be like for the poor bubbas!
Noah didn't wake til 7am today, absolutely saturated... I put him in bed with Steve so he could snuggle him up under the covers while he took off his wet clothes and sleeping bag... and we both got a surprise...there was a slushy poo as well LOL!
Noice!! :laughing:
Well, I still have a terrible cough, and my voice sounds pretty gravelly. I'm trying to work out if I should call in sick tonight or if that'd be stretching the friendship. I think I should work as I've already had about 4 or 5 sick days since returning to work in May so I have no sick pay left and I'm sure work will be getting a bit poopy with me. Well, it's not like I haven't been sick I guess! Blake has another cold also and has been very grizzly and not sleeping or feeding well.
When I dropped Aliyah off at preschool today there were 2 notices up - one was to say that there had been a case of head lice in the preschool, and the other was that there had been a case of Slap Cheek!:rolleyes: Great - now I guess I'll have to check Aliyah's hair every couple of days. I do have a quick look occassionally anyway, but looks like I'll have to be more vigilant for a while. Well, off to Facebook for a bit - see you girls later.
Thanks for all the advice with the crawling girls. Really appreciate it. Sands, you are so right about personality. I have 2 very laid back children, rather like myself! So, it doesn't hugely bother me. I have tried the pushing up of his legs like your Dad, but he went BALLISTIC at me, so I stopped and will wait until he's comfy lying on his tummy for a while, then try again. And good on your sis for doing something that enriches her spirit before her bank balance, Sands! :yelclap: I think my DH wishes he had the balls to do this! lol He's one of these very traditional "must provide for my family" types.
Claire - Thank you so much for the link to that balm. It is VERY similar to what I was getting. Strange how its still on the market when mine got shut down for having almond oil in it! :thumbsdown: Mine has about 20 other herbs/ingredients too, but these are the main ones so I might have to get myself some of that. :kiss: Mmmmmwaaaa! (A virtual girl-girl kiss :laughing:) You're a legend!
Shana - Xav is settling down well, isn't she? That's great.
AB - I LOVE Tim!! Stevie is a little girly for me. hehe Definitely miss Tim......me, not Eden!! lol
Well, we had kindergym this morning & then the kids went to mums for a while while I went to the dentist. $190 later my teeth are fine. :eek: What a rip off!
Hi guys
How are you all doing?! Sorry I've been AWOL for a while, Luca took ages to get over his ear and throat infection and was absolutely miserable for about 2 weeks. He whinged from morning to night, I know he was ill but man that can get tiring!!
My friend stayed a bit over a week so we had Luca in our room and he woke up twice as night sometimes for good at 4 or 5am, it was a killer. Last night was his first night back in his bed and he only woke once, fingers crossed he goes back to his old routine.
He had a little accident the other day, he fell off the deck onto the pavement. It's only a few centimetres but he grazed right under his eye, he looks like he has been beaten up.
I just saw on FB that KatieKitten is pregnant again as well! That is 3 now, if my calculations are correct!!
Sorry I can't do personals but hope everybody is doing well!!!!xxxxxx
MrsScatterbrain
30-07-2008, 19:08
... and we both got a surprise...there was a slushy poo as well LOL! All before I had my morning coffee EW!
:laughing::laughing: That gave me my laugh for the day! Tonight DH did the 'thumb down the back of the nappy' check on Thomas, and there was poo all up the back of it!! The 15 year old in me thought that was very funny!
When I dropped Aliyah off at preschool today there were 2 notices up - one was to say that there had been a case of head lice in the preschool, and the other was that there had been a case of Slap Cheek!
Arg! We had a Slapcheek 'epidemic' at Occ. Care, too! Not fun! The worst thing is, if they come down with cold symptoms, you should keep them away from preggy women, as it can be really serious for them. You don't know its slapcheek until they get the rash (and are no longer contagious!) Oh - hang on! You probably know all that already! :o
Thanks for all the advice with the crawling girls. Really appreciate it.
Claire - Thank you so much for the link to that balm.
I forgot to mention that Thomas may be comfy on his tummy but is totally disinterested in sitting! He's hopeless! :laughing: He falls over on purpose so he can go an investigate something! I'm going to get a big red mark in Thomas' book at the next MCHN appt!
No probs! :thumbsup: I am in LOVE with that Bottom Balm - Thomas always has red patches in the crease between his bot and leg, and I rub this in every morning , and it is finally healing - yay! It also acts as a lubricant to protect from later 'deposits!'
He whinged from morning to night, I know he was ill but man that can get tiring!!
Oh :hugs: Moops - Thomas was like that today - one day is enough for me, let alone 2 weeks! You're a legend!
DS1 was at daycare today, and Thomas was pining like a little puppy! Every time we went into the lounge his head was swinging around looking for DS1! By afternoon he wouldn't sleep and was just feral! I could barely cook dinner! As soon as DS1 came home - quiet - and bliss!
Take care everyone xx
sandralee
30-07-2008, 19:18
AB - go to work tonight in your PJs and ugboots with a honey tea and some lemon. :D (If ya have to work, at least be mega comfy lol!)
Moops - yup when they are sick (or teething LOL - story of my life lately!) the days (and nights) can draaaaaaaag. Noah hasn't had his usual b!tch tonight, so we are off to a good start. He has now been in bed for 2 peaceful hours with no movement hehe. Maybe I should go and check his breathing.... :laughing:
Big hugs!
Nan - your little man definitely sounds like he has a peaceful personality - how AWESOME FOR YOU!!! YOU HAVE STRUCK GOLD TWICE! :thumbsup:
This is the first time I have been alone to relax all day, so going to play a few rounds of bubble world and let my mind be mush for moment or two. Or three or four. WHen I sould really be updating facebook photos.. or posting a pic of Noah in his little headbumpa LOL! I am all snuggly in bed now though.
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Hello girls.
Boy it was quiet on here yesterday!
We have been having a supurb week! Xav has constantly gone to bed at 5.30pm-ish and waking at 4.30/5am. A tad early, but I can live with it!! No overnight bottle since Tuesday I think and just a few little wakeups in the early morninng.
Her day naps are hit and miss, but doesn't seem to be effecting the overnight sleep??
RB - this has happened since she met you at the coast!!!!!!
Me thinks more trips to the coast might be in order if she ever gets out of whack again! RB , you might have to fly up to re-create the same senario . . . lol.
Moops, hope things have settled down for you and Luca. And his black eye is getting better.
I was only thinking the other day that Xav hadn't had many mishaps at all (she's not real mobile). And then she was in the walker and got too far under dh's puter desk and did her 'bouncy' thing and hit her head! Screamed, and before I could save her, in her frustration and pain kept bouncing!!!!!! So hit her head again! Poor darling. I felt sick thinking how much it must have hurt. You know when you bump the top of your head in the car ro something? It really hurts!
Beautiful weather in Bris atm. Cool breaze but gorgeous sunny days . . . can't wait until spring!
sandralee
31-07-2008, 07:34
Fantastic Shana!!! Noah had a spectacular night too - bed at 6pm...went in at 9.30 for a quick cuddle (& I gave him a dummy YIKES...)...then nothing until 6.15 today! Yes it is really quiet on bubhub these days, maybe facebook has taken over the world lol!
Looks like another beautiful day here - but was 0 degrees at 7am.
Maybe Xv is being really good, so that she can have more babycinos in the future. "If I be good for mummy, I will get one of those frothy things with chocolate next time we go out" LOL.
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Oh ,goody that Noah is sleeping well too. Yes, Xav is rather reliant on the dummy ever since her tooth started coming through. It was almost history until then! Drat!
But my next move is to get her to go to sleep by herself in the cot. We are getting there. I am consistantly putting her in the cot awake now and patting/singing instead of rocking. So we are a little step forward.
Once she has mastered that I will work on the dummy. I think her night wake ups are a combination of losing dummy and can't roll over issues.
I have been thinking of putting her into her own room soon. Just need a bed in there for me, so it's not a shock for her to be all alone suddenly. And then I will work my way out of the room, know what I mean?
Quick question - what age would you transfer them to a bed (out of the cot)? I'm thinking if I have another baby by the time she is 20mths old . . is that too soon to move her out? Even a couple months earlier so she's not 'losing' the cot to another baby?
Hi Girls, Have been away for awhile as I've ben very sick with some sort of bug :barf:. Have had (TMI!!) vomiting and dirrhea (Sp) on and off since Monday night!
Thought I was getting better yesterday then last night had (TMI again) the worst dirrahea I've ever had in my life! Hardly slept a wink was sitting on the loo for most of it and I still am! Ava has had the grumps big time this morning so was making it difficult to get out of the house (while making dashes to the loo) to get to the Dr's, gave her a feed and she fell asleep, so I now have to wait till she wakes up b4 I go. Feel so lethargic and have lost a couple of kilos! Something I can't afford to be doing.:(
In Ava news, she has just had the wonder week of her life! :yelclap:She is crawling and standing! Eating solids like there is no tomorrow and last Thursday decided she would like to drink out of a bottle now, so have started to wean her! But she has now decided that she wont have a bar of water, so the poor thing has been getting a bit constipated. The crawling and standing have made things much more difficult and stressful, as I can't leave her for a minute. Even in the playpen, she keeps standing up holding onto the sides, then falls over and cries. Have got to put the base of the cot down to the lower level now, which sux as it will mean sore backs for mum and dad when we have to settle her in the night.:thumbsdown:
Gotta go again. hope everyone is going okay! Will try some personals later today after going to Dr.
Quick question - what age would you transfer them to a bed (out of the cot)? I'm thinking if I have another baby by the time she is 20mths old . . is that too soon to move her out? Even a couple months earlier so she's not 'losing' the cot to another baby?
Shana, I got pregnant with Caleb when Eden was 15 months old and was told to move her into a cot a few months before the birth, so that she didn't have too many changes to adjust to. So we put her in a bed when she was about 20 months old and she was fine. She gets up about 10 times before going to sleep :hair: but apart from that she's fine. Only fallen out once so we put a pillow down the side of the bed and she got used to staying in the same spot! We've since got rid of the pillow and she hasn't fallen.
If your baby was to be due when she was 20 months then you'd want to move her into a cot around 15-16 months. Its pretty early, but I'm sure its been done before!
kaybee - Sorry to hear you've been so unwell. :hugs: Well done to Ava. She's going great guns! :yelclap:
Shana - Yay for Xav! :smiliedance: So great!
Hugs for Luca & Xav :hugs:. Not nice when they hurt themselves. :no:
Well, we're having a quiet day at home today. Eden is having a shocker of a day, saying 'no' and generally doing the opposite of everything I say. I hate these days. My patience is really wearing thin. Both kids are sleeping at the moment, so I'm off to get a cuppa and a dark Tim Tam.
sandralee
01-08-2008, 19:15
Kaybee she might prefer the taste of tea or something - you could try her with some green tea, they have some nice apple flavoured ones too. I leave the teabag in for less than a minute then pour it into a small bottle to let it cool. Noah loves it so much and it's really good for him with all those antioxidents. If she is rejecting water in a sippy cup then I'd try giving it to her in a bottle, or vice versa. Every time I go past the kitchen bench with Noah I offer him a drink, and I have some water out of my pump bottle to show him that I do it too. Hope you feel better soon - balance the old electrolytes with either some gastrolite sachets, gatorade, or eating some salty/sugary stuff.
I also put Andy in a bed early - his cot was on loan to us from friend, who fell pregnant soon after..Andy was in a big boy bed shortly after his first birthday. To ease him into it, we started by putting just the mattress in his room so he didn't roll out etc.. then we put his bunk bed in after a couple of weeks. (we also bought a bedrail thing for it) He used to get out of bed a lot in the early stages, cos he loved the freedom of not being confined to a cot - so we put one of those baby gates at his nursery door to deter him from leaving the room. If Noah starts climbing out of his cot I plan on getting him a bed too.
Lots of love, time to go to Bubble Town for a while - before Steve and I finish watching Batman LOL.
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Yeah, initially Xav wouldn't have water, so to avoid constipation when she started solids I was giving her about 20ml of pear juice a day (heinz poppers in baby section). Then I just introduced water in a bottle overnight if she woke (she only drank it until she realised it wasn't milk!). And then after she ate some food I would offer her water - particualrly after a milk arrowroot as she would be thirsty . . . and we went from there. So she averages maybe a cup (250ml) of water a day now.
Xav's sleeping is still really good! I thought it was all over last night . . . .she fell asleep in the car at 4.30pm and I thought, oh ho, she's down for the night without dinner again - naughty mummy! But then she woke at 6pm. So I gave her a bottle, but you know, because Dh was home and she knew it, she got all excited etc and I honestly didn't know whether she should be going back to sleep or not . . . so I got her up but she was not that happy, so I figured she should go back to bed. Got some food into her and by 6.35 dh was trying to put her back to bed. But do you think she would go???? I ended up taking over after 45mins and finally at 8pm! she went back to sleep.
So I'm kinda hoping that now her bedtime might have shifted to 7pm-ish so she can see dh before bed, otherwise she doesn't see him at all! And she LOVES him, so I feel awful putting her to bed as soon as he is home etc.
Anyway, time to put her down for a nap.
catch you later girls.
melbryan
02-08-2008, 08:41
Hi to you all
Kaybee- wow Ava is so clever. Ashton doesn't do anything yet too lazy.
Shana and SL- Poor Xav's head poor thing you just want to cuddle them when they do that.You've got some good sleepers there.
RB - gladd your trip went well and Ani was good.
I have been really slack and have had lots of trouble getting on here.
Shana we moved both Ds's in to beds about 15 mths because they kept climbing out of the cot. I had fences on there beds and they are fine. When our new bub comes Ashton will move to the boys room and will be in a bunk. He'll be 17mths old.
Ashton has popped a couple more teeth he has been a little whingy but sleeps wrough without a problem it is so nice to get my nights back, I know it won't be for long so I am tkaing advantage of it. I am feeling OK but most days just curl up with a book in bed I am feeling the cold and can't seem to get warm.
Bye all and happybirthday to my baby Mason for Monday he is an absolute delight . I have been bleeded with you for 2 years. I adore you.
AliyahBlake
02-08-2008, 11:10
Hi girls,
Sorry I haven't posted for a couple of days - I have been reading though! I've had a horrible cold for the whole week, and Blake has had the same thing, so it's been full on here. Blake has also been having a bit of an upheaval with his feed and sleep routine so we've been all over the place. I have finally started to cut one of his bottle feeds, but it's not the night one like I had hoped. He's been refusing the mid morning one of late so that's the one to go. He's still waking at around 4am for a feed, and I have tried cutting that down slowly, but he's too smart and kicks up a fuss til he gets a full bottle! I will just give it to him a bit longer, but if he gets to 10 months and is still waking for that feed then it'll be time to play hardball! I might see how he is in a few weeks when he's not sick and try again. All I need to do is extend it a couple of hours til maybe 6am, then it'll be all good (hopefully!).
His day sleeps are all out of routine at the moment as well. He seems to not really want very long morning sleeps (he was having 2 x 30 mins), but has been having a pretty good afternoon sleep (up to 1 1/2 hrs). I've tried keeping him awake longer in the morning and putting him down at around 10am (hoping he'd sleep longer) instead of 8am and 11am, but he'll still only sleep for 30-40 mins! He's quite happy when he wakes up, so maybe he's just not going to follow the textbook :confused:
Blake has been commando crawling like mad lately. He's getting better at it too, so I think he'll be doing the real thing very soon. I can't leave him in the loungeroom on his own for long now, for as soon as I leave the room he's gets over to the DVD player! He's fast too! I found him chewing on some DVD cases the other day :rolleyes: He has started trying to follow us, but when he gets to the wood floor in the hallway he can't workout how to move on it. Then he just gets cranky!
I can't remember everyone's posts as I forgot to multiquote, so I might come back later. Hope you all have a good day.
BTW - for you girls who watch Prison Break - how good was the final episode (I just watched it this morning as I recorded it)? I was so disappointed with season 2 but season 3 restored my faith! Looking forward to seeing where they'll go with season 4........ah who cares - as long as I get to perve on Wentworth Miller it doesn't matter! :laughing:
MrsScatterbrain
02-08-2008, 15:47
Hope everyone is having a great weekend! :thumbsup:
Shana - When friends of mine had their second bubs, they put the baby in the 2yo's cot, and bought a cot that converts to a bed for the toddler - that way, when she's ready, they can just switch over! I can find out the brand name if you like.
Sands - I so need one of those helmets! Thomas has bruises all over his forehead, he looks like he's been battered! He was even trying to climb up the stairs today! :laughing: (considering he's not even crawling properly, it was going to be quite a feat!!!)
Water-wise, I just lay Thomas back in my arms like he's having a bottle, and give him his sippy mug (just a simple one from Coles) and let him drink as much as he likes. So far, so good, he probably drinks about 20-40 mls.
Sending some health vibes your way, Kaybee and AB!
Nice to hear from you Mel! How are you coping with 3 and a baby in the tum?
Well, I have been beating myself up for weeks as I haven't tried Thomas on lumpier foods, and yesterday I gave him some mash, and he was absolutely fine!! :laughing: It used to scare the life out of me when DS1 gagged on lumpier foods, but so far so good with Thomas!! :fingerscrossed: I mashed up some peas for him today - the colour! Oh my gosh - I'm dreading the post-peas nappy!!! :p Will make some meat as soon as I get time!
Have a great weekend everyone xx
Rainbowbrite
03-08-2008, 12:46
Hi ladies, long time no see. Can't remember enough to do personals sorry :o
Shana, was so great to meet you!! Xav is adorable & such a quiet little girl :goodvibes:
Sands, I totally understand :hugs:
We're back, was good except for Ani screaming the whole way up!!! I drugged him up on Calm for the trip back. Also he decided to feed/comfort suck all night the whole time up there so I'm recovering from cracked/blistered/bleeding nipples. Little bugger likes to bite too & has on more than one occasion drawn blood :(
MJ was great up there, took her to Sea World & Dream World & she loved them. Really wore her out :D She also got chosen to dance on stage with Elmo at Sea World!!!!
Other than that though, we now have 6 teeth, crawling around & finally taking solids!!!!!
No other news from us, but here are some pics :o
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Well, our super-sleeping is a little disjointed now. Xav keeps waking up now about an hour or two after going to bed - and not wanting to go back to sleep. I tried for over an hour last night to get her back down, but nup. Ended up staying up for a further two hours. And she's awake again now after only going to bed at 7.30pm. She went to bed so easily too! A quick cuddle and I lay her down and she went straight to sleep! I just don't know why she's decided to wake up when she should still be in 'big sleep' mode.
ok - just left her alone and she's back asleep. :fingerscrossed: she stays that way until morning!
The other thing I am looking into at the moment is; I think I mentioned ages ago that Xav does this squirmy/writhing thing in my arms when I'm rocking her to sleep. She's done it for months now, just when I held her (legs around my waist, chest to chest) at nap/bed time. Initially I thought she was constipated, but her bm's seemed fine. So then I thought it was a sleep associated thing. But the last week or so she has been doing it more and more, at any time of day, wherever she is! So if she's sitting on the floor, she will stop playing and do this squirmy thing like she is trying to go to the toilet. Or when in the high chair, will grip the tray really tight and do it there. I have become quite concerned about it. She works so hard doing this that she breaks into a sweat and now and then actually gives a short cry.
Anyway (sorry this is so long . . ) today she was doing it almost every waking minute until she finally did do a poo. It was not diarreah but close, very mushy. And then virtually stopped doing it. Only a little bit this evening, but not much at all. So I'm thinking now that it is tummy/bowel related and that perhaps she has tummy pains or bowel pains.
To think this has been going on for so long! I thought it was just a wierd little thing she did to fight sleep. So I will take her to the doctor tomorrow and see if I can get some answers. I've cut back her solids this afternoon. Just giving her some fruit and her bottle. Gosh, I feel so bad that she may have been uncomfortable all this time . . .
OK gotta go to bed.
Good to know you are home safe and sound RB!
Mrs S - glad Thomas went so well with his food - they are full of surprises these kids!
Thanks for all the bed tips ladies!
sandralee
04-08-2008, 07:52
Hi gils,
Have had a busy couple of days here, trying to get as much done as possible while Steve was home. We also had a trip to toys r us yesterday, & bought Noah a Thomas Tent to play in, and a walker thing that he can push. He had a terrible night last night, & I think it was because he crawled around after his bottle before bed. We had a similar night last week after he did the same thing. So hard to keep him upright when he WANTS TO GET DOWN RIGHT NOW THANK YOU! I feel so tired today and will be doing as little as possible!
Shana Noah does the same thing sometimes with the writhing, even though he doesn't get constipated - he did a couple of times when I first weaned him, but never since. I think he does it when he has wind, or feels a bit uncomfy... his poos are mostly mushy in general. Good luck at the doc -
Back later girls xox oxx
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Rainbowbrite
04-08-2008, 08:08
Oh No Shana :hugs: I hope she settles down quickly again for you & starts sleeping.
I've been getting tough with Ani. I don't mind him sleeping with me, but I can't handle the all night feeds. Had no choice in QLD, didn't want to disturb everyone, but now that I'm home, I'm not feeding him from his night bf at 7, till 2.30 am at the earliest. We have Karitane in less than 2 weeks, so :fingerscrossed: all will be sorted after that. Moving him into MJs room at that time also. I can't be kept up all night anymore, its taking so much out of me & DH & my relationship is suffering as a result too. Would put him on his own, but feel its kinder this way. He's still got someone close.
Anyway, must be off, much resting to do :laughing:
Hope your all well :hugs:
sandralee
04-08-2008, 10:21
Not a good start to the week - Noah's nose started running! We only went to a toy store yesterday and someone coughed while walking past us and didn't even cover their mouth, so I presume that's where it is from. Last one took 10 days for complete recovery with coughing etc YUCK! So Iguess I will be housebound for a while..... and join the cold club! It's only his 2nd cold, so we aren't doing too badly considering he is 8mths old. XXXXXXXXXXXX
Xav has a runny nose too. Caught it off Dh. It's such a pain because they can't breath properly.
Well, had the Doc appointment. Got an abdominal x-ray done . . . no closer to an answer. Her bowels are fine, not constipated or anything, so we are at a loss. I have an appointment now with a Pead . . . in a months time! I don't really think we are going to find out why she does the squirmy thing. She is obviously uncomfortable and it's starting to upset me that I can't help her with it. It is just such a mystery at this stage and now we have to wait another month before further investigation! Poor Xav.
Hi everyone!
Hugs to all the bubs that aren't feeling well it isn't a nice time. Thankfully Luca is all better now and sleeping and eating well again.
I haven't really got anything to say! Been a bit boring really, my friend has moved out and I'm at a bit of a lose end!
We bought wii fit the other day and I did an hour on it the other day, running and aerobics etc. The next day I could barely walk my calves were so sore, they are still sore now. Anyway this morning I woke up and I have marks on my calf about 5cm long! I totally started freaking out thinking they were veins but I'm not sure they are. It isn't a line more like 5 dots and they are a purple/red/blue colour. DH seems to think it may be bruising or bleeding due to a strain or pressure but I'm still depressed! I hope it goes away! No good ever came from exercising I tells ya!
Shana - not sure what that is, has Xav done it since? Maybe it was just wind?
Anyway I'll come back when something exciting happens lol!
Hugs and kisses! xxxx
AliyahBlake
05-08-2008, 12:42
Hi girls,
Just a quick one as Blake has woken up after his usual 30 min sleep - I tell you that kid is allergic to day sleeps!! I can't get him to have long sleeps, so I might have to persevere with putting him down for several short naps :rolleyes: At least he still sleeps well at night.
We are still trying to get rid of our colds - Blake is still really snotty and has a bad cough. I took him to the GP yesterday, but it's all viral and his chest, ears and throat are fine. I managed to convince the chemist to give me the Dimetapp paed drops, so I use that on him at night.
I checked Blake's weight at the doctors yesterday, as it's a month since he stopped BF and started full time formula, so I was curious to see what weight he'd gained. He is now 9.8 kg, so has put on 1.3 kg in the last month! Much better than the 200gms and 400gms he put on the 2 months before that while he was still BF.
Anyway, not much else going on. :hugs: to everyone who is sick or with sick bubbas.
Hi girls.
Sounds like we're all doing well......plodding along with these little 8-9 month olds! Can you believe it? I can't.
Every time I go past the kitchen bench with Noah I offer him a drink, and I have some water out of my pump bottle to show him that I do it too.
That's a great idea, Sands. I'll have to try it. Caleb only has a few sips of water from a bottle each day, but he needs more as he's started to go red in the face and watery eyed with every poo! :( Poor thing.
So she averages maybe a cup (250ml) of water a day now.
That's really good. :thumbsup: I gave Caleb some pear juice today. I'm going to get some prune juice and dilute it too, for his poos.
He seems to not really want very long morning sleeps (he was having 2 x 30 mins), but has been having a pretty good afternoon sleep (up to 1 1/2 hrs).
AB - Caleb is the same. His norming sleep has been under and hour for a few weeks now. He was having 1.5 hours and another 2 in the afternoon. Now its more like 45 mins am and 2 hours pm. Longer if he's teething or is unwell.
Little bugger likes to bite too & has on more than one occasion drawn blood.
MJ was great up there, took her to Sea World & Dream World & she loved them. Really wore her out. She also got chosen to dance on stage with Elmo at Sea World!!!!
Good luck with the biting, RB. Its not fun is it? Thankfully Caleb got so upset at my making an 'Uh no' noise very loud, that he only did it once again and never again after that.
I just had to tell you, when I was looking at your pics, Eden came up and said "Ooooo, who's that pretty girl mummy?"!!! :p I told her she was called MJ and showed her the pic of MJ with Elmo! She LOVED it!!!! :D Great pics.
So I'm thinking now that it is tummy/bowel related and that perhaps she has tummy pains or bowel pains.
You might be on to something there. It certainly sounds that way doesn't it? Poor little thing. It must be awful. Make sure you insist on a referral to a specialist if the GP is a bit dismissive. Hope you get some light shed on it all soon.
