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Shell31

01-05-2009, 08:30

Ahhh bummer.. I forgot I'd have to open the other thread so I can do persies... One moment please..... *holds control & clicks on old April thread* There... two tabs... two threads.. I'm on a roll here girls..

Angel - Can't believe you felt like your information and posts weren't welcomed. Thats abit sad it is.. :hugs: I'm glad to see you back. You're girls are adorable. Nic looks HUGE. chubba bubba that one. Both your daughters are so dark with the most exquisite skin.. Wish I could fly over for your birthday. I'd love a night out. We're off to Sydney next week just for a couple of days for a concert. Not sure what I will do about my sis yet. hmmm

Fugly - I feel the same about personals. Can't tell you how many times I've logged on & made a start only to have someone wake up or need me & I've not been able to bring myself to post with persies to only a couple of people so i've deleted it & thought finish it later only to not ever get back on.. Ah the joys huh... Here's a bit of silence dust:babydust2:
I love your idea of the fun things list. I'm going to start doing that. Sometimes you think of things & say to yourself... Yep I'll do that only to have a complete mental blank when you have a spare 10mins. So good you get some time with your DH and AND that the sun is out. I'm like a bear with a sore head in winter. I HATE with a passion winter clothes, I hate it getting dark so early, I hate rain days on end, hate wet washing for days.. Wow.. Way to look on the bright side Shell :rolleyes: Maybe I'm a bear & need to just hibernate through winter. How good does 3 months sleep sound about now lol

Cordelia - Ahhhhh Cordelia. Your posts always make alot of sense to me.. Now lets see more of them.. Daily atleast thanks :p I know what you mean about the solids. Daisy is a heap better on formula during the day & OMG the girl can sleep now but she stares at me when I eat now.. I feel so bad lol.. Scary that our kids are growing so fast. Daisy is 16 weeks today or 4months on the 8th. Up until this last week I don't feel like I really know her at all. That sounds dumb but when they are unsettled you just think.. What am I missing? Why can't I help you? All good now though.. well for the time being anyway. I'm sure she'll keep me guessing.

MIW - Hey you.. How are you managing work & Holly? Who's caring for her while you work? Is she settling ok for them? Bet you miss her. I go back in 2 months & I'm not looking forward to it. My Boss keeps texting me & emailing me asking when I'm coming back & trying to fill me in on stuff but I just keep telling her July 1st & try not to think about it.. I dont want to go back.. at all... ever... Hope you're managing to get some rest. Big hugs to Holly.

Tracy - Well done on the clean house. Come do mine?? I'm thinking I need to move to Perth.. You can clean my house, Angel can cook for me, TMD can mind Daisy & Theo, Cordelia can breakdance in my backyard for entertainment while we have BBQ's.. Anyone else in Perth want to jump on the band wagon?
Good luck with the Ebay store. Our local community centre has courses for about $50 to learn the ins & outs of Ebay selling & buying. Maybe you could look into that?

Nicki - What a tool that women is.. Why she just didn't come bring the money I dont know.. Chumpola... awww sad about your old house going up for lease... Think of it as a new start in your fabulous new home. Imagine the food that is going to be cooked in that kick rss kitchen. We will probably be down in June to see Aaron's brother for his 21st birthday. If we come down i've told Aaron he'll have to amuse himself one day so I can come see you. Theo & Meaghan will love each other I think.. AND we can take some photos of Daisy & Liam together & post them so everyone else gets jealous :devil6:

Sharne - Yep Sharne is way easier to type. I'm thinking I'll stick with that... Hope Marley doesnt have reflux.. Be good to have some treatment & light at the end of the tunnel if that is what has been waking him etc. I'm not sure I could do the wake every hour thing. Thankfully Daisy has never been one to wake much during the night. You must be so tired....

Wildoats - LOL its like that around here.. Some days there's no posts for hours other days you go to the loo come back & 5 people have posted. Huge weight gain for your little girl.. well done. Not sure what I've done to be amazing & inspiring but hey I'll take that thanks.. Now.. is there anything else you need.. footrub? cup of tea.. You can stay as long as you like with compliments like that. Flattery gets you everywhere around here :laughing:

Ok well thats about it for now I really do need to go hang out some washing.. hey to everyone else.. TMD Where are you? Whats happening with Chace? Can anyone text her or msn her or something? I'd love to know she is ok.

Daisy has settled into this fantastic routine now she is on formula during the day. This is how our last 3 days have gone..

6am - wake up & breast feed in bed. Snuggles in bed until Theo wakes up then kick around on the floor or bouncer until grizzly.

7.30am - Small bottle.. Take Theo to daycare come home & into bed.. Sleep...

9.30am - Wake up & have a small bottle then head to hospital

11.30am - Little nap in pram at hospital for 30-4mins

12.30-1.00pm - Come home & play.. Have another bottle & into bed

SLEEP FOR 3 HOURS - WOO HOO

4.15-4.30pm - Wake up have a bottle play with everyone until bath time

6pm - bath & cuddles,

6.30-7pm - Breastfeed then sleep until tomorrow 6am...

How good is that.. Im so chuffed. I bet I jinx myself & she turns into an insomniac again lol

Have a great day girls...
Rachelle

DOH Damn smiley police got me...

honeydew

01-05-2009, 08:32

I was reading along in the last thread but if you don't post every day you can't keep up and then forget everything you've read. So I'll start a fresh from here :D

Welcome to the newbies! Its great to have a frew fresh 'faces' in here.... everyone else is so BORING :p :raspberry:

We are doing well- Layla is sleeping well still, she sometimes comes into bed with me around 4-5am if she is unsettled but will go straight back to sleep without a feed. She will sleep till about 6:30, sometimes later. She is like me of a morning- grunts and groans for half an hour before deciding its time to wake up properly. Unlike Mason who springs out of bed as soon as his eyes open and is ready to start the day haha. Layla & I are not morning people at all. She usually has a feed first thing, stays awake for maybe half an hour or so and then will go back to bed for 3ish hours :cloud9: Gotta love that!

Still having a really unsettled period of an evening, right around bath & dinner time. Usually as soon as she gets out of the bath she starts screaming, and then Mason starts whinging and I feel like running away lol. DH is doing 3 night shifts in a row at the moment (1 down, 2 to go) and its a struggle handling them both on my own.

Layla's been watching us intently when we eat- one of the first signs for solids. But she is still very content with just milk (breastmilk & formula) so it'll be a couple of months before we start foods.

Ok that is an update on us, sorry for no personals :o Except-

EF- you have every right to feel down about doing it all on your own while Josh is away. I honestly take my hat off to you- you are one very strong mummy and you are doing an amazing job. I don't think I would be able to handle it as well as you do, you should be very proud of yourself. I think its important to let Josh know how you feel about it, I don't think its pushing him to make a decision- but I think you should have a say in whether he stays in the navy or not because it is your life and future that is determined by it. Come and vent in here anytime you want :hugs:

Brumington301

01-05-2009, 08:41

Power post there Shell! Fair play. Good to hear your days are getting better with Daisy.

I'm only going to do a quick one atm. I just logged on quickly to see if anyone had heard from TMD but it appears we haven't. I really hope she's OK.

Oakleigh is asleep, I have all this time on my hands but I'm just too tired to do persies - hope nobody minds. I'm sure we all get like this sometimes. :yes:

I am currently obsessed with my scrapbooking so doing lots of research on page layouts. I have no idea what I'm doing but really enjoying myself. I've just finished a page of my ultrasounds - it's all black and white with white foorprints all over the page - me and my artistic talent even drew the prints myself with correction pen on the black paper! I'm ready to finish the other pages I started a couple of days ago and then I'm on to some new ones. So, plan for the day is to feed O when he wakes and straight in to the dollar shop for more inspiration...:yelclap:

Bye for now...

earthfairy

01-05-2009, 09:04

:wave: Morning Girls!

Thanks to all of you for your extra kind messages ~ you are ALL amazing Mummy's & great friends. I wish we could all get together one day....hmmmm *EF Thinking....*
Maybe oneday we could arrange a Jan 2009 Reunion? ...er...even though Poppy was born in December...:laughing:

Josh rang last night & it was great to speak to him. The ship got into HOng Kong yesterday. This time next week i will be on my way to Singapore:smiliedance:
Good thing he did ring as i had a tough day & needed to hear his voice.
I rang the Health Centre yesterday to book Pops in for her 4 mth needles for early next week. They said they couldnt do it & were booked out til 15th May:eek:....uh oh.....

I explained to them that we were going overseas on Friday & she put me on hold...thank god my CHN was working & she said although it was "Drop In" day (they arent allowed to do imm's on that day) to come in, they'll sneak me past the boss!
So i went in there & Pops got her needles, i was so grateful!
It was worse for me this time seeing her get her needles done. I cried.
I think it was harder this time coz she isnt just a newborn anymore that sleeps all the time & doesnt know whats going on IYKWIM?
She is so alert & her personality shines through. Anyhoo, it was awful.

Then we went to Mothers Group & man, what a relief that was! We sat around for 4 n a half hours chatting! Our Parents Group ended but we have found our own venue at a community Centre at the RAAF base & meet there every Thursday. We all pay $2.50 a week to go towards coffee, tea milk etc & each week a couple of people bring cakes, biscuits etc.
We have also started a groupfor the Biggest Morning Tea to raise money for cancer which is cool.

Wow, i have totally blabbed enough.

CAnt believe it is May!

Will be back on later & do some persies....hi to all the newbies.....:wave: WELCOME!!!!

EF x
:hugs:

Cordelia

01-05-2009, 14:29

Shell thanks for making me feel wanted :laughing: Your routine is awesome - I think I might copy. Daniel has started waking ON THE HOUR from 1am. :hair: he never wakes up!!! it's just not cricket!! I was supposed to take him for his 4 month needles today but I figured his sleep is bad enough as it is so we'll wait til Monday.

Brum - You're the real reason why i'm writing a post because yu said the magic word - SCRAPBOOKING!!!! Ohhh you should see my new "workstation" that I'm creating. I loooove it. My kids have to be in bed by 1:00pm just so that I can have my 30 minutes scrapbooking. Anyway you said you were after pagemaps so here you go: http://www.pagemaps.com/ (my favourite page) If only you were in perth we could go on 12 hour crops together!!!!!

mummy to mason - boring!??! speak for yourself woman!!!! :P Despite you insulting us all (hehe) I do hope that tonight's "witching hour" is better for you. and you get through the night shifts quickly.

EF - aahhh mum's group - isn't it a saviour. Suck them for all they're worth!! theyre hanging out for it too. We used to meet 4 days a week in the first year!!! Now we cant' stand the sight of each other :P nooo... we see each other at least 2-3 times.

Me - apart from Daniel not sleeping (????? what the!!) we're all good. Am really getting into being wonder woman and having all these great activities for the kids and keeping the house spotless. It won't last long - i'm really exhausted. In a weeks' time, the house will be messy again adn the kids will be sitting in front of the TV watching wiggles eating shop bought biscuits. (well, maybe Daniel won't be eating the biscuits :P)

Have a lovelyw eekend everyone :) BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!

Nickimumto1

01-05-2009, 14:41

MummaFug

01-05-2009, 16:13

:thumbsup: Nickimumto1 - but really mumto2

Your kiddies are so lucky that you are so so talented ...:) One thing i wish i could do is sew :thumbsup:

I am addicted to Nappies too - I tend to surf the net for them but most dont ship overseas (lucky for DH) ... but i do LOVE looking at them...

wildoats

01-05-2009, 16:27

Just popping in to say HI:wave:,

I should be packing, i have boxes now so no excuse. Meaghan is stiil asleep and Liam has just gone down.

I did the wasing today and i had to take a photo of Liams nappies...my DH thinks my facination with nappies is starnge. But i know that some of you will understand. I also have 3 to make for a friend so of course i had to buy more fabric so she had more to choose from.

Liams Nappies:
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/nickismif/100_2032.jpg

Fabric (it is all soft minkee and some white for the linning)
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/nickismif/100_2035.jpg

Password Meaghan (http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/nickismif/100_2035.jpg)

Better run, have a good day.

So you made these yourself?? Wow they are amazing. I do cloth nappies and I have only a few fitted nappies - but there not too flash hot. Ayla seems to be getting too big for the fold I use for her nappies - maybe thats the way they are supposed to look lol she prob was too small for them!

Ah well the joy of cloth - I live in my laundry!!

Hello everyone :wave: Wildoats x

beck75

01-05-2009, 16:36

Hi Girls

I have been very slack - not getting on the computer much recently - I will try again to be a better poster!

Jake had his shots on Tuesday and has hardly slept a peep during the days since then :eek:. He is sleeping OK at night - he is down around 7.30 and I normally dream feed him around 10 then he feeds around 2.30 and again at about 5 - 6am. Then 2 hourly all day from there - I don't know how I kept up with it for so long with DD!

Went to the chiro yesterday as he is developing a bit of a flat head and he thinks he can help iwth that and his reflux so heres hoping! Jake was great there and just smiled while he was playing with him. He is such a happy baby as long as he is getting some attention! DD also got a check up and he was pretty happy with her.

Well we are going to start a bit of Farex next week. Jake is showing signs of readiness and the surgeon and pead both suggested I start him early so we will see how we go! He is a big boyu now and you wouldn't know he had surgery. He is now in the 90th percentile for height and weight being just over 8kg and 67.5cm. My daughter was a big baby but didn't reach this until 6 months. SHe is still big for her age so it looks like I breed bug kids!

DD is going well with toilet training after I bribed her (seems to be the only way I can get her to do anything) and has gone up in her swimming so I no longer have to get in the pool which is handy.

DH has been a bit grumpy lately which gets me down but apart from that everything has been quite good.

Sorry no time for personals but keep well everyone!

earthfairy

01-05-2009, 18:10

Just wanted to jump in quickly & let you know i spoke to Didi this arvo....
She asked me to come on & let you know what's happening....

Chace has had every test under the sun done, urine, bloods, xrays (more mite was strapped to a board:()

Prognosis......Reflux! :smiliedance: Thank god it is nothing more serious!!!!

I will let Didi fill you in on the rest but just so you know that he is ok, she is exhausted but im sure she will be on some time over the weekend to fill you all in.

Love You All x
EF

PS: Poppy has been a TURD today! I have a "Glad" baby - meaning shes sticking to me like fricking cling wrap!!!!
Ah well, she slept 7pm-6pm last night....so thats ok :p

x

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

01-05-2009, 19:27

Hey,

Just wanted to let you know how last night went......Better....... Marley only fed twice (he woke more than that but didnt need feeding), once at 10.00pm (dream feed) thats the first time he hasnt woken for it then 2.00am and woke to start his day at 5.00 with NO SCREAMING!!! YAY.... Hope tonight is even better:yelclap:

Well we started the new medication and some farex last night, fingers crossed that is what helped him. He loves his farex ate it all up with next to no mess :D We had a pretty good day today to although he refused to sleep this arvo, i even took him for a walk for 45min and there was still no sleeping to be done..... little bugger.

Wildoats and Shell..... you mentioned tired... im not tired! Im deleriously tired :dizzy: the other night i thought there was a cat in the bedroom...we DONT have a cat, and last night it thought DH was standing beside me in the kitchen... nope he wasnt anywhere near me.....:doh:anyways i guess it cant get much worse.. things will get better soon, we hopefuly they will anyway.

Better go try n catch some:sleeping: before Mr Marley has me up again.

Night night

Sharne

honeydew

01-05-2009, 19:51

Mmmm I am sitting here eating chicken kiev & macaroni and cheese- yum! Not at all healthy though *tisk tisk*

EF- thanks for the update on Chace, I've been wondering how he is. Im glad its nothing too serious, although reflux does not sound like too much fun for either bubby or mummy. Is it true that some babies outgrow it by about 3 months of age?? Here's hoping :fingerscrossed: Well done Poppy on the 11 hour sleep overnight! I hope she gets over the needles asap. That's great you had a good time at mothers group- I think they are WONDERFUL! I start a new one on tuesday with babies L's age so wish me luck!!

Cords- HAHA Wiggles & shop bought biscuits?? Welcome to my house! :laughing: I hope Daniel starts sleeping better for you soon- fingers crossed!

Scrapbookers- I want to see some of your pages!! I had started a 'first year' album for Mason which has now turned into a 'first 6 months' album because I can't be arsed finishing it. I was so excited to be having a girl and able to do pretty girly pages but I have not done any of Layla yet.

Shell- Daisy's new routine sounds awesome! Well done! It sounds like things are really working out with combining BF & FF. At least she is ready for when you go back to work- it would have been a bit sad to force her off the breast if she wasn't ready.

MIW- I forget if you posted in this thread or the previous one- but welcome back! I have missed your posts. You must be so exhausted working as well as being a mummy, so hugs to you :hugs:

Nikki- WOW, lovely nappies!! You are so talented. Where did you get the dot minkee fabric from? I was looking for some awhile ago because I was going to make Mason a patchwork quilt in browns & blues..... I have since canned that idea and am going to purchase one instead :o

Hi Beck :wave: It sounds as though Jake is doing so well, such a chubba bubba. How cute. Well done on DD's toilet training! That must be a relief not having to go in the pool with her for lessons, I would love to have Mason in lessons again but he isn't confident enough to be in the water without me and I can't really go in while Layla cries on the side of the pool. Such a shame as swimming is so so important.

Wildoats- I know what you mean about living in your laundry- although atm the floor of mine is covered in dirty clothes that I was sorting into piles and then never got around to actually washing haha!

Sharne- glad to hear you had a better night last night with Marley (LOVE the name btw). I hope tonight is even better.

Us- had a shocker of a night on my own with the kids. Mason was in a foul mood from the moment he got up from his afternoon nap. I was giving Layla an early bath but he didn't want one so instead comes into the office, stands on the chair and snaps the paper catcher thingo off my printer. I empty the bath water but he decides he now wants a bath. I fill the bath up again but he decides he doesn't want a bath after all. He climbs onto the changetable yelling at me (presumably to come dress him as he was naked by this stage- still unbathed). Then he wants a honey sandwhich so I make him one. Turns out he doesn't want the honey sandwhich after all. Decides on pasta so I make that... finally he eats some. Spills half of it on the floor. Tell him its bedtime and he starts crying. Layla starts screaming. She screams the whole way through holding Mason down to brush his teeth (practically have to put him in a headlock to do it lol), putting his nappy on and putting him into bed. So I go sort Layla out but then Mason starts screaming from his bedroom. Half an hour of Mason whinging in his room, a breastfeed and 2 bottles for Layla later- I finally have them both asleep in bed ....... ARGH I want to run away!!!!! :hissy:

tracynben

01-05-2009, 20:21

hi everyone

M2M - sorry u had a bad day with the kids, its so tough with a baby and a toddler, sometimes i wonder how we get through it, thank god for daycare, thats all i can say.
Mason sounds just like ben sometimes, they ask you for sommat then dont want it, then they do, arghhhh. I think they do it diliberately just to push us over the edge.

SHARNE - glad u had a better night, its always easier esp when they sleep ok at night. Dont worry about seeing things that arent there, we all have been there hehe.

EF - thanks for lettin us know about didi, hope all is ok with her, at least she knows what is wrong now.

BECK - sorry ur still having it tough, cant believe how big he is, if hes still feedin every 2 hours sounds like hes def ready for solids, the milk is prob not enough to satsify him, so hopefully when he starts on solids you should see a big improvement.

NIKKIMUM- wow on the nappies, wish i could sew, but i cant, i cant even sew a button :no:

CORDS - they say if a baby starts waking for no reason at the same time over more than 3 days, be careful cos it could become a habit, unless its a growth spurt or sommat, but i dont think they normally have them at 4 months, but who knows.

BRUM - yay on the scrapbook, i should do one but im just too lazy

SHELL - wow on the great routine, i wish i could get some kind of one goin for jayden.
Yeah sure ill clean ur house, if u pay me LOL.

ANGEL - yeah we should meet up soon, i dont mind travellin to morley way, about that distance, or innaloo somewhere like that, just cant do it regualr as its too far to travel all the time.

AFM - we had a pretty crap day, jayden has hardly drank any milk or slept all day, until he finally lost the plot. Nearly every bottle hes just not been interested at all, sometimes he cries, sometimes he doesnt, he just pulls away and arches his back. I dunno why hes being like this, hes quite a big boy and needs quite a lot otherwise he wakes lots at night geniunely hungry.
He use to feed so good as well, im tryin to search on google for potential things wrong with him but i just dunno, or if its just cos hes soo overtired.
Anyone else who is formula feedin having the same kind of problems ?

tracy xxxx

earthfairy

02-05-2009, 10:04

Us- had a shocker of a night on my own with the kids. Mason was in a foul mood from the moment he got up from his afternoon nap. I was giving Layla an early bath but he didn't want one so instead comes into the office, stands on the chair and snaps the paper catcher thingo off my printer. I empty the bath water but he decides he now wants a bath. I fill the bath up again but he decides he doesn't want a bath after all. He climbs onto the changetable yelling at me (presumably to come dress him as he was naked by this stage- still unbathed). Then he wants a honey sandwhich so I make him one. Turns out he doesn't want the honey sandwhich after all. Decides on pasta so I make that... finally he eats some. Spills half of it on the floor. Tell him its bedtime and he starts crying. Layla starts screaming. She screams the whole way through holding Mason down to brush his teeth (practically have to put him in a headlock to do it lol), putting his nappy on and putting him into bed. So I go sort Layla out but then Mason starts screaming from his bedroom. Half an hour of Mason whinging in his room, a breastfeed and 2 bottles for Layla later- I finally have them both asleep in bed ....... ARGH I want to run away!!!!! :hissy:

OMG M2M ~ im bl00dy exhausted after reading that! Phew...
There is no way, NOOOOO WAAAYYYY that i will be doing that on my own with Josh in the navy! No Way, No How:no::laughing:

Hope they are behaving for you today...