Update on Caleb.....he's not too bad with tummy time now. I've been doing it religiously every day and he's started playing with his toys and laughing and playing with me, so the only way is up. He's also started pushing himself upwards on his arms and moving around in semi-circles to get toys iykwim. Small steps but considering where he's come from I think its awesome!! :yelclap: He also has 3 teeth now, but none on top! Bizarre, but one of the bottom ones around the side has popped through. :confused: He's sitting up confidently with no props around him now & is making a noise that sounds a lot like "hello", so I'm teaching him how to wave.
Both my 2 have had colds, but I'm finding the Vitamin C is working a treat. I now by it in powder form so no crushing!! I just chuck it in their cereal in the morning or in some juice occasionally for Caleb.
Lots of hugs to all. xoxo
Evening,
Well, Xav's squirmy thing is on and off. Still does it every time I'm putting her to sleep/when she's tired. And often when sitting on the floor/high chair. I can't work it out. if the x-ray showed everything to be fine then it must a pain association to something else?
We are doing really well in the sleep department. Bedtime is creeping toward 8.30 - 9pm. But she is doing so well putting herself to sleep. I'm so proud of her!
OK. Not much else to report.
Nighty night.
RB - Glad you had a good timein QLD. You all look like you are having fun in the photo's! MJ and Ani are looking more and more alike!
Sands and Shana - hope the running noses clear up soon.
Shana - not sure about the squirming. Ava does squirm alot when we try and put her to sleep, but I think it's just because she doesn't want to stay still and go to sleep! :rolleyes:
Glad Xav's sleep seems to be getting better!
We bought wii fit the other day and I did an hour on it the other day, running and aerobics etc.
Cool I'd love a Wii fit, they look like alot of fun! Ohh I hope your calves better soon!
AB - hope Blake gets well soon!:hugs:
Well I am much better, I've never been that sick before!
Ava isn't going too well, she's been out of sorts since the weekend. Don't know what's wrong with her. She's gone off her food and milk the last couple of days, today she hardly ate any solids and she wont bf either! My bb's are so hard and sore! We've moved up to, 2 bottles, 3 bf and she's only interested in the first feed and the 2 bottles! Could she be going off the breast because of the bottles?? I don't know what to do about my bb's as I hate expressing, it would take at least 1/2 hour each side just to get some relief, I've never been able to get much out. And the solids thing :hair:! I am at my wits end and it's only been a couple of days, but it's getting worse! She was going so well and this backward step is sooo frustrating. I'm also worried she's such a skinny thing, she can't afford not to eat or bf.
MrsScatterbrain
06-08-2008, 07:36
Ava isn't going too well, she's been out of sorts since the weekend. Don't know what's wrong with her. .
Kaybee I'd give your CHN or the MCHN health line a call - they can give you some expectations about what should be doing, and the number of wet nappies per day, etc.
I have posted this in the health section, but I have a dilemma at the moment - we've all come down with the dreaded tummy bug over the past week (actually sounds very similar to yours, Kaybee), and we have interstate visitors coming here tomorrow. I don't know whether to tell them not to come in case they become ill as well - I know these viruses can live for weeks on household objects (even though we should be over it ourselves). However, we're run-down parents nursing sick kids, whereas they're fit and healthy retirees who get plenty of sleep, so maybe they won't be as suseptible!
Ah! What to do? :confused:
Poor old Thomas came down with it this morning - I didn't expect him to because of b/f, but he hasn't gotten away with it.
AliyahBlake
06-08-2008, 10:09
Mrs S - What I would do is just let your visitors know about the tummy bug and let them make the decision as to whether they want to come or not. I reckon as long as everyone practices really strict hygiene like hand washing and not sharing towels etc, then everyone should be ok. I'm so glad we've escaped gastro last year and this year as it sounds positively horrible. Aliyah has only ever had it once when she was 18 months and it was just awful as she couldn't keep anything down and she was so upset. I haven't had gastro for about 5 or 6 years thank goodness!
Poor little Blake is really grizzly this morning - I don't know if he's just getting fed up with his cold or if he's starting to teeth again (or both!). So far he's been asleep for 30 mins so I hope he stays there a bit longer :fingerscrossed:
The last couple of weeks he's been waking up absolutely saturated - he has weed through his nappy and clothes so at 3 or 4am I have to do the complete change while he screams the house down! Then he has a bottle and takes about 30 mins to get back to sleep again. I love the Aldi nappies, but I'm wondering if I should try any other brands to see if that holds his wee. What do you girls use for night time?
She was going so well and this backward step is sooo frustrating. I'm also worried she's such a skinny thing, she can't afford not to eat or bf.
Hey kaybee - This isn't very helpful but it could be a number of things. It could be that she goes off the late bf feeds because she's had the bottle before & the bottled milk comes out quicker than boob milk. She may be wondering where that fast flowing contraption is?!! Also, can you rule out teething? I've heard of kids eating and drinking almost nothing when teething because of the pain......but then you'd probably see the other classic signs if it was teeth, hey? She might be rejecting your milk. Not as likely but always a possibility. With the solids, is she flat out refusing it or eats a bit then stops?
.....we've all come down with the dreaded tummy bug over the past week (actually sounds very similar to yours, Kaybee), and we have interstate visitors coming here tomorrow.
Ah! What to do?
I agree with Nic, Claire. I'd ring them and tell them and put the ball back in their court. This is what we always do with my SIL and her family & they do it with us. We're had times where she's said they won't come over and other times they have. Just leave it up to them.
The last couple of weeks he's been waking up absolutely saturated - he has weed through his nappy and clothes so at 3 or 4am I have to do the complete change while he screams the house down!
Caleb has done this too! They are very alike in some ways our boys! I was using the Huggies crawler size coz they were on special and found that he weed out through his PJs, sleeping bag and onto his blanket......4 nights in a row.:mad: Since going back to Babylove crawlers (what I usually use, he's been fine). I'm thinking his is more about the nappy than him iykwim.
Side note: Eden and Caleb wear the same size nappies now!! :eek: Eden is almost in toddlers though. I actually tried them a few months back but her wees were leaking out!
My poor little girl! She's only 11 kilos (almost) and has to have some blood taken next week to check that everything is ok. She's always been 3rd percentile on the charts but is now tapering off the chart altogether! :( The paed said she looks healthy, intelligent and active enough but he wants to be sure......yeah great. Who is the one who has to control her toddler while they jam needles into her? Last time they took 3 vials of blood :eek: but she wasn't expecting the needle. This time she'll be fully aware of what it is.
Kaybee I'd give your CHN or the MCHN health line a call - they can give you some expectations about what should be doing, and the number of wet nappies per day, etc.
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I popped in to see the babycare nurse at the Chemist this arvo and she said not to worry just yet. Today she has done 2 absolutely foul, very pale brown runny nappies, could this be diarrhea? (forgot to mention it to nurse, doh! :doh:) I thought it was supposed to be green? Hopefully it's just that she's feeling sick and that's why she's off her food and drink.
So sorry you're all not well Mrs S, I know how bad it is! :hugs:
Hey kaybee - Also, can you rule out teething? I've heard of kids eating and drinking almost nothing when teething because of the pain....... With the solids, is she flat out refusing it or eats a bit then stops?
I did think of that too, she's been having signs of teething on and off for 3 months, since she got her first 2. At the moment she's been dribbling a bit more but that's all.
With the solids, it's been both. Breakfast which she usually loves, she will eat a little bit and then refuse. Lunch and dinner (veggies & meat) she is flat out refusing. Today I just offered her yoghurt and fruit for lunch and she gobbled it up! :rolleyes: Was thinking tonite to just offer her some plain veggies like pumpkin and see what happens.
*sigh* it's all fun and games isn't it??
P.S> My bb's are so sore and lumpy!! I might have to do some research.
P.P.S. Nan - hope Eden is alright!
Hey girls
I read every day I promise - just cant find the time..... scratch that the hands to write a reply! I usually have a monster on my lap throwing everything off the table!
We are going well, have taught Connor to go to sleep on his own with me sitting in the room but not rocking or anything so thats going great! He has turned a corner with his eating and just got it one day that food doesnt have to be sweet so now he will eat EVERYTHING. So hard remembering to feed him now, he is like a real person!
Still no crawling action but I'm okay with that because...... he started clapping this week and it is just so damn cute! I could watch him all day.
He is going through a stage now of pulling his hair tho, when he is upset or tired his hand goes straight to his hair and he really pulls it hard. Should I be concerned or stop him from doing it? I hate seeing it.
One of my friends had a baby last week and although I am 800kms away from her I seem to be the only one she can ask about things, I had totally forgotten that absolute new mum panic and desperation. She is AWESOME birth control.
Hugs for those with sick babes, bring on the warm weather! Every time some sneezes or coughs near us I hope we don't get sick.
Nan: Hope everything is okay with Eden
AB: My fatty boom is in toddler nappies (huggies) for night time, he was just wetting through the smaller size. He is fine during the day but so wet at night.
Mrs S: Leave it in their court, that way they cant complain either way :)
Hope everyone else is doing well - I have a brain like mush! Lucky I don't have to go back to work any time soon!
Hi Ves!
Good to hear everything is going so well! Yeah, isn't it gorgeous when they clap their hands! Xav was doing it but now seems to have forgotten or just can't be bothered anymore! Makes me look like a liar when I want her to show people but she won't perform!!:laughing:
And well done in the self-sleeping! Soon you'll be out of the room. Have you found that you miss rocking him to sleep?? I put Xav in the cot awake now and she goes to sleep by herself, and it is nice and easy (mostly) but I have to say . . . I give her a cuddle before I put her in and I actually don't like putting her down when she is all snuggly like that! I think . . . can't I just rock her to sleep once more . . . but I don't of course, got to be consistant. I just have to settle or those sleep-cuddles when we are out as I figure she won't go to sleep in a strange place like she will at home in her own cot. - That's my theory anyway, hasn't been tested, but it allows me those cuddles!!
Well, My bro and his fiance are babysitting tonight so I can go and help Dh do some painting at the house we are renovating .. . what a romantic night out :rolleyes:. Xav is due to go to bed at about 7pm, which they will have to do. I hope she is good for them and not too upset by me not being around. They haven't babysat her before . . . . My mum is also babysitting Sat and Sun so I can work the house then too . . . I hope we get heaps done so we can get our weekends back!
Have a good day everyone!
MrsScatterbrain
07-08-2008, 10:31
Today she has done 2 absolutely foul, very pale brown runny nappies, could this be diarrhea? (forgot to mention it to nurse, doh! :doh:)
Kaybee - this sounds exactly like DS1's nappies with this bug! So perhaps she has a dose of what you have. Thomas has had it since the day before yesterday, and his nappies are runnier, and I can only feed him one side at a time (and no solids), otherwise it all comes back to visit! :eek: Yesterday he was in quite good spirits, but today he's quite irritable, poor little man.
Nan - I hope Eden is fine - it is such a good sign that she's so healthy and such a bright button. Maybe she's just a littlie!
Hi Ves! Oh that clapping sounds so cute! Glad your over your illness!
Shana - hope everything goes okay with the babysitters.:fingerscrossed:
Well, DH and I keep getting sicker and sicker, so I rang and told our visitors not to come. :( They were so disappointed, but I could not bear for them to get our 4 day tummy bug! (At least I hope it is only 4 days - thats how long it went for you Kaybee, wasn't it?) They were willing to take the risk to start with, but I just said no! Hopefully we will see them soon. :fingerscrossed: For healthy days again soon. Thanks for your advice everyone.
Ves - I still have to be in the room too, until she goes to sleep, hopefully I will be out of the room soon.:fingerscrossed:
Kaybee - this sounds exactly like DS1's nappies with this bug! So perhaps she has a dose of what you have. (At least I hope it is only 4 days - thats how long it went for you Kaybee, wasn't it?)
Yeh Mrs S, her nappies got worse last night, definitely green! So I've just been keeping up her fluids (breast and bottle) she ate a little cereal for breakfast this morning, so hopefully she gets better soon. Yeh, it lasted around 4 days for me. Hope you all get better reallly soon :hugs:
She slept like a log last night so hopefully that helped to.
I've woken up with a shocker of a headache, so I might go and lie down for a little bit while she is sleeping, although knowing my luck this will be a catnap for her and she'll be awake in 15 minutes! :rolleyes:
Have a good day girls.
And well done in the self-sleeping! Soon you'll be out of the room. Have you found that you miss rocking him to sleep??
Well I used to feed him and let him sleep on me for a couple of hours and then put him to bed so I definatley miss the sleepy cuddly feed but not the dead weight on me for a couple of hours!
Wow what a romantic date you have planned! How do I get me one of those :laughing:
Speaking of which how does one go about finding a non family member babysitter? We have no family here and sometime in the next 15 years might want to go out alone at night!
sandralee
07-08-2008, 20:14
Hi girls!!!!! I caught Noah's cold dammit - rarely get sick but I guess it was inevitable with him drooling in my mouth &coughing in my face etc. My dad arrived yesterday to help out for a while - thank goodness!!!! That tummy bug sounds horrible guys, I feel almost 'blessed' that I got a cold instead lol! GET WELL QUICKLY!
Re nappies - we used huggies for the first 6mths but had leaks - then used aldi (& had no leaks until last wk,where we had 2 in a row - not fun when you have to change everything at some ****eous hour of the morning). THe Aldis are softer than huggies, so will stick with them until I find something better. TBH, I think they are all prone to occasional leakage - depends how much they drink on a particular day/how they lay in bed/&how the nappy is actually fastened by us.
Re appetites etc - I am sick of trying to work Noah out LOL - today he only had 150mls until late arvo, with a few mouthfuls of porridge and banana for brekky, and yoghurt for lunch. So he wa pretty hungry by dinner time and ate a bowl of blended chicken and veges. Sometimes they eat. Sometimes they don't. That's why I now try and get as many food groups and vitamin rich foods into him each day.. just to make his meals count for something, even if he only eats a few mouthfuls. In between I offer green tea (& water as well) plus he usually wants to try a mouthful of whatever I am drinking. Also trying to give him more protein & legumes for his evening meal (when I remember lol!) so it helps him sleep better at night without getting hungry. Made a yummy red lentil/roast pumpkin/bacon soup on the weekend & Noah loved it. And my mum sent down some pea and ham soup, so I spooned some over his veges thinking "Go little split peas, lentils & barley etc! Now do your job and help Noah sleep longer! Fanks!"
I found something that seemed to help dry out his snot a bit quicker than dimetapp too - it's Children's Cold & Allergy, Pharmacist's Own brand....or was it Chemist' Own.... dunno and too lazy to cruise down the long old hallway to find out hehe. We used dimetapp for his first cold, but stopped after reading about how bad it is.
Feel sorry for babies who have a sore throat as they can't do anything about it - so I was thinking, if you put a bit of bonjella on their gums (which numbs) it would more than likely numb their throat a bit cos they swallow it, right? Just a random thought that I had whilst grocery shopping today. :D My dear little man had no day sleeps in his cot today, so will have to make sure he does tomorrow.. car sleeps and pram sleeps don't seem to be as good a quality lol. I also did something for myself and got my nails done - at least one part of me looks nice at the moment! Still want to get botox in my frown line too. It seems to have deepened since having Noah, funnily enough..:laughing: Makes me look cranky all the time, even when I am not. I am on a mission to do more for myself - it is too eay to get caught up in 'puting yourself last' when you have a family. We somehow get caught up in mummy mode, & forget about our own needs etc.
Ves, Noah self harms all the time - I try not to let it bother me but IT DOES! He used to pull his hair - then it changed to scratching and pinching into his stomach/penis/legs/ really hard! He draws blood to the surface of the skin a times & always leave some kind of claw mark. Freaks me out that he has some kind of mental disorder. I'm actally kind of serious lol!
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MrsScatterbrain
08-08-2008, 15:53
Made a yummy red lentil/roast pumpkin/bacon soup on the weekend
I am on a mission to do more for myself - it is too eay to get caught up in 'puting yourself last' when you have a family. We somehow get caught up in mummy mode, & forget about our own needs etc.
Yum! Do you have a recipe? (Haven't eaten anything but toast and crackers for 5 days, can't stop thinking about food! :laughing:)
Good on you Sands - its so important to have some 'you' time. :thumbsup: I've only realised this now Thomas is 8 months, d'oh!
Happy Weekend ladies & babies.....and partners!! lol Suppose I'd better not forget them! heehee
Shana - All the best for your renos. Hope you can get your weekends back soon. I think you're amazing for even attempting it with a small child. :yes:
Ves - I've been thinking of putting Caleb in toddler nappies for nights too. Eden is TTing at the moment, but I'll probably still need a few for her. I thought I was safe with babylove but he wet through that last night. So, I now know its not the brand but the amount of wee! lol That's so cute that Connor waves. Caleb is so far off crawling too, so don't worry. He learned how to wave bye bye yesterday. Well, it looked more like a semi salute than a wave but he watched me raise and wave my arm and then he raised his, so I'm guessing its a wave. He did it today too. Caleb has been pulling his hair when he's distressed or tired. I just gently move his hand away as many times as it takes for him to stop it. Eden did it too, from memory.
Nan - I hope Eden is fine - it is such a good sign that she's so healthy and such a bright button. Maybe she's just a littlie!
We're pretty sure she's fine & that she is just petite, as you say, but I guess you have to rule out anything major with these sorts of things, don't you?
I was thinking, if you put a bit of bonjella on their gums (which numbs) it would more than likely numb their throat a bit cos they swallow it, right?
He used to pull his hair - then it changed to scratching and pinching into his stomach/penis/legs/ really hard!
I'm pretty sure thats exactly what the bonjella does, Sands. Numbs whatever it comes into contact with so it would have to numb the throat too. Caleb grabs his willy really hard too, sometimes. I freak out that he's gonna do permanent damage!...... that and the fact that I have to clean poo off his hands as well then!! :rolleyes:
By the way, your soup sounds fab! May I have the recipe too? I can PM you my email if that helps.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone. xoxo :hugs:
AliyahBlake
10-08-2008, 08:32
Hi girls!
Brrrr it's a cold one this morning - about 2 degrees when we got up at 7am, and it's now about 8 degrees. We had some frost, too, which we don't get that often.
Blake is having a hard time with his teeth still. I think he's going to be one of those bubs that will feel every one of them come through. Aliyah had trouble with her first couple, but after that it was only the eye teeth and 2 yo molars she had problems with.
Went to the physio with Blake on Thursday. Everything is slowly improving with his foot. His physio is probably early to mid 20's I think, and it's quite obvious she doesn't have her own kids, because she's trying to show me all these things to get him to crawl properly, and stand up etc. I'm like, woah! He'll do stuff when he's ready, love, I'm not forcing him LOL! Also, he's my second bub so I think I kinda know what I'm doing :rolleyes:. He's moving around a hell of a lot more than Aliyah did at the same age. She tries to get him to reach out for toys etc, which I know he can do, but he's his own little person and will do what he wants - she expects him to perform on demand which he certainly won't do.....he's 9 months old for goodness sakes (and a stubborn Scorpio!). Anyway, other than that, he's doing well.
Craig starts his new job tomorrow (it was delayed a week as his old boss wanted him to finish the job he was on). We picked up his new work vehicle yesterday, so he's off having a drive now with Aliyah. We have to get a second set of carseats to go in it so he's gone off to do that too.
Wow, girls! Can you believe it's only about 3 months till all our bubs turn 1?? I can't believe how fast that time has gone:eek:
His physio is probably early to mid 20's I think, and it's quite obvious she doesn't have her own kids, because she's trying to show me all these things to get him to crawl properly, and stand up etc.
Wow, girls! Can you believe it's only about 3 months till all our bubs turn 1?? I can't believe how fast that time has gone
I know! I'm already thinking birthday parties. Especially because Eden's birthday is so close and I have such a dilemma. What would you girls do? Given we live in the Hills its a fair hike to get here and to ask our friends to come to 2 parties is just ridiculous! So, I'm thinking a joint birthday party, but then the 1st birthday is such a special one that I want Caleb to have his own party. Eden got to after all! :p I could not have a birthday party at all for Eden but my heart says that is too cruel. I don't know what to do!
AB, That's so funny about the physio!! I have a GP in our local clinic thats a bit like that....I usually only see her if another female doc is unavailable. :o The ones with kids are like 'so what if he's 3 and can't walk'!!!! :laughing: Ok, so that's a stretch but ykwim!!
Afternoon ladies, how have you all been??
Well so sorry again not posting in ages i have taken on so much in the last few months i am astonished how i managed to fit it all in lol.
We have been great Balin is fantastic he and the other boys have been at mums a few nights this week so Dh and i can finally have some quality time he has been so stressed at home with all three of them the house is slowly turning back in to a warzone he's not as good as he thought he was lol, have some pics for you guys as well i will post them at the end of my writtings lol, (hehe think i just made that word up been doing that alot lately been so confusing for my poor residents at work lol)
Balin is currently ripping the TV guide to pieces he's such a good boy now we can trick daddy and tell him there's no footy tomoro lol Oh and Balin sings now lol just a lot of baby talk but in some kind of melody he loves music even the songs on ads he dances and sings to lol
Will have to come back to post the link cant figure it out at the moment or you guys could check out my facebook i added a new album under Balin just for you guys lol
Take care all
edit: stupid facebook wont let me add pictures will try tomoro but check out my ne Av pic...:)
MrsScatterbrain
11-08-2008, 09:16
Hi everyone!
Ves - I've been thinking of putting Caleb in toddler nappies for nights too.
Caleb grabs his willy really hard too, sometimes. I freak out that he's gonna do permanent damage!...... that and the fact that I have to clean poo off his hands as well then!!
I have been putting Thomas in Ben's nappies when he's in disposable overnight, too - I think they're the Walkers though. He can't wet through those yet! (However his poos can slide out the top at the back! :laughing:)
Oh gosh - Thomas does the willy grab, too! It was always a mad rush when DS1 did that to stop him putting his hands in his mouth after getting poo on them, but luckily Thomas doesn't suck his hands at all! If I'm really lucky he gets it on his sleeves too!
We picked up his new work vehicle yesterday, so he's off having a drive now with Aliyah. We have to get a second set of carseats to go in it so he's gone off to do that too.
Oooh, sounds like fun! Hope he enjoys his new job!
I know! I'm already thinking birthday parties. Especially because Eden's birthday is so close and I have such a dilemma. What would you girls do?
:hair: This is me on that one! :laughing: My boys are 5 days apart, (and your kids are 7 days apart, I think?) I've decided to have a joint '4th' birthday party. I figure Thomas won't know the difference, and DS1 didn't get a party last year, so I feel mean not letting him have one this year. (He's really obsessed with birthdays and birthday cake recently, too). I'm thinking of a morning tea at the local park under some trees (I hate the idea of getting there at 6am to secure a bbq area!) If it rains, we'll come back to my place, I think. Probably won't be about to do the joint one forever, though - will alternate once they reach school age I think. For now I think it will work if we make a big deal of each child on their own day, then their joint one after.
Well so sorry again not posting in ages i have taken on so much in the last few months i am astonished how i managed to fit it all in lol.
Great to hear from you - you sound so busy! What a champ!
Well, I don't want to jinx myself - but I think we're all better! :smiliedance::party: Thomas is still having a runny poo here and there (which is normal, considering the nurse told me I could continue for 10 days). We're missing Playgroup today just in case.
DS1 thought he'd be conscientious with his immune-building and has got another cold though - and even had a mild bout of Croup on Saturday night! Ah dear! DH and I haven't been up after 8pm for nearly a week! :laughing:
sandralee
11-08-2008, 09:41
Pumpkin, Lentil & Bacon Soup:
(I'd use double this recipe as it makes a small ammount)
300g pumpkin - peeled and cubed
3 rindless bacon rashers - finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
3 cups vegetable stock
1/2 cup red lentils
Preheat oven to hot 200 degrees. Place pumpkin on baking tray. Spray with oil, tossing to coat. Bake 15-20mins til golden brown.
Meanwhile, cook bacon in frypan on high until crisp. Drain on paper towel.
Heat large saucepan on high, spray with oil & saute onion until tender. Add stock andbring to boil.
Stir in lentils, pumpkin & half of bacon. Reduce heat & simmer fo 10-15mins until lentils are tender.
Use hand blender or food processor until smooth. Reheat gently & season to taste.. serve topped with remaining bacon.
**can add fresh chilli or curry powder
**can add dollop of sour cream and some chives
sandralee
11-08-2008, 09:42
Have been flat out - will post later I promise! Getting a fence up outside to section off a quarter of the yard for Noah - I don't want him mixing with our two rotties ever, not worth the risk!!! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rainbowbrite
11-08-2008, 11:51
Hey ladies, long time again, no post. Can't seem to find enough hours in the day lately.
Nan, MJ was tiny & only since 2.5 has she really grown. She about 14kg now, but has put that on in the last 8 months. She has the tiniest bum & puts Ani's size 0 pants on as shorts :rolleyes:
Ani is going great, eating everything in site, crawling everywhere & sitting from crawling too. Still no talking though. No mum, dad....nothing. He does babble, but nothing coherent iykwim. I should just enjoy the peace, MJ talks enough for 50 kids. Her mouth moves from the time her eyes open in the morning, till they close at night!!!
Oh, sorry to rehash a really old topic, but Vit C.......how much can I give my kids? We have the residential stay at Karitane next week & they won't take us if the kids have runny noses/sniffles/coughs etc.........its WINTER!!!!
Anyway, must be off, Ani is heading up the hallway :p
:hugs: to you all :hugs:
Haha, RB! MJ sounds a lot like Eden!! I give my kids about 250 mg of Vit C every day now, coz they kept getting runny noses all the time. When the winter is over I'll go back to giving them about 100-125. I give them 500mg over the course of the day when they are really sick. Herb Valley do a powder that you can put in their food. :thumbsup: I use the orange flavour pre solids though coz the powder on its own tastes like cr@p!! :laughing:
Lozie - Balin looks so grown up. :yes:
Vespera - Forgot to say, some CYH clinics have info for good babysitters. Other than that, I really don't know. I use family, but if they aren't available, I'll ask a girl from church.
Sands - Ikwym about the dogs. You hear stories of how the most placid, peaceful dogs attack kids. I think its just coz little kids don't know how to behave around dogs yet. Thanks for that recipe, too!
Mrs S - I forgot we have the same problem!! Poor kids will be stuck with joint parties until they aren't interested in them, I guess. Glad to hear you are all well. I've been giving Caleb a toy to play with before I open his nappy now & its working well. Its just that sometimes I can't be bothered! :o
Rainbowbrite
11-08-2008, 16:12
Thanks heaps for that Nan :) I thought they could have that much.....just had a dr tell me that Ani should have no more than 50mg. Just got a bottle of the sugarless 500mg ones. MJ loves them, so ate hers no worries :p Will give Ani half crushed into his dinner & half at breakfast for a few days :thumbsup:
sandralee
11-08-2008, 19:02
Hi guys!
Noah has now been sick for a week with this stupid cold - its the after effects that are the biggest pain in the bum. He cries when he coughs/still has a runny nose - which makes him cough when I put him to bed or down for a nap, then he vomits mucous stuff before he settles. EW!! and OUCH!! Wondering if I should take him to the dr tomorrow as it the coughing is pretty intense. I wouldn't let him have antibiotics unless it was absolutely necessary though, they are pushed down your throat at every opportunity and I think they are over-used. I've only had them once in my adult life and from memory Andy has only had them once as well lol. The people I know who take them frequently always seem to get sick a lot. Dad has now been down for 6 days and helps so much! It is so nice to pass Noah to someone while he is having such a rough time - my dad can't get over how much hard work it takes to get through each day with him, lol, especially feeding him.
Not much to say at the moment really cos it has been 'same old' every day lately. Sick child = extra work, & that about sums things up for me. He has been spewing within a couple of hours after going to bed, so while I am wiping and cuddling him Steve will do a quick sheet change etc. I haven't bothered putting on his grobag at bedtime - I just sneak in a few hours later and do it while he is asleep in his cot. Quite funny really, as I always said that he woke if an ant farted - now I feel like I have mastered the art of sneaking around in his room doing whatever I want to him or around him. So far so good tonight, which may be a sign that the ewey spewey stage has passed. (it's never food though, just seems to be mucous.. & heaps of it - I know it sounds gross)
Noah is really obsessed with standing lately, he is so fixated on walking, you can see the determination written all over his face.. he stands up, balances, aims for something, falls down, starts again, pulls himself up - he can do this over and over again (20 or 30 times at least!!) until something else catches his eye, then will go back to doing it all over again. He is like this with everything, and doesnt rest until he has mastered what he has set out to do.
I shaved a half a leg yesterday, yay!
Steve has cooked for the past two nights, which has been awesome.
I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend, & that you are all in great health.
Lots of love and snuggly cuddles xox xox xox
sandralee
11-08-2008, 19:12
I started Noah on probiotics from Inner Heath Plus - a naturopath told me about them.. they are meant for kids over one but she said it's all good stuff and to go for it. Virtually tasteless fine granules.
Nan - I constantly have things on the shelf beside the change table to pass to Noah - there is no way I could change him without a screaming match if he didn't have something in his hands. Plus he gets bored with them quickly (REAL quickly), so I have to have a good stash of unusual stuff. He loves belts at the moment lol & the ends of power cords! Yeah I have a weird child!
RB I hope your little sproggies colds go quickly - you might have to channel Yoda for some healing!! Yoda is such a gorgeous little legend, I love him XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
HI girls,
Just a quick one - it's the middle of the night and I'm looking up cataolgues for nursery furniture on sale because I . . um . . . broke the cot.:o
I pushed the side rail downward too hard and it snapped the locking mechanism off. It was only plastic, mind.
Dh is doing his typical thing - he's still asleep in the spare room and has no idea what I'm out here ranting about. :rolleyes: Won't he be in for a nice surprise tomorrow when I go spend a few hundred on another cot!
Oh, It's just one of those nights. Had to get Xav up after the cot fiasco. She was awake anyway, hence why I was at the cot in the first place.:rolleyes: And we were going so well in the sleep department too. She has another tooth coming through so I think that is keeping her up and Nurofen/Panadol don't seem to do much.
Anyway - trying to get her back to sleep now, but she's in there complaining. No doubt wondering why the heck she is in the port-a-cot and where did her real bed go?!
Glad to hear most are over those nasty colds. Bring on Spring!
AliyahBlake
12-08-2008, 11:20
Hi girls. Wow! Seems like the older my kids get, the less time I have to jump on the internet! Doesn't help that Blake is virtually awake all day apart from about an hour :rolleyes: Still teething but no evidence of any coming through yet. His teeth are so much slower than Aliyah's were - she had about 5 or 6 by this stage and he's still only got the 2 little bottom ones.
Today when we were shopping I thought I heard Blake say a new word - it was either "No-no" or "Nan-nan". We say "No" a bit so it was probably that! He won't say it again so I'll just have to wait til next time to figure out what he said.
I got to watch Aliyah at dancing yesterday (they usually close the door so we can't see). It was so cute! They are preparing for the end of year concert, and her class is doing a dance to a Chipmunks mix. I don't know if any of you are hip-hop fans, but there's a song called Superman by Soulja Boy, and the Chipmunks do a version of it that's very funny. The kids do a little hip-hop routine to it - can't wait til the concert! Aliyah really gets into it! We have decided to stop her swimming lessons for a while and keep going with dancing as she enjoys it so much more. She's getting frightened at swimming lessons for some reason so we'll give her a break and put her back in when she's a bit older. We are thinking there's no real benefit to starting them early (Aliyah started at 6 months) so we'll leave Blake til he's older.
I have been so low on energy lately, which is due to my life in general, but also I read that being on the pill depletes your body of B vitamins. The last 2 days I've had a glass of Berocca in the mornings and I am noticing a difference already! I feel heaps better and have the energy to do more and not flake out on the lounge all day.
Speaking of doing stuff - better go. It's Blake's lunch time :D
Wow, girls! Can you believe it's only about 3 months till all our bubs turn 1?? I can't believe how fast that time has gone:eek:
I know! I have no idea what to do about a frist birthday. Seeing as my parents aren't here and Xmas is a month later... what to do:detective:
Well, I don't want to jinx myself - but I think we're all better!
Glad you're all getting better Mrs S!
Hi guys!
Noah has now been sick for a week with this stupid cold - its the after effects that are the biggest pain in the bum.
Noah is really obsessed with standing lately,
Sorry to hear Noah has been sick :hugs:.
Ava is the same, she is spends 80% of her time standing!
I started Noah on probiotics from Inner Heath Plus - a naturopath told me about them.. Nan - I constantly have things on the shelf beside the change table to pass to Noah - there is no way I could change him without a screaming match if he didn't have something in his hands.
The babycare nurse I see suggested Inner Health Plus, they have one for Kids which is from 3 months old.
Nan and Sands - Ava is the same changing her is such a battle. Undressing her is a 2 person job! We definitely need some toys etc to keep her hands occupied.
Well Ava went right off solids and boob last week when she was sick and then for a few days afterwards, was so frustrating (and painful for my boobs). But now she's back into it! Onto 3 bottles of formula and 2 bf's a day now. Guzzling down the formula too.
Crawling all over the place and standing all the time. She keeps on doing like a head stand, trying to stand without holding onto something! She's been very talkative the last couple of days, but still without a purpose. She says, mummum, dad dad, bab bab, guh guh, but completely randomly.
Hope everyone's is well.
.....just had a dr tell me that Ani should have no more than 50mg. Just got a bottle of the sugarless 500mg ones.
Some doctors are funny with vitamins! Makes no sense whatsoever that they can only have 50 mg when the companies themselves say if you feel flu coming on (this is for adults mind you) take 2 tablets every hour for the first 6 hours followed by two 3x a day after that. We're allowed over 8,000mg on a bad sickness day!! 50mg is fine for a well baby, but if they're sick they are obviously depleted in it so need the 50mg PLUS heaps more to bring their levels up to normal. :yes: Hope they feel better soon.
He is like this with everything, and doesnt rest until he has mastered what he has set out to do.
The exact opposite in our house!! The only person who is like this is Shane. Poor kids take after their lazy a$$ mother!! :laughing: 1/2 a leg shaved hey? I'm embarrassed to say I haven't waxed for 3 months. Its a bit like "Gorrillas in the Mist" down there!!!! :o
Shana - Do you have to get a new one? Can the plastic bit be fixed??
I read that being on the pill depletes your body of B vitamins.
:yes::yes: It does!! Don't have to tell you what a massive fan I am of Bs!! We have them in mega supply in our cupboard. I was feeling tired yesterday afternoon and realised I hadn't taken mine. That's so cute about Aliyah's dancing. My kids probably won't do swimming until they are in school. We don't have a pool and have no friends with a pool. When we're at the beach we're right beside Eden holding her in the water anyway. If she's interested, we might try and find some sort of music class later on, but both Shane & I are musical so we figure why spend money on it? I guess the social interaction part of it would be good for them, though.
Hello all,
Nan, Dh is saying he could screw the 'broken' side rail in place so only the other side would go up and down . . so may not be getting a new cot after all . . .:(. I didn't really lke this cot. Bummer.
Little Xav still does her squimry thing day in, day out. Sometimes it seems like it doens't bother her that much but other times she frowns and gives a cry and it's just so awful to not know why she is uncomfortable. She does it soooo much. I can't peg it down to anything. Not her nappy, not wind that I can tell, not constipated, not tired, not hungry, not worms. I thought maybe it's teething pain, but she grips at her clothes at her tummy or thighs (or you if you are holding her) and puts her whole body into this 'bearing down' type motion. It's gotta be something to do with her tummy/abdomen. The only time she doesn't do it is when she's lying on her tummy or back.
I'm going to phone the Pead on Thurs and hassle them for any cancellation appointments. I don't feel confident that I'll get an answer about this though.
And to top off my night I think I'm getting a UTI. :thumbsdown:
Hope you are all well. Sorry no personals.
AliyahBlake
13-08-2008, 10:53
Poor little Blake's cheeks are on fire today and he's very unsettled. I can see a little bit of tooth again on the top gum just under the surface so I hope to God it comes through soon - come on Angels.....help him out please!!!!!;)
Here's those soup recipes I promised a couple of weeks back (I saw Sand's recipe and thought I'd add mine :D)
Bacon, Potato and Leek Soup
Ingredients
4 rashers rindless bacon
2 Tbspns olive oil
1 Leek, trimmed, halved, thinly sliced
750g potatoes, peeled and chopped
1L Chicken stock (beef is also nice - adds different flavour)
1/4 cup cream (don't have to use if bub is dairy intolerant)
1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
1-2 cloves fresh crushed garlic (optional)
Pepper (optional)
Method
Cook bacon in large saucepan over medium heat 5 mins or until crisp. Remove to plate lined with paper towels.
Add oil and leek to saucepan. Cook, stirring 3 mins or until soft. Add potatoes. Toss to coat in leek mixture.
Add stock to saucepan. Cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer (partially covered) for 20 mins or until potatoes tender.
Blend in batches to desired consistency. Return to saucepan and add cream and bacon. Stir over low heat until heated through. Season with pepper and sprinkle with chives once ladled into bowls.
That one is so easy and delicious, I cook it a fair bit - great to use up potatoes if you have heaps! Blake adores it too (He's OK with the cream and garlic!)
Creamy Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup
Ingredients
1 tspn olive oil
1 1/2 tspns cumin seeds
1 large onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2 kg broccoli florets
1/2 kg cauliflower florets
1 L chicken or vegetable stock
1 1/2 cups milk (can leave out if bub can't have it - it just won't be creamy then!)
1 x zucchini grated (optional, but I used it and it was a nice extra)
Method
Heat oil in large saucepan. Add cumin seeds, onion and garlic - saute until soft. Add broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini and stock. Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 mins. Then remove from heat and place in blender - puree until smooth. Add milk and blend until combined. Return to saucepan and reheat.
Both very yummy, easy and great for the whole family. The serving sizes are for 4 people, but just double everything to make extra and you can freeze them.:thumbsup:
Hey how ya all doin?
I just got to uploading pics on our facebook page. So tired right now so will post again in the morning :sleeping: Nighty night :hugs:
Rainbowbrite
14-08-2008, 10:38
Those recipes look great!!
Having a rough trot here atm. MJs got a really bad cough, temps & looks like her 4yr old molars are coming. Ani has a green nose & is generally clingy & I have a sore knee. No idea what I've done to it, it feels stiff & swollen all the time. Can't bend or straighten it properly......but its now swollen. I don't know. Luckily I booked drs appointments for all 3 of us at the beginning of the week to see if we'd be ok for monday, not looking likely now :(
Hi ladies!
Sorry I haven't posted in a while, Luca has got bad diahorrhea. Yesterday I changed 8 pooey nappies, today it was 5. To top it off he has a really sore bottom, he won't sit down in the bath because it stings it I think. Poor bubba, I feel so sorry for him! He is a nightmare to change his nappy so this has been a real challenge!
He has 4 teeth coming through at the top so I'm not sure if that is what is causing it or a virus.
Shana - Hope you don't have a UTI, they are horrible. :hugs:
Sorry I can't remember anything else, will be back soon xxxxx
sandralee
15-08-2008, 08:38
Seems like we all have our hands full right now!! RB I hope you still get into Karitane - you have wanted this for ages. Shana - citravescent sachets taste better than ural, so get on to those straight away and drink extra water or herbal teas to help dilute your wee. Moops - poor little Luca - maybe lots of nappy free time will help healing his bottom, but may be a bit messy! Was going to recommend Pinetarsol for is bath, but that may be for itching rather than irritation.. er, so I'd google it. During the day I have been a regular to bunnings as Dad is still working on building this fence. He has almost finished, so today I will be outside cleaning all the dog drool off the windows, as I am sure Noah will be 'kissing' them heaps once he is out there. Not much luck with lumpy food so I think he has a really sensitive throat thingey.. if he still struggles in the next month I am taking him to aswallowing clinic to help strengthen it. I read somewhere that massaging their gums with a damp washer helps somehow.
Life feels really busy right now - & I don't even have a job to worry about - or any commitments for that matter. I still think about having another baby next year, athough there is a part of me that thinks it would be an insane move with such a busy baby already! Steve has really high blood pressure too, he had a checkup and it was 190/110!! He isn't even that old, but has a high pressure job managing about 80 staff for his dad's company. His dr won't put him on meds just yet,as he says once you start them you rarely come off them. Apparently he has to relax more, which makes my job a lot harder at home - so I confess, I felt quite angry with the poor guy after I heard that. AAaaarrrghhh!
Still haven't got Noah's passport done and we are leaving in october. What will I do without bubhub for 2 wks?!?!?! I think the time difference will be 4hours, so hope Noah won't get too out of whack with his sleeping...
Gotta go and clean while the little man is asleep - back later XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx
AliyahBlake
15-08-2008, 10:21
Sorry I haven't posted in a while, Luca has got bad diahorrhea. Yesterday I changed 8 pooey nappies, today it was 5. To top it off he has a really sore bottom, he won't sit down in the bath because it stings it I think. Poor bubba, I feel so sorry for him! He is a nightmare to change his nappy so this has been a real challenge!
He has 4 teeth coming through at the top so I'm not sure if that is what is causing it or a virus.
Poor little mite! Depends if it's sloppy poo or if it's watery, Moops. Also, does he have a fever? If it's just soft or sloppies then it could be just teething (that's what Blake's had this week!). If he has a fever and it's watery then it's more likely to be a virus. Either way, increase his fluids (just water and formula is fine), cut down on fruit (especially apples, pears and all the fibrous ones), and feed him bland stuff til the diarrhoea improves. Make sure you use an antibacterial soap when you wash your hands after nappy changes. Quite often they'll get viruses when teething as everything goes on their hands then into their mouths.
Was going to recommend Pinetarsol for is bath, but that may be for itching rather than irritation.. er, so I'd google it.
Steve has really high blood pressure too, he had a checkup and it was 190/110!!
Still haven't got Noah's passport done and we are leaving in october.
Pinetarsol is only good for itchy rashes like chickenpox, so prob won't help a sore bum!
Wow - that is a high BP........tell him to calm down LOL!!!!
Better get the passport done quick as sometimes it can take a few weeks to process, and some countries won't let you in unless you've had a passport for 6 months (might be different as Noah's a baby though). I found all this out when we applied for Aliyah's passport earlier in the year.
The in-laws are coming this afternoon so I'd better get cracking and clean this house up. I had a haircut this morning and it showed up my desperate need for a colour so hopefully the in-laws will stay a few days so I can book in on Tues for one. I found a silvery grey strand of hair the other day :crying: Not good!!!
AB- just one silvery-grey hair? Half your luck. lol I've got heaps!!!!
Sands, thanks for the tip. I've been drinking a lot of cranberry juice. Strangely the pain is gone now, only felt uncomfortable for about 2 days. So maybe it wasn't a UTI? And TMI - I did have some spotting at the same time. And for the life of me couldn't tell if it was 'spotting' or it was in my urine. :eek:
Anyway. It's gone now. I need to go to the Doc soon to have a pap, so will mention it then and get a check up.
And Sands, Noah will love his outdoor play area with the lovely weather coming up! Most kids love being outside! Xav does.
Moops, I hope Luca's bottom heals up. You feel so sorry for them don't you? I know if my butt was sore I'd be soooo miserable!
RB - hope things are settling down in your house.
Well, Xav is back to her old tricks. I think this happens when she has a wonder week or something. She goes to bed at 8pm, but is awake at 10pm - for 3 or 4 hrs! And there is NO getting her back to sleep. I've tried it all.
She has remebered how to clap hands again (in the middle of the night in a pitch black room, no less!) and got herself up on all fours yesterday, rocking (after much coaching from my nephew last weekend). And she can click her tongue!
So late nights for me again. Had to go jump on Dh at 2am last night after Xav went to bed b/c I'm ov'ing (I think). LOL. Well . . if I have to be up late so should he!!!:D
Morning Ladies,
Shana- good luck with TTC, Dh is still trying to con me into another one, he says he's ready, but um.. I'm NOT! It's hard enough trying to finish my studies without being preggers gosh and i couldnt work which i am loving at the moment, I got moved into the hostel side of the care facility (people that need next to no help just making beds and feeding them lol) so much easier and less depressing in there.
Moops- try warm baths for the sore bottom and pawpaw ointment works wonders, Balin went thru that a few weeks back, I put it down to teething cause he was never sick and now he has 3 new teeth lol.
RB - I had the same thing happen to my ankle the other day, still kinda achy now hope it gets better for ya soon.
Sands- Ur poor Dh thats no good, but it's so easy for Dr's to say that but actually doing it a bit harder, hope he relaxes more soon. It would be hard for me not to nag at Dh so hats off to you for doing it sweety. So cute Noah kisses windows lol Balin loves our huge wardrobe mirror in our room we can loose him for hours talking to the baby in the mirror lol saying that i should clean that today quite a mess there too.
I dyed my hair last night i had a few scotches and thought why not i had the dye sitting in the cupbord for ages but now i'm not too sure what i did was right lol i was a light blonde now it's a browny/red:o Dh hasnt seen it yet he's still in bed... I dont think he will like it cause i dont really:o:laughing: oh well silly things you do when you've had a few to drink lol.
Oh and yesterday my mum brang over all these clothes from Rivers for the boys the are so cute she got Balin little checked shoes so cute it really surprised me she never does that if she buys something for them it usually stays at her house for when they have sleep overs was really nice.
Well i think i have :ecomcity: enough for today
Take care everyone :hugs:
:wave:Hi November mums! I did not even know this secion existed! I have a son born on the 29th-so i suppose that just counts me in:p. i have not read this thread.....you are chatty chickies! but i hope i can pop in now.:goodvibes:
WELCOME QUAVER!!!!!!! Nice to meet you! Just jump in and tell us anything. It will be lovely to get to know you.
Where in Australia are you? I'm in Bris.
Yes we are a bunch of chatterboxes . . . thoguth honestly it's a tad quiet her atm. We all must be hanging out for Spring to thaw out and get the keyboards clicking again! lol
Or maybe everyone is watching the Olympics!
I know I've spent more time on the floor (in front of the TV) 'playing' with Xav this last week.
Here's something cute: you know that ad currently playing on TV (CH7) to the song - "We are Australian"?? Well, for some reason every time that song comes on Xav spins around to look at the TV and she watches it. It's like she knows she is an Aussie! She only does it to that ad/song.
Poor little mite! Depends if it's sloppy poo or if it's watery, Moops. Also, does he have a fever? If it's just soft or sloppies then it could be just teething (that's what Blake's had this week!). If he has a fever and it's watery then it's more likely to be a virus. Either way, increase his fluids (just water and formula is fine), cut down on fruit (especially apples, pears and all the fibrous ones), and feed him bland stuff til the diarrhoea improves. Make sure you use an antibacterial soap when you wash your hands after nappy changes. Quite often they'll get viruses when teething as everything goes on their hands then into their mouths.
Thanks AB! I'm starting to get a bit worried we are on day 4 with no let up. There are a few substantial poos then they get more watery, I think cos there isn't anything left in his little tum. His bottom and bits are red raw, the Dr gave me some cream but he barely lets me touch it. Is 4 days time to worry? The Dr said to come back in a week, but mothers instict is telling me that is too long. Also today I noticed he is doing this real wheeze everynow and then. It's kind of like when something surprises you or shocks you and you breathe in. DH thinks he has just learnt a new noise but I don't think it's a coincidence that he's doing in while he's ill. God I don't know!
Moops- try warm baths for the sore bottom and pawpaw ointment works wonders, Balin went thru that a few weeks back, I put it down to teething cause he was never sick and now he has 3 new teeth lol.
Thanks Lozie! I also thought a warm bath would soothe him but he won't sit down! It really hurts him.
:wave:Hi November mums! I did not even know this secion existed! I have a son born on the 29th-so i suppose that just counts me in:p. i have not read this thread.....you are chatty chickies! but i hope i can pop in now.:goodvibes:
Hi Quaver! Welcome to the mad house! :laughing: What is you Sons name? Hope to get to know you better soon!
Here's something cute: you know that ad currently playing on TV (CH7) to the song - "We are Australian"?? Well, for some reason every time that song comes on Xav spins around to look at the TV and she watches it. It's like she knows she is an Aussie! She only does it to that ad/song.
That is sooooo funny!!! :laughing: Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!! Luca turns around when the Sex and the City music comes on!! Not sure what that says about him though! :confused:
AliyahBlake
17-08-2008, 09:18
:wave:Hi November mums! I did not even know this secion existed! I have a son born on the 29th-so i suppose that just counts me in:p. i have not read this thread.....you are chatty chickies! but i hope i can pop in now.
Hey Quaver - welcome aboard!! Yes, we do chat a fair bit, but it seems as our bubs get a bit older, we don't all get on here as much as we used to. Nevertheless, there's usually a couple of us here every day, so join in whenever you like ;) Quite a few of us are on Facebook, too, so if you are also then feel free to PM any one of us with your name and we'll look you up!
Here's something cute: you know that ad currently playing on TV (CH7) to the song - "We are Australian"?? Well, for some reason every time that song comes on Xav spins around to look at the TV and she watches it.
That's so cute! Blake doesn't have any particular tune that gets him, but he's a bit of a groover, so when music with a pretty good beat comes on the radio or TV, he sits on the floor and "dances" - it's very funny. I'll have to get it on video one of these days.
There are a few substantial poos then they get more watery, I think cos there isn't anything left in his little tum. Is 4 days time to worry? The Dr said to come back in a week, but mothers instict is telling me that is too long. Also today I noticed he is doing this real wheeze everynow and then.
I also thought a warm bath would soothe him but he won't sit down! It really hurts him.
If it's a virus (which it sounds like it could be) the 4 days isn't anything to worry about. If it gets to 7 days and he still has it, then I'd be taking him back to the doctor as by that stage it could be more of a bacterial infection which can be treated with antibiotics. Viral diarrhoea usually doesn't go on for more than about a week. The wheeze thing could be part of the virus, so just keep an eye on it. You could try a couple of tablespoons of baking soda in a warm bath for his bottom - it acts as a great cleansing agent to help get rid of bacteria, but is not harsh, so it soothes them as well. I'd be doing that a couple of times a day if you can manage it. He might be starting to get a fungal nappy rash from the sound of things (which is common after bouts of diarrhoea) - I don't know which cream you are using, but he may need an antifungal ointment (Aliyah used to get those types of rashes on her bum alot and the antifungals always worked). Also, don't use nappy wipes while he has this rash as they can increase the bacteria on the skin, just use wet cotton balls or cloths to wipe his poor bot :thumbsup:
Well, Blake has now officially dropped the middle of the night feed!!!:yelclap: :smiliedance: He still wakes up a couple of times but we can usually get him back off to sleep without too many dramas. The first night we tried it he screamed the house down for an hour, but last night he only grizzled for 30 mins and was back off to sleep. Bottle time is now between 6 and 6:30 am which is much more civilised! I still have to change him in the middle of the night as he wets through if I don't, but I'm thinking of going the next nappy size up for night time to see if that helps.
We have a dilemma with Aliyah - we are trying to figure out whether to send her to school next year (she turns 5 in July) or leave it til 2010. I have a thread in the general chat section of the parenting threads if anyone has any ideas on it. I've booked an appointment to see the deputy principal at our local school on Wednesday to discuss it, but Craig and I feel she is ready, and so do her preschool teachers.
Anyway, I'll be off - have a good day everyone and I'll see you all later.
Here's something cute: you know that ad currently playing on TV (CH7) to the song - "We are Australian"?? Well, for some reason every time that song comes on Xav spins around to look at the TV and she watches it. It's like she knows she is an Aussie! She only does it to that ad/song.
That is so cute, thank you for the warm welcome.
That is sooooo funny!!! Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!! Luca turns around when the Sex and the City music comes on!! Not sure what that says about him though! :confused:
Hi Moops. That is so amazing! My son loves the sex and the city music too! I have the sound track in the car and every time i switch to the cd he giggles. even if he has been screaming. i dont know what that is. but it makes me laugh!
I am sorry your little one is having a rough time. I hope he gets better soon. Go with your mothers instinct. take him back to the drs if your gut says to.
Hey Quaver - welcome aboard!! Yes, we do chat a fair bit, but it seems as our bubs get a bit older, we don't all get on here as much as we used to. Nevertheless, there's usually a couple of us here every day, so join in whenever you like Quite a few of us are on Facebook, too, so if you are also then feel free to PM any one of us with your name and we'll look you up!
hi, I am on facebook. i will pm you, thanks:) and yay blake:smiliedance:. Maybe he can teach James......