:hugs:
EF x

wildoats

02-05-2009, 15:38

Hi Ladies,

I'm very happy ATM. My mum is here! So much help! It's so good to have a relax!

E/F- I'm a little concerned with the needles. Ayla is due very soon.

Poppy sounds like a little trouper! Sleeping from 7pm - 6pm thats a full 23 hours! WOW!!! :laughing: Maybe you mean 6am? Really good though! Well done!

Shell- What a big post!!! Your routine is amazing! Mine is similier - However add several breastfeeds between 6.30pm - 6.00am LOL

Brum-Scrapbooking sounds fun!!

Cordelia- Spotless house?? GO GIRL!!

Beck 75- HELLO! :wave:

Sharne- Just wanted to say I love the name Marley! Yeah I NEED SLEEP TOO :sleeping:Ayla was up nearly every 2-3 hours last night.

MTM- So with that post are you telling me to stick to one child?? LOL Just joking

Wildoats x

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

02-05-2009, 18:44

I hope your all having a great weekend!!

Niki Love the nappies they are soooo cute:yelclap:

Beck75 Hope Jake is starting to sleep better for you after his shots. Your day sounds like mine, although im up a hundred times resettling between thoes feed times. I hope Marley doenst get worse with his shots, i'll get No sleep

EF Hope you had a better day today with Poppy..7-6 thats ok? thats bloody brilliant!!:D I wish Marley would sleep like Poppy.

M2M Hope you got some decent sleep after that shocker of an evening last night. I dont know how you did it. KIDS:rolleyes:

Tracey Oh no Jayden sounds like he might have reflux. I hope not its awful.

Wildoats Oh how nice to have your mum there with you :yelclap:I hope your lapping it up!!

Well the better night with Marley didnt last, he woke up again screaming last night, but i managed to calm him without a feed. :D woke again nearly ever hour but I managed to feed him at 5 and he went back down till 6.30. Was happy with that!! We'll see what tonight brings.......

tracynben

02-05-2009, 20:02

hi everyone
hope all ok.

SHARNE - sorry ur still having problems, hopethings get better soon.

WILDOATS - glad ur feelin v happy.

As for us - i dunno if jayden has reflux, cos sometimes he feeds great and other times will hardly have any, or just not interested. One thing that came up on google was oral thrush, which could be possible, but if something was really bothering him then i would have thought he would be grizzly for ALL feeds not just some, and would be grizzly in genereal.
Hes really happy all the time, i think maybe the lack of routine, hardly any sleep might be more the problem, hes still napping now, been asleep for nearly 3 hours, better had wake him or he wont sleep for bedtime.

tracy xxxx

Mamakins

02-05-2009, 21:14

Hi everyone. Phew May already?! does mean it's my b'day soon :eek: 30 OMG well no way round it so might as well have a good time. I've been offline for so long but my internet is finally back on YEAH:yelclap: turns out some telstra contractors removed something they shouldn't have because it's ADSL the line makes no noise and well they took something they thought was spare. Hope that doesn't happen again, I was beside myself without all my downloaded tv shows. Aaaah! look at me blabbering on. I just wanted to say Hi I'm online again. I will hopefully do personals tomorrow morning or maybe if I get up during the night. I'm not really finished catching up reading all of them but it almost helps just reading all the other persies to catch up....

Quick thanks to MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY my munchkin is a houdini too and we use the kiddopotamus swaddle and it's usually good but the velcro patch is wearing so I think I need to replace it. I did order a miracle wrap though, looks good.

I'm hoping to post photos one day everyone's darling angels just look so adorable I feel ready for another *almost* my DH bless is ready to TTC#2.... we'll see.

I recently when shopping and bought a Bumbo and Jolly Jumper just to have when Chelsea was ready and turns out she is. Just wondering if anyone else has tried it out. It took a few turns of the bumbo to get used to it but with the Jolly Jumper she was a natural, soo cute. She was always pretty strong with her head control and has been able to roll from her tummy to back from about 4-5 weeks not very graceful but she's getting better. I'm afraid she's a bit Derick Zoolander and can only turn right though :laughing:.

Well everybody's in bed so I better go too.
amazing Chelsea went to bed about 8.pm the other night YAY I'm a bit sleep time obsessed.

Good night to all ladies and babies.

Ashi

02-05-2009, 22:14

Hi girls
dont really have time to post but i wanted to say hello
and welcome to the newbies
Isabelle and I both have a cold at the moment.. her poor little nose gets blocked and she cant feed properly or suck on her dummy.. :(
its heart breaking..i feel so bad.. like its my fault that she got a cold.. every time she cries i cry cuz i just feel so helpless i dont want her to feel bad.. i wanna protect her from every single thing and i cant ugh.. :crying:
sorry that probably sounds so pathetic...
anyway hopefully we get better fast.. i hate to see my poor little angel like this ..
hope your all well
xoxo
Ashley

Brumington301

03-05-2009, 07:02

I had my DH convinced it was mothers day today (cause I thought it was) so he's gone to work feeling guilty he doesn't have a card for me from O! How funny! I'm gonna keep it going so he might cook dinner tonight! :laughing::laughing:

Quick question to either EF or Tracy - when you got the photos done for your baby's passport where did you go? I was wondering in the normal places that advertise that they do passport photos if they cater for babies that can't actually sit up on their own. I'm getting a passport done for O cause we might be going back to UK soon. I am so excited!!!!:yelclap: Then again, it might not happen until Christmas but I need to be prepared cause it could be as quick as going in the next few weeks. Long, complicated story but we really won't know until it happens. I'm thinking of just turning up on the doorstep - I did it before and almost gave Mum a heart attack! O will get to meet Nanna and Poppy!:smiliedance:

EF - thanks for the update on DiDi and Chase - so glad it is nothing more serious than reflux (not trivialising reflux at all cause I could imagine it is a nightmare for those of you who have bubbas that suffer from it).

Hope you're all well.:wave:

tracynben

03-05-2009, 08:38

Brumington301

03-05-2009, 12:21

Tracy - where was the special place? I had a feeling it might be quite tricky to find a place which cater for babies. I know they can be pretty fussy on the picture - he can't be smiling, must have his eyes open etc. I might go to the shops today and try and get them done somewhere. I'm getting the Aussie one done first - it will be much easier cause he has an Aussie birth certificate. I really don't see the point of getting his UK one too because of the added cost and it'll only last for 5 years anyway. I might get the UK one next (after the Aussie one runs out) and then he'll have both.

Before I forget - Cords, thank you so much for the link on the scrap book layouts. I've saved it to my favourites for some inspiration. If you have any more websites which you think would be handy I'd love to get links to them. Please could you PM me some if you know any more? :D I'm really enjoying doing it. Oakleigh is going down for a long morning nap atm and has been for the last 3 or 4 days (usually 9-1) so this is my artisitc time. ;) Let's hope it continues.....

earthfairy

03-05-2009, 13:16

5 MOOOORRREEEE SLLEEEEEEPS!!!!!:smiliedance:

Sorry for yelling at you all ~ im just super excited.....

Brum~ er...i didnt have to go anywhere special to get Pops photos done, i went to camera house & they did it.... $24 for 6 pics.
Just make sure you take something white. They will only take the photo of baby on a white background, i just used a white hand towel/nappy & they took while Poppy was laying in her pram - got her first shot too.....
You can also go to the postoffice & have them done. They are $104 i think for 5 years & you are entitled to one free photo upgrade in that time so i will probably have that done when she is about 3.....
I laughed about the trick youre playing on your DH - poor b@stard (b@stard) will be sh1tting himself all day...lol:laughing: You big meanie.....

Ashi~ hope you & your germie girl start to get better soon.....

Mamakins~ I got Poppy a bumbo & she loves it - not nearly as much as i do though! lol
Seriously, coz im on my own its so hard to bath & do stuff like that on my hand. It really is an extra pair of hands.
I can pop her in it & put her in the back corner of the shower while i wash then i can lift her out & wash her, put her back in it while i quickly get dried then i can take care of her.
Brilliant idea!
Persoanlly im not a fan of the jolly jumpers....i just dont trust putting my baby in something hanging from a doorway or frame....

Wildoats~ Ayla will be fine hun, Poppy was still a little unsettled the next day but by the afternoon she was good as gold. I think its worse for us then it is for them lol
I know it is for me coz im a big sook:laughing:

Well, Pops got me a good one this morning. DO you want to know how much my daughter luffs me?:D

I give her alot of "Nudie Time" on a couple of towels probbaly twice a day, in the morning & then after her bath at night. She LOVES it!
So this morning i fed her at her 7am feed & popped her on her towels & was cleaning the fridge out near by (yes i can see her)
She was talking away & watching the dog & kicking those little legs....
Then i looked & saw she had come off her towel, i went over to put her back on when i saw it.....
She had manouvered her bum OFF the towel & SHAT EVERYWHERE.....oh it gets worse....she had rolled in it, over & over again:laughing:
When i got to her she was lying on her side in it. DISGUSTING I TELL YOU!!!!
When she saw me approach with washing up gloves, wipes & a bin bag she laughed & laughed at me....i laughed along tooo. After a code red bath & clean up on aisle 3 we were good to go.... Thanks for brightening my day Popstar!!!

I hope she poops on josh when he gets home, coz ive had to deal with so much of it!!! lol

Hope youre enjoying your weekends...

:hugs:
EF x

Nickimumto1

03-05-2009, 20:02

Hello:wave:,

On the topic of passports we have a wedding to go to in NZ in Feb and i thought that DH and I would have to get passports, but i did not realise that we will have to get them for both kids, i thought that you could just put them on ours. All up passports will cost us $625.00 then we still have to pay for flights. I think that it is a government conspiracy to make you holiday in Australia as you cant afford to leave:laughing:. What is a 3 month old baby a threat to national security.

Hope that everyone had a good weekend, i got my hair cut short, not sure if i like it or not. We had dinner at the inlaws and no one noticed that my hair was now just below my ears ..what do i not exist..do i just produce grandchildren and therefore not deserve to be noticed... What the ... i did not say anything see how long it takes to notice.:rolleyes:

We have an open for inspection at 5pm tomorrow, the pictures on the website show the house empty. I caught 2 people looking in my window today, i just waved and they got such a fright that they jumped the fence.. Our cars are in the driveway what where they thinking.:eek:

EF - 4 More sleeps till we get the keys to our house...hope you have better time at the airport this time.

Brum - Meaghans scrapbook has one page in it, i think that i like buying the things for it than doing it. I am just going to put some of Meaghan's artwork in it.

Ashi - i know how you feel, Liam had a cold when he was very young and i felt so sad that i had brought him in to this world and how he was sick. I don't think that it bothered him as much as it upset me. Hope that she get better soon.

Mamakins - Meaghan had a Jolly Jumper, she loved it. Some MCH nurses will tell you its bad for them leaning to walk. Meaghan walked on her first birthday and was running soon after so no problems there. I want a bumboo but the cash does not spread that far at the moment. Looked on EBAY for one and there still nearly full price, so a least they have good resale.

Better go and finish some packing.
:wave:

Mamakins

04-05-2009, 04:11

Hi all time for some personals while I wait for DD to settle.

Angel � also my b�day next month.

Ashi � I�m dreading seeing DD get sick it seem I fret even when my cat get sick (DH is worse)

Cordelia - yes DH does have his moments I know I'm very lucky. Chelsea has been waking up lately and I think she�s teething (OMG way to early for that I thought I had another at least two months). I gave her gums a little rub because she wouldn�t settle with anything else and she�s now almost back to sleep (where I should be.)

Tracey - cold turkey with dummy, I thought about doing that, or just using it a night but that didn�t work out she often whinges just to have the dummy after a feed. Wish I could help with the formula feeding, I know with DD her sleeping heavily ties into eating. Perhaps your right and he is just overtired. Oral thrush can you see signs of it in his mouth? Maybe he�s teething, Chelsea is usually very happy but has been a bit more grizzly during feeds cos of her teeth? Sorry just throwing suggestions now. Google can be great for solving probs what does your GP think?

Nicki aren�t you just the cleverest thing. Those nappies look gorgeous. I�m flat out just trying to make a irregularly shaped change matt cover. Did they ever notice your hair? Maybe it looks so great and natural that they thought it was always like that? I wonder why they would advise that Jolly Jumpers hamper walking I would have thought i would aid it because she�s strengthening those little bowed legs of hers.

EF your mother�s group sounds lovely. I wish I had found one. (still working on it) probably because I haven�t been to the CHC much. I had Chelsea�s shots done with my GP (who is just brilliant) .

Sharne � was it fun to feed him I�m kind of look forward to that. Though I�m sure the reflux is a challenge how�s the Zoton going, sounds like it�s getting better must be such a relief. Are you getting more sleep, those hallucinations sounds a little frightening, cats eh? Maybe I�m crazy tired too. I have a family of strays under my house that I can�t help but adopt. Bad I know � we�ve even named them.

M2M I totally agree if you don�t read on here regularly it can take some time to catch up. I used to bring Chelsea to bed in the morning for that last sleep because she�d sleep no better than when she was in the knook. I got worried though she wasn�t going to sleep in her bed but that doesn�t seem to have happened (she sleeps 12 hours in there usually) .

Brum how lovely, how do you find the time for scrapbooking I would love to do something like that. I�m flat out filling out the babybook. I did my own passport photos but I�m not too shabby with photo editing but with all your scrapbooking sounds like you have talent in that area. You just have to make sure you get the dimensions right. I took it with DD lying down on a white surface. How did your pre-mother�s day go?

Shell that�s a great routine. I keep a daily log of Chelsea�s just to see how�s she�s sleeping and feeding and mine is similar except we tend to go from 9pm to 9am. I�m still trying to fix that.

Well she's alseep so it's back to bed for me. Sorry to all I missed but I'm so sleepy tired.

Brumington301

04-05-2009, 07:05

Hello Girlies,

Well, it's a public holiday here today in sunny Qld so I'm going to spend a day at home and probably clean the house - woop-de-doo. At least DH gets paid double time today which makes it worth never having weekends or public holidays together.

The pre Mothers Day Sunday was a washout! I hope the real thing is better. DH got to work and told his friend he had to pop out for a card later for me to which his friend told him he had another week to worry about it.... his friend, not mine!

I feel a bit out out the loop here with personals so I am now going to try and attempt some...

EF - LMAO at the poo story! :laughing: I think it makes it all the better that she laughed at you with the rubber gloves. Love it. Only 4 more sleeps - how are you actually sleeping?! Thank you for the advice on the photos. I will go in tomorrow I think (didn't make it yesterday) and take a white towel with me.

Mamakins - not sure my artistic talent will stretch as far as taking photos myself for the passport cause I know they are really fussy. As for time to do the scrapbooking - those 4 hours in the morning when O goes back to sleep are great to get the scissors out and is proving much more exciting than the vacuum!

Nickimum - OMG, the cost of passports! You could fly the whole family to NZ for the same price! You're right - it's a bloody conspiracy. I am so impresses with the nappies too. I just so wish I could do something like that. Anyone noticed the hair yet? - please tell me your DH did.

Ashi - how are the colds going? Hope you're both feeling a whole lot better soon. I dread O's first cold.

Tracy - I've started forcing O to sleep in the morning so he doesn't get overtired in the evenings. I found myself in the habit of keep feeding him cause I thought that was what was wrong with him but now he is sleeping all morning I realise it must have been tiredness. Basically, he will be back in bed by 9 every morning whether he wants to be or not. I wrap him really well and put a dummy in his mouth. He'll struggle against sleep for ages sometimes but as long as I stay out of his eyesight and keep that dummy in his mouth he eventually drops off (I'm normally chasing his mouth around the cot with the dummy!). He must be tired to sleep for 4 hours when he does eventually give in. It's time consuming sometimes but has really worked for us.

Sharne - how was your sleep last night? Hope things were a little better.

Shell - how's your sister? How are you? Let us know your news.

TMD - where are you? How is Chase?

I'm off to research stencils on the internet and see if Uncle Kev has given me my money yet - he takes his time doesn't he?:hissy:

bootiful

04-05-2009, 08:23

hey ladies, happy May, its my birthday this month so im a bit excited.

been very busy past few days so i have a bit to catch up on

angelbaby- I'm sure I remember you from the pregnancy threads? How did your labour go? I remember you were having trouble with the spontaneous labour and wanted a natural birth?? Sorry was that you? Had a look at your pics. What a BEAUTIFUL baby! Beautiful big brown eyes! You have a lovely family.

my labour ended up in another emergency cs. i have posted about my labour here. http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=229147

Angel - Can't believe you felt like your information and posts weren't welcomed. Thats abit sad it is.. :hugs: I'm glad to see you back. You're girls are adorable. Nic looks HUGE. chubba bubba that one. Both your daughters are so dark with the most exquisite skin.. Wish I could fly over for your birthday. I'd love a night out. We're off to Sydney next week just for a couple of days for a concert. Not sure what I will do about my sis yet. hmmm

Its a long story hun, but basically I have offered my opinion on a few things and it has come back to bite me on the proverbial. I guess some people are either hyper sensitive or im a b!tch.

ANGEL - yeah we should meet up soon, i dont mind travellin to morley way, about that distance, or innaloo somewhere like that, just cant do it regualr as its too far to travel all the time.

im bout 10 mins from morley and innaloo :D let me know if you have somewhere in mind.

anyhoo, im gonna go get ready to go shopping, i NEED some new clothes esp jeans so gonna get there first thing then hopefully i can come home and clean up then have an arvo nap :sleeping:

enjoy your day girls :wave:

wildoats

04-05-2009, 13:39

Hi Girls,

Well I'm all in for punishment! I'm now studying again... this time I'm going REALLY slowly. I'm feeling better now to cope with it all. So my next project is to do redo my assignment that I failed. How fun :laughing:not!

Mamakins- Glad your internet is back. I hate computers... sometimes.

Ashi- Have you tried Fess for Little noses? Unbelievable! My Ayla gets milk up her nose all the time (shes a real quick sucker) and the milk dries. So I use this Fess (saline solution - salt water) to flush the mucous out. Sometimes thats enough to clear her nose. Sometimes I need to use the nasal aspirater that comes with it. Hope that helps.

Brum- Happy mum's day LOL

Angelbaby- Thanks for the post. I'll check it out soon. I hope all went well. I went into labour a few hours before they were to induce me :laughing: She knew she was going to be evicted!

Hope everyone is well and happy! P.s my mum has gone home :no: Oh well!

Wildoats x

tracynben

04-05-2009, 14:35

hi everyone
hope u all good.

WILDOATS - hope the studyin goes ok, will be hard to do with a baby,m but i know lots of people do it and succeed so u can do it.

ANGEL - we could meet up at the park at lake monger one day if the weather is nice, if not how about somewhere like the beachhouse at ossie park.

PASSPORT - maybe its different for a diff states, i know here in perth it was difficult for us to find someone, it was just someones business photoplace, and they supplied everything. Why dont u have a look in the yellowpages and ring a few places up and then u know walkin around loiokin for somewhere.

BRUM - thats good about the long nap, yay. I think the problem with jayden is just very overtired, and very hard to settle.

MAMAKINS - i dunno about the oral thrush now, it might just be his milk cos its thicker it stays on his tonuge, we changed him back to his other formula and his tongue looks normal again now.
As for the dummy still not sure what to do yet.

NIKKIMUM - i put jayden in jolly jumper too, he loves it, ben was in it from 3 months and was walkin just after his first birthday and hasnt had problems, sometimes i think CHN try to worry us too much, we know best at the end of the day.

EF - LOL LOL on the poop story. JAyden has been a bit constipated recently so no poop stories from us.

AFM - well i can say for once im having a great day, things are going great.
Jayden woke at 7am very happy. Had a one hour nap in the morning, hes having an afternoon nap, still asleep nearly 2 hours later, yay.
AND hes feedin better too, i changes his formula back to b4 cos he was constipated, he seems happier on this one even thou he sicks a little back, but it doesnt seem to bother him.
Hopefully we are turnin a corner and can get into a routine.

tracy xxxxx

vickih

04-05-2009, 15:08

Cordelia

04-05-2009, 16:41

4 month immunisations today and DD got her first flu shot - NUTS I tell you!!!! I'm feeling really stressed with the strain of having my both my kids have needles (i'm not good with them at all) but fortunately they have both crashed at the moment so i've had a sleep and ready to pull through til 7pm tonight when I can sit on the couch and have a nice hot chocolate and a foot rub!!! some days are so full on arent' they. They both have barely stopped crying to catch breath.

tomorrow will be better :)

Right!! I'm amped for some typing...