We have a dilemma with Aliyah - we are trying to figure out whether to send her to school next year (she turns 5 in July) or leave it til 2010. I have a thread in the general chat section of the parenting threads if anyone has any ideas on it. I've booked an appointment to see the deputy principal at our local school on Wednesday to discuss it, but Craig and I feel she is ready, and so do her preschool teachers.
Anyway, I'll be off - have a good day everyone and I'll see you all later.
I am a teacher....we can talk it through if you like another opinion. I only did a year on kindy before moving to teach high school, but i know a couple of things in my experience.
sandralee
17-08-2008, 17:21
Poor litle Luca!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel for ya Moops cos it ain't fun when they are sick or 'ailed' in some way - lots of extra work and lots of 'mummy worry.' Well the fence is up so it isnice to take Noah outside impulsively without first rounding the dogs up and getting them into the garage. Pretty freakin awesome actually!!! Noah has been great at night, after the first couple of hours when he is digesting... I don't give him a bottle at all unless he has had a daily intake of something poor, like 400mls and not much else. But even then he will either fight a bottle or drink a measly 20-40mls. He has done this for the past few months so kind of weaned himself. From 8pm at the latest he has been fantastic until around 6.30, and is mostly in bed by 6pm so I won't complain. Last night I had 2 visits to his room within half an hour then nothing. The night before it was 3 - and by the third time I wa over it, as he was getting more and more awake - which is 'code red' territory for me cos I don't want him to start thinking like Xav lol. So, I let him cry for a wee bit, then he was soon out like a light.
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sandralee
17-08-2008, 17:40
Good to hear from you again Lozie - you really do amaze me with your 'cope-ability.' At such a young age you are so responsible, juggling work, three young kids, study, a relationship! I admire you a lot. xx
Welcome Quaver -cool name!
AB - you and Nan should get together and write a book, how fantastic is all the advice you guys give!! Both of yu help us all out often and it is really appreciated.
Tally - any news on Ry's health? Here I am, worried about a possible endoscopy at the end of the year with Noah, when you are going through a lot more. I can only IMAGINE how you guys are feeling, when I am so terrified of Noah going through anything requiring a hospital. 'The unknown' is the hardest place to be though I think, because there can be so many possible causes for things - the trialling and guessing drives me nuts.. it is much nicer to have answers and options immediately.
RB - cheers to you getting into karitane! Did the kids colds clear up?
Shana - can't wait to catch up again, I am pretty much a hibernator in the winter (socially speaking lol) & spring is around the corner YaAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!! These cold winds are revolting.
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sandralee
17-08-2008, 17:47
Hehe - One of Noah's favourite ads is that Mariposa barbie one, so Steve and I bought him the dvd. It is so pretty with butterfly fairies & I can see why he liked it. He is also fixated with a show called In the Night Garden - he has loved that show since he was newbie - where he would stop what he was doing to listen to it.. I think the narrator has a hypnotic voice, and the repetition of format in every show would be really quite soothing for babies. (like something feeling nice and familiar)
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Hi ladies
Hope everyone is ok, just a quick one to give an update on Luca.
I've spent the afternoon at the hospital getting him checked out but I still don't feel convinced that they know what is wrong with him and I'm feeling really on edge.
We are on day 5 with the diarrhea and he is still wheezing every now and then, I think I mentioned it before it is like a sudden sharp intake of breath. I saw his face tonight when he did it and his eyes went really wide.
Anyway the Doctor said it was likely to be two different viruses and wasn't really concerned. When I got home I noticed a red lumpy rash on his elbow by the time we got back to the hospital it was on both arms a spot on his face and tummy. The same Doctor saw him and said it was possibly chicken pox but because it wasn't blistery yet he couldn't diagnose it. He didn't really give an explanation to the rash if it wasn't chicken pox though.
Since then he has also developed a cough. We have a 24 hour help line here that is quite good so when I got home I called that as I wasn't happy with what the Dr said. She said it sounded like croup, so now I'm freaking out about that. Think I'll sleep in his room and see what he looks like in the morning.
Sorry for the information overload, it has helped me to write everything down!! xxxx
Rainbowbrite
18-08-2008, 08:17
Welcome Quaver.
Moops, poor Luca & you :hugs:
Shana & AB, that sounds so cute!! Ani only reacts to Doodlebops & Bear in the big blue house. He watches both very intently :p
Moops, Ani has croup now. We were up at the ED for 5 hours on sunday morning :( He's not well at all.....not sleeping or eating, just breastfeeding all day & night. No karitane for us :( He's om steroids to help him atm which have stopped the noise when he breathes, but his cough is so bad. Mjs still not well, still has her cough & DH has gotten sick again.....I'm so over illness. I'm not sick, but looks like my knee problems is arthritis returning :(
Good news though, we have yet another tooth, thats 7 now. Crawling everywhere, pulling up to stand, waving & clapping. Talk about a change, he's gone from baby to kid in 2 weeks!!!!!
Hope everyone is well.
HAHA, Sands, you make me laugh. No, you don't want Noah taking on Xavs antics! She was awake from about 11.30pm to 4.30AM last night! I was ropable! I never got her up, just kept her in the cot etc. Didn't even cuddle her. And she would babble for a bit then cry. babble and cry. Everytime I thought she had dropped back to sleep she's be awake again within 5mins. I eventually gave her a bottle at 4.30am b/c I heard her tummy growl. But I don't think it was hunger keeping her awake. I mean, I've tried the bottle before and she wont have it, or doesn't miraculously go back to sleep afterward. So now I only give it as a last resort really. Don't want to get back into the habit of night feeds. And hey, after 5hrs of being up in the middle of the night, I'd be hungry too.
Maybe she is having a wonder week. No idea what the 'wonder' is. Her teeth might be giving her grief too. Can't see anymore coming through but her top gum does look a bit swollen to me, so maybe?
Moops - you must be having bad nights too? Even if Luca is sleeping, I bet you are so worried. Go to another Doctor perhaps. Bit of running around, I know, but no good to be dismissed when you are worried. Obviously something is wrong. Tell them you need an answer and you need them to rule out the really serious illnesses.
RB - you've got your hands full too! Hope it all settles down asap and you can get back into Karitane.
So tell us a little bit more about yourself Quaver - that which you don't mind the whole world potentially reading!:D
Well, I want to go to Spotlight today, they are having a one day sale. It just takes so much effort to get out of the house after a night like last night though. I'd be better to go to the gym instead, but that is so late in the day. I know there is no really convenient time to go to the gym, but 4pm is always just so inconvenient! But if I'm gonna get preg again I really need to keep up my attendance so I'm not completely out of shape. It really helped with my pregnancy with Xav.
What to do . . .
moops:hugs: I am sorry you are getting no answers. Keep having the courage to go to new drs and demand answers. I pray that they find you some help soon.
rainbowbrite, that is no good either. i hope the croop clears soon.
:)my ds loves in the night garden too- gez that song gets stuck in my head!! least it is not that reeeeeally annoying yo gaba gaba or whatever it is called. that has been on once and i will never have it on my tv again!
Well Shana, hmmmmm what can i say.....
i live in Sydney. I have a degree in Music and education and i have been teaching high school music for the past 5 years. all until my little ds came along. I have resigned as of last week. which i feel a bit weird about. Anyhoo, my husband and i have just bought a house which has been really exciting. It has been really hectic because we just pulled out a couple of walls and built a new kitchen. living with a little one and no kitchen for a month really did have its challenges. but i am loving it now.
yesterday dh was at cricket and came home mid arvo. Ds saw him at the door and for the first time said dadda. It was proabably a coincidence but it was really exciting to hear him with that sound:)
Rainbowbrite
18-08-2008, 12:48
Shana, I wish I was as in shape as you!!! Ani isn't sleeping at night either.......I wish I was at Karitane :(
Quaver my 2 LOVE Yo Gabba Gabba :p (have to admit though, so do I :o)
Quaver, i'm on the central coast, not too far away :wave: I grew up in Sydney, Auburn area.
Oh my, just looked at your ticker :eek: Only 14 weeks to go!!!! I need to get things sorted soon for Ani's 1st birthday/Naming day.
Rainbowbrite, i dont know why it is just one that gets on my nerves....but i can understand anyone liking it if it keeps their kiddies happy.:) i hope i did not offend you.
cool central coast. We often go to the Entrance on long weekends. I have been going there since i was a kid. where abouts are you? I was born at Auburn Hospital. When i was a kid i though i was born at Auburn train station!:o mum used to point it out on the train on the way through. i missed that she was pointing to the hospital building......
must get back into running....must.
i know!!!! I cant believe it is coming around soooooo quickly. My little baby 1-:crying: What am i going to be like when he goes to school!
anybody organised and know what pressies/celebrations they are having?
sandralee
18-08-2008, 14:22
Quaver I am buying Noah anything that will wear him out - trampoline.. jumping castle.. pool toys...a baby treadmill LOL!
My husband thinks Yo gabba gabba man is funny - I only like the start of it cos he looks funny, but the rest of it does my head in. I have so many songs running around in my head - from dora to the wiggles, & I don't know all the words either so it's annoying. "Backpack backpack.. backpack backpack" or "I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map" LOL!!!!
Moops I would be googling like crazy and visiting doctors until I felt reassured - pain in the bum, but better than worrying. Buy take out, and do as little as possible at home. Dr's dont seem to worry so much COS IT ISN"T THEIR CHILD! All well and good to say 'bring him back in a week.' My @ss!! And I'd be saying lots of prayers so you get answers soon. Archangel Raphael is great with health and illness issues. Hugs to you, andI wish I could help you more sweetie!!!!!!!
Love to you all,
Sands xox xox xox
Rainbowbrite
18-08-2008, 15:21
Quaver - no offense taken :hugs: Most people hate that show lol. I was born at Auburn hospital too :D Now living at Kanwal, near Wyong hospital, so not far from The Entrance.
Sands - I really must do some Angel research. I need something to help & something to believe in :yes:
Presents - I have no idea. We have too many toys as it is, being that MJ was spoiled, its hard to buy anything for Ani that we don't already have!! He'll get one or 2 things & some clothes (Said that with MJ too & ended up spending a small fortune on her :o) For christmas though, all our shopping is done - well on laybuy :p Along with a 10ft round trampoline.........so we'll all have fun with that one :laughing:
Hi ladies!! How's it all going? Been MIA for a bit due to interstate rellies here for a few days, but back in the saddle now!! hehe
Well, you all know I'm a Jesus freak!!! :laughing: He's who I pray to. :yes: I'm also thankful for angels who protect and look after my kids.
RB - If you ever want to chat religion you can PM me. I'm not preachy or pushy, I promise!! Just genuinely interested in what others believe and happy to offer my take on things if people ask. I hope your knee is feeling better now & doesn't give you too much trouble. Bummer about arthritis. Hope Ani is back to his smiley self soon. Can you go to Karitane when he's better or is it not that simple?
Moops - Have you tried that Bottom Balm for Luca? Mrs S posted a link a few pages back for the website for it. It looks really good. I'm going to get some for sure. I know how you feel. I hate not having the answers. I'd do my own research for sure & in the meantime keep up with lots of vitamins to give his body the best chanceto heal itself.
AB - You're complaining at 1 grey hair!!! Omgoodness!! I have a whole streak on one side and a few patches on top too. It looks hideous when my colour grows out!! That's great about Blake's night feed! Yay! Also feel free to PM me with regards to Aliyah. I taught Reception for 4 years and Grade 1 for a year before that and would love to help you out with your decision. I almost always lean towards starting kids at 5 1/2 (2011 for Aliyah) rather than 4 1/2, but if I can get an idea of her personality by asking you a few questions, I could tell you if she'd be ok to start at 4 1/2....... if you want.
Hi Quaver! I've chatted to you on here before. Our sons were born on the same day (another bub on here, Mrs Scatterbrain's son is also a 29th bub). All the best in your new house. A new kitchen sounds wonderful! So cute when they start to talk in language we understand isn't it?
Sands - That boy of yours sounds like he's keeping you on your toes! The night garden is a fave in our house only I can't stand it, so the TV is usually off when I know its on!! :laughing: I'm so mean! I also can't stand Yo Gabba Gabba. Ugh! So American and the whiney voices drive me batty! lol
Well, we're all going well. TT Eden is driving me bonkers as she has no clue so its a total waste of time and money. I'm sticking with it though, as we've had to stop 3 times before and I don't want her thinking this 'toilet business' is just a temporary gig!! lol
Caleb is going great guns. Eating almost as much as Eden and on to mashed stuff. No more purees. Teething galore and a very happy, jolly little boy atm. So cute! Moving around in circles a bit on his tummy now. No backwards or forwards but he's getting there. Still prefers sitting up and reaching for things, but I'm trying to help him get mobile. I'm sure I'll be cursing myself for that soon enough! Heehee!
Hey girls!
We we have had a wonder weekend!
Connor hasnt been crawling which I thought might be because we have floor boards so I got out my yoga mat and he can crawl! So we went to the baby expo on the weekend and bought a bubba mat, I love it. Should have bought one when you guys were raving about them but anyway.
So now we can crawl, go from laying on his front to sitting AND stand not holding onto anything. He is trying desperatley to walk but falls every time he tries.
In other news, Connor has dropped a sleep so now he wakes at about 8.30, and sleeps from 12 til 2 and then bed a 8. Keeping him enteretained for these long stretches is killing me! He is such an active little soul!
Welcome Quaver!
Moops: Hope Luca starts feeling better soon!
And as always :hugs: to everyone who needs them. Its funny that we all have way less time on here now, never knew how good I had iot with a newborn!
sandralee
18-08-2008, 19:34
How did your night go Moops xx
Good to hear from you again Lozie - you really do amaze me with your 'cope-ability.' At such a young age you are so responsible, juggling work, three young kids, study, a relationship! I admire you a lot. xx
:o Thanks Sands sometimes i feel like it's just normal and everyone does it but then you say that and it makes me feel like I'm special:D Thanks i needed the pick up:hugs:
My husband thinks Yo gabba gabba man is funny - I only like the start of it cos he looks funny, but the rest of it does my head in.
Quaver my 2 LOVE Yo Gabba Gabba :p (have to admit though, so do I :o)
Dh's friend looks exactly like the Gabba Gabba Man he spun out when he seen the show the other day... the boys love it too... Balin loves Ollie on Nick Jr when he hears his voice he stops and just stares at it lol
:hugs:moops for Luca to get better
Hi ladies
Thanks for all the messages! Well Luca is now covered head to toe in a red lumpy rash. When I woke up this morning the spots had joined and it looks a bit like hives. I took him to our Doctor and she said it is definetly an allergy, which would explain the wheezing as well. I'm racking my brain trying to work out what it could be, I haven't given him anything new to eat and we haven't really been anywhere because he still has diarrhea. I feel really sorry for him, the diarrhea is bad enough now he has this as well!
Lozie - I agree with what Sands said, you really are superwoman!! I would never cope with all that!
What the heck is yo gabba gabba??!
sandralee
19-08-2008, 07:20
Hehe Moops - ya gotta see Yo gabba gabba to believe it - google the show LOL!
Poor Luca - a paste of bicarb and water works well for itchy things - there is also a lotion you can get with a slight anaesthetic in it, I bought some when Noah had a flea bite under his neck. My grandma always used the bicarb paste if ww had measles or sandfly bites, takes the itch away. I feel for you! I really do!
After a string of greatish nights, I had to go in 5 times all up last night. Ew. xxxxxxx
AliyahBlake
19-08-2008, 12:04
AB - you and Nan should get together and write a book, how fantastic is all the advice you guys give!! Both of yu help us all out often and it is really appreciated.
Awww shucks - thanks, Sands! I'm glad I can be of assistance.
I've spent the afternoon at the hospital getting him checked out but I still don't feel convinced that they know what is wrong with him and I'm feeling really on edge.
:hugs: Poor little man (and you!)
Moops, Ani has croup now. We were up at the ED for 5 hours on sunday morning He's not well at all.....not sleeping or eating, just breastfeeding all day & night. No karitane for us He's om steroids to help him atm which have stopped the noise when he breathes, but his cough is so bad. Mjs still not well, still has her cough & DH has gotten sick again.....I'm so over illness. I'm not sick, but looks like my knee problems is arthritis returning
That sux, RB - you guys are having a really rough trot this year. I hope you are all feeling better soon.
i live in Sydney.
Cool! I'm in Sydney too! A few of us have been trying to meet up, but for some reason we aren't all able to synchronise ourselves. We'll let you know next time we plan another one.
Presents - I have no idea. We have too many toys as it is, being that MJ was spoiled, its hard to buy anything for Ani that we don't already have!! He'll get one or 2 things & some clothes.
:yes: We are in the same boat! I told mine and Craig's parents to get some "boy" stuff and clothes, as that's all I can think of! As for a party, we'll just have a BBQ at our place with family and friends like we did for Aliyah.
Well, you all know I'm a Jesus freak!!! :laughing: He's who I pray to. :yes: I'm also thankful for angels who protect and look after my kids.
Also feel free to PM me with regards to Aliyah. I taught Reception for 4 years and Grade 1 for a year before that and would love to help you out with your decision. I almost always lean towards starting kids at 5 1/2 (2011 for Aliyah) rather than 4 1/2, but if I can get an idea of her personality by asking you a few questions, I could tell you if she'd be ok to start at 4 1/2....... if you want.
Nothing wrong with that, Nan!! I do believe in Jesus and the angels etc, but haven't stepped inside a church for a long time (except for the odd wedding or christening!) I pray for protection all the time for my family, and believe it really works. I found alot of comfort in doing that after Blake's traumatic entry to the world - it helped me deal with it all.
Thanks, Nan (and Quaver) - I might just see what they have to say at the school first as the appointment is tomorrow, and let you know if I need more advice.
Well Luca is now covered head to toe in a red lumpy rash.
:hugs:I hope you find out the cause of all this soon, Moops.
Well, Blake's been very unsettled the last couple of days. I thought it might be teething and the night routine change, but he's been vomiting quite a bit yesterday and today, so I'm wondering if he might have a bug? No fever, so it's hard to tell, but if it doesn't settle I'll take him to the GP - it's not just been the little spit ups he has after feeds sometimes, they've been any time, and smelly and watery, which is why I think it's something more. He's been pooing heaps too, but not diarrhoea, just very soft and smelly (sorry, TMI!!:D)
Oooh, poor Blake. It does sound like a bug doesn't it? Poor little man. :hugs: All the best with your school appointment.
Hugs for Luca & Moops and lots of healing vibes........ :babydust2: :goodvibes:
Sands - Maybe he's havign a wonder week or something. Is he more active or talkative than usual? Caleb took 50 minutes to go to sleep last night. He's usually out like a like in no time but I had to re settle him twice after 3 bouts of crying. Pretty sure it wasn't teeth. Who knows? He eventually went to sleep and slept through so :fingerscrossed: it doesn't happen again tonight. I hope Noah sleeps well tonight.
Vespera - Yay for Connor!! :smiliedance: Keep it up clever boy!
Lozie - How is your course going?
We had kindergym this morning and are having some friends over for tea tonight, so I'd better get cracking on cutting up a million apples for my crumble dessert! :chef:
AliyahBlake
19-08-2008, 13:58
Hi again - for those of you on FB - I have just posted on the wall of our group. Please read so you understand who the friend suggestion is that I sent you (ie Quaver!). If I missed sending it to anyone, I apologise - let me know! :)
AliyahBlake
19-08-2008, 14:02
Oh, and if any of our other newcomers to the thread are on Facebook, please let one of us know via PM (just about all of us on FB I think) and we'll add you. :D
sandralee
19-08-2008, 14:19
Sometimes a food allergy can take a week or two to appear Moops - has he had anything new in that time, that you can remember? Any gravy mixes or stock cubes or artificial flavours of any kind? I have heard of those things being prime candidates for a hives reaction. xx
Thank goodness Noah is down for a nap lol - gives me a few mins to recharge! Duh! There he is - only a 20min nap!! Bye again xox xox
sandralee
19-08-2008, 14:26
Yeah Nan I think so - he is climbing around more plus we have just started taking him outside our house more - so he has been busy of a day eating dirt and exploring under the table... basically taking his 'investigating' up a notch or ten. He has also discovered back arching tanties, where he kind of looks like a merman trying to get out of our arms.. his little legs flap around everywhere. I give up trying to figure out why some nights are goodand some aren't lol, it's way too hard to find answers!! I am just glad we get some good ones in or I would be a massive squishy brained fruitloop by now. He is making a lot of changes with feeds and naps too, staying awake longer etc. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Hi Girls,
Welcome Quaver:wave:, I have sent you a friend request on FB.
I haven't been around much, been very busy and had a cold since the weekend. :thumbsdown: I'm sooo over winter.
RB - so sorry you didn't make it to Karitane, were you able to reschedule?
Moops - :hugs::hugs: for you and poor little Luca, I hope you can get it sorted quickly.
Ves - yay! for Connor! What a little champ!
Lozie - I agree! It's scares me thinking about having another, looking after a toddler and a bub, how do you do 3?? and Mel too, lining up for number 4!! Superwomen alright!:yelclap:
AB - I was a year younger at school (April b'day) didn't bother me, although if I wasn't as bright as I was they wanted me to repeat yr 6 as I was very tiny and probably not as mature socially (v.shy). Thankfully they didn't. If Aaliyah is ahead in all aspects, it might be a good thing.
Can't remember much else right now, my head is full of cotton wool and throbbing, plus Ava is screaming, she's refused her arvo nap 2 days in a row, I hope this isn't a trend!
MrsScatterbrain
19-08-2008, 19:16
Hi everyone!
Welcome Quaver - as Nan mentioned my little one was born on the 29th as well - very cool date! :laughing:
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Well, Blake has now officially dropped the middle of the night feed!!!
Oh yay! Congrats! I've finally got Thomas down to 1 feed, so that milestone is still a way off for us! Mind you, I've got him eating meat now, so hopefully we're on the right track!!
I've spent the afternoon at the hospital getting him checked out but I still don't feel convinced that they know what is wrong with him and I'm feeling really on edge.
Oh Moops, I hope everything is okay - keep updating us as you find out more. It does sound like an allergic reaction - one of my friends' girls has hives and they've never been able to work out what causes them - the docs just say it is one of those things they will grow out of (which she has). Anyway - back to the point! - don't beat yourself up for not knowing what has caused it!
Moops, Ani has croup now. We were up at the ED for 5 hours on sunday morning :( He's not well at all.....
:hugs: I hope Ani is better soon ... any news on a new date for Karitane? Hopefully once he feels better his sleeping will settle down.
Quaver I am buying Noah anything that will wear him out - trampoline.. jumping castle.. pool toys...a baby treadmill LOL!
I have so many songs running around in my head - from dora to the wiggles, & I don't know all the words either so it's annoying. "Backpack backpack.. backpack backpack" or "I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map" LOL!!!!
:laughing: I love those gift ideas! I'm the same with inane songs running around my head! There's a Play School one that goes 'what do you think my name is, I wonder if you know? My name is ....! Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello hello!'. DS1 sings it saying 'ello, 'ello, 'ello straight out of the UK!!
TT Eden is driving me bonkers as she has no clue so its a total waste of time and money.
Arg! I can sympathise! I've given up on Ben until summer! :D We're both having a break! I'm dreading having a nappy-clad 3yo though! TT soon please! Now Thomas is eating meat, I have two sets of scary nappies to change!!
Dh's friend looks exactly like the Gabba Gabba Man he spun out when he seen the show the other day... the boys love it too...
That's hysterical!! I've just worked out who you are on Facebook! :o
Not much to report from us - Thomas is doing more crawling than commando crawling - and can finally sit!! He was sitting and waving at the girls at playgroup, and they thought it was cute and went over and played with him! Very cute! He's growing up!
He's also making a lot of noise - especially one that sounds like a horse trotting! Sort of a 'click' noise! We have whole conversations sounding like African tribesmen!!
Oh - DS1 is a massive fan of the Night Garden and Yo Gabba Gabba - the NG bores me silly, but I love YGG!! DS1 dances along to it! We don't often have it on, though as I'm a TV nazi! He also used to love this show done by the Umbilical Brothers - The Upside Down Show, I think - which used to drive me crazy! He kept walking around the house after that saying 'press the rewind button Mummy!'
Take care everyone xxx
He's also making a lot of noise - especially one that sounds like a horse trotting! Sort of a 'click' noise! We have whole conversations sounding like African tribesmen!!
Ava is clicking her tongue too! She's also making a Brm Brm sound with her lips.
In the Night Garden kinda creeps me out. It's like a darker version of teletubbies or something. Ava isn't allowed to watch it! I'm not sure what this Yo Gabba Gabba thing is, is it on ABC Kids?
sandralee
19-08-2008, 20:25
Yeah it's on ABC kids xx
Quaver I am buying Noah anything that will wear him out - trampoline.. jumping castle.. pool toys...a baby treadmill LOL!
tredmill:laughing: i like that. A trampoline would be a good idea. I wonder if my husband would notice i bought one. When i bought toys at the sale i swore to him that that would be all i bought for the year in toys:p He knows me too well....
Hi Quaver! I've chatted to you on here before. Our sons were born on the same day (another bub on here, Mrs Scatterbrain's son is also a 29th bub). All the best in your new house. A new kitchen sounds wonderful! So cute when they start to talk in language we understand isn't it?
hi Nan, yes i am not new to bh, but just the november mums:) I am glad i found it. was it in the christian family thread that i have seen you? yay the 29th.That is cool. well the three of us share a day of great joy.......and of pain. Hi Mrsscatterbrain. btw I love your user name.
Hi again - for those of you on FB - I have just posted on the wall of our group. Please read so you understand who the friend suggestion is that I sent you (ie Quaver!). If I missed sending it to anyone, I apologise - let me know! :)
Thank you all so much for your friend requests! It was such a lovely surprise to see them all there. It brightened my day yesterday. It was lovely to see all your smiley faces and adorable kiddies.
Moops- how is the little one this morning?
Ab- how did the interveiw with the deputy go this morning?
Well, i am out on the town tonight. Yay
Dh and i are going out for dinner with my mates from uni. We have not caught up for a while, but one of my best friends is back from london for 2 weeks. Mum is babysitting. i will have to dust of the make up container! I am also off to playgroup today. It is the first time we have been.