I'm still keen to meet up with some Perth ladies. It's just my week is so packed. :( I am ocassionally free on tuesdays and fridays if that suits anyoen to com eand have a coffee. I live in canning vale...

brum - glad you found the link handy. i love it because you dont' hvae to agonise over what do with your papers... you just cut them up and put them in the right place!! There is an online scrap club that a fair few of my friends are members of but I can't find it right now. ready steady scrap or something??? Will look into it later for you :)

ohhhh DD has arisen (with screaming) she thinks it's a sticker on her arm where the needle was and is very distressed!! It's quite amusing - she's very jealous that Daniel got stickers - one in each leg. If only she realised... so funny!!!

I will be back for the rest of personals after the 7pm recovery period from my afternoon. (which is still ahead of me!! think of me!!! hehe)

wildoats

04-05-2009, 16:43

hi everyone
hope u all good.

WILDOATS - hope the studyin goes ok, will be hard to do with a baby,m but i know lots of people do it and succeed so u can do it.

Thank you so much :)I will be Ok. Ayla will ALWAYS be #1 and I will manage

wildoats

04-05-2009, 17:01

Hi ladies! I'm new and crashing your thread, although I have been reading over the last few months:wave:

Seems like most people are sort of getting themselves and bub into routines! I love routines, just the way i'm wired! I'm trying to move my bub (Isaac) into a 3.5/4 hour routine (breastfeeding) and trying to figure out what my new day will look like. I generally try not to feed zac at night, he usually wakes up once or twice (on bad night three times, err, and four, five times!) but i leave him to self-settle. only feed when he won't go back to sleep. i really hate getting up for those feeds:sleeping:

What does everyone elses routines look like?

Hello and Welcome :wave: I'm new also.

My routine is feed, play, sleep, play and repeat. I play after a sleep because my baby is VERY spewy and this gives me a chance to do tummy time. At night I get up about twice to feed. I'm also breastfeeding. No play at night though lol.

How old is your bub? Ayla is nearly 4 months

Nickimumto1

04-05-2009, 20:30

Just a quick one, must do more packing.

I just noticed that there is a due in Jan 2010 thread, which mean that this time last year we where finding out that we were up the duff.:eek:

How far we have come in a year :D, now just to catch up on all those lost hours of sleep:sleeping:.

See Ya :hugs:

:hissy: I hate packing..

Cordelia

04-05-2009, 23:11

I just noticed that there is a due in Jan 2010 thread, which mean that this time last year we where finding out that we were up the duff.:eek:

How far we have come in a year :D,

tell me about it!! I wish life would slow down ... i just want to relish these years of pregnancies and babies.

I had a lovely evening of rich caramel slice and hot chocolate. no foot rub... yet.. the evening is still young!!

wildoats - good luck with the studying!! I am currently applyign to open university to do my masters. still undecided if i'll send the application.

tracy - what a great day your'e having! gimme some of that.

Daniel now has 3 set sleeps a day. 2 short ones at the start and the end of the day and one long on at the same time as his sister at 12:45 (sharp!!!!!!) they both usually go through to around 3. that is VERY recent tho.... and i think he' still be pretty flexible.

really stressed at the moment. we are loaded at the moment with my maternity leave, baby bonus and kevin rudd's constant stream of bonuses. and my parents are offering to sell us their car. but in a month's time, we'll be back to our small, pitiful sole income and it's such a struggle without a car loan. but a new car would be so nice!!! but i think we'd regret it in the long run. my shoddy old falcon wagon will have to do for a while longer I thinjk. My Dad keeps pushing it though even though weve said no, so we keep redoing the decisino. so frustrating!!!

thanks for the vent. I'm just really torn about it. teehee

there were so many personals i wanted to do but a hot shower calls.

speak to you tomorrow :)

(PS I'm sounding very negative at the moment but in actual fact, things are going pretty good!! and the kids both went to sleep at 7 so that was a godsend - hallelujah!)

Shell31

05-05-2009, 07:07

DOH... Gotta be fast around here.. Logged on & DD1 told me Theo's done a poo & DD2 told me Daisy's done one.. Both screamed out loud enough for the old goat down the road to hear :rolleyes:

Brumington301

05-05-2009, 08:44

Hi there people,

Hope you're all going good. We're fine, nothing much to report really. I had a day of constant eating yesterday where I just couldn't get enough of naughty foods. When I told DH about it, he suggested it might be my body getting ready for O's 12 week growth spurt - how clever is nature if that is the case?

Cords - how sad that both bubbas had to be injected at the same time. You must have been heartbroken. Very cute though that DD was jealous of DS's extra sticker! Car - hmmm? It's a difficult one. Is it possible to put the money on the mortgage? I know this is not ideal but if the car is too much of a bargain to bypass and with interest rates so low....

Wildoats - well done on the studying and good luck completing the assignment. Nothing worse than repeating work already done. I have plans in the future to return to uni to get into primary teaching. Not sure when that will be because we desperately want to try for another baby soon but hopefully it will be done eventually.

Tracy - yay on the routine. Hope it continues for you.

Nickimum - you're very dedicated with the packing. I know you have to be because it's not long now. You must be so excited.

Vickih - welcome my friend. I can't believe you were still willing to join after reading along for a few months - I would have run a mile!:laughing: Our routine which we've had in place for about a week now is wake at 6am, feed play etc, bed at 9am (usually lasts until 1pm ish) then feed and play throughout much of the afternoon. Another brief sleep around 3 or 4pm (lasts about 1.5-2 hrs) and bedtime at 9pm. DS then sleeps through the night to 6am. Out little one is quite a bit younger than all the others - he wasn't born until mid Feb but he was due at the end of Jan. I'd got to know all of these lovely ladies and didn't want to leave them so they are now stuck with me.... Ha, Ha!

Shell - :wave: I've had pretty much the same as you this morning. Every time I thought I'd write O woke from his sleep. I've been in about 5 times now to replug! I think I've won the battle now though.

AB - I'm sure your views haven't offended people. :)

Hello all you other lovely people :wave:

Love from me X

tracynben

05-05-2009, 10:22

just a quickie for now cos im going out in a min to spend my TAX BONUS YAY i finally got it WOO HOO
rich doesnt want me to spend it BUT its my money and he can get stuffed.

tracy xxxx

wildoats

05-05-2009, 13:12

just a quickie for now cos im going out in a min to spend my TAX BONUS YAY i finally got it WOO HOO
rich doesnt want me to spend it BUT its my money and he can get stuffed.

tracy xxxx

Haha enjoy your spending!:smiliedance:

wildoats

05-05-2009, 13:14

MummaFug

05-05-2009, 15:51

Hi Everyone

YAY for those who have got their money ...
Tracey - it will help you get your business up and running - that is great news. Its a great start. :)

Brum - we also had injections today and DD is being grumpy :(

Shell - yep - just as i started typing DD has woken up after her 2nd 20min sleep in 7 hrs... HELP!!

Hi everyone else - i will try and get back on later as i need some suggestions to why DD is now waking at 4am and wanting to play :thumbsup: NOT FUN !!!

wildoats

05-05-2009, 18:13

Hey Angel,

Had a look at your Labour story. You sound quite positive about it. I'm happy that it all went well in the end. You did an amazing job staying so cool :cool: well done on the birth of your beautiful bub.

I should be sleeping, but I'm studying, but really I'm on bubhub!

:goodvibes: Sending good vibes to all the beautiful mummies x

Nickimumto1

05-05-2009, 18:25

Hello to all,

I have been busy today, had a bubhub meet this morning. Meaghan had fun running around (it was at a play centre). Took Meaghan home thinking that she would have a good sleep, but no she had other ideas. So i did not get much packing done.

We then had our pre settlement inspection and i was suprised how much smaller the house looked. Still bigger than we have now, but just thought the bedroom were bigger.

My MIL still did not notice my hair when i she came round on Monday, and when i pointed it out she said i got mine done too and then changed the subject. Yes she had her hair done but it does not look any different than every other time, mine is half the lenght that it was before? what the..

Routine - What is a routine? :laughing:, i just do what ever makes them quiet..lolly pops work well for a three year old as she has trouble talking with it in her mouth, did not stop her trying though.

I have a feeding question for all that are formula feeding. Liam was feeding every 4 hours with an early bottle in the evening. Now he wants it every 2.5 - 3 hours and has picked up an extra feed. He has now also started waking over night. Should i try to keep his routine to every 4 hours or just feed him as he wants it? The MCH nurse said that some formulas have higher % of a different milk protine and is slower to digest does anyone know about this?. He never finishes his bottles and never brings it back up. He just always seems to be hungry.

On a lighter note, some packing photo's:
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/nickismif/100_2017.jpg
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/nickismif/100_2018.jpg

Have a good night..

Has anyone heard from TMD, don't want to impose on her, just want to know that she is OK, maybe i will send her a PM.

Shell31

05-05-2009, 21:27

Hi girls,

Dont have much time as we're off to sydney tomorrow for a concert.. :smiliedance: Won't even attempt personals.. will just update for now..

We've finally made the move & put Daisy in Theo's room (next to ours) in the cot.. Theo is now in a "big bed" in Brookies room & Jamie & Brookie are now sharing in Jamies room with a tri bunk bed.. Seems to be working for now. Theo does try it on of a night & gets out of bed, stands at the door & grins at us lol.. cute!!! Im so happy with how he is going to be honest.. Ive been there, done that before with the girls so I know it will get better.. He has only been in there 2 nights & fell out & bumped his head on the chest of drawers both nights :eek: We have had to put him back to bed 3 times in total of a night when we first put him to bed but thats getting better also.

Daisy is still going great guns sleeping of a night... settles well & we just don't have to go in there for 11-12 hours.. dont have to replug.. dont have to resettle.. she is a true legend. I honestly wouldnt be able to cope if she was up 4 times a night.. She is enjoying a nice b/f in bed with me first thing.. then has formula during the day & another b/f last thing of a night.. I dont think she is getting much off me but its so nice to be able to still enjoy the closeness of b/f. OMG She loves those bottles.. she is PORKING It on.. Aaron said she looks like a 3 yr old when we prop her sitting up on the lounge lol slight exaggeration there.. She's laughing now & loves the sound of her own voice.. I was kissing her tonight & made a big long kissing noise with a funny face & her lip dropped & she got the saddest little face happening.. I couldnt help but laugh at her.. must of frightened her.. :rolleyes:

Sis - She is going ok.. Still in hospital.. been almost 2 weeks now.. She can sit up now whilst in the brace but has been warned she risks doing permanent spinal damage if she is silly & does too much or tried to do anything without this brace.. She is demanding to be released from hospital :eek: what a worry she is...

Well Im going to go pack for tomorrow.. we are only going for one night as I dont want to leave Kim too long. I literally am the only person here.. she doesnt have friends.. she is a loner & mum is still overseas.

Love to you all..
Rachelle x

BellyFruit

05-05-2009, 22:44

**...tip toe ... tip toe.... sshhhhh.... BF slowly creeps into the May thread...**

Hey ladies... check out my new username... it's all brandspanky new.... :D... yes, it's me, it's twinmumdee, Didi :wave:... thought a change of username was about time as I am no longer just a mother of twins...

I have been away from the thread for about a week or so, I wont attempt personals until I get some time to catch up...

Just will update on me: after the problem with Chace's 25g weight loss and lack of significant gain over 5 weeks, we took him to a lovely paed who ordered a tonne of tests etc etc, anyway $500 later :rolleyes:... Chace has reflux, and an immature oesophagus... paed said, give him anti reflux formula with a thickener in it... I asked if I could keep BF instead and he said of course, but Chace needed volume volume volume in his tummy and if I could give it to him then well and good, but if not, the formula was the way to go... tbh I was relieved more than anything when I realised my milk supply was not super duper high and it would be a serious effort to boost it and Chace needed more NOW... so I bit the bullet and offered the much dreaded formula and............................................... ..he gusted it down in a heartbeat little piglet... and i realised WITHOUT a heavy heart, that this was going to be the way to go for us now... we could monitor how much he was getting and it was thicker so he hardly spews now at all which is awesome and you know what... he's a different baby... my breast milk is on the rapid decline as expressing is just not doing it for me and I dont want to keep BF like before as I always thought he was full and putting on weight but he never did... so now he's gutsing down the formula and we're not looking back... I was so tense about him not gainin (and not just for that one week, it had been FIVE weeks)... and he's started to sleep through the night now 8pm to 6:30am i cant believe it! AND we weighed him yesterday - he'd stacked on 400g in 6 days... :smiliedance:
Honestly, I thought I'd mourn giving up BFing but you know what... I'm not... in fact I feel relief that now my baby is thriving when he was not before, he is HAPPIER, wetter nappies too. And DH can feed him how and they both LOVE that... I'm not sad at losing any "bond" with Chace or anything... we had our time of closeness like that and I dont miss it or anything... I am giving him what he needs now... if he's cranky and hungry you should see him rev up if a bottle is waved infront of him! He knows thats where his nice warm meal comes from now and he's happy... he's sooo happy and so am I now...

aw... sorry for the big ramble... I've been meaning to jump on and post about all this.... just kinda spilt out...

I'm surprised how I feel about it.... and I'm stoked that Im not sad like i thought i would be :thumbsup:... i feel refreshed, revived and POSITIVE...

Look out... I'm back in the thread ladies... :devil6:

Hugs xxx
BellyFruit (DH picked the new name)

Shell31

06-05-2009, 06:43

Awww Didi.. I'm so so relieved you and Chace are so happy & content with formula feeding.. I'm the same with Daisy.. shocked at how happy she is in between feeds & LOL @ waving the bottle.. funny how fast they pick things up isn't it :rolleyes:
Anyway I just wanted to say well done on the mammoth efforts to b/f for as long as you did.. I just look at it that we've given Chace & Daisy the best start we can & now its time to let some other people help out with the feeds :laughing:

Better go pack.. see you in a few days girls...

MWAH !!!!!!! :D

muminwaiting

06-05-2009, 09:20

Hellooooooooooooooooooooooo....I'm Baaaack.:laughing:
Holly has just gone down for her 10min power nap and I have given up my tea & toast to come on here and say hello...do you feel special...........you should because I am starving:laughing:

Didi You did the right thing for chace and his weight gain just reinforces that you are on the right track. Well done to you for sticking with it for as long as you could. Out of interest which formula did you try?...I am still giving Holly karicare gold and I add a few spoons of farex to it to thicken it up we have good and bad days still.

Nikki.. I am so jealous I want to move it's must be exciting :goodvibes:

US...I hate being back at work :( I only have one more week to go and the new girl will be back from holidays then. My maternity leave officially finishes in December I need to win lotto before then or think of some other way to make $$$ so I can stay home..I miss Holly I hate being away from her, my mum is good with her and she loves having her to herself for a few hours but I cry all the way to work.

Times up she is awake.....Damn I missed my toast.....speak to you lovely ladies soon I promise.:flowerz:

Cordelia

06-05-2009, 10:25

Sooo sick... off to get a pregnancy test today... arrrrr wouldnt be the worst thing in the world. in fact, i'd love it. but would like a longer recovery period after a caeser. yikessss.

tracy: what ru spending your bonus on?? ours is our accomodation at the gold coast. cant WAIT

fugly - Daniel woke at around 4:00 around 4 nights last week but he's back to normal now. He wasn't feeding properly in the day which I think is why. I think his teeth are bothering him now and then. Hope you start getting some "sleep-ins" soon

nickimum - i love the lollipop idea haha! with the formula - i always the think of the aim to get to 4 hours but if he wants it before then i'll do it demand. Sounds like a growth spurt? or is it like that all the time?

Shell - sounds like Daisy is the perfect baby! I can understand your sister wanting to get out of hospital but boyyyy.. when is your mum arriving?

Belly fruit: (hehee LOVE IT!) that is such great news about Chase. AWESOME. You BF for a fair while so I think yuo've given him a great start. I'm so glad his weight is picking up. I'm a big BF advocate but I have to admit that when I changed Daniel to FF (2 months ago!!!) that we were all so happy and relaxed as a family. Everyone seemed to take a big sigh and start to enjoy life again. (and not worry abotu weight gain)

MIW awwww I nearly cried when i read your post. Dec is a long way away to sort things out. There are ways around going back to work! We can barely pay our bills on one salary but I'm the same as you - I can't bear to leave my kids. And it's such a short time that they're this little. We figure we can live in poverty for a few years - we can make up for it later.

Us - we're off to the jandakot airport to watch planes this morning. (oh yes joy of joys!!!!) - after a stopoff at the chemist that is!! oh geeeeeeezzzzzzzz...... DD is being an angel and Daniel is asleep so I might go read my magazine I bought 2 weeks ago!!!!!!!!

tracynben

06-05-2009, 11:41

hi everyone
hope all is ok.

CORDS - i spent some of the money on the kids, stuff to do with startin up a business, some debts, and i got about 300 dollars left, im just gonna leave that in the bank for now.
Im up for a meet sometime if u like, let me know, fridays good for us.

MIW - im so sorry ur hating work, do u work full time, can u do part time?
Just chersih every moment with her, and hopefully it will get easier as time goes by.

BELLYFRUIT - lol on the name, im so glad things are much better, and remember whatever makes everyone happiest is best.
great on the sleepin too.

SHELL - sorry things still sound tough for u, maybe when ur sis is a bit better and u moved and settled things might be a bit easier.

NIKKIMUM - i can think of 2 things that might be happenin, either a growth spurt OR the milk is not satsifyin him and he might be ready for solids.

FUGS - early wakin, ermmm jayden does that sometimes, and hes so not funny. How much does she sleep in the day, sometimes if they have too much sleep in the day they sleep less at night.

AFM - well i enjoyed spendin some money yesterday for once, bought ben some trains, cars and train track and a rug with a car track on it, he loves them all and is playin in his bedroom happily, i bought jayden a playmat he loves it, laughs his little head off at the mirror.
He has started to properly giggle too.
Im still having a few issues with his feedin, i put him back on his other formula but he will not drink a lot before 4pm, then after that will drink lots, waking 1 -2 times in the night, its gettin hard keep doing this every night now. If i could get him to drink more in the day i think he would sleep through, but i cant force him, he just refuses it.
i start my sat job too on sat, only 3.5 hours but every little bit helps.

tracy xxxx

BellyFruit

06-05-2009, 15:34

well????? Cordelia????????????????????????

muminwaiting

06-05-2009, 17:20

Damn where is she......CORDELIA!!!!!!!

mum2drew

06-05-2009, 17:57

Hi all,
Wow I having been able to get on BH for ages and theres so much to read.

I'm very happy to hear Chace is gaining weight and is feeding better, well done bellyfruit (I like the new name:)).

Nickimumto1, I'm not formula feeding but it sounds like Liam is having a growth spurt.

Shell31 hope you enjoy your concert. We just moved Drew into his room too. I was so nervous at first but he doesnt seem to care, still settling well and waking max of 3 times for night feeds (last night only once!). I'm jealous your getting 11-12hrs, good work!

Muminwaiting just wondering how often you work and if your BF? I'm only working Saturday mornings but am meant to go back to uni next semester :no:. Don't know how I'm going to make it all work. Would love some tips.

A big hello to everyone else, hope your all having a wonderful day with your bubs :flowerz:

Anyway my dinners getting cold so a quick update on us. After sleeping well last night Drew has been unsettled today, constantly chewing on everything. I think his teeth are moving in his gums, anyone else experiencing this with their bubs?
Also has anyone made lactation cookies? I thought I'd give them ago tonight got mother group tomorrow so if they are yum I'll take some along.

Goodnight all

muminwaiting

06-05-2009, 18:03

Muminwaiting just wondering how often you work and if your BF? I'm only working Saturday mornings but am meant to go back to uni next semester :no:. Don't know how I'm going to make it all work. Would love some tips.

Sorry I am formula feeding...I am only back at work for 2 days for a four week period to cover for someone on holidays...You should be able to express your milk and store it in the freezer..one of the BFing mums will be able to give you more help than I can....

MummaFug

06-05-2009, 18:15

cordelia ?????
where r u ???
we are waiting

mum2drew

06-05-2009, 19:38

muminwaiting

06-05-2009, 20:07

Mum2drew hmmmm Mothers Day, I am excited to have my first one.:goodvibes:....Dh is not that great at planning anything, I imagine it will be lunch out, as far as a present goes he never has a clue this will be just another day for him to stress over what to get me, trust me I hint enough he just never takes the hint. I told him when I had Holly he had to buy me an eternity ring ( a tradition in my family), here we are nearly 5mths later and I am still waiting I don't think he will remember it for Sunday. I have his fathers day all thought out but I am a planner.:D

BellyFruit

06-05-2009, 21:17

:wave:

Got all three babies asleep in bed...sigh... it's nice... DH and I are nightowls so we have this time to ourselves until we go to bed about midnight....

well done mum2drew for only one night feed :smiliedance: they just decide that on their own dont they... some nights its 3, others just one... you do the same thing every night, just depends on him...funny babies are...

WHERE IS CORDELIA?? Evil woman... "oh I'm doing a pg test today as I feel a bit sick, ho hum, might not post on BH until tomorrow"... I got home from food shop tonight and literally launched DH off the pc so I could log on and see if she'd posted :laughing:.... he's very supportive of my bubhub addiction :valentine:...lol... maybe she's passed out somewhere from shock if she got a BFP? lol - if she does i'll be green with envy!

MIW I dont ever want to go back to work!! Of course the paed recommended the most expensive bloody brand which is S26 AR (anti reflux) the most expensive I've seen it is $28 a tin :eek:, though our local chemist sells them for $20 a tin so... I'm thrilled with it actually, he does not spew hardly at all... its a bit funny to watch because he almost dry wretches, like his tummy is trying hard to spew, but the thickness of the formula wont allow anything to come back up... i think his little oesophagus is improving and strengthening a bit... I'm going back to paed on Friday for a check up and expect Chace to have loaded on more weight, you can SEE the difference even one day makes, little fatty! I thought it would take weeks to catch up, uh, no... lol... I'm going to ask the paed if i can buy a cheaper formula, though if this one is working, i dont want to switch and go backwards... on the odd occasion he gets EBM he has a thickener we make up and give him before and halfway through a feed, that works too for the breast milk... boobs have all but packed it in anyway now though... so thats all good...

Tracy hun I'm glad you got to spend some $$$$ on YOU for once... what business stuff did you get? What's your new job? Sorry, musta missed that...

Shell: Glad your sis is doin better.... give her big hugs from all of us ok...

EF: your plasticware has arrived... with a little something extra for you... hm days til you and pops fly out?

Nicki: I swear whenever my kids have lollypops (which is about once a year) they ALWAYS drop them and shatter them and then it's tears all round... sheesh... no worth the hassle and yes, they talk with them in their mouths too... :rolleyes:

Mother's Day for me will involve something handmade from the kids (they make stuff at school)... then me and my sis are having lunch with our mum... nothing too flash... just an appreciation of being a mum in general... DH is working, I'll have all my babies to adore me... (uhuh)...LMAO...

I'm going to post in here every time I come in and check to see if Cordelia has posted... consider this post number ONE...

Hi Haylie (Where are you? You ok?), Fugs (please also post whenever you check in here on Cords ok... this should get interesting, i know you're hanging out!) Angel, Wildoats and everyone else!!

as you were ladies...

BF x

Cordelia

06-05-2009, 22:05

i'm tempted not to post so i can sit here and watch you lot all go mental! :laughing:

However, :bfn:

:no:

(it would have been a complete shock woopsie, but i think i realised that i definitely want a 3rd because i've been crying all afternoon)

Sorry for the anticlimax!! and thanks for caring :hugs:

Cordelia

06-05-2009, 22:07

Just wondering if anyone knows what they'll be doing for mother's day? My DH has organised a "suprise including bling" (I bet either a pandora or lovelinks charm!). Thats all he'll tell me for now, I bet he's still thinking of what to do!!! :laughing:

I'm getting 2 pandora beads - one from each kid! spoilt rotten :)

PS I'm gonna sit on the "live chat" (sounds kinky) for 20 minutes or so while I facebook if anyone wants to join!

BellyFruit

06-05-2009, 22:16

awww...:hugs: for you Cords... I was soooooo excited for you! We'd like to be pg again, I say we are TTC, though DH does like to throw in that you actually have to DTD to conceive :laughing:... here's hoping stopping BFing will cause a big stir of hormones and ovulation WOO!!

Chin up Cords, wont be long... I'll race ya :D

BF xxxx

MummaFug

06-05-2009, 22:35

:hugs: Cords .... It will happen. THe race is now on between you and the formerly known as TMD .....

TMD - or shall I say BELLYFRUIT .. Love the new name :) Great to hear that Chace is thriving now but am jealous of the sleeping through the night.....

Shell - I keep thinking of moving DD but then it is such a hassle to get up and go feed her if she is in another room - although she is beginning to keep me awake so may have to make the call soon

Nicki - We call them "lick licks" in this house...and yes, they always end up on the ground followed by tears. Luckily (or ot so luckily as we seem to always be at the docs) the doc gives them out free ;)

To all those getting ready for their 1st MOthers Day :smiliedance: It really is a special special day.

DH has a "tradition" that he fills a page in a photo album with photos and a little story of things that DS and I have done during the past year ... Its very sweet but as all the photos are on my computer - I havent seen DH anywhere near it :cool:..

BUT I am all excited - I ordered my Mothers Day present today ...

I am getting Ubercircles from UberKate .. I am so sososososos excited. Im getting them in gold though as thats what i wear. Im getting a big one with DH and My names and our wedding day on the back and then small ones with the kiddies names and bdays :) I am sosososoososos excited. I feel a little bad as i have been HUGELY spoilt this year by DH and he hasnt spent anything on himself.
Will need to think of something to spoil him with.

Hello to everyone else .... Sorry its late and i popped in to see COrds

Will pop in tomorrow if I can - DD is back for another blood test tomorrow to see if we need to change her meds - thats never fun

tracynben

07-05-2009, 10:24

hi everyone
hope all ok.

FUGS - thats great what DH does, so thoughful, unfortunately mine isnt so thoughful, and he more or less forgot my first ever mothers day :no: but remembered about his mother, so i peed off.

CORDS - sorry about u not being preg, im sure it will happen soon, maybe its ur bodies way of saying its a bit soon after a section, it would be better to get a bit more healed first, i know that wont make u feel any better:hugs: to u .
Let me know if u wanna meet up sometime, i get very bored on my own.

BELLYFRUIT - whoahhh thats expensive for the formula. As for what i bought, i bought some wholesale directiry lists, and u can get lots of info from members and stuff, i wanna really look into it before i do it.

MIW - i dunno what will be happenin for mothers day, although it will include spendin the day with his parents, cos of his mum, as long as he makes it special for me im not bothered, unfortunately hes not very good at that.

MUM2DREW - yeah we got teeth comin through too.

AFM - i decided today is the day im going cold turkey on the dummy, im so sick of him wakin at night 2-4 times, and not nappin good in the day, so im throwin them all away, so he can learn to self settle.
The first nap has gone good, he only cried for about 4 mins then went to sleep.
Still tryin to find info on ebay businesses. Im really struggling though to find a supplier for grobags, i even contacted a seller on ebay UK, and she said its against tradin laws to resell them, i dont know if thats true or not, will have to so some digging.

tracy xxxx

Brumington301

07-05-2009, 10:36

:( Aaah Cords - sorry to hear your not pg. I know what you mean, I'd love another little baby and dearly want to fall pg soon but without medical intervention this is a distant pipe dream for me. I'll join in the race though as a rank outsider!!!

Bellyfruit - love the new name. Glad all is going good with Chase - what a weight gain eh? He must look so different to you within the last few days.

Tracy - good on you for the shopping spree. I love the way you went out and did all your spending on the boys and sound so happy for doing so. Sounds just like me! I'm happier buying for O rather than myself. I still don't have the cash from Uncle Kev - come on mister, pay up!

Shell - hope you had fun at the concert - who did you go and see?

Fugs - sounds like Mothers Day is well and truly sorted for you you lucky duck! Are you getting brekky in bed too?

M2drew - Mothers Day. I doubt I'll get anything special. DH is cr@p at things like that. He'll be working as well so I won't get brekky in bed. I am hoping for a card considering he's had a weeks warning (I told him it was MD last Sunday and he went to work feeling all guilty - hope it was guilty enough to buy a card!). I don't hold out much hope considering on my last Birthday card I had a skeleton sitting at a typewriter and inside it read 'Sorry I haven't written in a while'. Hmmmm!

Hope everyone else is well.

Things here still good. Haven't really got much to tell you. I had O's passport photos done the other day and they are soooo cute - he's such a little munchkin! We are now planning on waiting a while to see what's happening with this swine flu before heading back to England. I think it's for the best.

Bye for now......:wave:

tracynben

07-05-2009, 11:04

OMG this dummy thing is crap, he woke after 25 mins now is cryin his head off :no: i dont know if something is wrong or hes just strugglin to get back to sleep.
I wanna give in (i havent thrown the dummies away yet), but if i do give in it will become more and more of a problem ARGHHHHHH.

tracy xxxx

honeydew

07-05-2009, 11:16

Hi lovelies

Hi Haylie (Where are you? You ok?)

I'm here :wave: Thanks for thinking of me :hugs:

I've not posted a lot in the last few days, just having a bit of a breather from BH as it starts to take over your life after awhile lol.

Mothers Day- well it just so happens that my birthday falls on mothers day this year so DH is taking me away for a night :valentine: Of course we will take Layla as she is far too little to stay with her grandparents but Mason will be staying the night with them as its never a break with a toddler in tow. Can't wait! We will be having a morning tea/lunch with my mum and the IL's on sunday morning and then leave to go away that afternoon. We are going to the sunshine coast and will be shopping for some new things for our house which is nearly finished being built :yelclap: I have already received some pandora beads for my birthday and am hoping to get a couple more from DH hehe.

Cords- sorry to hear you aren't pregnant :hugs: I understand the dissapointment. I had a moment of thinking I may be pregnant because my nipples are killing me when I BF, am extremely tired, nauseous and my face has broken out but I highly doubt it will happen without the help of fertility drugs again. It looks like you, me, Brum & Didi are in the race!

Bellyfruit- love the new name! So glad to hear that things are going well with Chace now. He is thriving! It must be such a relief for you. How are you liking your new car?

Sorry for no other personals, I'll try to keep up from here onwards.

Us- Layla was weighed today and at 4 months is 5.7kg :yelclap: Growing girl! Still BFing and bottle feeding and don't have any plans to change that- am actually hoping when she starts eating a lot of solids that I can reduce the amount of formula and start BFing more. We'll see how it goes.

honeydew

07-05-2009, 11:17

Cordelia

07-05-2009, 15:27

Thanks everyone for your sympathy... we would like to have another 2 year age gap so will be waiting for anohter year or so to TTC.. but I was still so excited that it might happen sooner accidentally!!! My obstetrician said he'd go nuts at me if I had another baby before 2 years after 2 caesers.

Good luck to the rest of you TTC :flowerz: I can't wait til we have some more newborns to hear goss about!!!

BF (gotta get used to that :P) hope you start ovulating soon!! how long was it after your last pregnancy?

fugly - your mothers day present sounds awesome :) you must post some photos.

tracy - yeah am up for having a chat sometime - i quite often get too scared but you're not too far away so we should do it... maybe a friday in a few weeks time? any other perthies welcome... good luck w/the dummy. we're going to wait til heturns 6 months then wait for him to start losing the sucking reflex. it worked with DD anyway... she was dummy free at 8 months. Good to do it before they realise what it is and know to cry for it. mind you, if they need to have it forever, who cares - not many kids will rock up to school with a dummy in their mouth. (that's what i keep telling myself about toilet training too!!)

brum - do we get to see these passport photos?? :P how long are they valid for?? they change so much in the first year!

mummytomason - a night away!!! are you for real?? that just sounds so out of reach. oooo niiice!! you deserve it.

Us: made a mad rush to the after hours GP last night to find out they were closed. ARrrghh... he has shocking bites/rash all over his face. (no where else). no idea what it is. it can't be from all his drooling because it's all over his forehead and eyes. am going to give it a few days now. (and i'm spraying his room and letting him sleep in ours for a while.)

ok better put him to sleep and go do some spraying. (terminator style).

mum2drew

07-05-2009, 18:42

Hi Ladies,
Sorry to hear your not preg Cordelia. Things always seem to work out for the best even if they don't feel so at the moment (ref to your obs recommendations).Hope I'm not over stepping the mark saying that.
Tracynben you are a brave woman. Goodluck. I forgot Drews "piper" (as we call it) at one mothers group meeting and all hell broke loose, even one of the nurses I have nicknamed the 'baby wisperer' couldnt settle him. Now I pack spares everywhere.
:party:happybirthday/mothers day mummy to mason for sunday, hope you have a lovely weekend away.
Brumington301 maybe he'll suprise you?? or maybe you'll have to be drop more hints (really noticeable ones, like a list of things you would like stuck to the fridge door!!:laughing:)
Fugly I had to google the ubercircles, I had no idea what they were! I think they are sooo cool I'm going to keep them in mind for my b'day or xmas. What a nice idea with the photo album, your DH sounds like such a thinker.

Good night all

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

07-05-2009, 20:23

Evening everyone:)

Well its only been a few days and its taken me an hour to catch up on what ive missed.....

Shell Your sooooo lucky with Daisy, cant beleive she is so unbelievably good. Iam so jealous, what id do for a full nights sleep....:yes:

MIW Sorry you have to work and leave your little girl, i cant imagine leaving Marley yet.. I hope your doing ok

BF Congrats on Chace's wgt gain, its great that things are so much better for you! I know how hard the reflux thing is. Im so jealous that you know have him sorted and he is sleeping through the night for you!!!
Btw, any AR formula is fine to use, I use Karicare AR, i get it from Amcal for 19.50 a tin and they have this rewards program thing so when you get so many points you get a free tin. As long as it is thickened it will do the job :yes:

as for Mothers Day I dont know what I am doing or getting (if anything) all DH has said about it is that, it is MY day and we are doing whatever I want BUT just us, (Me, DH, and Marley as DSD has to go home to her mum) not something with the familys, but thats cool with me:)

and well an update on US: GUESS WHAT!!! We have finally had a break through.... After seeing the Paed last week and starting the Zoton things have finally got better:yelclap: Marley is now not just having cat naps in the day, we are getting 2 x 2hr sleeps and a 1hr in the late arvo and then he is going down at 6.30pm for the night, he is still waking but now NO screaming episodes and last night he ONLY woke for feeds and not for his dummy in between the feeds YAY!!!!!!:D THe solids are still going great, although I havent tried anything but farex so far. Hopefully we will be able to wean him off the Losec soon and just stay on the Zoton...

Well better fly,

Thinking of you all

Hope you have a great night

Night Night

Sharne

muminwaiting

07-05-2009, 20:39

Hi Everyone....

Cords....I'm sorry hun :hugs:

Sorry no time for any other personals I have to be off to get everything ready for work tomorrow. The days of just running out the door are over, It takes forever to pack everything that Holly might need at nana's tomorrow....

I had an apointment today with a baby modeling agency for Holly, and they liked her and have signed her up..I know some people don't agree with this type of stuff, but I thougth hey why not it might be fun, I don't expect much to come of it but we will see what happens.

Enjoy the rest of your night....Don't let the bed bugs bite.:D

3already

08-05-2009, 10:25

Hi all!!

Not posted on here for ages but i just wanted to say hi and to let you know i do log on here most days to follow how youre all doing, i just don't want to get stuck in the rut of spending ages on the computer everyday wasting valuable time with bubba..(I'm a very slow one fingered type typer so doing personals takes me AGES!!).

Leon is 14 weeks now and weighs nearly 8kg!! He is 97th percentile for weight and height so everywhere we go people think he's a lot older than he is! Have been busy getting out to Gymbaroo, playgroup, Bubhub meets etc which is great, after the awful c section i had i couldn't drive for about 9 weeks so it's great to be out and about moreorless painfree again, took me so long to feel myself again this time round but i'm just about there :smiliedance:!! It really helps that Leon is such a great sleeper, he is asleep between 6-7 pm and sleeps right through till 6-7am :smiliedance:!

:fingerscrossed: for those of you ttc again, just the thought of being pregnant again makes me feel :eek:!! I have no plans to be a mum to 5 :laughing:! Never though i'd have 4!

It's a shame all the Perth mums on here are south of the river (apart from Angel) as would be nice to meet you, i'm just not into driving too far, hate driving! If any of you fancy driving up here for a meet you'd be more than welcome to come to mine.

Anyway time to get dressed while Leon is having a nap and then we're off to Gymbaroo, it's expensive but really great.

Have a great mothers day girls :hugs:

Cordelia

08-05-2009, 14:07

How quiet it is!!! come on ladies - i'm having my break, I need some goss!!

I'm guessing EF & Poppy are in the air or landed in Singapore. Saw the tattoo on facebook - wow!!

gymbaroo - we do it too! at booragoon and seeing as you're NOR i'm guessing 3 already, your'e not in my class and we arent aware of each other! Second time round some of it is a bit "eye rolling" (theyr'e very OTT) but it's so nice to have one on one time with Daniel. I love it. Well, I loved it the one class we've had!!!! Next week i'll make sure he's wearing his nice Sprout outfit and i've washed his face properly - it's all very hoity toity and posh where we go!!! (i parked my old falcon wagon round the corner when I saw all the bmw's :laughing:) It's really good to hear how you're going anyway :) and Leon is doing so well!!!!!!

MIW - how much fun with holly and the modelling!! Good luck with it all. If everyone's having fun then who cares? (altho I might have something to say if Holly's enrolled in ballet classes by 12 months :laughing:)

Sharne - that's awesome with the sleeps. What a relief for you. Must be nice to have a break!!

Us - been to the park (3rd time this week) both kids have crashed and I have an hour or 2 to read my new Jodi Picoult book!! sooo tata :)

tracynben

08-05-2009, 14:20

hi everyone
just got back from my walk on the beach at rocko.
took jayden doctors this morning to check on his cradle cap, which has nearly cleared, asked about his eczema cos its gettin worse, just gotta try cream and try and figure out what he is allergic to.

I give up on the dummy, i think i might be best to try and get some routine going for him first, i bought the save our sleep book, gonna start it next week.

I also have my first day back at work tomos, and i gotta drive rich ute, arghhh, i hate driving anything more complicated than my own car, ha im such a wuss.

CORDS - sorry not much goss going on.

3ALREADY - shouldnt u change ur name to 4already hehe. Glad u been busy and great to hear from u, i dont mind comin up north, just cant do it on a regular basis thats all. i cant beleive how big bub is, thats huge.

MIW - thats great about the modellin, i dont see anything wrong with it.

SHARNE - great news on the naps, im so jealous, jayden all over the shot with naps and sleepin. he woke several times last night, then wouldnt go back to sleep after 5am, arghhhh, i really need a decent nights sleep.

Ok better go jayden moaning, think he pooed, oh haha talkin of pooh.

i bathed ben last night, and took off his nappy not realisin he had pooed, it fell everyhwhere, went on the floor, he saw it and screamed then stood in it by accident, and screamed th house down,i thought it was funny haha.

tracy xxxxx

Cordelia

08-05-2009, 15:19

Perthies - how does Friday May 22nd sound? I love the idea of a park so DD is kept happy. what's good and central? Herdsman Lake or South Perth Foreshore??

tracynben

08-05-2009, 15:45

Perthies - how does Friday May 22nd sound? I love the idea of a park so DD is kept happy. what's good and central? Herdsman Lake or South Perth Foreshore??

yeah im up for that, either park, i wont have ben anyway so ill let the ones with toddlers decide.
tracy xxxx

BellyFruit

08-05-2009, 17:20

Hey all, got back from the paed appointment today, and I'm one happy mummy :yes:... Chace has gained 600g in 7 days :eek: HOORAY!!! Paed was very impressed and is happy that Chace is back where he should be weight gain wise... he even said he could slow down a bit if he wanted to! Paed also was very supportive of my decision to switch to formula and asked if stopping BFing was an emotional decision for me (which it was and it wasnt) and assured me everything was fine and Chace was thriving. I thought it was very nice for him to acknowlege my emotions towards stopping BFing, he really understood the decision I made wasnt taken lightly... He also wants Chace to start solids next week because he said it will help his reflux as food is harder to throw up than milk... I was going to wait until 6 months but will follow paed's advice - he's been right on the money so far and I trust him... he said Chace will be all the better for it so... geez, that's going to be fun! :p

Aw, gtg, got Chacey bum squealin his lungs out in his swing - Cords - I've pencilled in that date for a meet... I vote for South Perth foreshore myself... dont be afraid, I'm luffly :D!!

persies later dudes

BF x :flowerz:

wildoats

08-05-2009, 17:50

Good Evening beautiful mummies and bubs!

Wow it has taken me ages to read all the posts! You girls love to talk :ecomcity: Well I do too lol!

Well Ayla and I have stacked on the kilos! Ayla is now 8 kilos and she will be four months tomorrow! And me... well I have been eating a little too much. Our scales have broken so I cannot weigh myself. I'm sure I'm huge lol.

I will be going home to see my mum and dad next week and I will be away for 3-4 weeks. I'm looking forward to it. However, I may be hard pressed to find a computer so I may not be able to post on here for awhile as of next week. Don't forget me!

Cordelia
:hugs:
Lots of hugs for you Cordelia. It will happen for you. Good luck deciding whether to do your Masters - that would be an amazing achievement!

Nickimumto1
Very cute pics!

Shell
:sunshine:
Sending you lots of love and warmth for your brave sister. I'm glad your sister is getting better.

Bellyfruit
Cute name! How did you come to this name? Congratulations on finding a solution to Chace's weight problems. Thats a fantastic weight gain!

MIW
:goodvibes:
Sending you goodvibes! Now go and eat something lol

Fugly
Your DH is cute! Thats a great present! and very unique!

Tracy
:fingerscrossed:
Good luck with the dummies. I'm also having the same trouble. A nurse told me to take the dummy out as soon as Ayla is asleep... maybe that will help?