Hope everyone has a wonderful day.
Rainbowbrite
20-08-2008, 10:51
Hey Ves, scary how much they do in a short time isn't it!!
Oh Moops :hugs: I hope he gets better quick for you!!
AB I hope Blake get better quick too!!
Kaybee, maybe she's cutting down to 1 sleep?
Mrs S, I've called everyday, no-one is returning the calls.
Quaver, will have to add you, keep forgetting to do it :o
Last night was much better here, only fed every 2 hours :laughing: I can't not feed him, he's coughing & congested so I imagine his throat would be sore.
Oh & we're finally speaking, saying "mummmm"........but only when upset :p
Oh & we're finally speaking, saying "mummmm"........but only when upset :p
It's a bummer they aren't returning your calls!
Ava has started with Mumma and Dadda to us now, rather than randomly saying it! Although she has said Mumma to her dad, so I think she's still a bit confused! :p
She's only had half hour sleep today, :hair: I'm so not ready for only 1 sleep a day :crying:.
I had a question for everyone, what car seat have you got?? Ava is still in her capsule but is now really too long for it, but we are so undecided on what car seat to get. We want Safe n Sound, but which one????:confused:
My little skinny minny has finally hit 8kg Woohoo!!
sandralee
20-08-2008, 20:37
We have the Safe and Sound Meridian - it got an AUstralian Safety Award & is the safest one you can buy. Really soft and comfy looking too. Grrr. Have been into Noah 4 times since 7pm (he went to bed at 6pm) - every 40-45mins from 7pm....he just seems to want a quick cuddle then I put him straight down. Wish he didn't have reflux, cos I always give him the benefit of a doubt in case there is pain involved. He wouldn't stop crying straight away though if he was refluxing.....ah well who knows. Little turd had better ease up on the room service though, Im over it for one night! xx
AliyahBlake
20-08-2008, 22:17
Phew!! What a day! Busy busy!
Well, our baby girl is off to big school next year:goodvibes:. The deputy was very impressed with her and said he thought she was more mature and confident than alot of 5 year olds he's seen! He said he didn't think she'd have any problems with starting school next year. So, I have enrollment forms to fill in, then I guess it'll be a whole new world of uniforms, lunchboxes and schoolbags!! I am really excited, very proud, a little apprehensive, and just a tinge sad as my little girl is growing up way too quickly.....
Poor little Blake has yet another cold.....his vomiting has settled, and now it's just a very runny nose, cough, watery eyes and slight fever. I feel sorry for him as his little face is so red from the constant nose wiping! He is still waking through the night, although I'm not succumbing to the pressure to give him a feed. He takes a while to drop back off to sleep, but I think it's more from his cold than anything at the moment.
Anyway, back to work - only 45 mins to go! :thumbsup:
sonnaweez
20-08-2008, 23:56
:) h, my son Will was born on the 22nd/11/07, hes crawling, has 6 teeth, pulling himself up on furniture to stand and has tried really hard to walk (even manged one wobbly step today) hes saying mama, dad, baba and gully :yelclap:
Hi Sonia, lovely to 'meet' you! Wow, your little boy is one of those active ones huh? And six teeth! Jump into the converation anytime, it will be great to get to know you and Will.
We are going ok here. Racking my brain for Xav's late night parties. Growth spurt maybe? I am giving her about 5 bottles a day again. She doesn't drink it all every time, but I'm hoping it will help her sleep through when she does go to bed. We had a 1.30am bedtime tonight. Better than 4am, last night! I'm just watching a bit of the olympics before bed. Atleast this week there has been something on TV!
My baby is 9mths old now! My goodness.
I hope all those bubba's with colds/sick are getting better. xxxx
kaybee, i have the Royale safe n sound car seat. Works well for me. I like that it has the retractable button. My parents have the manual one that works good too though.
sandralee, i hope you got through the night without too many more calls.
AB- what a big girl! i am going to :crying: when James goes to school. I am sure it is a weight of your mind now you have made the decision. Good on you, it sounds like you really evaluated the pros and cons and made the most educated and best choice for you little girl. Poor little Blake:(
:wave:Hi sonaweez, welcome. sounds like you have a smart little popit. Where abouts are you?
Shanna, :hugs:sound like a cr@py night you poor thing. I hope xav has a bit of a nap this morning so you can have a rest.
Well playgroup yesterday was ok...let just say James enjoyed it. I will go again next week but i felt a little on the outer, it seemed a bit clicky. But i will try it again it may have been me being a bit sensitive. All the other babies were crawling. They are the same age but as James is not really rolling ( he is sitting well and loves to stand!) and cant crawl, i did the stupid mother comparing her child thing, walking away feeling a bit down. But he spent the whole afternoon saying dada muma and pa and blowing rasberries on my hand. so that was the best medicine a mum could ask for.
:babydust2:prayers for all the bubbas that are not well at the moment.
sonnaweez
21-08-2008, 09:01
im from geelong in Vic, haha yeah Will definately keeps on me on my feet!!!
Hey Quaver, I hope the playgroup feels more inviting for you next time. I go to a mother's group and love it. Yes, silly you for comparing, lol, they will all do things differently and deserve merit for thier individual achievments no matter when they happen. Xav doesn't roll yet either. Or crawl. But she sits up so well too! When I first went I made a point to praise all the other babies for thier clever skills and call them all beautiful and pick them up if they were crying while mum was busy or eating, and getting smiles out of them. I do love kids, so don't mind putting in the effort, but I figured that was the way to fit in an already established group. And they are a lovely group of ladies. No competition or anything so it's nice.
I hope you have a better time - for you, next time.
On the crawling front, I don't think it will be too long before Xavia is mobile! She can balance on all fours for quite a while now (this week) and even lift one hand off to grab things etc.
Ugh. Better keep the vacuum and mop in arms reach from now on.
Hello Hello Hello!!! Oh that would be right! As soon as I start to type, DD2 is waking up!
I thought now would be a good time to jump on Bubhub as both the girls are asleep... Ahuhhhaha I should have known!
How are you all! I have been MIA for about 2 months or something ridiculous now, I have really missed chatting with you all, and stupidly it was so long that it almost felt like it had been too long to come back. BUt here I am, I want my imternet friends back!!!!!!! :hissy: Sorry, I hope it is ok to barge back in like I never went away lol.
I have tried to catch up a bit but still have more to read. I am going to have to go and get Harper out of bed but will be back to give you guys a bit of an update on us, and of course some presonals...
I hope you all have a beautiful afternoon xx Stevie
thanks Shana. I do have a great mothers group that i go to, which i love. i am glad yours is as supportive as mine. But since we have now moved i thought i would try a playgroup that was in my area in addition to my mothers group. Good tip, I will try to mingle with the bubs a bit more next week. I will take a rubber mat because the floor there is concrete so i could not really move far from James. But also they spent half an hour talking about their labour and bagging c sections out as the ''éasy option''. I had to have a c section and felt a little awkward when they asked me. oh well i will move on after i have given it a month. early days yet. It can work. My best friends wedding is on the weekend. I have known her since i was one- we met in playgroup:)
Hi sasa. looking forward to getting to know you too.
soooo bored today. DH wont be home tonight so it is turning into a loooong day. so sorry for the blabbing.
Rainbowbrite
21-08-2008, 13:51
Hey Sasa, long time no see!! Hope your all well.
Well I took Ani back to the dr & my poor little baby has red ears & Bronchiolitis. So is now having steroids twice a day for 2 days, anti-biotics & has to be on a nebuliser 3 times a day :(
Just hope this helps him out, he's been finding it so hard to breath today :(
Lots of hugs for Ani, RB. :hugs: Poor little man. That sounds just awful.
Welcome to our chit chat thread sonnaweez! :wave: :shakehands: Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from etc? Your little guy sounds like a real mover and shaker!!
Quaver - Don't feel bad. We all compare at some time! Caleb doesn't crawl yet either, but then Eden never did and she's fine, so it all works out by the time they're toddlers hey? I hope you can make inroads with the mums at playgroup. Maybe just target one person who looks friendly and get to know her then go from there. Bad that they were bagging c-sections :shame: ..... and a tad ignorant too. :rolleyes:
Better keep the vacuum and mop in arms reach from now on.
Or you could do what I do and let her be the vacuum cleaner!!!! :laughing:
Welcome back sasa!
Sands - Hope Noah sleeps better tonight.
AB - Yay for Aliyah! All the best with the school preparations.
Well I had to take Eden for a blood test yesterday. She was very brave and only whimpered when the needle went in. She cried for a bit after, but the lolly and stickers from the nurse helped a lot! Now we just have to wait and see if there is anything wrong or she's just freakishly small!
sonnaweez
21-08-2008, 16:55
lol im trying to read thru all the posts in this thread to get a better odea of who is every one is, but theres 19 pages!!! might wait til the little mans in bed and i have all night (hopefully)
Will and I live in geelong in VIC, im 19 and Will is 9 months 2moro!!! gone way to fast for my liking!!!! Wills been very early with everything which sucks cos i didnt get much time to enjoy a 'baby' IYKWIM but hes a really good boy, just gets in to everything lol.
Hope every1s bubbas get well soon, i know how horrible it is we have a new form of cold every week!!
AliyahBlake
21-08-2008, 18:22
Hi girls!
Thanks for all the well-wishes for Aliyah. It still hasn't really sunk in yet, but I guess it will when we get all the orientation info next term!
Hi Sonnaweez - welcome to us!! Most of us are on Facebook so if you are too, PM one of us and we'll add you if you like ;)
Hey, Sasa! Good to see you back here!
Quaver - that sucks about what they were saying about c-sections at your playgroup. I agree with Nan - totally ignorant! I haven't had a c-section ever, but I have seen them performed (I'm a nurse for those who don't know) and know plenty of women who have had them and can agree that they'd be anything but a walk in the park! They take so much longer to recover from than the average VB and can have more complications, so tell those girls to get their facts straight LOL!
Blake has been quite good today considering his horrible cold. His eye is starting to look a bit mucky so I hope it's not conjunctivitis :rolleyes:
His new trick since yesterday has been getting up into a sitting position by himself! We had to drop the cot level as I found him this afternoon trying to pull himself up on the rails.
Craig and I had a great day today as he had a day off work. We went to DFO in Homebush for some clothes shopping (mostly for him as his clothes are getting pretty old and ratty!) but I bought a few things for myself and the kids. We got a good tax refund so we thought we'd spend a bit before saving the rest. Love a good splurge!
sandralee
21-08-2008, 19:51
Sonnaweez WELCOME! (Your little sprog shares a birthday with me - so must be one cool little bubba LOL! We 22/11 people are pretty full-on, so prepare yourself now. Actually my wild side didn't kick in until I finished highschool so you have a while yet. :laughing: I am a complete mixed bag but I am so cool with it - love being zaney!
Sasa WELCOME BACK! I think about you heaps!
Too many personals so won't get started - but please know that I love you all & I read (and empathise at times) everything that goes on. THis is the first time all day that counts as leisure time for me - and I only have an hour before Steve and I watch the rest of Fools Gold.... hehe, we only got to watch the first 20mins on tues night! Gosh I hate watching hot tanned chicks in bikinis flash their boobs in movies, while I am snuggled up to my husband with a body that still hasn't recovered from being pregnant with Noah! LOL! Here's me in a mens t-shirt (covered in Noah's veges & I only put it on at 5pm lol), Noah has knotted my hair and made hair balls with it, white skinned, wrinkly DRY skin..hairy...ugh...I am SO not feelin the love for my body right now. I have no baby weight to lose or anything, but my little bod doesn't look sexy to me ATM. I guess I just don't have too much time for myself right now and it shows lol!! A little too well!!
OK, I am going to quickly read my email and fluff around before I am outta time. Moops I hope Luca is recovering quickly! And poor little Ani - I used to have to put Andy on a nebuliser whenever he had asthma (usually straight after every cold) & it wasn't easy to keep him still and entertained! Then afterwards he would cough until he vomited to clear his airways, then settle for the night. Needless to say I chose to do it beFORE mealtime lol.
AB I hope Blake is in good shape again soon too!
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Lozie - How is your course going?
Great thanks for asking, I have done all my hours for experience and now they have offered me a job so now i'm on call for the next fortnight till the new roster comes out, looking forward to having set shifts:D and getting paid lol, I just had to sit a meds course so thats something else to add to my resume, I'm also thinking now that i'll stay in aged care for a while to find my feet before jumping into enrolled nursing course :yes:
I've just worked out who you are on Facebook!
LoL that cracks me up, you'd have to look hard i suppose to find me cause i have only posted in our group once or twice ages ago i must do it more often lol
He's also making a lot of noise - especially one that sounds like a horse trotting! Sort of a 'click' noise! We have whole conversations sounding like African tribesmen!!
Balin makes these to but he's more into mimicking everything, every noise the boys make or sound he hears on tv, He loves Dora and Dieago you know when they ask questions and wait for a reply for the kids watching, He'll tell them whats going on in his own little language:laughing:
Well I took Ani back to the dr & my poor little baby has red ears & Bronchiolitis. So is now having steroids twice a day for 2 days, anti-biotics & has to be on a nebuliser 3 times a day
Just hope this helps him out, he's been finding it so hard to breath today
:hugs: Rb and hope Ani gets better soon
Moops how is Luca going poor Bubba:hugs:
Yay for Aliyah AB she will have fun we have Jacy's interview thingy for prep early next year so looking forward to what they have to say he's so bright i want to get him into so sort of early learning now but dont have the dollars right now he does well enough at home tho he can almost write his whole name now he gets the first 2 letters sort of and then scribbles lol
I wanted to say more but brain is dead lol
Take care :wave:
sonnaweez
22-08-2008, 01:41
Thanks for the warm welcomes :)
i do have face book, tho i really dont get on there much as im stuck on dial up cos they cant put broadband on my house for some reason and facebook makes my computer freeze, but i should be moving in the next few months so il hopefully have broadband and be able to gget on facebook soon
Dial up, Sonia??? OMG. I don't think I could survive with only dial up. Don't know how we managed a few years ago when that was all we had!
And you are so young!!!! Lucky you! I think you and Lozie are the youngest here . . . *sigh*, your whole lives in front of you . . . . so much fun to be had . . . . no wrinkles . . . no greys . . . .
I feel old.
I hear you Sands on the maintainence issues. I need a wax. Bad. And no matter how much miosturiser I smother on my legs and ebows they are still dry! I did manage to colour my hair the other night. The greys were starting to sparkle in the dark!
Twice now Xav has gone from hands and knees to sitting position! I think she used the dog as leverage . . . . LOL - but what a clever girl!!!!
Re Xmas/birthday presents: I bought Xav a ride on Zebra from the baby expo which I thought was cute. I wanted a ride-on something but not the standard Pooh/Wiggles ones you can buy in K-mart and came accross the Zebra. It's all padded and plays music! Hope she uses it. And for Xmas I am picking up (tomorrow) a big jumping castle from the Target Sale. The one with everything! Pretty expensive at $350 (on sale) but I figure she'll have it for several years and any more kids will get the use and it will be great for parties and mother's group at our place etc. I'm all for wearing the kids out too!!! So I'm only buying her the one gift for each day. She'll get enough other stuff from the rest of the Family.
SASA SO GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU!!!!!!!! WELCOME BACK!!!!!! I hope everything has been going wonderfully for you and your beautiful girls!
Hi sonnaweez! Welcome!:wave: Bummer about Dial-up! We only got broadband in about November last year, it's sooo much better.
Sands - I know what you mean about bikini bodies! We're going up to the Tweed for a holiday in about 5 weeks, and I will be going the one piece! Can't bare my belly in a bikini this summer!:no: Idon't know if I ever will be able to again. lol :thumbsdown:
Sasa - hi! glad to see you back!
Re Xmas/birthday presents: I bought Xav a ride on Zebra from the baby expo which I thought was cute. I wanted a ride-on something but not the standard Pooh/Wiggles ones you can buy in K-mart and came accross the Zebra. It's all padded and plays music! Hope she uses it.
Oooh like the sound of the Zebra Shana! Who was selling it? I'm over all the standard plastic FP type stuff that Ava has.
AliyahBlake
22-08-2008, 11:30
:hair: Arrrggghhh!! I've just come into the office to escape the kids for a few mins so I don't go totally insane! They both have their whingy pants on today - Blake, I can understand as he's not well, but Aliyah has decided to join in as well. A great day yesterday but a yucky one today. Oh well, what do you do?
I'm having terrible trouble getting Blake to settle himself to sleep now that he has discovered how to sit himself up. Last night he woke at about 2:30 am and took an hour to settle, simply because he kept sitting up in his cot! I had to cuddle him to sleep in the end as nothing else was working. Same thing is happening today. He's not the best day sleeper anyway, but is worse now as he is forever sitting himself up. I ended up letting him fall asleep on my shoulder for the last nap, but I'm hoping it's not going to become a habit. He has been very clingy with me today anyway, which usually happens when he's feeling particularly unwell. Poor bub! He seems to be sick more than well this winter, but I suppose that's the way it goes when they're little.
Involved myself in a bit of retail therapy online this morning - I always feel better when I spend money - but I never seem to spend it on myself! I went to the Pumpkin Patch website and they had heaps of great clearance items for reduced prices. I got Aliyah stuff mostly, but Blake scored a t-shirt out of it. Five items for about $60 - not bad considering it's Pumpkin Patch.
Hey Everyone,
Thanks RB and :hugs:for you and little Ani, sounds like the little guy is really copping it at the moment, I really hope all the meds help him and you get a bit of a rest from it all.
Thank you Shana! Wow there birthdays really are getting close aren’t they, I guess I should start thinking about pressies too!
Hey Sands, I am right with you on the whole body issue thing, Although I really think it was so was much easier to get back into shape the first time round, I think I have just been lazier this time too… Yeah ok I know I have been! I am getting there though. and I have to say that you are clearly the master of pathwords and bubbletown! They’re great aren’t they!
HI AB , Good luck sorting out the sitting in cot drama, I am afraid I really haven’t got any ideas for you… Did Aliyah go through a stage like that? and Thanks, will have to check out the Pumpkin Patch website.
Thanks Kaybee – I am really glad I finally jumped back in to the conversation!
Sonnaweez, Hi and welcome! I definately know what you mean about them growing to quickly!
Hi Quaver, nice to meet you, look forward to getting to know you too
We have all been really well, very busy but well. Harper is almost 9 months and growing so quickly. She is saying Mumma and Dadda, Waving hello and goodbye, when we say what does a fishy say she makes a popping sound with her mouth haha very cute… She can sit up by herself and pulls herself up to standing with our hands, not on the furniture yet. As far as moving around, she can get around a bit but not crawling, Like Xav she is very good at staying up on all fours now so I don’t think she will be far off crawling. It is really good to still have my little bubba, Asha was already walking by now and she just seemed to grow up way too quickly, I am excited to still have a few of those early milestones to go! Well I think they are the milestone highlights so far, she is loving her food, has not knocked back on thing I have fed her yet so I can only hope this continues into her early teens!
Asha is doing really well too. She is looking forward to going to pre prep next year, and as much as I am very excited for her, like AB and a couple of you mentioned, I am going to have to be very strong and not a blubbering mess when it gets closer!
Blake Has had a promotion type thing happen at work and had to do a course, so that took up a lot of his non work time for a couple of months but thankfully he has now finished and passed the course so it should be back to normal BUT now his “assistant” has gone away for a couple of weeks and it is now worse than when he was doing the course! He is leaving at 7 and not home till 7 so the days have been very long to me. I know some dads work these hours all the time but we are used to something more like 8.30 to 5… So I am looking forward to next week being over for that reason anyway.
SO Brisbanites has there been any talk of another meet up?? I know, I know, march back in and start organising a meet straight away lol but I am keen to catch up with you guys again and meet Sands, Kristy and Loz too!
sandralee
22-08-2008, 20:08
Woot Sasa you're back it's like you never left! I am keen for a meet too, we should make it before the sept hols so it isn't ultra busy at the shopping centre. Have wanted to catch up with Shana again too now that Noah;s cold has passed.
Been doing a lot of time consuming stuff lately - trying to de-clutter and simplify in every room of the house plus get on top of 'anything refux.' Noah is 9mths old this weekend & I have been a bit concerned about his eating related stuff. He has a hypersensitive gag reflex so I am taking him to a swallowing clinic as soon as we can get in. I spoke with a speech.occupational therapist today who gave me so much helpful info over the phone. Sometimes Noah just has to start crying and that is enough to make him gag and possibly vomit. She said that reflux has made it more sensitive, and it has been happening more frequently. Also having probs with him gagging on food really easily, which is weird cos he would happily have an arrowroot bikky a few months back and now he can't even swallow a 3mmx3mm piece of soft bread. So between teething and a recent illness reflux has flared up again. Grrrrrr. Also was told not to mix his dissolved losec medicine in with his food as that can also give him a food aversion. He seems keen to try anything and everything we eat which is a really positive sign...but it's cruel cos I sit there waiting for the inevitable gag/choke/vomit. She also suggested he get his meds upped to the maximum dose for his weight, in order to get his eating on track, and then back off medication once he is eating better. I cringe giving him meds to start with, but if it helps (and I also get a 2nd opinion suggesting the same thing) then I will do it and see if things improve.
BIt of a waffle lol!
Going by my pill packet I am two wks late for my period??? I don't even have a regular BD life these days so wouldn't be too high a chance that I was pregnant... although the last time we BD'd I know I was ovulating cos it was two wks after AF. I feel bloated so hopefully it is just PMT cos I am not ready just yet for another sproggy. SO not ready! Have a dr appt next thurs so will do a test then if I still haven't got AF. Still have 'morning sickness' after 8 mths so will be having a blood test to check my iron levels. (my body stores iron, so I have to have venesections if my iron levels get too high) I took iron tablets for Noah's health when I was pregnant, but it may have been bad for my body//who knows//will find out next week.
Big hugs to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XXXXXXXX
p.s. AB Noah has only had 2 colds since he was born and I found them both to take 10-12 days to completely clear with the coughing etc - I don't know how you have managed to keep your sanity in the illness dept! It takes so much out of you cos they are grumpy, sniffly, don't feed or sleep properly etc - generallly much harder to deal with!:hugs:
MrsScatterbrain
23-08-2008, 09:04
Hi everyone!
Welcome sonnaweez! What an active little guy you've got there!
Hi Sasa! Great to see you back!
AB and RB - :wizard: Lots of health vibes coming your way! I hope your little men are on the improve soon - remember to look after yourself too when you have sick little ones! (I can hear you laughing hysterically from here!) Oh well, you can try!
Moops - how are you and Luca going?
Kaybee - both our seats are Safe'n'Sound - we have a Maxirider for DS1, but I can't remember Thomas' seat's name - but it is a convertible one you move from back facing to front facing. Speaking of that - has anyone moved their bubs to front facing yet? Thomas' feet almost hit the back seat, so not long now.
AB and Sasa - kiddies off to school! So exciting, but also emotional! There was lots of peer pressure to send kids to 3yo kinder this year amongst my playgroup and I flatly refused! :laughing: Let him be a kid I say! (Also want to keep my baby a baby for a while, too!) I can't imagine what it would be like to be sending your little one to school!
Quaver - give your playgroup another go. We often have Mums trying out our group to see how it is and I sometimes feel that we're leaving the new Mum out - but it is not intentional, we just seem to slip back into our normal conversations before pulling ourselves back and remembering that the new Mum doesn't know who/what we're raving on about! Its not long before they've been around long enough to fit in! I must admit, the C/S discussion sounded a bit narrow minded.
Nan - :hugs: thank heavens Eden's blood tests are over. She is such a brave little girl. I hope the results are all fine.
Sands - I had to laugh at your hairballs! DS1 twists his hair so much that his finger gets caught (and also likes to do this with my hair if possible!!) DH used to do the same thing as a child, and his Mum really struggled to release his hair on some occasions!!! What is a venesection, btw?
RB - I have already sworn to myself, that if I ever have enough money to give to a charity - its going straight to Mother/Baby Units - and places like Karitane, Tressillian, etc. I cannot believe they're not at least returning your call. :hugs:
I am so over the winter bugs! DS1 came down with his second tummy bug this month on Thursday night - thankfully he seems on the mend today. I've come down with the cold that everyone's had today :crying:, hopefully I can shake it off! Thomas' green nose has finally stopped now - so I hope that is his last cold for a while!
Thomas is waving and clapping and having really loud conversations with whoever will listen! I remember DS1 went through a similar 'show-off' period at the same time. When we were at sleep school at 9 months, he would command the attention of the whole table at meal times pulling faces and making funny noises! :laughing:
Although he's crawling some of the time, it is still only half/half - he likes to lapse back into commando crawling as thats what is familiar and faster!
Take care everyone xx
Rainbowbrite- I hope your poor little one gets better soon:hugs: it sound nasty.
Quaver - Don't feel bad. We all compare at some time! Caleb doesn't crawl yet either, but then Eden never did and she's fine, so it all works out by the time they're toddlers hey? I hope you can make inroads with the mums at playgroup. Maybe just target one person who looks friendly and get to know her then go from there. Bad that they were bagging c-sections :shame: ..... and a tad ignorant too. :rolleyes:
Well I had to take Eden for a blood test yesterday. She was very brave and only whimpered when the needle went in. She cried for a bit after, but the lolly and stickers from the nurse helped a lot! Now we just have to wait and see if there is anything wrong or she's just freakishly small!
What a brave little girl. I hope that everything is fine. When will you get the results back. I hope the wait is not too long for you. And thank re mothers group. I will go again next week. It may have just been a bad week.
AB- too right- c sections are no walk in the park.
Yay shopping! That is a great outlet. i must get dh some clothes. it is like dragging a big kid around when i try and get him to buy some clothes for himself. it is mega painful! He is a 6 ft 6 man and nothing fits him when i finally do get him to try something on! I got some birthday money that is burning a hole in my pocket. i will venture to go shopping this week.
lozie- congrats on the new job- is that nursing?