I have to listen to my own advice

Tracy I have to say thank you! I know this sounds a little stupid, but I didn't know that I had a private msg until only a few days ago! So I just got your kind msg when I was in labour. Thank you that was very kind of you! As soon as I was in labour I posted it on bubhub and then I didn't get back on the computer for a long time! Anyway thank you!

MummytoMason
Oh you lucky girl! Wish my DH would take me away! Well I guess he is to my mum and dads but that isn't the same...

Sharne
:yelclap:
Welldone! The extra sleep must enable you more time for yourself and to get things done!

3already
Hi!! Well done on the weight gain! I'm the same about being pregnant!

Well good night all
Wildoats xx

muminwaiting

08-05-2009, 18:00

Tracey...loved the poo story.:laughing: I've only manged to get pee'd on so far...

Bellyfriut..You must be so happy, isn't it great when you find someone you can talk too and actually cares enough to listen and can help you..:smiliedance:for chace's weight gain..My paed also told me to start Holly on solids and she is alot better, I had her weighed on Tuesday and she is a whopping 7.8kg, no wonder my back aches from carting her around..:laughing:

Cords.. Is ballet at 13mths ok :laughing:
I only considered the whole modeling thing because my niece did it for a couple of years when she was little and when she turned 18 she had enough money to buy herself a little new car. I got a call today and we have a casting for Bonds on Monday in the city...I'm not real confident with city driving but oh well whats the worst that can happen I have my nav man but I am sure I will still get lost my sense of direction is terrible.:laughing:

Damn I wished I lived in perth....Im soooo jealous that you guys get to meet up.:crying:

US..We are going along great, Holly is just perfect hardly ever cries and is such a happy baby.She is doing something new everyday and she truly is the light of my life.

MummaFug

09-05-2009, 06:15

Morning All.

YES I'm awake,
YES its 4,50am in China

DAMMIT

:crying: :hissy: :crying:

beck75

09-05-2009, 14:45

Hi All

Fugly - I was up at 5am this morning too - the joys!! I can cope OK on reduced sleep but I would love a sleep in. I would love to get the offer for mothers day but I wont be holding my breath....

Bellyfruit - the paed said the same with Jake and his surgeon actually said I could start food at 3 months :eek: - anyway we have started this week on farex and it seems to be going pretty well. As he is so young I am only going to start slow. Today I used formula to make up the Farex instead of breastmilk as I keep getting blocked milk ducts and the expressing seemed to be making it worse - anyway he seemed to love it so hopefully that will help when I decide to introduce some formula as I had a real hard time with DD. I am thinking hard about FF from 6 months as it is so hard to keep up with 2 hourly feeding with 2 compared to when it was just DD. The recurrent blocked ducts/mastitis is not a friendly contribution either! I will see how I feel in a couple of months!

I am jealous of the Perth meet ups! WHen DD was little I used to meet up with my bubhubers (I lived in Melbourne) and it was great. It is pretty quiet here in Adelaide.

Tracy - Jake has got the worst dribble rash and the doctor got me to use some steriod cream and it made it a lot worse. His skin was so raw and flaky. Anyway I am now using the gaia skin soothing lotion and it has helped a lot - it still comes back when he gets wet but is not as bad. I am also using QV wash in the bath instead of johnsons which is very drying. Jake has cradle cap too but not really bad. Using some sweet almond oil every few days before his bath and it has been getting better.

MIW - I love the modelling idea - Ithought about it with DD. As long as it doesn't become too obtrusive you can earn some extra $$ for bubs which never hurts.

Well sorry guys I have to run - I will try to get on and do some more personals next time.

Take care and hope you all have a lovely mothers day.

Ashi

09-05-2009, 20:18

Hi girls
well we are finally getting over the colds in our house hold thank god !
been kinda hibernating this week..
Hope everyones well i shall be back to do personals n stuff soon i just wanted to pop in and say:goodvibes: HAPPY MOTHERS DAY :goodvibes: to all of you wonderful mummas tomorrow!:flowerz: hope you get spoiled
xoxox
Ashley

MummaFug

09-05-2009, 22:21

:flowerz: HAPPY MOTHERS DAY:flowerz:

To the most supportive and understanding grou of Mummies I know.

You have ALL made such a great impact on me and I'm so glad that we have shared the last year with each other..

Here is to MANY MANY more years :smiliedance:

YOU ARE ALL INSPIRATIONAL MUMMIES TO ME !!
You are the BEST BEST BEST Mummies :bee:
I am SO lucky to call you all my friends ...

:flowerz: HAPPY MOTHERS DAY :flowerz:

Brumington301

10-05-2009, 07:22

:flowerz: Happy Mothers Day one and all :flowerz:

Hope you all have a lovely day. What can I say that hasn't been said already by Fugly - you're a woman of words girl!

This time last year I received the news from a nurse at Sydney IVF that I was pregnant. That was one of the best days of my life. Today I received the best smile from the cutest little boy on earth. Mothers Day is the best! :thumbsup:

MummaFug

10-05-2009, 08:38

:flowerz: HAPPY BIRTHDAY M2M&L :flowerz:

Have a fabulous double day and we should all try and come up with a new username for your birthday....

Ok - Im not in a creative mood right now....BellyFruit - go ask DH - he seems to be good at this

:flowerz: :bee: :flowerz:

Brumington301

10-05-2009, 11:24

happybirthday M2Mhappybirthday

You deserve to be spoilt rotten by the crew - a double celebration of Mummy!!!

BellyFruit

10-05-2009, 11:33

Good morning ladies and happy mother's day to everyone!! :p

Just popped on to say all Fugs had to say... this group has been a wonderful support for me over this past year and I hope for many more years to come :goodvibes:

My mother's day has been pretty poo actually. Chace slept through the night the little darling, so was up at 7am starving... DH decided he wanted to sleep in because he has to go to work at 12pm.. so I got up and changed Chace and fed him etc. I'd gone to bed really early last night because I feel ratsh!t unfortunately - the only way I can explain it is I feel like all my bones and joints hurt, which is making it tough to pick Chace up, twist jar lids or shower taps etc...this morning is no better and also the other reason I didnt want to get up this morning (aside from the fact it's mothers day)... anyway, the twins were up playing playstation, so I asked them if perhaps they had something in their school bags for mummy for mother's day, which they did - so I got a lovely card and a flower from each of them and only one choccie, (I think DS2 ate his lol) - and this was very sweet - they are only 6 so are forgiven for not making a big deal of me this morning, it's DH's job to remind them and help them but he was having his own sleep in :mad:... so got up and had a shower... Chace had reflux badly this morning so was really grizzly - he needs to be upright, but DH had him on his tummy crying his eyes out... so I swooped in and rescued poor baby from grumpy daddy and then Chace promptly spewed three big spews all over me (that was why he was crying, because his tummy hurt)... anyway, got the royal sh!ts with DH with it being mothers day and all , and was told it's just a commercial load of sh!t anyway, and it means nothing... sniff...

soooo... he's effed off to work 2hrs early to escape my mood, and I have cleaned the whole kitchen up from last nights tea and made me and the twins pancakes and milo for breakfast which was really nice - Chace has fallen asleep in his cot when I put him down for a minute... angel... anyway, I dont feel well, and I'm a bit down dammit... Have arranged to have lunch at my sister's house for our mum, so will go over there soon to be appreciated...

Now, I posted in another thread recently that was talking about single parents and having a sook that nobody would buy them presents for mothers days, and I wrote that mother's day is not about presents, it's about being appreciated as a mother, and celebrating motherhood in general, not about being given presents etc... I still believe that, but DH really dropped the ball for today... they dont celebrate mother's day in his family, however we've always celebrated it with the kids, so I'm cranky that he was so selfish this morning - tellng me HE needed a sleep in because he had to work today (AT LUNCHTIME!)... how about I felt sick and would be spending the whole day entertaining the twins today and the baby huh??? sigh...

as you were ladies...

BF x

PS: I did buy myself a little pressie yesterday as I do this every year :D

tracynben

10-05-2009, 11:51

SORRY didi your having a sh1t day, give blake a punch from me.
MEN can be so insensitive sometimes, esp on special days.
Hopefully when he comes back after work he will have calmed down and do something special for you.
just try to forget about it, and enjoy the day with your 3 lovely sons.
You are a great mum remember that.
Sorry ur bones are achin, maybe have a soak in the bath if you can get chance.
Sometimes my back aches from picking the kids up all the time, but i cope, as mums will doanythin thrown at us.
Hope chace feels better soon.
:hugs: to you.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY
to everyone else, hope u all have a lovely day, i got some flowers and choc, brekkie made for me, and a card from ben childcare.

speak to u all soon
tracy xxxx

P.s. my first day back at work yesterday was good, but i was so tired afterwards haha

Shell31

10-05-2009, 12:15

Happy mothers day girls.. Hope you are all having a wonderful relaxing day... We truly are the luckiest people on earth to have all of our children.

M2M - Happy birthday sweetheart. Hope YOU are having a great time away for your romantic relaxing / pick out house stuff weekend.

Didi - B!tchslap your man for me !!!! :p

Brum - How fitting to have received the good news little Oakleigh was on his way at this time last year.. Time flies once they arrive doesnt it.

AFM - Concert was fantastic.. We had such a good time... The concert was Brooks & Dunn with back up of Dierks Bentley :valentine: OMG he is so hot that guy.. No serious.. google him.. Adam Harvey played before Dierks.. They were all fantastic & Aaron & I jigged the night away. The kids were great for my sister Nic & thats about all we could ask for.. Trip home was abit much for Daisy.. too much to expect them to do Sydney & back in 2 days. The trip home took us 5.5hrs :eek: thats an hour on what it usually takes us.. oh well we just took it slow..
Mothers day... The girls gave me some bath salts, a new mug, handmade bracelet a bookmark & a drawing.. so sweet. Aaron started work at 6am so i havent received anything from him Theo or Daisy yet. The girls dad takes them shopping every year so they can pick out what they want to give me. Its a tradition we have continued after seperating all those years ago. I used to get things they wanted themselves lol Brooke once gave me a pack of 12 hawaiian lei's and a money box :laughing: gotta love kids.. I adore the things they pick out themselves.. usually its just a few dollars but the looks on their faces are priceless when they give them to me... Brookie also made me some toast & got most upset when I got up as she wanted to bring it to me in bed.
Aaron's cooking my fav for dinner tonight (Chicken meatballs) Yummmmmmmmmmmm

Anyways, better go tidy up while the little two are asleep.. Mums still oversea's & Aaron's Mum is in Melbourne so its just us today...

Again, have a wonderful day Mummies.. You deserve it !!!!

Rachelle xx

Nickimumto1

10-05-2009, 13:14

Good afternoon mummies,

Hope that everyone is having a good mothers day. I got a pair of fluffy black slippers, and toast and coffee in bed. I got a small sleep in, when i got up DH disapeared, and i found him asleep in bed. :sleeping:

I have not been on much as we are in the process of moving house. We had a small problem with settlement as the vendors had not recieved the paperwork in time, so settlement was on Friday not Thursday :no:. A bit of added stress, but it all worked out in the end. The floor snader has been working all weekend to make up the time and is putting the final coat on today. It looks so much better.

I also bought a fridge, after saying that i would only spend $2000, we just spent $3000 on it today. I decieded to get the silver one, which costs more. Its soooo nice, cant wait.

The removilists come on Thursday, and there is still so much to pack. My mum is staying with us and is looking after the kids, but i am still finding it hard to get things done. I cant wait to just have all the stuff in the house so that i can get in a arrange it how i want.

Hope that everyone has a good weekend
:wave:

Brumington301

10-05-2009, 15:46

Just a quicke - DiDi, could you have mastitis? Your symptoms sound a bit like I was when I've had it (more than once - not fair!). Do your boobs hurt or have redness? If so, put a warm compress on the affected area. My milk just dripped out when I did this. You will need antibiotics from the doctor. Hope you feel better soon :hugs:. Also, big naughties for DH!

wildoats

10-05-2009, 18:25

but DH really dropped the ball for today... they dont celebrate mother's day in his family, :D

I'm in the same boat... I'm sorry you didn't get your special day as you deserve. Big hugs for you and chace :hugs:

My DH is also against Valantines day and this year also my birthday :( Well he did get me a card from my beautiful daughter who can't write yet :laughing: that was really cute! My daughter promised me heaps of wees and poos so that was nice lol

wildoats

10-05-2009, 18:31

[quote=Brumington301;3715217]Just a quicke - DiDi, could you have mastitis? quote]

:iagree:

MummaFug

10-05-2009, 21:09

BellyFruit :) (i just love the name) - I agree with the mastitis thing .. I'd pop into the doc if u can..
ANd Kick that DH of your up the butt..Just coz he doesnt believe in the MOthers Day fairy doesnt mean you can't.:yes:
FInd something he really wants and say "oh.its a shame we don't celebrate Fathers Day - we could have got it for you" :laughing: I'm all about the mind games.
Hope you are feeling better soon and hope you had a rest today.

Brum - LOVE the good memories...Can't believe this time last year we were all finding out we were preggers,,how time flies.

Tracy - Glad to hear you had a great day back a work.. Some time for yourself will be good for you.

SHell - PMSL about the Hawaiian Lei's .. I cant wait for those special pressies..While the kiddies are young - I'm going for the expensive stuff !!! heehheheheh...But the ones they pick themselves are so much more special. My sister got toast & vegemite in bed this morning - made by her 6 yr old. SHe said it had about 1/2 jar of vegemite on it and it was cold - her dear DS had cleaned the kitchen before he gave it to her. He then sat and watched her so she had to eat it :laughing: ... I cant wait for those moments.
Glad you had a great time at the concert.

NickiMum - Goodluck with the move ..Bet you are super excited (Ok so that sounded a little American teen 'super excited') .. Ahhhh - what I would do to live in my own house ....

HI everyone else and really hope you had a great Mothers Day.

Think we may lose EarthFairy - I got a text from her today saying that she LOVES Singapore so much that she wants to move there ... I know what she means - I love it too.

AFM - I feel a little bad bragging about my wonderful day ..
I got a sleep in, had breakfast made for me (which is a usual weekend thing), then the bath was run with my tea,juice, book, towel and some chocolate all laid out for me..then we went out for a swim, I then had a foot massage and was taken out for Dumplings for dinner :thumbsup:
I also got my Mothers Day photo book - with a page for DD this year too... So many memories and great photos.. My DH really does ROCK ... AND my Ubercircles should arrive late next week .....DH must want something BIG for his FAthers Day pressie.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY again and hope you all had fabulous days !!!

Cordelia

10-05-2009, 21:17

Happy mother's day everyone! (specially if it's your 1st - soooo special!)

Ahh... BF. Not saying it's not mastitis but I have been feeling like this for weeks and it's suddenly come out in the full blown flu (happy mothers day blergh)... it's been goign round our playgroup. it's a lousy one that hangs around. Take care of yourself :hugs:

As for not celebrating mother's day... err what!!! sorry but we sacrifice our lvies for our families - the least we deserve is spoiling ONE DAY OF THE YEAR!! How can you be "against" putting aside one day in tribute to the person who looks after your family. Grr I'm getting worked up about that!! If I was you I would a) convert to being "against" Father's Day and b) book myself in for a dayspa next Saturday and he can watch the kids :laughing:

tracy - glad work went ok - I was wondering. Glad you got a good day today :)

Shell - sounds like you had a great tiome at the concert. that's really sweet what you do with your kids and their mothers day present!! hehe...

nicki - busy busy busy!!! I reckon spending up big on a fridge is a good investment! You have it for years and years.

wildoats - Promised you heaps of poos and wees!!?!?!?!!?! Hope you enjoyed that!!! hahaa

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

11-05-2009, 08:16

Goodmorning Everyone.

Just a quick note to say..

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.......(sorry its late)

Dont have time for personals sorry, I think i jinxed myself telling you all that Marley had started sleeping much better...

It lasted 4days and now he has gone back to cat napping and not sleeping at well at night.
:no:

We have immunisations toady :no: poor bubba... hopefully i can sort him out after he recovers from them.

Will try n be in touch soon

Have a great day

Keep Smiling:D

Sharne

tracynben

11-05-2009, 10:49

just a quickeie otherwise ill be on here all day.
Can babies have a growth spurt at about 15/16 weeks.
Jayden the pig drank 1150ml (42 oz) yesterday. he drank goods in the day and dreamfeed so i thought he would sleep through, no he woke at 3am starving and drained the whole bottle, arghhh, when will he sleep through, im def puttin him on solids soon, if its not a growth spurt, then the milk isnt satsifyin him and i need some sleep im exhausted, hes not once slept through yet from the dreamfeed till 7am, latest i got is 5.30am, but i know all babies are different.
Im definately startin the routine of SOS on thurs, and trainin him to self settle without the dummy, cos i think its cauisin lots of sleep issues.

bye for now
tracy xxx

p.s. bellyfruit hope ur ok and blake made up for bein an ***

MummaFug

11-05-2009, 12:06

Tracy - DD still isnt sleeping through either .. and I dont expect she will for another few months..DS didnt so I kind of expected it.

Most nights she is down at 5-5.30pm, up at 10 (dreamfeed, up at 2ish (dreamfeed) and up at 5.30 - she comes into bed at the 2o'clock feed and sleeps/kicks me in the head :laughing: until i get up at about 6.30ish (sometimes a little later if she goes back to sleep.

As you said all babies are different and do what your gut tells you - but you are not alone in your sleepyness ... But they do get the hang of it sometime ...

Mummyof1 - Good luck with the vaccinations .. they are never fun.

DD has a doc appointment today - its the type I hate. She is in for her blood tests so they wil be taking blood from her neck again - I have made DH take the afternoon off work so that he can come as I really dont think DS needs to see his Mei Mei crying and being held down by adults with a needle at her neck :no: BUT it is all helping her...We will have to change her medication dosage this time ....Poor lil mite.

Hope everyone had a great mothers day :)

Brumington301

11-05-2009, 14:30

Sounds like some of us are having a hard time of things so just wanted to give everyone big ones of these...:hugs:

Fugs - poor DD :( It must be horrible to have to go through those horrible blood tests for both you and her. I hope it goes quickly for you both. Why does she have to change her medication? Is it because she's getting older? BTW, your DH sounds like a star. Well done to him!

Tracy - All babies are different like you say. Jayden sounds like he has a very healthy appetite on him, O is completely the opposite. I'm lucky to have a baby sleep through the night, I know most mums don't have the same. If you think he's ready for solids earlier than 6 months then go with your instincts - your his mum and you know best.

Mummyof1 - good luck with the vaccinations. I dread them myself but I've got a few weeks before the next ones.

Cords - hope you're not feeling too rough and hope you get better soon.

BF - how are you today? Hope you're feeling a better.

Wildoats - yep, I got the same for Mothers Day. He did make me a cup of tea in the morning before he went to work though so I can't complain!

Nickimum - hope the moving is going well.

Shell - glad you had a good time at the concert. Sounds like you were spoilt for Mothers Day - lucky girl.

AFM - we had our weigh in today and O has slipped into the bottom 5 percentile for weight :(. His head circ and length have also begun to plateau so we have to do something about it. My choice was to wake him and me up at 3-4am to fit in another feed - mmmm, let me think about that one (NOT) or substitute a feed for a bottle. I will try and express throughout the day for the bottle which has to be 160ml. I can choose which feed it will be and she said I can work it around my day so if I was going out one night it could be that one or if I wanted a lie in it could be that one. Sounds great. So, we're having another weigh in on Monday to see how it's going and see if his weight gain improves. I asked about solids. She said that basically she would like us to wait until 6 months but if it would help with weight gain it might be an option to bring it in a little while earlier (but not too much earlier). I'll wait and see and judge later on I think. The thing is, I trust her opinion 100% so will definately go with whatever she suggests.

:wave: everyone else.

MummaFug

11-05-2009, 14:43

:wave: Brum .. I'm just hanging around here today :) until the kiddies wake up ...

DD's meds are according to her weight/height etc..Strangely enough - it's per cubic metre ??? Yes, per cubic metre of body mass. They do the blood tests to make sure that her TSH levels are still OK and then alter the meds accordingly..She will now prob have to have 2 double dosages a week....

My poor lil princess...

Hope O gets sorted...It is so scary when you dont know what to do to fix them :(

Goodluck with the extra feed ... I will be waiting until 6 months to start feeding DD solids - Making food for and feeding 1 child is hard enough :laughing: Although saying that - DD is much more interested in food than DS was at this age - she sees us eat more often (no - I dont eat more - just that she is awake to see us eat)

1stTimeMum09

11-05-2009, 19:32

:wave: everyone..I am so so sorry I haven't posted for a long time. I guess because most of you are on my facebook I guess :o

Just a update..Ryley 4 months now and he is starting solids :smiliedance: I gave him farex and he sort of liked it :laughing: But going well..I have his needles tomorrow..And he is holding his head up himself now..His chiro will be so proud..(He had neck muscle issue) And he now weight 7.1kgs and sleeping through the night..Going to bed between 9pm and 10pm and waking up at 6am-7am..

And a big (belated) Mothers Day to all the 1st timers and 2nd timers..And a :hugs: to everyone..

I will try and post more I promise. I hope you all are going well..

Kirsten

Nickimumto1

11-05-2009, 19:53

Hello :wave:,

My fridge came today and it looks great :yelclap:, cant wait to fill it with food. Bit tired tonight Liam has started waking overnight and will not go back to sleep. He was in our bed from 2am last night and i think that i slept for about 1 hour as he was in our bed wiggling around. I don't know what is up with him. We where doing so well overnight now he thinks that it is party time. I am going to try the dream feed thing again tonigh.

Fugly - Hope that it goes well with you DD tomorrow. I have been trying to loose weight since Liam was born, i have gained 2kg :no:. I don't think that my chocolate diet is working..

Brum - Sorry to hear about O's weight, has he gained weight? Hope that the bottle improves things. Does the nurse know why he is not gaining weight? :hugs:

tracynben - If Liam fits in 6 feed in a day he would have 1200ml in a day. Are you still using SMA formula? I have just put Liam on it as it should help keep him full for longer, but i think that it is giving him an upset tummy. I will give it a week and if he is not better he can go back on the Karricare. Hope that Jayden gives you some more sleep tonight.

Sharne - I hate Liam having his needles, i make DH take him. I am such a wuss. Hope that Marley sleep improves.

Cordelia - Hope you feel better soon, i had that flu that just hangs around. Thought that i was over it and it just pop's back, and is worse in the morning and at night. I had a good mothers day even if DH went back to bed when i got up. :rolleyes:

BF - Hope that you feel better and get what ever is wrong sorted. You have had a rough trot lately.

Shell - Glad to hear that the consert went well. Traveling with kids is crap. We had to do it a few times with Meaghan, i hate it.

Better go, got some sleep to catch up on.

Shell31

12-05-2009, 11:33

Hi girls,

Just popping in to post a few pics of our lovely Daisy doo... She is so porky now she is on formula :D She does still have a b/f first thing in the morning & last thing at night if she hasn't zonked lol.. Hope you are all well...

Oh photo's are still uploading so will post a few persies I remember...

Brum :hugs: So sorry to hear about the weight issues.. hang in there.. Could you possibly hire the electric pump again from the hospital to help boost your supply & get a stock up in the freezer for the top ups??? Just a thought

Fugly - Hope DD is ok. I hate hearing about little ones going through anything like that.. It sounds absolutely horrific to have to draw blood from her neck... Poor little mite... Hope the outcome is good news..

Nicki - You're on the home stretch now.. Won't be long & you'll be all settled in the new place & wondering what to do with all the space.. Thank god you have your Mum there to help..

Kirsten - Hello Hello.. been wondering how you & Riley were.. I dont have facebook so yeh had no idea where you were.. Glad to hear Riley is thriving.

Tracy - Fugly is right.. all babies are different & some just don't sleep through for a long time.. I also don't think 1000 mls or just over is too much in a 24hr period. Thats only 5 x 200mls bottles when you think about it so I wouldn't worry too much.. How's Ben???

Something is wrong with Daisy today.. She usually only catnaps during the day.. (yes we've gone back to that :rolleyes:) I have just accepted it as she does sleep 11-12hrs of a night.. So today she went back to bed at 8am & umm she is still there.. I've been tempted to wake her but just think she must be catching up.. Thats over 4 hours.. Bet im up all night with her now as she has a few feeds to get into her now lol... Have her booked in for her immunizations tomorrow at 11am.. DH has a day off to mind Theo whilst I take her.. Hope she's ok..

So anyway here is my angel.. I love the bath one best.. She looks so grown up! DOH photobucket is being a pain.. will post them in a minute.. dont want to lose all this I've typed while waiting for them to upload.. Watch this space...

Cordelia

12-05-2009, 12:05

*watching*

Ashi

12-05-2009, 12:05

hey girls
well im feelin a bit emo atm haha..
isabelle has her needles tomorrow
and i dont wanna take her
im sittin here thinkin up excuses to put it off...
she still has a bit of a sniffy nose
maybe shes 2 sick to have them
or something like that..
i dont want 2!!!!!!!!!!!
her 2 month ones where so horrible for me.. i cried so much ... so much i didnt even care that there was a room full of people watching me clutch my poor tiny girl to me n bawl my eyes out while she screamed :(
the nurses where so horrible n just pushed us out the door into the waiting room........... i hated it so much i dont want to do it again..
how can i look in to her trusting loving eyes n say its ok bubby
arghhh :crying::crying:

i cant imagine how hard it is for you fugs taking ashleigh to get blood taken :( i wish we never had to do anything like that to them hey..

i think im gonna go lay down n cuddle my sleeping girl.. i feel like hiding in bed with her n not coming out lol..

god im a sook ...

be back later when im over my sulking n ready to act like an adult again.. :(

Shell31

12-05-2009, 12:15

LOL Cords.. your cheeky :p

Dang photobucket is being male.. Daisy also woke up.. 5 hours later :rolleyes:

Awww Ashi.. I know how you're feeling.. Daisy has her needles tomorrow too.. Give her a dose of panadol before you leave & make sure you keep it up for 24hrs or so.. I always do this & think it makes a huge difference. Can you maybe take her elsewhere.. You know to a Dr that has nurses with beating hearts in their chests????
Good luck.. I will be thinking of you !!!

Without further ado.... Daisy Grace... TA DAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/Shell31/IMGP4288.jpg

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/Shell31/IMGP4314.jpg

MummaFug

12-05-2009, 14:13

Shell- Daisy is SO gorgeous!! Love the photos and thanks for sharing them .... It is so amazing how big they are all getting

Ashi- OK ...DH came with me yesterday as i DIDNT cope well with the blood taking last time. So DH and DD went into the room and DS and I sat outside with our "lick licks"...I am much happier that way.

Saying that ....... Yesterday was NOT fun...
They took DD's blood and as we were leaving DH said that it was weird as they couldnt get the vein and then were pumping and pulling the needle to get it filled (where as it should just flow).....So 15mins down the road (Ok in Shanghai thats not very far but still pain in the butt) - the doctors call and say that the blood was surface blood NOT vein blood so they need to do it again !!:( :hair: i was NOT a happy camper .. so we all trudged back to the Docs for yet more screaming and blood taking .. it is NOT nice for my princess to be subject to this.........but if it helps - its worthwhile.

Ok enough babbling from me - I am getting sick, i feel like (insert picture of crap here) and even though DD had a GREAT sleep last night .. I feel like I need another 10 hrs... What didnt help is that I had to go to IKEA this morning (again there are millions and millions of people in shanghai half of which are usually at IKEA) .. and now I have to go back tomorrow ..:no:

Ok rant over :)

HELLO EVERYONE ELSE :hugs:

Ashi

12-05-2009, 14:21

Cordelia

12-05-2009, 15:01

Shell - so worth the wait! how sweet is Daisy... gorgeous. I had to go wake up Daniel for a cuddle when I saw your photos

fugly - that is so so so ridiculous. (i had to delete my swearing). she's a baby for goodness sake - get it done quickly and CORRECTLY the first time. You poor thing - I would be a mess after that.

Ashi - yes, you're right - they wont immunise while they're sick. You have another few days up your sleeve to hold off!!

nicki - hope the dreamfeed works for you tonight. its' not a good time for liam to be keeping yuo awake!!!!

firsttimemum - :wave: thanks for dropping in.

brum :hugs: I know the stress you're under. DD wasn't even on the chart (now at 2.5 she's the 50th percentile). It makes you sick. Do what you need to do. Expressing is hard so drink lots of water!!! And I'm sure his weight will come back. i'm thinking of you :hugs:

me: am getting over this dreaded flu (as is Daniel) but DD has got it now. Which isn't a bad thing because instead of going nuts keeping her entertained and running after her, she's happy to sit on the couch and chill. So a nice break!!!

Cradle cap - Daniel has had TERRIBLE cradle cap - really bad. So for 2 weeks we've been doing the vegetable oil thing and it's yuck and ewwy and causes a rash if we leave it on too long (you're suposed to leave it on overnight). so the nurse and the chemist suggested Dermaveen - and WOOAHH just overnight it's halved. Soooooo good. Anyway, thought some of you might be interested!!!!

Ok have a nice afternoon xx

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

12-05-2009, 15:18

Hi everyone :wave:

I was just about to start writting personals,BUT, Marley has woken, so I will try and get back on here later.

Hope your all having a good day

Keep Smiling :D

Sharne

MummaFug

12-05-2009, 15:34

Forgot to mention that while at IKEA ... I was served by a guy called SPEEDY ..... and, you guessed it, he was SO SO SO slow...:laughing:

Shell31

12-05-2009, 17:39

Forgot to mention that while at IKEA ... I was served by a guy called SPEEDY ..... and, you guessed it, he was SO SO SO slow...:laughing:

Fugly - OH get out of town... someone actually has a name Speedy??? LMFAO... oh dear... thats just priceless right there... Thanks fugs for making my day...
I'm so very sorry that your beautiful little angel had to go through that heartache twice.. I honestly would be hopeless.. I remember DD1 getting stitches in her arm many years ago & feeling so very helpless.. You know its what they need but they don't understand & you just have to do what mum's do best & thats soothe.. :hugs:

Marley... love that name.... so cute. NOW GO TO SLEEP MARLEY & LET YOUR MOTHER POST!!!!! :laughing:

Cords... Awww glad you liked our little blossom.. Will remember the Dermaveen for Daisy when the CC days come.. cause they will.. All of mine have suffered cradle cap somewhere along the line.. Someone once told me babies who have hot heads get it, not sure how I was supposed to use that information for anything??? :rolleyes:

Brum... you ok lass??? Give your little O a big hugger from his girlfriends Mum ;)

Didi - Where are you girl??? Your DH come through??? Is he still in the dogbox??

M2M - How was your weekend away?? Did you get spoilt & find some bargains for the new place????

K gotta go... Daisy's asleep in the bouncer.. She's slept more then a hibernating bear today.. fingers crossed that doesnt mean I'm in for Hellnight !!!!

Love to all
Rachelle x

honeydew

12-05-2009, 20:59

Hi :wave:

Thanks for my birthday messages. We had a great night away and I enjoyed shopping yesterday. Didn't get anything too exciting, just stuff for the new house like bedside lamps, the last few curtain rods etc that we needed.

Layla had her 4 month needles today and screamed so much :( Its so distressing. But she seems fine now and has been asleep since 6:30pm. She's been waking early hours of the morning lately, just for a re-wrap and the dummy. I got a mamas & papas dreampod/grobag thingo on ebay and once that arrives I will start using it.

Sorry for no personals, going to try to head to bed for an early night. Have been feeling a bit down lately and I don't really know why :confused:

Hope you all had a lovely mothers day :hugs:

Brumington301

13-05-2009, 07:38

Hi peeps :wave:

Thanks for all of your concern re O's weight. I'm feeling OK about it really. The first day on the evening bottle he fussed his little head off! He kept swiping the bottle away and really didn't want it. I persisted and he eventually drank the whole lot and had a sound sleep. Last night went much better - he gulped down the bottle - bless him! I've managed to keep up with the expressing so all is going OK atm. I only have to get 160ml over the course of the whole day so I just do it in dribs and drabs.

M2M - hope you're OK. It's horrible when you feel poo for no apparent reason.

Shell - how cutie-pootie is your little Daisy Doo. I know she's much older than O (cradle snatcher!:laughing:) but seeing the pic of her with no top on makes me realise how small O actually is.:(

Cords - glad your feeling better.

Fugly - it made me so sad to read about Ashleigh and her bloods. Poor little mite.

Ashi - did you do the needles in the end?

I'm off cause O has woken up. Will hopefully get back on later for more persies.....

Brumington301

13-05-2009, 07:40

Nickimum - forgot to answer you. Apparently he wasn't gaining weight she thinks cause he's lazy! Typical boy!

Right, definately off - bad mummy letting him cry! :D

Ashi

13-05-2009, 09:37

Hi girls
Well...
i guess i can admit it to u girls haha.. but i did a bad thing today
i called the immunisation place.. and i was like yeah belle has had a cold im not sure if its still ok to get the immunisation?
the lady says oh as long as she hasnt had a temperature..
so i lied.. :eek:
i lied n said she had a temp
omg..
im so bad..
but the appointment was at 10 45 am.. right in the middle of her morning nap...
it would have totally disrupted her whole day and made the whole thing sooo soo much worse..
its already so stressful and upsetting.. let alone her being overtired and cranky..
omgosh tell me im not the only one who would do something like that :confused: haha...

Anyway we got another appointment for 2 weeks time at 9 15 am which is much better we can go there after dropping big sissy at school n get home in time for morning sleep :fingerscrossed:

Edit- well this happened while i was writting this!
i emailed DP and told him about the immunisation stuff.. and he wrote back

"Oh well, you'll just have to do it in two weeks instead of today. I guess we'll just have to hope she doesn't come down sick then.

I know it's not fun, but if you had have done it today, it would have been over today."

GRRR why couldnt he just understand.. god men are annoying! lol

so i replied to him saying if he thought it was such a walk in the park he could take 2 hours off work to come with me n see why it upsets me so much!!!

ok rant over lol :o as you where..

Shell - how cute is daisy, she sits up so well in that bath seat wow!

Brum - Glad to hear things are going well with your feeding routine, hope O starts to put on some more beef for ya :smiliedance:
M2M - Glad you had a good birthday, bet your getting heaps excited about the house, how long till its done?

Fugs - I was looking for you to harvest my crops again this morning! haha
u inspired me yesterday and i wrote belle in my crops HAHA we are both lame i guess :D

BF - Glad to hear chace is picking up in weight thats excellent

Nicki - yay for your new fridge glad your happy with it!

Cords - Glad to hear your getting better, and yay to finding something that works for the cradle cap, my DD had that it was horrible.. but i got lucky this time Belle has none! maybe cuz she has so much damn hair haha!

Hi to everyone else i couldnt see any further back to do more personals lol

XoXo
Ashley

tracynben

13-05-2009, 10:51

hi everyone
no time for personals but i really need everyones advice even though i know the answer myself.

I feel sick and embarrassed about it all.
I saw some emails from women on rich email last night while he was lookin, so ive been doing some diggin into into his emails and stuff and found emails from women (but nothing to say hes been up to something).
AND then i found he has joined up to a dating site looking for women in perth, im gonna search the website and then other websites have come up dating sites in australia.

Im upset writin this now and dont know what to, i mean theres not actual eveidence to proof hes done something and i know men look on stuff like that, i just feel really ****ty now.

I dont have anyone else i can talk to, i have no real friends apart from u lot, i cant tell my mum, she will go ballisitc.

tracy xxx

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

13-05-2009, 11:25

Hello everyone

Hope your all having a great day!

Tracy OMG i just saw your post, :hugs: I know your not ok, but I hope my hugs help a little.... Im not sure what I would do If i found stuff like that. You have to talk to him about it. You need to stay calm and dont acuse him of anything, just ask what they are about. If he is all defensive about it then you will know there is more to it........ How is Jayden? are you still starting SOS tomorrow, im thinking of you! btw babies can have a growth spurt anywhere between 12-16weeks so it is quiet likley that Jayden IS having a growth spurt. Keep on feeding him he will slow down eventually!

Mamakins I just wanted to see if you got your Miricle Blanket? How is it going?

Wildoats How is Ayla's sleeping going? Any better?

Shell Oh Daisy's pics are sooo cute. What a sleep she did yesterday!! Did she sleep ok for you last nigt?

Ashi Yes I think we all say things that arent true at some point. Dont worry about it. but DO be brave in 2 weeks, just see if someone else is able to hold her for you. My GP holds the babies while the nurse does the shots. Im sure there are many mummys who hate to have to hold there bubbies.

Fugly Im sorry that DD had to go through the bloods twice, thats awful. Hope the change in meds works for her.

Cords Hope your feeling better :)

1sttimemum Hope Ryley went ok with his needles

Brum Hope O starts gaining some weight for you. Glad the bottle is going well. Im sure he'll be fine :yes:

Well, sorry i didnt get back yesterday Marley was so wingey after his needles, his poor little legs were hurting him, each time a moved him he would cry yesterday even though i was giving him panadol. He does seem better today though :yelclap:

Well i better fly or Ill be on here all day

Keep smiling

Sharne

Mamakins

13-05-2009, 11:49

Hi All,

It's been a while since I've been on here and Chelsea is napping and I thought I'd catch up. I was starting from the last post reading back and I knew straight away I'd never make it all the way because I read yours Tracey.

So big big hug:hugs: you're not alone. This has never happened to me but I know a few people it has happened to. I think there's no right thing to do but whatever you decide think it all through first. What would you do it if it is true? How much has he done? Maybe nothing? Most people do not like confrontation and get defensive, so you need to talk to him in a way that gets the truth and is safe for him to communicate what he needs to say. I mean my first reaction would be to go ballistic and get quite vengeful but I don't think that helps. Especially when you don't know what's gone on and why. If you talk about it you might be able to get past it if that's what you want. I don't know if everyone agree but I think that's what I'd try to do. From what you have said so far thoug, I think what he has done is incredibly hurtful and you need to deal with it soon.

Sorry ladies I will finish reading and posting another day.

Btw I've been busy cos it's my 30th tomorrow. Having a party on the weekend. Still trying to finish painting the shed. Also small update I've finally gotten Chelsea to got to bed at 7- 7.30pm yay:yelclap:!!! it does mean she wakes up at 7.30-8am though but I'm very pleased anyway. Happy belated Mother's day to all.

Rosie

tracynben

13-05-2009, 12:07

i know i have to talk to him, but i know hes quite a good liar.
I just want the truth why hes been going on them, and if hes done anything.
We have had similar things happen before but i have given him the benefit of the doubt, just text from girls and stuff.
The thing im wondering though is why is he searching for people in western australia? if u gonna look at porn whatever, but why search in the area you live in.
Plus one thing i found was dated from last year, so its not even something recent either.

We have had problems with our relationship, and i think if i tell my mum she will just say to leave him, a lot of things of happened similar to my mum and dad (they are now seperated).

I dunno why i just have a funny feelin hes done something, which if thats the case its over between us and i will be takin the kids back to UK with me. I dont want to live aus but if we split i would have no other option

tracy xxxx

Cordelia

13-05-2009, 13:29

ohhhh tracy :hugs: I'm sorry that you saw that - you must be feeling like crap. I really really really really hope that there is a plausible explanation for you and the boys' sake. Maybe there is? Wait til you talk to him calmly and see what his response is . I'll be thinking of you :hugs:

Shell - how was your night after all of Daisy's sleep yesterday?

mummytomason - hope layla was ok for you last night. We found the grobag helped daniel's sleep enormously - so hopefully you find the same. (we actually still wrap him too!)

brum - 160 ml is great! You'll find the more you do it the more your body will respond to it and you'll be able to get more. At the moment your body is saying - what the hell do I have to produce milk for a plastic sucker - where's the baby!!! haha hehe... i have wierd visions in my head right - nevermind.

ashi - it's mother's intuition!! you did the right thing with the immunisatinos :)

sharne - glad marley's feeling a bit better today. poor little thing.

mamakins - :flowerz:HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!:flowerz:

PS those sleeps are awesome~! well done!!

Us - Have just done some major rearranging!! Have cleaned up our high chair so Daniel can watch me while I make dinner each night (DD sits on the bench) And then I dragged out the jolly jumper and gave him 10 minutes in that - HE LOVED IT!!! and then i'm packaging up the baby bath and the bassinet to store in the shed [til the next bub?! - maybe!] So I'm feeling very proud of myself accepting that my tiny little boy is becoming an older baby. he is gorgeous. I want to keep him!! oh - that's right, i can :) I keep pinching myself about my 2 beautiful kids. Surely I dont deserve such treasures.. ahhh life is good!!

tracynben

13-05-2009, 14:47

thanks for the kind words girls, somehow i dont think there is a reasonable explanation
i just sigend up free to one which he is signed to, and searched his name and found him, but to send him a message i have to pay, but it has his age as 30, hes now 33, so this has been going on a long time, plus its one where you sign up to meet people, so i think its quite possible hes cheated on me :no: if he is im going back to the uk and takin the kids with me.

:crying:
tracy xxxx

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

13-05-2009, 14:57

tracynben

13-05-2009, 16:26

Oh Tracy, Ive been thinking of you all day since you wrote the first post:hugs:

Has DP shown any other signs? Does he say he has to work late or anything like that? Anything to back up that he has actually done anything other than talk??

Oh I hope not. Whatever you do, remember we are all here for you. :hugs: Try and smile!!