Ab-hope blake has a wonderful sleep tonight. Great that he is sitting up, but i am not looking forward to that little problem. good shopping though. i admire the skill of bargain shopping very highly!:p
sandralee- i hope that you have some more sucess with food soon. it must be so frustrating. i hope that they find something to help you both soon,
Going by my pill packet I am two wks late for my period??? I don't even have a regular BD life these days so wouldn't be too high a chance that I was pregnant... although the last time we BD'd I know I was ovulating cos it was two wks after AF. I feel bloated so hopefully it is just PMT cos I am not ready just yet for another sproggy. SO not ready! Have a dr appt next thurs so will do a test then if I still haven't got AF. wow. good luck
moops- how are you going????
well the update from me is i am looking forward to going to my best friends wedding tomorrow. I hope that i dont have a noisy baby in the ceremony though! I have known the bride since i was one, we met in playgroup! That still spins me out that i have known her all my life. I am enjoying this weekend. My cousin has moved back from melbourne and we helped them un pack today. I have missed them so much! I am so glad to have them back and their two little girls.
In regard to the swim suits- well i did not look good in a 2 peice pre bub let alone after bub! I think this summer i might go for one of those all in one neck to knee outfits! my skin is so white it will shine like neon on the beach! I got a gym membership for my birthday so i am back on the tredmill on monday. i am looking forward to getting fit again and loosing this pesky 5kg tire! My aim is to be a yummy fit mummy by James first birthday. well that is the plan......diet starts after the wedding tomorrow though..;)
sending:babydust2:to all our sick little bubs.
I'm having terrible trouble getting Blake to settle himself to sleep now that he has discovered how to sit himself up. Last night he woke at about 2:30 am and took an hour to settle, simply because he kept sitting up in his cot! I had to cuddle him to sleep in the end as nothing else was working. Same thing is happening today. He's not the best day sleeper anyway, but is worse now as he is forever sitting himself up. I ended up letting him fall asleep on my shoulder for the last nap, but I'm hoping it's not going to become a habit.
AB - I know how you feel, Ava has been the same since she learned to sit (which was quite a while ago) and now standing. I have to stay with her, resting my hand on her back until she falls asleep at night. If I take it off or step away, she sits up straight away, then crawls to end of cot and stands, she aint going to self settle while standing! :rolleyes: In the day, that doesn't even work, I have to put her to sleep in my arms and then transfer her. I hate doing it but nothing else works. If she wakes after only half hour, sometimes I can get her back to sleep by patting her in the cot. It is definitely driving me nuts! :hair:
Last night she woke at 1.30am and refused to go back to sleep. Even if we got her to fall asleep in our arms she would wake up 30 sec after we put her down. If we tried to settle her in her cot she would fight to sit up and scream. Had to bring her into our bed, (not a habit we want to introduce, so we could all get some sleep. Thought we were gettign some where this week, with her only waking up twice a night, now we're back to the sh!t.:crying:
Also having probs with him gagging on food really easily, which is weird cos he would happily have an arrowroot bikky a few months back and now he can't even swallow a 3mmx3mm piece of soft bread.
Ava still wont eat anthing lumpy or chunky. She gags, chokes and then sometimes vomits, if I'm not quick enough to slap her on the back. It's so frustrating, I'm over having to puree everything. The commerical stuff that is supposed to be 7-9 months - too chunky! She was going well, I started only mashing veggies at around 7.5 months, then we started introducing meat and it had to be pureed. I made a risotto and she ate it with it only being mashed, then I made another and she choked and threw up and that was it, had to go back to purees or she choked. I would be too scared to give her bread or a bikkie. :thumbsdown:
Should I not worry about it and keep offering chunky stuff every now and then and one day she will just get it??? It just keeps getting harder doesn't it! :(
Apart from these 2 issues (eating and sleeping lol) she's going great guns. She started clapping yesterday (her 9 month birthday) and now can take a few steps while holding onto furniture. She even claps while standing up not holding onto anything! She's so beautiful but such a pain :laughing: lol. If you don't laugh you'd cry.
AliyahBlake
24-08-2008, 14:25
HI AB , Good luck sorting out the sitting in cot drama, I am afraid I really haven’t got any ideas for you… Did Aliyah go through a stage like that?
:yes: Aliyah did go through it too, but she was a much better sleeper than Blake, so it didn't affect her for too long.
p.s. AB Noah has only had 2 colds since he was born and I found them both to take 10-12 days to completely clear with the coughing etc - I don't know how you have managed to keep your sanity in the illness dept! It takes so much out of you cos they are grumpy, sniffly, don't feed or sleep properly etc - generallly much harder to deal with!
Sure does - I'm over it! The kids seem to take turns at being sick so there's really not much break in between. Blake is improving now, but Aliyah has his lurgy now :rolleyes:
Speaking of that - has anyone moved their bubs to front facing yet? Thomas' feet almost hit the back seat, so not long now.
Although he's crawling some of the time, it is still only half/half - he likes to lapse back into commando crawling as thats what is familiar and faster!
Yeah, we changed Blake around at about 6 months (or a couple of weeks before) as he was just too long to be rear-facing anymore.
Blake does the commando crawl too! He tries the proper crawl occassionally but, like Thomas, prefers the faster commando.
Yay shopping! That is a great outlet. i must get dh some clothes. it is like dragging a big kid around when i try and get him to buy some clothes for himself. it is mega painful! He is a 6 ft 6 man and nothing fits him when i finally do get him to try something on!
I know what you mean - Craig is 6 ft 5, but he always scores well at the Rivers outlet - the sales assistant's eyes lit up when she saw us coming toward the checkout with a pile of stuff LOL! We spent almost $300 there :thumbsup:
AB - I know how you feel, Ava has been the same since she learned to sit (which was quite a while ago) and now standing. I have to stay with her, resting my hand on her back until she falls asleep at night. If I take it off or step away, she sits up straight away, then crawls to end of cot and stands, she aint going to self settle while standing! In the day, that doesn't even work, I have to put her to sleep in my arms and then transfer her.
Ava still wont eat anthing lumpy or chunky.
Should I not worry about it and keep offering chunky stuff every now and then and one day she will just get it??? It just keeps getting harder doesn't it! :(
I'm glad I'm not the only one with this sleeping/sitting problem! Blake was starting to get better with his sleeping before he learnt to sit up on his own too. It's so frustrating! He gets so tired but insists on sitting up and it now takes almost an hour to settle him when he wakes during the night (thankfully it's only once!) I think he formed a habit when he was waking at 4am and I used to give him a feed, as he still wakes at that time now, but I just don't give him the bottle. I think he was relying on that feed to get himself off to sleep, but now I don't give it, he doesn't know how to settle himself! Mostly my fault - I just fell into alot of lazy habits with him that I didn't do with Aliyah when she was a baby, and now I'm paying for it. I have found he will fall asleep in my arms, but screams as soon as I put him in his cot. I had started to CC but the problem is that he is so stubborn, he just cries and cries. With CC, the awake time is supposed to get less every couple of nights, but it's just not happening with Blake. He's so not textbook, the little bugger! I just go to bed every night, hoping it'll get better soon. He still has the wee soaking through his clothes episodes (last night he soaked everything and was really cold). I bought the next size nappies so I'll try that tonight and hopefully they'll hold more wee so he might not wake up :fingerscrossed:
Blake has never had much problem with the chunky foods. He's actually now up to the 10 month old foods when I buy any jars, and he eats finely chopped up meat and vegies. He has the odd gag, but coughs it out then opens his mouth for more!
sandralee
24-08-2008, 20:09
Just a quickie from me -
Quaver I hope you are having an awesome time at your friends wedding!!:yelclap:
Guys I feel your pain wih sleep/feeding issues - Noah has been similar since he learned to sit, so I too have been dealing with this for a while! He is usually so cactus for sleep, that my problem is keeping him awake until after he finishes his bottle, so he goes into the cot awake. I have found that he only wants to drink a bottle when he is tired, otherwise I have no chance! So we have a feed, sleep play routine LOL - backwards, of course. Even though he has reflux issues, he seems better going to bed after a bottle rather than having one before he plays - probably cos he is actually STILL while he is in bed hehe. He is having (for the most part) 3-4 bottles a day - I rarely offer him one through the night as it isn't a habit I want him in. I warm up some water in a small bottle and offer some of that, just depends on the moment. If he didn't settle well after that I would offer a small 100ml bottle of formula. Well I am proud, for the past few weeks Noah has been drinking a full bottle for a majority of his feeds - shock horror, he never has had even CLOSE to that in the past lol. I weighed him this week and he is 10.5kg - from memory he was 10kg at his 6mth vaccinations. Little fatty boomba is slowing down in the growing dept & slimming down for the spring lol.
I finally got very slight AF last night, and same again today... so er... low tide in that department LOL! So I am hoping this is AF!!
Noah has been front facing for the same time as BLake - the ambo saw him in his carseat and said that it was more dangerous to have him rear facing at that size etc but every child is different.. as are opinions about rear/front facing LOL!
My sister ended up staying last night. (& made garlic prawns yay) She walked into Noah's nursery and said "Sands you should really vacuum in here." To which I replied "GO RIGHT AHEAD! THE VACUUM IS IN THE FAMILY ROOM! " It hasn't been vacuumed in a week, so what, I thought she was such a b!tch for saying that. Next comment from my darling sister was "So, you have just put Noah to bed at 6pm - will he just sleep through til morning now" (yeah right, lol, do I LOOK like someone who is well rested, healthy and sane?!?!?) Her final hellraising comment "I am so tired this morning. Yes, Sands I am so tired from WORKING a 40hr week in a full time job, so I am going home for a sleep." Couldn't resist replying with "Well Leah, I have been on day AND night shift for nine months straight, and haven't had so much as a DAY off, let alone a whole weekend. Are you sure you are ready for children LOL?!?! "
Sisterly love :barf:ain't it grand..
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sandralee
24-08-2008, 20:46
woohoo! Have never been so excited to see AF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!:yelclap::laughing::D
Oh Sands, you give me a giggle! Sorry your sis was so insenitive, but she'll get hers when she has kids and then she'll understand!
I had a full post written last night but wouldn't you know as soon as I posted our internet connection died and it was lost. GRRRRRRR. And now, it's almost 6am, I have been up ALL night. No joke. ALL. Night. Xav's sleep routine is completely backwards!
I think I must have done something bad in a previous life . . .
Anyway, brain not functioning too well to repeat my missing post with a few personals. Please forgive me.
Other than our hooting all night, Xav has a third tooth cutting. Top left eye tooth. I thought more were close as her top four looked like they were threatening to bite soon.
Ohh - and have you tried putting teething gel on the top gums when there are teeth on the bottom ones??? OUCH!! Sharp little munchers both ways!!!!
Ok, eyes are falling out of head . . . spine slumping . . . . send sleep vibes to my munchkin please ladies!!!
xxx
AliyahBlake
25-08-2008, 08:29
Woohoo! Just realised I'm up to 1000 posts!!! :D
Ahhhh, Sands - gotta love those sort of comments from childless people - they really have no idea!! I know I didn't have any idea what it'd be like before I had kids. I often wonder what the hell I did with my spare time, even when I was working a 40 hour week! I really don't know what spare time is anymore LOL! It's funny now, that my idea of time alone is ducking in for a quick shower, or going to the loo - sometimes I don't even get to do those alone though:laughing: I love the comments from Craig sometimes too, when he goes on about how hard he works etc, and I'm like, well yeah, at least you've only got one job, you get to leave it at the end of the day, get paid for it, and get to mix with adults! I have 2 jobs - one is full-time and the other is part-time - I only get paid for one of those, and I don't get to leave at the end of the day because my working day never ends. :rolleyes: Just goes in one ear and out the other though.
Anyway, enough whinging, because it's a happy day!! Blake slept through from 6pm til 6am!!!!!! :smiliedance::smiliedance: FINALLY!!! He did stir at around 1:30ish, but I went in, didn't speak or pick him up, just covered him over and left, and he grizzled for 5 mins and went back to sleep. I put a bigger nappy on him to hold more wee, but unfortunately when he woke at 6 he was saturated again. Damn that boy can urinate!! I thank those beautiful Angels for getting Blake through the night, as I prayed hard before I went to bed to ask them to give us a good night's sleep and they did - don't know why I didn't think of doing that before really - must be my sleep deprived brain! I just hope this continues:fingerscrossed: Now we just have to get him sleeping better through the day.
Now poor Aliyah's sick - she has a rotten cold and mild conjunctivitis (which has been circulating her preschool, so I'm not surprised she caught it). No dancing lesson today, and probably no preschool tomorrow either. Blake had a gunky eye again this morning, but he seems to be ok otherwise so hopefully it won't affect him too much.
sandralee
25-08-2008, 08:42
Oh Shana! If I go to Browns Plains is week I'll give Xav a sleep lecture LOL! (cos she is too young to bribe yet hehe:D)
Noah stayed awake for his first sit down dinner last night - he slept for an hour btwn 4-5pm, when he would normally just catnap then still be begging for bed by 6pm lol! Or earlier! He has now learned what the dining table is for.. until now he has either thought that people don't eat (I eat when he is asleep - when I remember to) or that we eat on the run in the kitchen lol.
RB I had a dream about you last night - so funny - I asked you if you had your hair cut as I remembered it being long. We were at some kids concert together lol. Anyhoo, it looked good anyway!
Moops how ya doin there kiddo?
The IL's visit yesterday - they are so lovely but Noah hasn't had a lot to do with them yet - so he wasn' too open to cuddling.
I am worried about Andy - he asked me if it would gay, if he wore stockings to school on cold mornings as they aren't allowed to wear long socks. My sister heard and said that he needs more time outside playing football lol. My dad's jaw dropped open & hit the floor. Steve came to bed last night & told me to be open to the fact that Andy may be gay or bisexual lol! (It doesn't help that he has taken a liking to bright clothes and straightening his hair!) I think it is just that he as raised by a woman mostly.. me.. who doesn't care what people think (in a nice way, not rebellious or aggressive)..who wears what she wants, usually bright colours.. and who taught him not to be a 'sheep', but to be true to himself rather than follow the crowd. I have created a monster! On saturday I let him make a choice (he was invited shopping with some female friends, & also to a party on saturday night) & he chose shopping with the girls. Ah-em. He has never enjoyed shopping until now, so it is a novelty. It's all quite funny really, especially hearing Steve's 'tread carefully' voice when he said "now don't be alarmed or take offence, but Andrew could be gay or bi and I am totally okay with that." He loves girls too much though, he is a little ogler!
Off to make a honey tea and fold some washing while the man is down for a nap, has almost been asleep for an hour. XXXXXXXXXXX
Woot Sasa you're back it's like you never left! I am keen for a meet too, we should make it before the sept hols so it isn't ultra busy at the shopping centre. Have wanted to catch up with Shana again too now that Noah;s cold has passed.
Been doing a lot of time consuming stuff lately - trying to de-clutter and simplify in every room of the house plus get on top of 'anything refux.' Noah is 9mths old this weekend & I have been a bit concerned about his eating related stuff.
Sands I am so sorry to hear about Noah's eating/gagging reflex issues, I hope that the swallowing specialist is able to help you both out. OK then we should get cracking then and organise a meet, maybe even next week, how does that sound to everyone else?
I am so over the winter bugs! DS1 came down with his second tummy bug this month on Thursday night - thankfully he seems on the mend today. I've come down with the cold that everyone's had today , hopefully I can shake it off! Thomas' green nose has finally stopped now - so I hope that is his last cold for a while!
Thomas is waving and clapping and having really loud conversations with whoever will listen! I remember DS1 went through a similar 'show-off' period at the same time. When we were at sleep school at 9 months, he would command the attention of the whole table at meal times pulling faces and making funny noises!
When sickness creeps into the household it can take a while to shake once everyone gets a little go of it hey. I really hope that it all settles for you and you dont come down with a cold and it was just teasing...
By the way - Wow that was a master personals post!
well the update from me is i am looking forward to going to my best friends wedding tomorrow. I hope that i dont have a noisy baby in the ceremony though! I have known the bride since i was one, we met in playgroup! That still spins me out that i have known her all my life.
I think this summer i might go for one of those all in one neck to knee outfits! my skin is so white it will shine like neon on the beach! I got a gym membership for my birthday so i am back on the tredmill on monday. i am looking forward to getting fit again and loosing this pesky 5kg tire! My aim is to be a yummy fit mummy by James first birthday.
I hope you had a fantastic day at the wedding, how special to have known someone for so long!
That last 5 kg can be a killer hey, cause you are so close yet feels so far... I am in the exact same spot! Havent even started thinking about summer swimming a-tyre! get it :laughing:
Last night she woke at 1.30am and refused to go back to sleep. Even if we got her to fall asleep in our arms she would wake up 30 sec after we put her down. If we tried to settle her in her cot she would fight to sit up and scream. Had to bring her into our bed, (not a habit we want to introduce, so we could all get some sleep. Thought we were gettign some where this week, with her only waking up twice a night, now we're back to the sh!t.:crying:
Apart from these 2 issues (eating and sleeping lol) she's going great guns. She started clapping yesterday (her 9 month birthday) and now can take a few steps while holding onto furniture. She even claps while standing up not holding onto anything! She's so beautiful but such a pain lol. If you don't laugh you'd cry.
They are the two rulers of life aren't they - Sleeping and eating! I really hope that they imporve for you very soon!
woohoo! Have never been so excited to see AF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
Thats great Sands, I actually went as far as to do an ovulation test yesterday to see is I was ovulating because we had a little umm lets say accident on Saturday, and all we could think about was how easy we had fallen the previous two times.. anyway turns out I wasnt on Sunday so should be all good, I guess there was not much we could have done about it if I was, except for perhaps the morning after pill. Anyway bit of a releif, I would have loved it if I was though, BLake said Oh well - you wanted them close and 19 months is! haha not yet!
OH yeah and your sis will certaily have s hock coming her way by the sounds of it... IT is so easy for people without kids to judge and I dont know why they think they are qualified...??
Oh Sands, you give me a giggle! Sorry your sis was so insenitive, but she'll get hers when she has kids and then she'll understand!
I had a full post written last night but wouldn't you know as soon as I posted our internet connection died and it was lost. GRRRRRRR. And now, it's almost 6am, I have been up ALL night. No joke. ALL. Night. Xav's sleep routine is completely backwards!
OH Shana I am so sorry that you have had such an awake night, I hope that you and Xav are now fast asleep! SOunds like the teeth are giving her a bit of grief, the eye teeth are horrible teeth for them to cut, I remember with DD1 they were the first teeth to gave her a lot of pain/irritability. I hope that you have a better night tonight. You are doing so well Shana!
OK So I better go now but will be back later on xxxStevie
Sending lots of sleepy vibes for you Shana:babydust2::goodvibes::babydust2:
sandralee
25-08-2008, 08:53
Woohoo AB! You will probably find that if he is sleeping 12hrsat night, he won't need too much during the day - I think the rough guide for this age group is about 14hrs total, give or take a bit. Most days I try to get Noah to hang out til 9 or later for his first nap. Then wait 3hrs or so for his next one, from when he wakes etc. EVery child needs different ammounts ofsleep though so it varies quite a bit. But if you increase his day sleeps, he may not sleep so much at night. I have had a good few runs with Noah like that, but more often than not I have to go in a couple of times after he has gone to bed, then he seems to (mostly) settle for the night. Last night was the latest he has ever gone to bed at 7.30pm - when it gets dark he usually starts 'roosting' like he knows i's time to nest for the night lol! xxxxxxxxxxxx
AB YAY for the sleepfilled night! Thats great! Bunner about the kids not feeling well though, I will ask an angel to heal them too!
Sands, NOah is the same as Harper when it comes to bed time, by 5.45 pm she is hanging out for bed, I try and keep her up till 6 but usually she is in there at quarter too... Sounds like Andy has the right idea with the ladies - joining them on shopping trips, he is going to infiltrate and attack from the inside!
You should be very proud to have raised such a stong individual and whatever life path he takes I am sure you will be proud as punch always! He sounds like a great kid!
AliyahBlake
25-08-2008, 09:10
Yeah, that's true Sands - he's probably getting 13 or 14 hours a day then, even with the little naps he gets in the daytime. I just kept him up til 9am then and he had a 30min sleep (which is usual) and he has woken up happy, so I'll just see how he goes. He's always been the type of bub who you can't force to stay asleep (during the day anyway), so I tend to go with the flow a bit.
I wouldn't worry about Andy at all - I reckon if he did have gay tendencies, he wouldn't have asked you if it'd look gay to wear stockings - he would've just done it without a thought!
Craig was always the type who got along with girls really well, and even now has many female friends. That's just the type of guy he is, and I reckon he's a better person for it, as he understands women a little better than most men. I think it's good that Andy hangs with the chickies as well as the boys, and I reckon many of his male friends would be jealous that he gets to hang out with the girls:D I'd be questioning things more if he didn't want anything to do with girls IYKWIM.
Rainbowbrite
25-08-2008, 09:39
Can't remember much....but
AB YAY for Blake sleeping, hope the kids get better real soon.
Shana, I have no idea how you do it, I really don't.
Sands, if he's gay I think you'd know....and I don't think he'd ask if something was gay. My 18yr old nephew is, a gay goth of all things :laughing: He's so great lol, especially when I'm looking for funky clothes :p. Funny about the dream! I need a haircut desperately, its been over a year!! Its about half way down my back now, but as straight as straight can be.
Umm, I can't remember anymore. Ani is much better, still a snot monster, but not coughing near as much. Breathing heaps better too. He's such a terror. He crawls around the whole house, is a vacuum..EVERYTHING goes in his mouth so my day is chasing him around, picking him up, pulling stuff from his mouth, or his throat cause he's choking on it :hair:
MJs all better too, she just decided to share her cold with me too......and I don't get time off.
Oh on the men whinging about work, that really annoys me. DH thinks he's so hard done by cause he works a 38hour week.......what I would give to only work that much. He thinks I have the better deal. Yes I get to spend time witht he kids & miss nothing, but what I would give to be able to go out, see adults, without them attached to me, begging to be picked up etc. Oh well, one day :)
sandralee
25-08-2008, 12:23
LOL Sasa - that is Noah to a 'T.' 5.45pm is a regular for him, so I think 'hmmm..well it's ALMOST 6pm, so by the time I give him a bottle and say goodnight to everything...' Hopefully as the days get longer he will stay up a little bit longer - I am aiming for a 7pm bedtime & don't mind if he gets up at 6am, as long as I have had a good sleep in between. Our little bubs will be needing a bit less sleep as they approach their b'days, so am aiming to cut a bit off night sleep so he can have a longer nap during the day. He's been quite good in that dept lately, having a one hour sleep at some point during the day - makes such a difference to what you can get done!
Shana - if you are TTC, you may want to get Xav into better habits by using one of those baby consultants, so you can rest a bit during pregnancy. We had a lady out for approx $200?? (can't remember) & she observed what I did with Noah, then she taught me so much along the way. They are normally cheaper, but I wanted this lady right or wrong so paid travelling expenses. They also do night visits I think. Sometimes it is just too hard to know where to start! I don't know how you have done it for so long, but your body clock would be all out of whack too. xxxxxxxx
Rainbowbrite
25-08-2008, 12:57
Just thought I would post a pic of Ani's teeth :laughing: Took it today, had to steal toys off him to get him to open his mouth :p
Bottom 3 teeth (http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/vert-01/Family/100_2843.jpg)
Top 4 teeth (http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/vert-01/Family/100_2841.jpg)
Kittylou
25-08-2008, 13:16
Hello!!
How is everyone? I've been reading but it's been so long since I posted - we have all been sick for about 6 weeks now. First Sophie got a throat infection, then Blake got a cold that developed into croup and he still can't shake the cough, Brad and I both had a nasty cold that had us bedbound for a couple of days and then Sophie got it too at the same time as getting her first two teeth. We all recovered briefly but then it started again, me with tonsilitis and Sophie has just been diagnosed with pneumonia this morning. She was pretty unwell over the weekend and is completely refusing solids and barely drinking much milk but is actually a little better today than she has been - she started a course of antibiotics yesterday. The doctor said this morning that she seems well enough to be at home but at the first sign of another fever or if her wheezing gets worse to take her straight to the hospital. So life's been pretty fun around here lately!!! All I can say is bring on spring!! Well, summer really but spring will do.
Hmmm, I just put Sophie down for a sleep but she doesn't seem too keen so I'd better go and get her before she gets to0 upset and goes into a horrible coughing fit...
ETA Welcome Quaver
Rainbowbrite
25-08-2008, 13:21
Oh no Kitty :hugs: We've had the last few weeks like that too :(
Hope she recovers real quick for you!!
Hi girls! How's it going? Hope you all enjoyed your weekend. We stayed indoors for the 3rd weekend in a row as I'm trying to get onto Eden's TTing with 2 parents in the house. Needless to say its not working as its more a battle of wills than a battle of skills with her iykwim! :hair: Still, most of the time she's happy to sit there every hour, but no results in 3.5 weeks is doing my head in! Shane is taking us all to the Central Market here in Adelaide this weekend for a nice breakfast and a shop/sight see which will be a very welcome change!
Sands - I hear you on the body front, my friend. I feel exactly the same way. I was complaining to Shane that I don't feel attractive at the moment and he said 'I can tell'. So I'm obviously going to have to get a wax this week. I feel so gross. My legs are lily white, too. Re Andy, I gonna actually disagree with he others!! I have a bi-sexual friend (male) who LOVES shopping with the girls as his mates (who aren't gay) because they are way better shopping company! Don't worry too much. I'm sure whatever path he chooses you'll love him through it. Nice work getting your sisterto vacuum. I'd have done the same thing! She'll get hers when kids come her way. Don't worry!
Does anyone know the brand of moisturiser that is tinted? Its fairly new and it gets darker with every application. I need some for my legs as I'm too wussy to get a fake tan. Sands body discussion just made me think of it!
AB - Yay for retail therapy!! Always works for me. Damn that we don't have more money to do it more often though! heehee So pleased that Blake did a big sleep for you. YAY! I'm so over trying to get Shane to see how hard I work. I just bite my tongue and sing a silly song in my head to myself now coz saying anything is such a waste of time! I know who really works the hardest out of us two and thats enough for me!
Lozie - Good luck with the new job. Your little Jacy sounds very clever. That's so cute how Balin talks to Dora!!