Hope your night is ok

Chat soon
Sharne

yeah he sometimes works late, but i suppose how would you know?
thinkin back in the past i remember a couple of years ago when ben was a few months old, and he use to go to the pub sometimes after work (a skimpy bar at that too sometimes ), he told me about it but there was a certain girl who use to text him where she was workin, i asked him about it and he was honest about it so i give him the benefit of the doubt.
BUT thinkin about it properly, why would he choose to go to the pub to see her rather than get home early before his son (ben) was in bed.
I dunno, im so confused at the mo, ive wrote down all the things i have found, and im just gonna ask him straight about it all tongiht.
I wont tell him i found out he signed up to a site, ill say i just found webistes and ill ask him if hes signed up to any, if he lies then i know hes got sommat to hide.
thanks again everyone

oh sharne jayden isnt too bad, im startint the sos tomos i saw the CHN today she made the suggestion of not givin him the dreamfeed to see what happens, an then maybe he will drink more in the day
tracy xxxx

Cordelia

13-05-2009, 21:47

Any news tracy? Been worrying about you. :hugs:

Shell31

14-05-2009, 08:18

:hugs: Tracy.... I truly hope there is a reasonable explanation for all of this. There is nothing worse then questioning the one you love & having doubt in your mind in regards to trust. Trust is the solid base of all relationships be they with a husband, friend, family.
I'm certainly not saying that nothing has happened nor am I saying that it has. I will say however that if he truly loves you he will sit down & listen to your concerns and do anything he can to help you with that. Its not about you over reacting, being jealous or a pain.. They are very valid concerns simply because they are worrying you.. Thats it!!! Simple.. If this is upsetting you or causing you grief he as your partner should do whatever he needs to make you feel safe again. If he gets defensive that would sound alarm bells for me.. Through personal experience with a similar situation I would say Listen to your gut.. Be strong and believe in yourself enough to not have the wool pulled over your eyes for anything.. And if you are wrong & this really is nothing to worry about.. You have sent a very clear signal that this is not acceptable to you & you won't put up with it... There's nothing wrong with going over what is & isn't acceptable in your relationship.. If what you & he believe is acceptable isn't on the same level then you atleast know where you stand & can decide where to go from there..

Gosh I'm really feeling for you...:hugs: Please let us know how you go... If you want me to give you a ring to have a chat please pm me & I will call you..

Chin up
Rachelle xx

tracynben

14-05-2009, 09:45

hi everyone
we had a long chat last night and everything is ok.
Hes promised me hes never cheated on me and never will and i believe him.
He admitted to going on the sites and signin up to some stuff, but cos you have to put where you live they send you automated emails with women on.
He said he was just looking thats all, our sex life is prretty much non exsistant at the mo and hes gettin very frustrated (which i can understand). I havent got a problem with him lookin in magazines, watchin vids and stuff as long as hes upfront with me about it all.

i told him in future if either of us have any concerns just talk to each other, communication is so important and thats where many go wrong.
He made me look into his eyes all the time he was telllin me, whcih is very hard to do if your lying.

I guess if the roles were reversed and i was lookin at stuff like that, if i didnt want to be caught i would delete all eveidence on the computer, he left everything on there, so if he was up to something, why would he leave all the evidence there?

Thanks for listenin to me and givin me advice.

On another note now, im starting the SOS routine today with jayden and gettin rid of the dummy, i believe its causing too many problems, hes wakin lots at night too, but i think he might be goin through a growth spurt.

speak to u all soon
tracy xxxx

Brumington301

14-05-2009, 09:53

tracynben

14-05-2009, 12:00

Tracy - :hugs: just wanted to post quickly to see how you are. I felt so sad reading your post. I agree with everyone else. You have really done the right thing not flying off the handle accusing him of things and I really commend you for that. In your situation, not many could say they'd do the same thing. It is also a great idea to have written things down cause then you have it clear what you want to say and you won't forget anything. I really, really, really hope for you and the sake of the boys that there is a reasonable explanation for all of this. As Shell has said before, if you need a chat please PM me and I'll call you. I really feel for you being so isolated from friends and family back in UK but we are all here for you despite some of us being so far away. I really mean it Tracy - let me know even if its just to scream, shout and swear at somebody. Hey, I've heard it all before....! :hugs:

awwww brum thanks for ur kind words. Its nice to have all you on here to chat to, i dont have anyone else close to me who i could confide all this to, im not telling my mum, cos she will automatically think the worst like i did.

I just logged into the website what he was signed up to, i signed up too, and searched him. It says he hasnt been on it for over 3 months, and was looking for chat, not anything else, and the emails he received well every member gets it, automated ones.
I said i believe him, and this kinda proves that he was just lookin, there is no evidence at all he has done anything, and while lookin at this type of stuff behind my back is wrong, i can kinds understand the sexual side of a mans brain, im not stickin up for him, im just tryin to look at things from both sides.

tracy xxxx

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

14-05-2009, 12:27

Tracy,

So glad that you were able to get some answers :) I was thinking about you all night!

How is the SOS going? Hope its not too hard :)

:hugs:

Sharne

BellyFruit

14-05-2009, 18:35

Hey everyone,

Sorry been AWOL for a while... just get caught up in well, life sometimes and cant get on here :laughing:... got literally 30seconds before my boys bust in through the door from footy training...

All is well, Chace has started solids on paed's advice...little piggy loves everything we give him and vomiting has eased a bit which is good...

Far out, they're back.... noooooooooooooooooooooo

bootiful

15-05-2009, 11:53

morning all

sorry haven't been on for a bit, been crazy round here and just haven't had time to read let alone post.

im still slowly reading all your posts...will try do personals as i can.

hope all is well :wave: for now

PS Cordy - can u PM me details for the meet DH will be home and depending on what he is doing I'll try come.

muminwaiting

15-05-2009, 13:12

Hello Mummies,

I am stalking the thread, sorry I have been so busy between work, Holly and me doing a backyard blitz on the backyard, because well to be honest it was discusting, It was getting to the stage where I thought I might lose the dog in the weeds, we have Holly's Christening next weekend and there was no way we could have people around with the place looking like it did.

I have finished up working and will try and get back on here more.

I hope everyone had a fab mothers day...

Tracey....:hugs: I'm glad you sorted things out with DH.

Anyone who is in sydney going to the expo at randwick on Sunday?...

tracynben

15-05-2009, 13:22

hi everyone
hope u all ok

I started my SOS routine yesterday, the day wasnt so bad, but the night was pretty tough.
Most times he only cried on and off for 5-10 mins before going to sleep, his longest nap was 1 hour 15 mins, he woke after 15 mins but after 10 mins went back to sleep.
At night he woke several times in the night, i did try the dummy but he spat it back out so i figured he must nbe hungry, he fed so much last night.
i fed him at 5.30pm, then he woke at 8.45pm, then 12.45am and then 4am
im totally exhausted this morning, but i figured a few tough days will be much better in the long run than the way things are now.

Im still strugllin thou to get him to feed in the day, hes just not interested, but i think its cos he drinks too much at night.

tracy xxxx

wildoats

15-05-2009, 14:39

Hi girls!
I haven't been able to get to a computer, I'm still at my mums in Melbourne. I can't read all the msg's as I don't have time sorry :( i'm at an internet cafe...

I'm enjoying my time with mum... very relaxing. It's just great to have someone help and even just having someone to hold her for a bit has been good.

I have finished my assignment yay :yelclap:however, it is crap 'm sure :no: oh well I just want to pass!

I hope everyone is well and happy,
I will try to read some of your posts

Wildoats xx

wildoats

15-05-2009, 14:51

Hi :wave:

Thanks for my birthday messages.

Layla had her 4 month needles today and screamed so much :( Its so distressing. But she seems fine now and has been asleep since 6:30pm.

Sorry for no personals, going to try to head to bed for an early night. Have been feeling a bit down lately and I don't really know why :confused:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY happybirthdaySorry it's late.
Ayla had her four month needles also. My DH had to come with me for support :laughing: i'm hopeless.

I'm sorry your not feeling well. Sending you lots of goodvibes and well wishes. be kind to yourself

Wildoats x

BellyFruit

15-05-2009, 16:43

:wave: everyone!

Geez, havent had a chance to catch up on all the gossip in here over the past week I'm sorry... DH is working late tonight so might get a chance then...

Cords & Tracy: still up for the meet next Friday? South Perth foreshore? What time??

Haylie: why so down hun? :hugs: Is everything going ok?

Hi to everyone: Sharne, Shell, Angel, Brum, wildoats, MIW, EF, Fugs EVERYONE!

Sorry, wanted to do a big post of personals, but have the twins yahooing round the bathroom (:confused:) so must go investigate.,,,

Hugs all round ladies...

BF x :flowerz:

bootiful

15-05-2009, 20:29

does anyone else have an extremely clingy bub :confused:

this is new to me as Steph was happy as larry to be on her own.

Nic only wants ME to hold her, or be on the boob.

Im trying to leave her for longer periods on her own and waiting till she is hungry for booby time but she is still very clingy.

I know that some babies are just like that but I'd like to plan a night out for our wedding anniversary in July but the way things are going we won't be able to leave her with my parents for more than an hour or 2, she won't take the bottle.

Any advice :detective:

Cordelia

15-05-2009, 21:45

you all suck - so quiet!!!! I'm going to have to start buying my magazines again!!!

bellyfruit - glad solid's is going well!

angel - hope you're all doing well. the CHN told me that they start to get clingy from now until 6 months and they start to get better at 8 months! hehe encouraging??!!? (not). July's a long way away!! I hope she gives you a bit of a break this weekend.

Perth meet - sounds good to me.... might PM a specific meeting point and time? who is there?? angel, tracy, BF, me... justmum?? I'm sorry, i'm not good on locations - let me know if you're a perthie who wants in!!

tracy - so good you guys had a reasonable and calm discussion. hope you have a better night tonight - i guess it takes a few days for bub's body clock to adjust.

MIW - hope preparations for the christening go well - how exciting!

wildoats - hoipe you scrubbed your hands after being at the net cafe!! so cute :P hehe

us - BLERGH. working at the referendum tomorrow and leaving behind a sick baby, a sick toddler and a sick husband. So not really wanting to go but will do it for extra money. I won't see my kids all day as i have to be there at 7 and wont get hom etil 10 :( :( It's the first day sicne Daniel has been born so I'm feeling a bit emo!! what a sook! I would feel better if DH wasn't sick but I know how hard it is with 2 kids when you're WELL... and i have them every day. Maybe I'm a bit of a control freak.

Ok have to go pack my play lunch!!! (and everyone elses *sigh*)

justmum

17-05-2009, 11:25

Hi ladies, long time no chat, I have been sick! Actually we all have been. Poor Olive has been having trouble feeding as she's got a blocked up nose. She's producing adult sized snotties that's for sure :laughing:

I thought I'd throw in a little development chart that I saw recently - it's so funny how Olive can do some of the stuff for an advanced 5mo and not some of the easy stuff for a 2mo :laughing: kids they'll drive you bonkers but aren't our babies gorgeous and amazing :cloud9:

1 month
Mastered Skills (most kids can do)
� Lifts head when lying on tummy
� Responds to sound
� Stares at faces
Emerging Skills (half of kids can do)
� Follows objects briefly with eyes
� Vocalizes: oohs and aahs
� Can see black-and-white patterns
Advanced Skills (a few kids can do)
� Smiles, laughs
� Holds head at 45-degree angle

2 months
Mastered skills
� Vocalizes: gurgles and coos
� Follows objects across field of vision
� Notices his hands
� Holds head up for short periods
Emerging skills
� Smiles, laughs
� Holds head at 45-degree angle
� Makes smoother movements
Advanced skills
� Holds head steady
� Can bear weight on legs
� Lifts head and shoulders when lying on tummy (mini-pushup)

3 months
Mastered skills
� Recognizes your face and scent
� Holds head steady
� Visually tracks moving objects
Emerging skills
� Squeals, gurgles, coos
� Blows bubbles
� Recognizes your voice
� Does mini-pushup
Advanced skills
� Rolls over, from tummy to back
� Turns toward loud sounds
� Can bring hands together, bats at toys

4 months
Mastered skills
� Smiles, laughs
� Can bear weight on legs
� Coos when you talk to him
Emerging skills
� Can grasp a toy
� Rolls over, from tummy to back
Advanced skills
� Imitates sounds: "baba," "dada"
� Cuts first tooth
� May be ready for solid foods

5 months
Mastered skills
� Distinguishes between bold colors
� Plays with his hands and feet
Emerging skills
� Recognizes own name
� Turns toward new sounds
� Rolls over in both directions
Advanced skills
� Sits momentarily without support
� Mouths objects
� Separation anxiety may begin

6 months
Mastered skills
� Turns toward sounds and voices
� Imitates sounds
� Rolls over in both directions
Emerging skills
� Is ready for solid foods
� Sits without support
� Mouths objects
� Passes objects from hand to hand
Advanced skills
� Lunges forward or starts crawling
� Jabbers or combines syllables
� Drags objects toward himself

tracynben

17-05-2009, 20:32

hi everyone
just a quickie from me as im about to eat.
we decided to try jayden in his own room tongiht, its gettin too much with him wakin me all the time now, and hes got to learn to self settle, hes still wakin at night and for a feed, its gettin really hard now.
naps are to pot, still no routine, enough is enough now, its takin over our lifes, so gotta be tough and start doin somtthin about it, i give up on the dummy for now, hes still got it, BUT i dont think that is the problem anyway.
i cooked lots of batch solids ready for him too.

tracy xxxx

Brumington301

18-05-2009, 10:40

Well, it's official - my boobie juice is officially cr@p! I have been supplementing O's last feed with 160ml of EBM for his last feed and he has made a gain of a whopping 10g :(. Feeling a bit sh1t about it really. I don't know why he's not gaining weight. He is showing no, and I mean NO, signs of hunger - he is always happy, sleeps well, produces really wet nappies throughout the day - I just have no idea. So, plan is to supplement after every feed - EBM as much as possible but formula when i run out of EBM and see where we go from here.

Sorry for no personals but Tracy glad to hear everything is sorted at your end.

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

18-05-2009, 18:44

Hi Everyone,

I hope you all had a great weekend!!

Mumakins - happybirthday Sorry its late. How was the party??

M2M - Are you feeling any better? I have been feeling a bit down too lately and I found out that it is due to a drop in estrogen. (I have all but lost my milk and am loosing much more hair than normal) all part of your body going back to normal apparently.

Angel - Marley is very clingy in the evening even if he is being held by DH he has to be in sight of me or he looses the plot. Keep your plans for you wedding anniversry, Nic will be fine, youve got some time still to get her used to a bottle, maybe try letting someone else feed her some expressed milk and see how she goes, she will get used to it.

Cords - Hope you survived that long day of work and being away from Daniel for so long!!

Tracy- How did your night go with putting Jayden in his own room? Any better? Good luck with the solids!

Brum - Thats no good to hear that O hasnt put on the weight and that your milk is not great. My milk has just about all gone (one side has nothing). I manage only to breastfeed Marley in the middle of the night, I now have to bottle feed him the rest of his feeds. :( Good luck with the top ups, hope they help put on some weight!!!

Wildoats - Hope you had a great time with your mum. Congrats on finishing your assignment, Im sure you'll do just fine.

Well, Marley is going great guns with his solids :yes: I have decided today to take his dummy off him. I think that he now thinks he needs it to sleep and that is now why he is waking so often and seeing he now doesnt seem to have pain from his reflux (Thank you Zoton) i think its time to get him to sleep better. So far today he has gone very well, longest he cried before going to sleep was 10mins. Fingers crossed he copes without it during the night!

Hi to everyone else:wave:

Take care

Sharne

honeydew

18-05-2009, 20:07

Hi ladies

Sorry for being such a stranger. A bit busy atm but I am reading along each day. I forget if I have said it already, but thanks for all the birthday messages!

M2M - Are you feeling any better? I have been feeling a bit down too lately and I found out that it is due to a drop in estrogen. (I have all but lost my milk and am loosing much more hair than normal) all part of your body going back to normal apparently.

I'm feeling a bit better, thanks. I'm glad you posted this, I am exactly the same. My milk supply is sooo low (today only did 2 BF's followed by a bottle each time) and my hairbrush is full of hair after each time I brush it. I thought that was weird but didn't know why. I hope you feel better soon :hugs:

Angel- Layla will have clingy moments but doesn't seem bad yet. Mason had very bad seperation anxiety that started early and lasted for quite awhile. Long after his 1st birthday from memory. I hope Nic gets better :hugs:

JM- thanks for posting that developmental list. Seems as though Layla is on track :D How is little Olive going? Is she sleeping better for you at night?

Brum- I'm so sorry to hear about O's lack of weight gain :hugs: It must be frustrating, esp since he doesn't appear to be hungry. I hope things start improving for you x

Tracy- how did Jayden go in his own room last night?

Cordelia- how did you survive your day with no kids? Or more importantly how did your DH survive haha?!

Didi- I looked at the gorgeous shoes you gave Layla today and can't wait till she can wear them! What did you end up doing about a wardrobe for Chace?

Shell- where are you hiding??? I hope your sister is ok. How is the BFing going? I am thinking of just feeding Layla first thing of a morning as she is refusing most other BFs but she still likes her morning snuggle and drink. She just about tries feeding through my PJ's when I pick her up out of her bassinet :laughing:

Hope everyone else is doing well. Sorry for no other personals, thats as far as I can read back when I scroll down.

tracynben

18-05-2009, 20:23

hi everyone
hope all is well.

M2M - sorry ur still having troubles with bf, at least you have got to 4 months, just try to be postiive about that at least, even though it must be tough.

SHARNE - thats great marley is gettin better with the reflux, and going good with the solids.
Ill be starting jayden properly soon.
Good luck with the dummy, im keepin it with jyaden for now until i get some kind of routine sorted for him.

BRUM - im so sorry about the boob juice and O not gainin weight, i really dunno what to suggest. try not to feel bad though if u have to give up, you have honestly tried to hard and u must be proud of how far u have come.

AFM - well jayden went pretty good in his room last night, he woke about 1.30am, i tried to leave him, but finally went in about 2am and give him his dummy, he went straight back to sleep, then he woke at 5am, i give him a feed half hour later, but he still wouldnt sleep, so i brought him in with us and he slept till 7.30am.
i think the problem with our room was it was too cold for him, we have his evoupireser going at the mo cos of his cold so that keeps his room nice and warm, but it had stopped at 5am and his room was a bit cold so i think thats why he awoken.
I just gotta get him to self settle now cos hes still nappin 30-45 mins for every nap and its gettin really annoyin now.
Im full of a cold too, and so is ben.
got house inspection tomos so house is spick n spam for once.
tracy xxxx

BellyFruit

18-05-2009, 21:06

Hey guys... still trying to get on here more often, but just super busy atm...

Had Chace weighed today - 6.3kg - that's 400g in two weeks :eek:!!!! He's back up to his 50th percentile, so I'm pretty stoked about that...

Brum: sending big :hugs: your way - you seem to be in the same boat I was recently re weight gain... I made the switch to formula and have never looked back. I know you've persevered with the BFing and are doing an amazing job girl, I would have packed it in ages ago. Chace on formula is just a dream, and everyone's much happier for it and he's stacking on the weight... he was also a happy baby, just a big spewer... I don't think your milk is cr@p at all... I dont know the answer, just thought I'd say that what we did saw Chace stack on the weight - 1kg in 3 weeks when before he was struggling... We've also started solids, so i'm sure that's helping...

Justmum: you coming next Friday?? Thanks for that development update, I was interested in that... I had no idea what was "normal" - Chace is as normal as i could expect I think...

Tracy: hang in there.... how much are you feeding Jayden a day? We give Chace 4 bottles between 6am and 7pm (240ml each time) and two feeds of solids a day... he sleeps 13hrs at night little treasure... does Jayden take all his bottles between those hours?

RNtoMany: I've also had the hair loss - different hormone levels I know... dammit! Dont be sad about the BFing hun... we're on bottles now (after 3.5 months of BFing) and it's wonderful... let it go and be happy :yes: Great news about the reflux too... what formula do you use? We use S26 AR... Chace has a "BF" in the morning sometimes... it's like a snack really, as there's not much there... I'm keeping up one "snack" a day before a bottle because I'm going out on Saturday night and would like some boobs for my outfit :laughing:! (I'm slowing shrinking back to my AA size :crying:)

Haylie: funny, was going to ask if those shoes fit yet :laughing: - Wardrobe still pending... ikea looks to be a go-er... you can build your own wardrobe/cuboard with nice glass doors etc... will be about $500 but I can have exactly what I want... will go on Saturday... FINALLY!

Hey, we're ttc for real this month... I think I had ovulation pain a few days ago... libido not quite in sync yet ... We never have sex just for procreation... it's gotta be for recreation too!

Hi to Cords, Angel, EF, Fugly, Shell, Wildoats, and everyone else

Hugs

BellyFruit xxx

tracynben

19-05-2009, 09:46

Bellyfruit- jayden has 5 bottles in the day, anything from 90-200ml for each.
Im still having problems tryin to get him to have full feeds sometimes, and hes still catnappin in the day only 30-45 mins, crying for ages before he finally settles.
I really have had enough now, im so exhausted with it all, im snappy, miserable, ratty, take it out on everyone else all the time and i just have no motivation watsoever.

Even though jayden has ezcema and a bad cold at the mo, and teethin, i dont think they bothering him, cos hes not screamin ever in pain.
I think its my fault for never gettin him into a routine, and learnin him to self settle.
i dont think he drinks proplery sometimes cos hes so overtired all the time.
AND he keeps waking about 5,15am and wont go back to sleep even though i know hes still tired.

I know what is wrong (i think) and i know what to do to solve it, its just tough, and rich does different things so he geets confused.