Shana - That jumping castle sounds great. They had a smaller one at the recent Target toy sales for $150 and I was SO tempted to get it and hire it out to people!!!! I'd make my money back in a few parties I reckon!! We know a family who does this.
sasa - I understand completely about your DHs long work hours. Shane is a regular 7:30 leave the house 6:30 get home guy and works most weekends unpaid, too. :thumbsdown: Sucks doesn't it?
Mrs S - We turned Caleb around in his seat when he was able to sit up unaided for a couple of weeks. So, he's been forward facing for a month now. He's also almost 9 kgs so weight wasn't an issue either. Its so cool being able to see them both in the rear view mirror now. They interact with each other more too. Thanks for asking about Eden's results (& Quaver too!). We haven't heard anything back. My doctor and pead says if you don't hear anything then nothing is wrong. So, I'm hoping not to hear anything. Sometimes I just ring anyway to hear it for myself.
Quaver - I hope you enjoyed your friends wedding. Sounds very special.
kittylou - That sounds awful. Poor love. Hope she gets well soon.
Moops - Hope you're doing ok.
Anyone I've missed have one of these! :hugs:
Hey Kittylou, I am so sorry to hear about all the illness hitting your household in one big hit. You must be so over it, I am thinking of you and sending lots of healing thoughts your way xx
Hi Nan, the weekend overtime just tops it off doesn't it, long hours in the week - fair enough - but can't they atleast have a weekend to spend with the fam! Anyway has to be done I should stop whinging about it... Good luck with the TT'ing, I am sure that you are doing everything you can and more to encourage her but thought it might be worth a mention - when TT'ing DD1 we made a sticker chart and got some cool stickers. She got to pick a sticker to put on it everytime she went and it definately worked for us, then after a couple of weeks we just stopped saying anything about the sticker and she would ask every now and then but we just fazed it out.
I thought it might be inspiring if we shared what snacks we are giving bubs now. I have so many meals planned for dinners but feel like I am stuck with morning and afternoon snacks so would love to know what your bubs are having...?
Does anyone know the brand of moisturiser that is tinted? Its fairly new and it gets darker with every application. I need some for my legs as I'm too wussy to get a fake tan.
Nan - I use Johnson's Holiday Skin (just bought some yesterday, as my legs are lily white too.:eek:) But, other brands have their own version, Dove & Nivea I've seen at the shops.
Hope no news is good news for Eden's tests.
Kittylou - :hugs: so sorry to hear of your tough time lately, hopefully Sophie recovers quickly.
Moops - yeh haven't heard from you lately, I hope Luca is okay with his rash etc..
RB - so sorry to hear that you are now sick too. What a bummer :thumbsdown: Have you heard from Karitane?
Sasa - I haven't started giving her snacks, should I be? what the hell to give her seeing as she'll only eat puree. I do sometimes give her apple in the mesh feeder, which she loves! Also has anyone tried Baby Mum Mum Rice Crackers? She was having a go at them, but now she just plays with them. A friend at Mother's group gives her dd cheese and crackers and another gives her ds raisin bread.
sandralee
25-08-2008, 19:09
Wow I can't wait to 'give Noah snacks' LOL - he is on watery pureed EVERYTHING! :D Although he wants to try absolutely everything he sees us eat, if a bit breaks off in his mouth it usually ends up to be gag and vomit time lol! He loves strawberries, cherry tomatoes etc - very diverse tastes, but we just have to monitor bits coming off. Pain in the bum. He is having 3-4bottles a day and I still offer 3 meals a day, even if he doesn't eat them. I do some cooking for him and also sometimes just open a jar, as I neve know whether he will eat it or nt - which kind of takes the fun out of planning and cooking nutritious meals. My brain hasn't even gone there yet, I am at a confusing stage as far as feeding is concerned.. too much to think about, so trying to fit everything in is way too hard lol. e.g. The only time he drinks a bottle is if he is tired and ready for a sleep, otherwise he doesn' want to lay still... so really, before he naps is the only time for a bottle opportunity lol.. which means I work everything around that, in case he doesn't eat any solids whatsoever. If I go out during the day, he is lucky to drink 20-80mls if I am lucky so I wouldn't like to stay out all day cos too much would suffer! Can't wait to give him 3 meals a day plus snacks, and look at bottles as being 'secondary.'
Gosh Kaybee - healing vibes to you guys!!!!!
Nan - I hope you get answers soon - I get the feeling that she is just petite and teeny, but still heathy. So hard not to worry though when everyone follows a 'what's normal' theme, WHEN THERE IS NO NORMAL. We all vary so much in size.shape/makeup/personality etc - the good news is that there IS no 'perfect person' or 'perfect size' when you think about it.. just many variations and averages. I know someone who is 40 and she is what you would call 'petite' - she is very attractive and has a strong personality, but definitely doesn't look strange in any way. Just teeny and hot!
Sasa you sound like such an earth mother - what star sign are you, just out of curiosity? You always sound so 'together' and organised - I'm jealous!!
ANyone heard from MelB? How is your pregnancy going Mel? I suppose you are kept quite busy at your place, and preparing for number 4. How cool! On one hand I would love ahouse full of kids, on the other hand I would miss the little fragments of 'me time' that I do have.
A lot of you have had 2 kids fairly close together - any advice on age gaps? Pros and cons? Do you wish you had them closer together or further apart? How the heck do you make it through the night/day? XXXXXXXX
Good evening(morning) girls!
Thankyou for all the sleep vibes . .they worked wonderfully!!!!! We both slept from 7am to 7pm tonight! :laughing: Now all I need to do is reverse the world 12hours and we'll be on track. Where is Superman when I need him??
Ok, attempting some personals . .
Sasa - it took me a second but I got it - a-tyre! Gave me a good giggle!
For snacks I give Xav a few different things, maybe three per day. Generallly things she can pick up and feed herslef as she loves that!: milk arrowroot biscuit, baby mum-mum rice crackers, soft cheese cut into bite size pieces, those fruit sticks 1yr+ cut into thin slices (otherwise she bites off big chunks and chokes as they are not that soft), bite size banana/strawberry, toast with unsalted butter and a scratch of jam. And I occationally give her a little bit of vegemite sandwich (very little vegemite on it).
I do need to up her fruit and vege intake, so might try her on some cucumber and tomatoes soon. She chewed on some cucumber at mothers group one day and loved it!
Kittylou - good to hear from you, I was thinking about you! No good that little Sophie has been so ill! Glad the antibiotics are making a diference. How's your TTC'ing going?? :D
Nan - you have reminded me about my unused bottle of J&J Holiday skin in the cupboard! I really should use it! Yeah the jumping castle looks fantistic! I hope I can play in it too!!!:laughing: It will be great as Xav's Xmas present, hopefully she will be agile enough to give it a go!
RB - I had to laugh at Ani's face from you taking the toys off him! You evil mummy!! But I know what you mean, Xav wont open either her mouth for me either.:rolleyes:
Sands - don't worry about Andy. Personally i don't think he's gay, I think he's a normal teenager who likes to look good from his undies to his socks, and what better way to know what girls like than to take them with you! And from what I know of Andy . . .it wouldn't surprise me if he made that stocking comment simply becasue your family could hear!
AB - so happy Blake had a good night for you! I wouldn't worry about the day sleeps - take what good you can get!!!!!!!! No sooner will you get him into some daytime routine and his sleep needs will change and you have to start over anyway! If he is waking up happy, that's all he needs.
Well, my night is going to consist of online jigsaws and listening to music on the laptop - we have no TV atm!!! But first, off to clean up the kitchen.
Have a nice evening ladies.
sandralee
25-08-2008, 20:28
LOL Shana - must be almost morning tea time for you guys huh? :yelclap: You can come to my house for a midnight coffee lol! Maybe I can sync Noah in with Xav, and we can have midnight jumps in the jumping castle... and wine..... then some more wine.... a cheese platter for our midnight snack hehe...all in our PJS. That sounds like so much fun to me! Thank you guys for the kid words re Andy - he has so many aspects to his personality, and one of them is definately 'do something/say something for a reaction.' I know he really likes to be different - like most kids his age, all trying to stand out and assert their individualty and uniqueness...guess it make sense when they are all dressed like clones, as they don't feel separate and individual. I wouldn't put it past him at all. Had a quick chat wth him this arvo, short and sweet. "I'm your mum and I am extremely open minded. However, you are really taking the phrase in touch with your feminine side, to the limit. You don't look gay, but I could understand if people thought that. I'm just telling you that you are on the border of expressing yourself in that way. He is so tall and skinny (6ft 3:confused:), and he has been buying skinny jeans which end up looking like leggings on him. He eats like a horse but has legs like long toothpicks, which look funny in tight jeans. Man do they look funny! xxxxxx
Nan - I use Johnson's Holiday Skin (just bought some yesterday, as my legs are lily white too.:eek:) But, other brands have their own version, Dove & Nivea I've seen at the shops.
Sasa - I haven't started giving her snacks, should I be? what the hell to give her seeing as she'll only eat puree. I do sometimes give her apple in the mesh feeder, which she loves! Also has anyone tried Baby Mum Mum Rice Crackers? She was having a go at them, but now she just plays with them. A friend at Mother's group gives her dd cheese and crackers and another gives her ds raisin bread.
Thanks for the reminder Nan and Kaybee, I have some of that nivea tanning moisturiser stuff but had forgotten about it, I am going to start to use some, I really just want to do it on one leg for a week at first so I can see the difference. Not sure I'll go through with that plan!
With the food 'they say' that by 9 months bubs should be having 3 meals a day with a couple of snacks, of course this is just a guide as they are all so different! But thats where we are up to anyway. Milk is still pretty much the main source as she is still having 4 bottles a day (7, 12, 4 and a dream feed at 8 - unless she wakes for it.) She has her meals after the first three bottles and snacks in the morning and afternoon. Especially cause Asha has morning and afternoon tea she is sitting there staring at whatever she is eating and trying to grab it at every opportunity!
Sasa you sound like such an earth mother - what star sign are you, just out of curiosity? You always sound so 'together' and organised - I'm jealous!!
A lot of you have had 2 kids fairly close together - any advice on age gaps? Pros and cons? Do you wish you had them closer together or further apart? How the heck do you make it through the night/day? XXXXXXXX
Thanks Sands, try to keep pretty organised, helps me to stay pretty chilled I guess. I am a virgo - only a couple of weeks till my birthday actually, hasn't the year flown!
ON the age gaps - I have 2.5 between mine and I love it! DD1 was able to be out of nappies and pretty self sufficient ie. feeding herself meals, helping me out if I need her to get me something etc.. Old enough to understand what was going on I guess... To be honest in hindsight if I had have known Asha would be so grown up by the time she was 2.5 I may have liked them a bit closer even~!
Good evening(morning) girls!
Thankyou for all the sleep vibes . .they worked wonderfully!!!!! We both slept from 7am to 7pm tonight! :laughing: Now all I need to do is reverse the world 12hours and we'll be on track. Where is Superman when I need him??
Sasa - it took me a second but I got it - a-tyre! Gave me a good giggle!
For snacks I give Xav a few different things, maybe three per day. Generallly things she can pick up and feed herslef as she loves that!: milk arrowroot biscuit, baby mum-mum rice crackers, soft cheese cut into bite size pieces, those fruit sticks 1yr+ cut into thin slices (otherwise she bites off big chunks and chokes as they are not that soft), bite size banana/strawberry, toast with unsalted butter and a scratch of jam. And I occationally give her a little bit of vegemite sandwich (very little vegemite on it).
I do need to up her fruit and vege intake, so might try her on some cucumber and tomatoes soon. She chewed on some cucumber at mothers group one day and loved it!
Oh Shana I am so glad that you got a decent sleep, sorry it was through the day but hey I guess a big sleep is a big sleep hey! I cant beleive how opposite her sleep pattern iS!!! You are amazing!
The milk arrowroot biscuits are a hit here too, I forgot to even write about snacks she is eating..
She loves vegemite or cream cheese sandwhiches, on toast or on rye cruskits (new fave she loves them)
She has chewed on a whole pear a couple of times very messy but she loved it.
Sliced avocado
vegie pikelets
I think thats about the regulars at the moment...
I haven't given her any cheese by itself as a snack yet, she has it in her dinners sometimes and on food that she pinches of us, I will give that a go! Thanks Shana :thumbsup:
Anyway speaking of food I have to go and cook some pears to freeze for the next week of brekkies, back soonxxx
I have gone to reply so many times these last two days but everytime J has woken up! It just happened again but i have put on sesame st for two seconds!
Sands- thanks. the wedding was fantastic!! She was such a beautiful bride and the food was the best i have had at a wedding. ( and i have been to heaps!) It was at star city level 17 astral. The most amazing views of the harbour too. It was such a relaxed wedding with a happy couple. I think the three strawberry daqueries made me a little extra happy too:p
dont worry about if your son is gay. all boys are really concerned about this at his age. it is a sensitive thing. my brother is gay. he did not come out till he was 19, but we always knew it! He was never concerned about what looked gay.it never crossed his mind because it was just him. teens are hard years :hugs:
shana- i hope the sleep is getting better. hopefully now that tooth has cut through.
Ab- yay 1000 posts:) I hope Aliyah is feeling better. I dont know how you fit it all in!
Rainbowbrite- Those teeth are amazing!! how cute! I would not want to put bonjella in that mouth- or breastfeed for that matter!
:wave:Kittylou
Sassa- good idea re snack food. I sometimes go to the food thread but i get so frustrated there. there are so many arguments of what to feed when that i get frustrated.
I give J snacks cause he is a hugary little monster. i dont feed him snacks everyday. because he does not go for it if his mouth is sore.but
His fav is cruskit with vegemite on it. He also has
steamed carrot sticks
chicken balls with yoghurt dip
arrowroot biscuts
creamed corn
roasted parsnips
my sandwich crusts sometimes
rusk
Well i went to see the chn yesterday and she was really positive. much better than the nurses in my old area, they seem to have more time here. She watched him play and was not concerned about his lack of rolling or crawling. she gave me some ideas about play to encourage his tummy time, so i will give that ago this week.
:smiliedance:i have joined a gym. it has an amazing creche too that i can drop J of in. I am so looking forward to starting. i have to wait till thursday though when i have my fittness assessment and program given to me ....eek.
better go though. it has suddenly gone too quiet out there. :flowerz:
Hi Quaver, steamed carrot sitcks are a good idea and the chicken balls! I am actually making fish balls for DD1 today so will see how she goes with those too!
Rainbowbrite
26-08-2008, 10:20
Nan, that would be frustrating! MJs been trained for over a yr, day & night, but has started having accidents first thing in the morning. I think its cause she dawdles, gets distracted & then can't make it in time.
Sasa, Ani doesn't eat enough to get snacks lol. He's lucky to have 3 meals a day, he's just not into food.
Kaybbe, still haven't heard back. Not happy either. Ani & MJ both love the baby mum mum rice rusks!!!
Shana, she does have it backwards!!!! Lucky your so flexible. Where do you do the jigsaw's? I play wordscraper on facebook :o
Sasa, MJ was good like that, but has now regressed. She won't eat unless she's being fed like Ani :rolleyes: Love the only 1 in nappies though!!
Quaver, we have had many uncomfortable breastfeeds, believe me :eek: He's got a bad habit of biting, MJ doesn't help, she's always putting her fingers in his mouth, then crying when he bites :rolleyes:
Oh Ani loves steamed carrot, he eats them for dinner most nights lately. With him being sick, he was gagging on everything, but loved carrot. Will have to just start mushing what we eat I think, i'm over doing seperate meals lol
Took Ani back to the dr today, he's very happy. Chest is getting better, ears are clear. Just have to use the nebuliser twice a day now & finish off the anti-biotics. So over illness!!!
Kittylou
26-08-2008, 13:46
Kittylou How's your TTC'ing going?? :D
Hmmm, not so good :no:. We haven't actually started yet - the plan was to start in October - but it's not looking so good anymore. With all our illness lately, I started to get cold feet because there were days when I thought there was no way I would have managed if I had another child to look after or another one sick at the same time. So, silly me, went as far as to tell DH that I thought I had changed my mind. I, of course, was just having a bad day but he has jumped on it and now decided that he feels like our family is complete and doesn't want to have any more. I am devastated. It just doesn't seem real to me yet. He has said his feelings may change although I don't think he thinks that's likely. I don't know what to do...
Re snacks - I had just started giving Sophie afternoon tea in place of one of her bottles last week but then she got sick and wouldn't eat anything so I started giving her the bottle again. I was just giving her pieces of rockmelon, banana and baby mum-mum rusks. I also bought some of the baby rice cakes and was going to give her those with avocado but haven't had a chance to try it yet. She really doesn't have a very big appetite at the best of times so it's a bit of a balancing act to work out how much to give her and when so it doesn't interfere with her normal meals.
RB - so glad to hear Ani is on the mend.
This winter has really been pretty nasty for a lot of us, hey? I honestly can't remember the last time that my whole family was sick at the same time. Sophie is a little better today. She's still pretty miserable and not really sure what to do with herself - it's like she feels like she wants to play but then when she does, she realises that she's not well enough. I did manage to get her to eat a little bit of yoghurt for breakfast and two cubes of yoghurt for lunch so that's a huge improvement.
kaybee - With snacks, I started both my kids on rusks. They didn't eat much of them but got used to finger foods that way. Now Caleb has 'graduated' to scotch finger bikkies (not every day coz of the sugar) or bread with vegemite cut into strips. Sometimes he has a cruskit. They are great because they melt in your mouth.....or should I say drool! :laughing: The thing I've found with him is I have to watch him nearer the end of the stick iykwim coz when what he's eating runs out he starts to shove the whole lot in and gags so badly!
Sands - I totally agree with you about Eden. The doctor is inclined to think that too only he just wants to make sure. With age gaps, I have exactly 2 years between mine and while its mostly good I think sasa has the perfect age gap. We were shooting for 2.5 years but got it right first go this time around! Hence, birthdays almost on the same days in our family!! I think 2.5 would have been great coz then Eden would have been TTed and none of this stoopid regressing and stuffing around/battle of wills! There are things I wish she were a little more independent with. Like MJ, she has gone back to wanting me to feed her. She'll eat most of her food by herself but I have to 'help her' finish. :rolleyes: How do I get through the day?? Million dollar question!! PRAY!!!!! I honestly don't know sometimes, but controlled crying & a good routine early on worked wonders.
sasa - Trust me! You got the age gap perfect my friend!! Nice work!! :yelclap: :p We're on 3 meals a day here, too. BF & breakfast, BF and lunch, big tea & BF before bed around 6:30pm.
Glad all the sick kiddies seem to be getting better now.
Just on the gagging thing. Vitamin E helps strengthen the body's tissues so giving it every day is good for kids with reflux or week sphincter muscles/gag reflexes etc. Not too much though, coz it is fat soluble so is stored in the body and not peed out like Vit C. Its not as fast acting as Vit C and takes weeks to work. A bit of a squirt from a capsule in some milk or food ought to do it. :thumbsup:
Funny story....well not so funny but interesting.... I read years ago that Vitamin B6 in high doses during pregnancy helped relieve morning sickness. So I got myself a 250mg tablet and took it on top of my usual multi-B just for the first trimester with both my kids and didn't chuck once with either of them. Felt a bit queasy sometimes with Caleb but thats it. Anyway, to the point!! Today a friend gave me some of the Blackmores morning sickness tablets to pass on to a friend......yes a friend, not for me lol......and low and behold what are the 2 main ingredients in them? B6 and ginger! Only thing is in the study I read you had to take 25mg of B6 but if the m/s had already started then you had to take 250mg daily to have any kind of effect. The amount in the Blackmores is only 25mg!!! And women take these things and wonder why they don't work or just take the edge off. Just a bit of trivia and hopefully a heads up for all you TTCers!! heehee Random, but i thought you girls might be interested.
kittylou - Really sorry to hear your DH feels that way. If it makes you feel any better when we went through a rough patch with Eden early on Shane was the same. When she was a bit older he changed his tune. You should only make major life decisions when you're in a good place & everything is in order, not when your whole family is not well or things are not right. That's what Dr. Phil says anyway!!! :D
RB - My niece was doing the same thing as MJ a few months back. My SIL started rewarding the poos and wees that went in the toilet again and it only took her a couple of weeks to go back.
Quaver - Good luck at the gym. Well done on joining.
just a really quick one. i will reply properly later, I am in the middle of the bedtime routine but....
James just rolled about 20 times this afternoon:yelclap::yelclap::smiliedance:
I am so excited, he thought he was so clever.
i feel a bit relieved now.........i must get our floor down in the kitchen......
anyway just wanted to share my happy news :)
sandralee
26-08-2008, 20:01
Big YAY FOR JAMES! :yelclap: You sound really relieved Quaver, so I am happy for you. Our bubs all vary so much, some are laid back and others are supersensitive little hellraisers lol! Well Noah hasstaed up 'late' twice in three days, tonight he went to bed at 7.15 as he had a late nap at 4.30 - he started doing his 'wind down' at 5.45 and I was reluctant to put him to bed so early, he was still quite alert. I guess it is a big time difference to his body clock, so will try to get him to a 7pm bedime in smaller increments. So hard to perfectly time afernoon naps though - does anyone else;s head keep going around PLANNING all the time? (well MOST of the time) Or do I just have a more chllenging child to deal with? He only has bottles before naps, so it's vital that I schedule those in somewhere otherwise he doesn't eat much in the way of solids. Another way I can get him to have an arvo bottle is to give him a bath early, as he get thirsty. (but I am aiming to give him a bath just before bed once he gets used to a later bedtime, to help wind his busy little mind down) If I go out anywhere, I have to be prepared for him to miss a meal as I can't count on him eating/drinking a bottle..too much going on for him, & it's all different and exciting.
***Lost my train of thought now so I am changing the subject***
Steve booked our tickets to cirque du soleil tonight and they have nearly sold out already. It was our first 'date' together and we have never missed a show. This year we are seeing an arvo show though, as I don't think Noah would be very open to anyone else putting him to bed at night. Gotta work on that one down the track. Bought sometickets for my parents as well, so they can go the day before us.
Got my hair cut and coloured today and it feels so good to have done that.
I got a pimple yesterday and feel like a teenager! I spend less than a minute washing & moisturising my face at night so I probably deserve it lol.
Yeah I don't mind if Andy turns out gay - he more than likely isn't, but I am cool. Have always said that to him as well - it's all about who they shag, doesn't change their personality. I am really proud of him as a person in general, he is beautiful & very sweet natured.
Kaybee Steve is the opposite - he reallywouldn't mindif I told him I was pregnant a few months ago.. have had two false alarms & he has looked disapponted when I have told him I am not pregnant. Shocks me really, cos we haven't had the easiest of experiences raising Noah so far - and he is still not sleeping as well as I would like yet. Your hubby will more than likely change his mind, especially once things are going a bit smoother for you - once he sees you really happy & flowing, and your little sprog has passed her first birthday. (and once she is on track with eating etc)
I am getting some answers from the swallowing clinic by thurs - a lady who rang me today is findng the best person for the job & getting back to me. Will either be seeing someone in brisbane or they will do a home visit. I know that babies develop at their own pace, but she seemed to think that he should be on more than just pureed stuff by now, & they can miss important eating milestones if they aren't encouraged at this age.
Haven't been into the nursery - woohoo - nearly 2 hours lol...I get excited over the smallest of things.....
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sandralee
26-08-2008, 20:31
Just found a really cute idea for fathers day - a nice keepsake -
http://www.quinnmacool.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=117_120&products_id=1057&shopping=true
Now I just have to be bothered enough to choose some pics lol! xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Kittylou, your dh might come around in the near future, as others said, once things settle down. I have lost count how many times I've had rough nights and days with Xav and my Dh, as wonderful as he is, often just leaves it to me to struggle through on little sleep. But when I think - how would I handle another baby, I just think: Xav wont be this high maintainence in another year. And I'll know more the second time around etc.
Dh did say to me tonight 'how will I handle another one? - I'll probably end up eating them!'
Sasa - I think perhaps Asha is so mature because she had 2.5yrs alone with you! That and she had inherrited your gorgeous personality!
Yay for James Quaver!!!!!!! What a clever boy!! I think Xav might be the last baby on earth to roll! Or atleast in this group :laughing:. She just cannot be bothered!
Nan thanks for the tip re: m/s. I had first hand experience of ginger and B6 not even scratching the surface and now I know why. I did take a multi vitamin but that made be nauseous too. Next time I'll just go the 250ml B6 as soon as I get preg and see if it that works!
RB glad Ani is getting better. What a relief for you.
Sands, circe de soliel sounds wonderful! Lucky you. And you got your hair done . . . nioce.
I need a wax. Really should organise that this week . . .
MrsScatterbrain
27-08-2008, 07:27
Hi everyone!
I woke to the most gorgeous sound this morning! Birds singing! Spring is on its way!!!
I have a gorgeous double spread out of a Heinz brochure with pics of finger food and my scanner won't work! (You could probably order one at: heinzforbaby.com.au) However I can list them:
Broccoli, sugar peas, sweet potato, baby corn, avocado, halved seeded grapes, breadsticks (they mean the Heinz ones here!!) Pita triangles, capsicum, grated/sticks of cheese, lamb cutlets, sandwiches, pasta shapes, canned peaches, watermelon, cooked pear slices, mini rice cakes, banana, cooked apple, pikelets and cucumber!
Sands - Ah! Don't you love sisters! My brother is exactly the same - he turned up to visit 14 days after Thomas was born and complained of being tired!! Good on you for making it work for you! I personally think Andy is one smart guy, going shopping with the chicks - like Sasa says - getting an inside advantage. What chick doesn't like a man that shops!!? Re: age gaps between kids, we had 2 years (and 5 days!!) and it worked wonderfully! DS1 has been fabulous with Thomas, and they're nice and close, so hopefully will be great friends. But - it is really hard work! My attitude is that it will pay off later! I love seeing my little boys giggle together! Sometimes I wondered if I should have waited a bit longer as DS1 was a bad sleeper and I had a kind of residual exhaustion, but I made it through!
Kittylou - I feel for you with the illness - I hope Sophie remains fever-free and her wheeze improves. DH and I worked out that somebody in our house has been ill for 6 weeks straight too! I think its just the first winter with 2 kids - the give each other everything! (And we're so exhausted we catch it too!) Roll on healthy days I say! :goodvibes:
:hugs: I hope everything turns out well with your TTC - we too had plenty of moments in DS1's first year we thought - never again! (And that was me too!) And, during the last weeks of illness I have thought the same thing - but I know once this all ends my attitude will change. I dearly hope that your DH's attitude changes next year when things calm down, I know ours did. A friend of DH's told me that many surgeons refuse to give men the 'snip' until their most recent child is 1, because it is such a turbulent time, and many couples do go on to have more kids, even though they swear they won't at times!
Nan - my OB clinic was the same - would only ring if something is wrong! I would always feed in limbo until I'd rung to confirm! Thats really interesting about the vit B - I found the m/s formula a total waste of time with both pregnancies - and so hard to take! Long work hours are so difficult when there are kids on the scene - DH is about to start a PhD, and I'm a bit ambivalent about the nights/weekends it will eat up. I'm lucky I've had it so good for this long!
Sasa - that stickers idea rocks! Must try it with DS1!
Shana - so glad you have got some sleep!
Welll ... we have booked a naughty weekend for February!! :smiliedance: I cannot wait! No so much for the 'naughty' bit (:laughing:), more to just eat a couple of meals without any dramas, and read the newspaper from cover to cover and just relax! Hurry up Feb!
I had an interesting trip to the CHN this week. It looks like Thomas has baby eczema, possibly asthma and needs a hearing test due to his jaundice. I'm reasonably confident he'll be okay as his bilirubin levels didn't hit 400, and he only spent 48 hours in a humidicrib. :fingerscrossed:
The really interesting part was that the nurse had a student in with her - I'm absolutely cool with that - students need to learn somehow - but the nurse gave her a running commentary about really, really personal information - even to the point of drawing a picture of our house! :eek: She made me sound like a total basketcase, and half of it wasn't even true! Surely her priority is to check the baby's health - not focus on the student! Anyhoo, I'm going to complain to the council, as I brushed off the experience pretty well, but I'm not sure if all Mums would. And it ain't the first time she's been innapropriate either (once she asked me if I'd 'topped myself' yet). Yikes. I hate complaining, but I've got to protect the vulnerable Mums out there.
Oh my gosh - that was LONG!!!
Take care everyone xx
MrsScatterbrain
27-08-2008, 07:30
Quaver - forgot to say yay for James!!! :yelclap:
AliyahBlake
27-08-2008, 08:29
Wow - Looks like November mummies are back in full swing after our posting lull! I wasn't on here yesterday and there's a million posts to catch up on LOL!
Shane is a regular 7:30 leave the house 6:30 get home guy and works most weekends unpaid, too. Sucks doesn't it?
Craig used to be like that up until just before Blake was born, then he decided that work wasn't everything and he needed to spend more quality time with his family. He took a pretty big pay cut, but we're still comfortable and much happier that he's not working so many hours and is less stressed.
I haven't started giving her snacks, should I be?
I've only just started giving Blake snacks, only because he gets the poops when we eat our snacks in front of him! He still h as 3 bottles and 3 meals a day, but I just give him a Baby mum-mum rusk or arrowroot bickie in between.
........any advice on age gaps? Pros and cons? Do you wish you had them closer together or further apart? How the heck do you make it through the night/day? XXXXXXXX
Well, from personal experience, I love the age gap between my two (3 1/2 years) - we never planned it to be that far apart as we actually only wanted about 18 months gap originally. Due to job changes and a busy life in general we just didn't get around to TTCing til Aliyah was about 18 months, and then it took almost 12 months to conceive Blake, so it just worked out that way in the end. I'm thankful really, because Aliyah is pretty independant and can help me with Blake rather than having her own demands. There's also alot to be said for only having to deal with nappies for one child! I've seen friends who have had babies closer together, and quite honestly I don't envy them!
This winter has really been pretty nasty for a lot of us, hey?
Hasn't it what? It just feels like we get rid of one lot of viruses, and then Aliyah brings home a whole lot of new ones from preschool for us all to sample!
James just rolled about 20 times this afternoon
:yelclap: Well done James - another milestone achieved!!
The really interesting part was that the nurse had a student in with her - I'm absolutely cool with that - students need to learn somehow - but the nurse gave her a running commentary about really, really personal information - even to the point of drawing a picture of our house!
I'm usually OK with nursing/medical students myself (I was a nursing student once so I know that you have to learn somehow!) - but I would have felt uncomfortable having my personal details discussed in front of me like that. They could have at least waited til you were gone!
On the gay subject.......just thought I'd pose the question.......how would any of you feel if any of your children came to you one day and told you that they were gay? Personally, I love my kids unconditionally, and although I would be shocked, little disappointed that they would not have the traditional meet someone, get married, have kids bizzo (they could still have all that just not with someone of the opposite sex!), but I reckon I would accept them for who they are and love them no matter what. I asked Craig how he would feel about it, and at first he was unsure, but after thinking about it he said he would feel like me - slightly disappointed but accepting. I think homosexuality is becoming more accepted these days so it's not so much of a taboo anymore.
Anyway, Blake is still sleeping pretty well at night. He wakes up still, but doesn't take an hour to fall asleep again thank goodness!
Aliyah has been a different story. I had her at the GP yesterday and she has another ear infection so is back on antibiotics. I'm getting concerned about all these infections so if she gets any more this year I think I might ask for an ENT referral.
Rainbowbrite
27-08-2008, 11:39
Kitty that would be frustrating. I hope you both come to a decision that works for you soon :hugs:
Nan, can you tell me more about the vit E please? My friends 3.5 yr old still vomits if she gets too worked up crying or coughing.
Quaver thats great!!
Sands hope you had a great night. That looks great for fathers day, just need to think up something witty :p
Shana, your right. Bubs do settle down eventually & 2 really isn't that bad/hard. Some days are great!!!
Mrs S I would be upset too!! Thats so wrong of her to do :hugs:
AB I would be concerned too. I've been so lucky with MJ, she's only had Antibiotics once.
On the gay thing, as i've said my nephew is gay. I've always had an idea that he was. I don't love him any less, he is fantastic with the kids. Was always more like a little brother to me, there is only 9yrs between us so we virtually grew up together. If it were MJ or Ani, I wouldn't feel any different. It doesn't change who they are. Yes I worry about R (nephew) more than I do the others, but thats because society are judgemental. R has been bashed once but thankfully wasn't hurt too bad.
Best be off, need lunch.
:hugs: to everyone
hi all!
Shana- :hugs: Xav will roll soon, i just know it. I went to the chn on monday to have a general check and talk about his rolling etc. She said that he can, he is just lazy and it is nothing to worry about. so what do you know- a day later i think he just wanted to prove me wrong after i was calling him a lazy fattie:laughing: there are 4 other non rollers in my mothers group.
Nan- re the morning sickness remedies. When we ttc number 2 i will drink litres of it thanks!!!!! I was so sick with J that i threw up 4 times a day everyday!! i had to go to hosital at 18weeks and i even through up during my c section. the minute he was out i stopped. ew maybe tmi.
MrsSB- well you do sound chirpy today! Yep i can smell spring in the air. The snack food suggestions were good. ta. i might give the rice cakes a go. Yay for the naughty weekend;)
Kitty- give your dh some time re ttc. :hugs:
sands- sounds a great date! when are you going?
AB- poor Aliyah. I think it is a good idea to go to the ent. I had a heap of problems with my ears as a kid and even now. it really can be very painful for them.
continuing with the gay discussion. well being a muso i have a heap of gay friends and always have done. i just never have had an issue with it. When my brother came out, it was a different story. I love him and that wont ever change but it was so different being someone that you love. YOu do set up expectations, my kids and his kids playing, j's uncle and aunt etc. My parents and i kind of went through a morning period. it was so weird. even though we of course except him and his husband it is still sometimes weird, you are getting to know him again. I think if J was that way it would be hard too, but of course he will always be my little boy. Even though society is so much more excepting these days it is still a hard road for them. people still judge and there still are homophobes out there, it is hard for them sometimes to meet a partner, and kids is just another story. My bro is the best uncle ever and it saddens me to think that he will probably never have a kid of his own flesh and blood.j is very lucky to have such wonderful uncles and he will probably grow up with a better understanding.
also... on the plus side he is a fabulous shopper!!! and the best hairdresser on the planet!!!! i love my free hair colours and cuts and blow dries!!!
on the subject of looks-well take a good look at me now girls. by the time our bubs are 1 i am going to be all trim with my new gym program! see this flab here and here and here and here. it will be gone- flash kabam!
sandralee
27-08-2008, 19:32
Going in the first week of december - which will be upon us before we know it. Still haven't got a passport pic for Noah - the one I did last week wasn't acceptable apparently cos he had the slightest expression lol! We are going in about 7wks - hopefully time diference won't mess him up too much. Or maybe it will do him some good hehe.
Re gay - I have always said that I am cool with it, only disappointment would be for less chances of grandchildren lol - and yeah, the harshness of society I guess. It comes down to a choice of bonking partner really, and he can do what he likes in that department...& the less I know the better LOL! Plus it would be fun to shop tgether!
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Morning ladies,
Our night was a bit better. Xav was only up from 8.30pm to 10ish and from 1am to 3am. So we've 'started' our day at 6am and I'm determined to have a 'normal' day! Going to the shops to meet a firend for lunch . . . I haven't been shopping in about a month!!!! (except groceries) I'm sure Xav is as keen for a change of scene as I am!
It's a bit cooler today so we might get a last wear of her winter stuff. I went through her wardrobe and I have so much size 0 stuff for summer! Must weigh Xav today, don't think she's put on a lot of weight since 6mths though, which is normal so :fingerscrossed: she still fits sz0 for a while!
Sands - I'm lost, where are you going to need passports??
I wish I was going overseas . . . but I dont' relish the thought of taking a baby on a long flight. A friend may be getting married in Greece . . .I'd love to go but not doing the flight with Xav and not leaving her behind ...
I am looking forward for when Xav is about 3 or 4yrs old and we can hightail to Fiji for a week!
Quaver sounds like your m/s was horrendous! Mine was too 24/7 until about 13wks. And I threw up after my c-sec too! But it was from the spinal/morphine not m/s.
Have a nice day girls . . .xxx
AliyahBlake
28-08-2008, 08:46
I went to the chn on monday to have a general check and talk about his rolling etc. She said that he can, he is just lazy and it is nothing to worry about.
on the subject of looks-well take a good look at me now girls. by the time our bubs are 1 i am going to be all trim with my new gym program! see this flab here and here and here and here. it will be gone- flash kabam!
I agree with Quaver - I wouldn't worry about the rolling thing too much. Some babies just aren't rollers. Aliyah never really rolled at all, even when she began crawling (at 10 1/2 months!) she wasn't doing it much. She was just pretty lazy but no problems developmentally - she could do it but I just don't think she could be ar$ed!! Blake, on the other hand, used rolling as his main mode of transport from pretty early on - he's so much more active than Aliyah was. But Aliyah has definitely made up for lost time now - the girl just doesn't sit still :laughing:
Quaver - you are such a good girl for getting fit. I'm using all the excuses under the sun - too busy, not enough spare cash for a membership, too cold.....the list goes on! I don't have weight issues at all as I've dropped back to pre-pregnancy weight but I could do with a major cardio overhaul and tone-up in the areas we all know too well! When Aliyah goes to school next year I am going to be really good and walk to pick her up in the afternoons - the school is probably a 30 min walk away so if I do that there and back every day then I should get a bit fitter (and it doesn't cost any money :D). The walk home will be slower as I'll have Aliyah and her friend Annabelle with me, but I can push Blake's stroller and really power it on the way there. That's my plan anyway!
Aliyah is a little better today now that she's had almost 2 days of antibiotics. Poor kid woke up with ear pain again last night though. I know how she feels because I used to be the same as a kid, but just grew out of it. I hope the same happens with her as I really don't want to go down the road of grommets.
Blake has been a little gem - he didn't wake at all last night until just before 6am. Beautiful boy! I hope he keeps it up, although my body really doesn't know what to do with all the extra sleep I'm suddenly getting. I've just realised I probably haven't had a full night's sleep in about 18 months (I didn't sleep too well during most of my pregnancy either).
Got a huge surprise yesterday - I was looking through Blake's cupboard and decided to clean a few bags of clothes out and sort out what I need to keep or give away, and I found a bag of clothes my sister gave me when I was pregnant of all my nephew's stuff. I thought I had already looked through it, but obviously I hadn't as I found a whole heap of size 0 winter stuff (like trackies and nice jeans etc) and size 1 summer stuff (which Blake will certainly grow into in the next few months) :smiliedance: There was quite alot and my sister always bought beautiful clothes for her boy and kept them in really good condition, so BONUS!! I've washed it all and now I just have to find a space in Blake's drawers to put it all. Love it when stuff like that happens!
ok- i just spent 45 minutes at the gym and about that in:hissy: after. J went into the gym creche and i left him happy, he did not even notice me leaving which was great. so i happily went off to work out. When i came back he was screaming on his tummy :( i feel such a horrible mum for leaving him! I have only left him with family before and i have been fine because i have been at work. but this was something for me. so guilt guilt- this is horrible!I asked if he was ok the rest of the time and they said he was fine. he had milk etc. it was just that they had a paint spillage that they were cleaning up and had to leave him on his tummy for a bit. Now that he is rolling he rolls onto his tummy he gets stuck and hates it:rolleyes:
so i dont know if i can leave him there again until he is more mobile. heaps of my friends work and their babies go to day care. they seem fine- why am i so hopless with it! He has now been asleep for 2 hrs so i am wondering how much crying he actually did.
sorry but i am just having a bad moment:rain:
ok sorry about that moment girls. and with so many of you with sick bubs, it was a bit wrong of me to complain. i just had a good chat to my mum and feel heaps better! I will try the creche one more time and then look for another way to enjoy the gym.
shana- glad you had a better night:)
sands- yay that will come up before you know it!
Ab- yay i love little surprises like that. I am going shopping in a minute. J has grown out of the 00 winter clothes and is now in 0. i dont have many though. so i dont know whether to buy 0 or 1 summer clothing???? it is mid season and a bit tricky. it has just been so cold but i feel spring acoming! Glad aliyah is better today too:fingerscrossed:
oops j has just woken so better run
Hey ladies
Quaver- :hugs: sweety it, it ok to over react i do it everyday:D
Well everyone i have some news................. wait for it....................
Balin is WALKING!!!!:smiliedance::yelclap: such a clever little boy and right on 9 months same as me lol,
He started yesterday afternoon walking most of the time so YAY!
Oh and i got a new car finally wahoo so excited well have to run balin is climbing up my leg will talk soon
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yep:o
but:smiliedance::smiliedance::smiliedance:yay Balin! what a really clever popit!!!!!:yelclap:
Rainbowbrite
28-08-2008, 14:41
AB gotta love it when you find clothes!! I did that a few weeks back, when Ani desperately needed some bigger jeans!
Quaver, :hugs: Don't ever apologize to us (coming from me who does it all the time :o) You weren't over-reacting, your a caring mum. I would be devastated if I picked up Ani or even MJ & found them upset :hugs:
Lozie........WOW, what a clever boy!!!!! I don't envy you though :p Ani causes enough chaos crawling. The thought of him walking is scaring the **** out of me. He has started to sand without holding stuff, or at most he leans his bum against stuff so I don't think it'll be long.
We had an accident today. Ani loves to play in the dvd cupboard & somehow slipped & hit his tooth & lip :( His tooth was bleeding & he has a fat lip the poor little thing. He has my big lips to start with & now with this he looks like one of Angelina Jolie's kids lol. Here (http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/vert-01/Family/ouch.jpg) is a bad pic I took with my phone. But he's ok, had a vegemite sandwich today for lunch & loved it!!!
Best be off, hope all the bubs sleep through the night!!
Oh poor Ani! Do their teeth just heal and stay put? It won't fall out will it?
Xav had some blood on an arrowroot bickie the other day, I think she may have bitten her tongue or cheek. They heal up pretty quick though, don't they?
9 months old and walking, Lozie???!!! OMG. Praise the lord for my little lazy-bones . . . lol. But what a clever, clever boy!
I dare say Luca is walking by himself too by now, huh Moops??? Hope things are on the mend at your place!
Quaver I go to the gym too and put Xavia in the creche since she was 3mths old. Same thing, I'd leave her fine but when I came back would be told that she cried most of the time! I felt SO BAD. I go Mon and Tues and the Tues was always just a little bit better. I kept going for a few reasons - no one else to leave her with; paid my membership so had to use it; and I really needed that 1hr for me. It progressively got better and Xav grew to know the babysitter and now she loves it. So hang in there. Just tell them that if he cries for more than X amount of time to please come and get you.
If he had his milk etc then he probably wasn't too upset, or I think he would have gone on strike, lol. And a big sleep afterward doesn't nessesarily mean he cried heaps - just that it was a big afternoon watching other kids playing and lots of stimulation. Xav usually falls asleep in the car on the way home from the gym even if she's not due for a sleep. I think it's just lots to look at etc.
So don't give up. It takes time for them to get used to new things. Also, you could go check on him half way through your workout (unless you are doing a class) to ease your mind!
Oh and no need appologising for venting/complaining! That's exactly what we are here for!!!!!!
We had a great day! It did take me 1.5hrs to get out the door . . . after I got out to the car only to find Dh had taken the car seat out, grrr . . . and then those jeans I bought - the ones that keep sliding down? - slid down. Again. So I got jack of them and stormed back into the house to rip them off, throw them against the wall and proclaim that I will never wear them again!!!!!!
I AM WOMAN . . . . WHO WANTS JEANS THAT STAY THE HELL UP . . . HEAR ME ROAR!!!!!!
So we got to the shops, I met my friend for lunch did some shopping. Was there for about 5 hrs :laughing:. And Xav didn't sleep a wink all that time :eek:. She was so good though. Hardly a grizzle out of her - the child loves shopping. Fell asleep on the way home of course and is still asleep now. So I'm not sure whether to wake her up soon so she goes to 'bed' later or leave her to sleep, incase she does sleep through now and try a dream feed at some point??? I just never know with this kid!
Anyway, I've just given my dog the hair cut from hell. Poor thing looks like I ran over it with the lawn mower. I have a good set of clippers but only a #1 blade. So I try and give her a #3 cut with it, not shave her. But I'm not real steady . . so, you know . . bit too close here, not quite close enough there . . lots of random chunks missing. It's not pretty. But I've asked her, and she doesn't care.:)
It's dog #2's turn tomorrow! Haaahaaahaaaa! <evil laugh>
BTW -RB I do the jigsaws at jigidi.com and Kaybee I looked at the ride-on Zebra for who made it but can't see any branding/store name on it. The stall I bought it from at the Expo also did those lulaby cd's with your child's name in them. But I've thrown the pamphlet and can't seem to find them online. Sorry. They had quite a few different ride-on animals, giraffe, dinosaur, bee? If I come accross the name I'll let you know. . . yay found it: kidsmusicbox.com.au
AliyahBlake
29-08-2008, 07:48
We had a great day! It did take me 1.5hrs to get out the door . . . after I got out to the car only to find Dh had taken the car seat out, grrr . . . and then those jeans I bought - the ones that keep sliding down? - slid down. Again. So I got jack of them and stormed back into the house to rip them off, throw them against the wall and proclaim that I will never wear them again!!!!!!
I AM WOMAN . . . . WHO WANTS JEANS THAT STAY THE HELL UP . . . HEAR ME ROAR!!!!!!
Anyway, I've just given my dog the hair cut from hell. Poor thing looks like I ran over it with the lawn mower. I have a good set of clippers but only a #1 blade. So I try and give her a #3 cut with it, not shave her. But I'm not real steady . . so, you know . . bit too close here, not quite close enough there . . lots of random chunks missing. It's not pretty. But I've asked her, and she doesn't care.:)
It's dog #2's turn tomorrow! Haaahaaahaaaa! <evil laugh>
:laughing::laughing: You are so funny Shana!! I can relate to both those scenarios!!
I have two pairs of jeans that do that - my sister gave them to me so they're not new but it's frustrating all the same.
My poor dog gets similar haircuts - she doesn't seem to care either LOL!
Well, after 4 lovely nights from Blake, he turned into a :devil: again last night. Between him and Aliyah, Craig and I were awake every hour from 1:30 onwards! I think Blake is starting to teethe AGAIN, and Aliyah just had to have nurofen for her ears and then had a nightmare :rolleyes:
I managed to get an hour's early mark from work last night (in the end it didn't help as I was awake all night anyway!) - my modem for my work computer packed it in, so they have to courier a new one to me today. Hopefully it'll be here before 6pm otherwise it'll be another night off (I'm secretly hoping it doesn't come - is that awful of me? :D)
Rainbowbrite
29-08-2008, 09:13
Shana, his teeth look fine, so hopefully no damage. Scared me though!!! I used to cut my shih-tzu's hair with scissors!! Must say I did a great job :p
Thanks for that link :D
AB its always the way, they lull you into a false sense of security :shame:
Rainbowbrite- Oh dear, that accident would have been scary. I am glad to hear that everything seems to be ok though. a vegemite sandwich is good medicine!
Thank you all for your support too. it is good to have people to vent to on the spot. i think we all have our tough moments, when you are tired everything looks worse and i feel so much better when i let it out.
Shana, you are right. It might just take a bit of time but it is a horrible feeling. good on you, i hope i have your strength to keep pursuing it because it is really good for me. giving a limit on how much crying is a good idea too. seeing all the kids and being in a brand new place could have zonked him out- you are right.
So the plan is to go next week. I will check him and i will only go for a short half hour. start small and build it up. I will go when dh gets home for the other 2 times next week. build it up slowly.
you and your jeans- :laughing: and your poor dogs!
i hate the tops that ride up that you have to keep pulling down. i have a gift voucher for susan that i am planning on using tomorrow. :smiliedance:
AB- i hope the post didnt come for you;)
well today has been a bit of a long one. J has had sore gums and he has a very blocked snotty nose. not too bad but just to make him clingy. Anyway since he is rolling onto his tummy, he is rolling there and getting stuck and then crying.:rolleyes: he has started to shimmy backward which is frustrating him even more! I will be glad when he can get up a bit and move......famous last words i am sure.
Well i am minding my little cousin on monday, it is going to be frequent for a while. she is 2. so i am baby proofing this weekend! I thought i will have to soon anyway so i may as well start. I told her mum she could be my saftey test:p but i am armed with activities to go!
but i am looking forward to running after two on monday and getting a good look into the future. so if i am not on bh- you know where i am!
cheers to friday night and lots of :sleeping: for EVERYONE tonight!
sandralee
29-08-2008, 19:07
AB I hear ya with the sleeping thing - had a '****e nite' here too lol! Had only just said to Steve around 10pm that we were having such a good night, when the little man started.. then 2hours later he cried again (I went in 3 times within an hour, first a cuddle, 2nd trip water, 3rd & desperate trip was a small bottle.. and then he screamed when left his room! A lot! ) By that time I was SO over it so I let the poor little thing cry, while I took some time to 'regroup' & find some mojo. Was one of those "I have nothing to give" moments where I needed some time out. Grrrrrrrrr
HIS TWO BOTTOM TEETH HAVE FINALLY DONE SOMETHING EXCITING & MOVED OUTSIDE THE GUM ALREADY - Man! How long is it supposed to take?!?!?! My goodness, these have taken so long from being a little point through the gum, to being white and on top of the gum....hope the others aren't like these guys! I'ts like watching grass grow!!:D
Shana you always manage to crack me up!
Quaver you are a sweetie & I am so glad you joined our november mummies section. :hugs:
I think I got confused with what I wrote in an earlier post - I am going to NZ in october, and cirque du soleil in early december. Shana asked one thing, and someone else another - so I got a bit lost with my reply lol.
Steve cooked tonight - we had 'waggu beef' - did I spell it correctly???? Melts in your mouth if you have't tried it before & has the most beautiful flavour!
Ok blossoms back later on
Moops are you guys ok now? Rash with Luca would have been yard yakka - getting cream on, preventing him from scratching etc
Cheers to everybody being super healthy, and happy miracles to you all XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxx
RoarsomeMum
29-08-2008, 19:25
My GOD its so good to read through here! you girls and your stories have had me Laughing so much!!! - I have been able to catch up on threads here and there at Library, but net at home stuffed. All good now! YAY!
LOZIE - WALKING!!! OMG!!!! Already!!! that is so exciting
RB - what size is Ani in now?? OWWWWCH that photo.
Shana - your Gym Creche sounds great! Makes it so much easier when they are nice and flexible. Your Jeans story cracked me up!! So true!
So many more personals to do!
Roar ended up getting her helmet. First day of 23 hour wear today. went surprisingly well! :)
Em - love your siggy! Bring on your libido!!
Sands - Xav's bottom teeth took forever to come through aswell. At least two weeks to be more than just a little point. But she is sprouting them left right and centre now! Her top lateral is coming down faster than the bottom ones came up, so that's good -over with more quickly. That was probably why Noah was unsettled imo, his teeth moving upwards.
Xav had a WONDERFUL night last night - she obviously stole the sleep off Noah and Blake. In bed at 6pm (big day at Mothers group), hardly a stir all night and up at 6am. SOOOOO GOOOOD! Dh went out to work on the reno house and I was in bed by 7.30pm and I didn't even hear him come home, cook himself dinner or anything!
I did wake up to Af though. :rolleyes: But I'm only a teeny bit dissapointed no BFP. I did say if no BFP this cycle I was going to get a tattoo on my lower back . . . so now I have to be brave and get that done! I'm a tad concerned that putting on weight with the next pregnancy might stretch it out? But from the ones I've seen on friends, they are still fine, so should be ok, right?
Oooooh . . .I'm getting a bit excited about a tat now! I'm thinking a butterfly with swirly bits out the sides, all in brown so it's a little more subtle than black.:yes:
RoarsomeMum
30-08-2008, 08:20
OMG Shana!! - ME TOO! (the no BFP tattoo thing!) Cause although no Libido, we still tried, but alas, no this month. I love the butterfly idea! - Im getting Dreams Come True and Aurora's name DOB on my Leg - want to have something inbetween the dreams come true bit, stars I think!:smiliedance:
I am still cracking up at everyones baby stories! This age is really great. They are so into EVERYTHING!
Some of your bubs have HEAPS of teeth!! Roar has 2 bottom and one top (though the top one is the size of a dinner plate!)
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