Im gonna read my SOS book again, and start the routine soon, maybe try partialy gettin rid of the dummy.
Ill give it him before nap/bedtime, if he spits it out he doesnt get it again and will have to learn to slef soothe, i really cant keep doin this anymore, hes totally taking over my life.

sorry for the rant
tracy xxxx

Cordelia

19-05-2009, 10:54

Bottles - I was going to ask the same question. Daniel very often only has a 100ml... This morning when he woke up (12 hours after his last bottle) he only took 70ml?!?! I've been putting the dummy back in 5-6 times a night which is so frustrating. He has a bad cough so maybe he has a sore throat.

His excema has gone (hallelujah!) and so has his cradle cap. He looked awful there for a while. Back to "nice bubba" :)

Brum - your boobie juice IS NOT crap!!!!! It's WONDERFUL!!! and holy moly!!! You have fed little Oakleigh for 4 months!!!! what an amazing start to life you have given him. Just do what you need to do now becuase you have done an awesome job so far. If you need to supplement him - then so be it. He has had 100% pure brum-rum for a long time now!!!

hehe brum rum....

sharne - how has the no dummy gone?? after a week of getting up 5-10 times in the night I'm considering it!!!

hair - you should see my bathroom :o i've lost so much.

mummytomason - thanks for asking - the kids and Dh were sound asleep when I got home and the house wasn't TOO trashed!!

tracy - daniel has only napped for around 45 minutes for weeks now. In the afternoon, if I want him to sleep longer I let him sleep for his cycle, he wakes up and then he comes to my bed so I cuddle him to sleep.. just trying to encourage him to push his sleeps out but he still self settles at the beginning.

AND! hey!!! nothing is your fault!!! look at the awesome job you are doing - it is so hard with a toddler and a newborn!! don't put so much pressure on yourself - you should see the mess we have here some days with 2 bawling kids. writers who write books like SOS dont think of other factors - like babies aren't robots - some can't be programmed!! some just need extra cuddles. But I do hope that it helps you in whatever way :)

BF - What a great weight gain!!! well done :) aaaand ttc!!!! awesome :) how long has it taken you for your other pregnancies?

See some of you on Friday!!!! hpoefully this rain will happen and be gone by then.

BellyFruit

19-05-2009, 12:03

***tee hee hee Brum Rum*** :p

Cords, I'm something of a conception machine... took me a month to get pregnant the first time (and with twins :rolleyes:), and we started ttc in Jan 08 and conceived Chace on 1 May 08... (skipped two months of trying in between though as we forgot to DTD on the right day:laughing:) Not sure how long it might take this time as I've never BF before Chace, and I dont have AF back yet :confused:... Really would like to have another baby before 1 July 2010 otherwise they have to wait a whole year extra to start school... dont want that :no:! We'll see what happens! I meant to ask you too, you teach music? Like what do you teach? Piano? Singing? Hooray for Daniel's lovely skin now! We finally got rid of Chace's cradlecap and he's such a blondie! I've just discovered the whole "sleep cycle" thing... Chace has 45 min naps to the minute almost! Sometimes 90mins... interesting...

Re bottles: I dont know how to get babies to feed if they dont want to drink --- hmmm... Cords only 70ml after a huge sleep??! Wow! Though, babies will take/ask for what they need wont they... obviously he's not starving or he'd let you know! I just heard that a baby needs a certain amount of calories a day... so if you can get in all their needed calories between 7am and 7pm, they dont need any more for another 12 hours and sleep through the night.. dont have problems with self settling really here because Chace doesnt stir at night, and if he does, a dummy will fix it... sorry dont have much to offer by way of help!

Tracy: how's thing today?

BF x :flowerz:

tracynben

19-05-2009, 12:41

bellyfruit
im not too bad, thanks for asking, im just so exhausted, and have such horrid mood swings, i just want to get back to normal thats all.
maybe im just putting too much pressure on myself, who knows. I just read how lots of you have babies that sleep 12 hours, and i get so jealous, and then obviously i compare jayden to ben so much, but i know all babies are different.

I went playgroup today and was speaking to a really nice lady, shes offered to look after jayden for a couple of hours so i can have a break. I feel bad acceptin peoples help, but i know i should do it, if they offering they obviously dont mind.
She also mentioned about aother playgroup where the kids get looked after, and theres a woman there who helps with sleep issues, but shes no where near as expensive as ngala, i was gonna ring but i know they charge a fortune for consulations, so im not gonna bother, cos i know i cant afford it.

The thing is even thou he doesnt sleep much in the day, hes still happy, so maybe i should stop stressin so much, if i could just get him to sleep a bit longer at night, that would be better, although i am gettin more sleep now hes in his own room, and he actually slept from 10.30 (last feed) till 5.15am without making any noise.

better going hes cryin
tracy xxxxx

justmum

19-05-2009, 12:45

hello lovely chicks,

BF (love the new name) and Cordelia I'm not sure I'll be making it this Friday. I am really sick so wouldn't want to pass it on to the babies. I'll probably be much better by then (it's just the flu, not swine :D) but I am so so weak. Chasing Hugo around on the foreshore will probably do me in.

Oh just a thought, isn't it going to be stormy? And the meet is outside? You might need an alternative venue.

I'll reassess on Thursday and let you know definitely, but my guess at this stage is no. But let me know if the venue changes. And thanks so much for organising :yelclap:

M2M Olive is a dream now :D She's going down at 7pm no worries and sleeping to 5 or 6. Once she's awake she's awake though. This morning it was 4.45am and that WAS IT! As I am alone this week, I had both kids in bed with me this morning. But that was OK, I just tried to keep O quiet so DS could sleep.

Brum, we're having weight gain issues here too..... my CHN is great though she's looking at it long term. She's not worrying just yet and she's happy that Olive looks well. I'll weigh her again this week. BF babies do have weight gain plateaux - they don't follow a curve like FF babies so it's a bit different. Have you had a look at the WHO charts as opposed to the FF ones in your purple book?

Tracy I agree with Cords, you're doing a great job :hugs: Don't be too hard on yourself - no one is perfect. We're all scrabbling around just doing our best.

Cords lol at 100% pure brum-rum, sounds like an alcoholic boobie juice :laughing:

Sorry I've been AWOL, I went to melbourne and then have been sick pretty much since we got back - it's hard being sick with 2 kids to look after and my supply went right down. That and DH is away for work atm :hair: I am slowly feeling better so I'll be on here again.

Nickimumto1

19-05-2009, 15:02

Just a quick post to say :wave:, nice to know you all missed me :laughing:. Still have no internet access till Thursday.

The move went well, but the house is still a big mess. You can not walk from one room to another with out steping over things. Liam is doing well, we are going to start solids tonight, just some farex as he is wanting 3 bottles overnight and is still having 6 bottles.

Better go as this is through my mobile.

Love to all.
Nicole

BellyFruit

19-05-2009, 16:43

Oh lord save me... DH has just called after picking up the twins from school... apparently they've been obscenely abhorrent today and yesterday (after they had such a nice start to the new term) and both ended up in the PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE :eek:!! Just being really rude, and shouting etc... god I'm jumping up and down swearing my head off about it (it's pretty funn yu should be here) but man, why cant they just be good like all the other kids? Their teacher is very old school and strict and I know that she can rub the twins (and others) up the wrong way sometimes, she can be a bit abrasive, however DH said next time this happens we're having our bums hauled in for a meeting with the principal... oh no... it's a private school, what if they kick them out??????????? oh NOOOOOOOO!!! They can truly be the sweetest treasures, and talk your head off and be so lovely... why are they being such b@stards?? They're only in year 1! Deep breath... ok, there's another set of twins in their class who are (believe it or not) worse than my boys and are up the principals office often enough (this is my boys' first offence) and they're not kicked out... so.... :confused:... I'm sure kicking them out is a bit drastic and I'm overreacting, but geez, strongwilled children can be a challenge sometimes! I've been a bit stressed out lately just about sh!t in general, and have been snappy with the kids and lost my narna the other night at them, I think perhaps they're upset and are havin a hard time coping with mummy being a crazy lady at the drop of a hat... Have managed to reassess and put myself together today, that and kick DH's bum for being the laziest I've ever seen him... We've turned a corner that's for sure... hopefully they'll settle back down... more positive reinforcement perhaps? Dammit, they have swimming lessons tonight - I dont want to not take them as they cost a fortune... they know when they play up and it certainly does not help that they're in the same class at school when we normally would have them in two separate classes... DH will be a grouch tonight :(... I love my babies soooooo much, they're doing well academically, just the behaviour we're trying our best to curb...

deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep breath... hope DH has not gone too hard on them, he can overdo it sometimes...

Justmum: sorry to hear you're not well, and we'll rethink the venue perhaps as it is likely to be raining on Friday... I have an idea... Would love to meet you. What does your DH do?

Nicki: yay, welcome back - hope the house is making you very happy... one box at a time hun, one box at a time...

Oh and Brum I meant to tell you, thank you for putting me onto the fact I might have mastitis... all the symptoms fit and I was not improving so I did go to my GP who prescribed some antibiotics to knock it on the head just in case... no sore boobs or anything but the achiness nearly killed me... i felt like i was 100!! I would NEVER have thought of that, but as I did not come down with the flu with those aches and pains, (and had otherwise convinced myself I had bone cancer :laughing:) your advice was spot on... THANK YOU!!

Bellyfruit x

PS: Sorry for the big rant about the kids... phew... just wanted to air that out.. I feel better... they'll be home soon poor little fellas, DH would have been very cross at them... they're only 6.... (aw, who's the softie in the family? lol) sniff...

Shell31

20-05-2009, 08:23

Hi girls,

I really don't have alot of time. Just needed to say

BF - Chill sista... There is no way a school will kick out 6 yr old children... 6 year old children can be loud & spirited.. believe me I have a 9yr old well worth the spirited tag. The school if it happens again will probably ask you & DH to go in there to discuss possible plans to help the twins i.e perhaps seperating them or asking you guys for feedback. It would more then likely be a touch base kind of interview to work on idea's for future plan etc.. lol you sound like your a teenage girl again about to be pulled into the principal's office lol... I know these are your first babies in school so I guess its all new to you but I can assure you your babies won't get kicked out of school unless they are doing drugs lol unlikely, or physically hurting children repeatedly.. awww the poor little things.. Hope their daddy wasn't too hard on them..They are just being kids & I'm sure the school is just trying to nip it in the bud and show them who's in charge. Sounds like together they are a force to be reckoned with :laughing: I'd love to meet them..

Brum - :hugs: Hang in there.. I know how much this means to you.. how are you feeling about it all now you've had a couple of days to think about it? Still very much committed to b/f'ing? Or are you considering formula? I will support you whichever way you go.. I think if you are still committed that perhaps hiring the electric pump from the hospital may help with expressing. Could you rehire that again to take a load off? Formula isn't the end of the world but I don't want to go on & on about that if b/f is what you are still hoping to do.. Either way you have support here ok.. You know my number :hugs:

Everyone else.. I will honestly have to try & come back to do personals.. My house looks like a bomb hit it.. Everyone's ok here.. My hairs falling out by the handful like everyone else..
Daisy's not getting much from me breast milk wise but she's happy & so fat she has a mass of multiple chins which I've just found to have a big red angry looking rash under this morning.. Christ I had to lay her on my lap, with her head hanging over my legs to get under there & put cream on it :rolleyes: will have to keep an eye on that.. I always make sure to dry her up there but obviously I wasn't pulling ALL the chins up :laughing:
Sis is home & my Dad has come down to stay with her & care for her for now. She is still in a fantastic amount of pain.. Nurses come every morning to bath her & put her brace on.. then she is allowed to move around her flat as best she can. I worry as it will be a very long term recovery but a recovery none the less.. Atleast she is walking... kinda... My Mum has disappointed me.. She is back in the country but hasn't called or gone to see Kim even though she lives here, because Dad is in town ( they are seperated ) and she doesnt want to put her own sh#t aside to show her daughter she cares.. Im disgusted.. I was pretty angry she went oversea's anyway knowing that I was the only one here to look after Kim but understood it was all booked & paid for & blah blah blah.. but now its time to step up Mum. Put your bullsh#t drama's aside & help your daughter... :hair: whoa.. I'm very angry aren't I lol..

All things aside.. all is well in my world.. back later

Rachelle x

MummaFug

20-05-2009, 09:35

tracynben

20-05-2009, 10:51

:wave:Everyone .

Just a quick one - I'm running out the door ..
BUT this was my night last night ...

5.45pm - DD bed
8.45pm - Wake up - feed
12.30 = wake up - feed
2.10 - wake up - feed
3.50 - wake up - feed
4.55 - wake up - feed

ANd YES she is feeding each time and generally grizzly .. Not crying but grizzly.
DH wants me to give her a formula feed at night but I am not sure that is the solution...
SHe sticks her thumb riht to the back of her mouth and chews so I think teeth may be the problem and its just comfot feeding...

ANYONE ??

THe joys of gorgeous children :flowerz:

fugs sorry ur going through a crap time at night.
I guess it depends what the problem is in the first place.
It could be teething, is she really grizzly, have you tried bonjela and any teething meds to see if that helps.
I would personally say a baby of that age shoudlnt need to feed that often in the night esp if they getting enough calories in the day, if you think its hunger, then maybe try feeding more in the day, or consider solids if you havent already.
Could be a growth spurt, or it could be habit, if you have done it for the last few days.
other than that i dunno, hope that helps.
tracy xxxx

muminwaiting

20-05-2009, 10:55

tracynben

20-05-2009, 11:10

Holly is the same, she sleeps for 10-12hrs at night and hardly wants a bottle when she wakes up. she clamps her little lips shut and refuses to take it. She has gone off bottles during the day but she is eating more Doc told me not to stress about it. a normal feed for her is back to 100-150mls at best during the day but she will have 200ml at night. I offer her some rice ceral when she wakes up and she will eat a few spoons and then maybe an hour later she will have a bottle.

I had Holly into somewhat of a routine but going back to work for the short time and having my mum look after her has totally changed her. I think mum spoilt her far to much and she wants to be held all the time which is driving me nuts. She was in such a bad mood yesterday, over tired but refusing to sleep, I had to just get in the car and drive around for an hour yesterday to get her to go to sleep, she constantly wants my attention, I have no time left for me....I hardly get on here and I feel guilty, I miss chatting to everyone.

Sorry for the all about ME post. I have no one else to whinge too.:laughing::D

dont worry about not gettin on much, we understand.
i think grandparents cant help but spoil their grandkids, and yeah its annoyin when they do it too much, maybe have a nice word with her, if its causin lots of problems if she looks after her in the future, im sure she will understand.
It might take her a few days to get use to having less contact again, but she should get back to normal.

As for the bottle in the morning, why not try the bottle first, then solids about an hour later, maybe shes gettin too full on the solids so doesnt want her bottle, i think at first they advice bottle first then solids later cos milk is more important until at least 6 months old.

hope that helps
xxxxx

BellyFruit

20-05-2009, 11:24

hmmmm.... housework, bubhub? housework.... bubhub? HA - BUBHUB! :D

Chace is asleep atm - and I'm scoffing down a bowl of cereal for breaky... House is a sty... meh... it can wait 5 minutes!

Fugs: hmmmm grizzly at this age can be teeth... was your DS an early teether? perhaps she's coming down with something and wants to nurse for comfort because she's just feeling cr@p? Seems a lot even for a growth spurt... oh and my SIL tried the formula at night idea, her bub did not sleep any longer...I'm sure you are, but keep an eye on her for temperature, um, room too hot/cold? Sorry, I know you're not an idiot, you'd have thought of these things... that's all I can think of... have you started solids yet? Sometimes they can hurt bubs tummy a little bit on their way through for the first time ... god... honestly I dont know what else? If it persists tonight maybe go get her checked out... you'll know what you need to do, mother's instinct... sorry to ramble...

Shell: LOL yes i feel like I'm back in school about to be severely reprimanded by my principal :laughing:... I'm sure you're right and I've seen MUCH worse kids than mine at the school, so they cant kick everyone out now can they! and while DS1's crack habit is a problem at the moment, I'm sure it's just a phase that all kids go through at this age... :laughing:... They are lovely little boys, but together they just push each other's buttons and end up screaming at each other and can get so worked up about something that they end up losing the plot at the teacher or something.... next year they'll be separated thank god! That's sad about your mum with your sister, yes, sometimes you need to tell your own parents to suck it up and deal with it and act like an adult... wow, your sister really needs her right now and as you said, she cant put her own sh!t side and help her out... what's your dad going to do if your mum goes there? Not that I pretend to know about your family dynamics, but in my family my mum and dad ended messily but mum's a legend about it now, and just cruises through if she has to see dad, which is hardly ever... she can certainly be civil when needed sheesh.... sorry... if I were you I'd be calling my mum and telling her to get her butt over to Kim's NOW... oohh I'm mad for you... :o

MIW: drat about the mucked up routine... are you able to tell your mum not to pick her up so often because it makes your life a misery when she's gone? Can you write out Holly's routine for your mum so she knows what to do when? Perhaps Holly fusses a bit more when you're not there, so your mum cuddles her more to settle her?? Oh I dunno, my MIL is the first to swoop in for a cuddle and does not like to leave Chace to cry for any length of time... sometimes if Chace is chucking a mental in his swing or something, we bring him into the kitchen or onto the table in his bouncer so he can see us better - then we can chat to him while we're chopping veges or eating or whatever but dont have to nurse him... wont work if he's super tired or hungry, but will work if he's just bored... maybe try that? Bring Holly into the kitchen and plonk her on the bench or something in her bouncer... just an idea... we miss you on here! How do you feel being at work? Free? Lonely? Guilty? Happy? (I'm considering it that's all... )

Fugs: further thoughts, I'm going for teething... whack a small bit of panadol into DD and see what happens... that is officially what I would do today... is she grizzly today? because if she is, then I'm def banking on teeth... hungry babies tend not to be grizzly I dont reckon, they just flat out demand food... hmmm....

The housework calls ladies... I swear to god I am going to cull 3/4 of the sh!t in our bedroom...

BF x :flowerz:

Cordelia

20-05-2009, 14:26

ohhh hell what have i done?!? i'm sittig in a sea of dirty water, furniture, dust and crap.

My whim this mrning was to hire a carpet cleaner to do the 2 lounges.. but then i thought seeing as i had it ... i could do the couch, the armchairs, the bedrooms, the dining room chairs.... yiiiiikkkessss......... we're all perched on the office desk stranded. I'm going to have to reach over the other side of the room and get the office wheely chair to find the kitchen and cruise in to get DD lunch.. arrrggghhh!!!!!

tracynben

20-05-2009, 15:51

lol cords, carpet cleaners arent that hard to use are they??? lol i never had any problems with them, but i did work in a dry cleaners that hired them, and we have one permenetly that rich nicked from work.

BELLYFRUIT - so what if they house is a mess, mine is a mess everyday, i eventually can be arsed when its gets to about 5pm to quickly straighten up.

im full of a cold at the mo, and tired, didnt get a good night last night.
i had a bit of a look into sleep consultants, but after gettin a 600 dollar quote for 5 hours (YES THATS RITE) , i thought nahhhh ill figure it out for myself, and just go with it.
Better go jayden crying, im so sick of the catnaps throughout the day arghhhhhhhh

tracy xxxx

Brumington301

20-05-2009, 16:19

:wave: Hello All,

Wow, I've missed so much since only posting on Monday! DH is off ATM so you know what that means ladies...

Anyway, thank you so much everyone for your kind words re my BF'ing. I did feel sh1t on Mon - not so much that I was having to go onto formula but that I had let it go so long with him losing weight and then not putting on very much. I felt like a really bad mum if that makes any sense. Anyway, O is now BF'ing for 30 mins followed by top up feeds. This will be expressed EBM as much as possible but formula when the EBM runs out. I'm pleased to say we're going really well. As much as some of you will hate to hear this, O has now turned from happy contented baby into even more happy contented baby. His daytime naps have improved ten fold and the gentle manouver of putting him down in his cot then spending 20 mins trying to settle him back down cause he's woken up is now a thing of the past and is now just a dummy, a stroke of the face and a tight wrap and he's off in la-la land. :yelclap:

Also have had a mouse in the house :(. Bloody thing, I was trying to point DH in the right direction to get it which I thought was in the top corner of the room and just as I was beginning to doubt if I had seen anything at all the little b@st@rd ran over my foot! I screamed blue murder, jumped on the bed and hit my head off the light! He now has taco's and peanut butter to munch on for his last rights....:laughing:

Tracy - I've got a cold ATM too. I just hope I don't pass it on to O but I think it's inevitable really. How is the new room going for Jayden? I hope things start to improve. It must be so frustrating for you :hugs:

Shell - LMFAO at the chin description. I can just see Daisy bent backwards as you try to lift all her chins up! Have you had a word with your Mum yet? God, it must be so frustrating.

Fugs - of dear. It could be teething. I have no idea. I just hope you get better sleep tonight.

BF - good luck with the principal! The joys of having twin boys I suppose. I reckon though you'd be surprised with how many other kids are 1000 x worse. It probably doesn't make you feel any better though. How much does crack go for in the playground nowadays?:laughing: Glad I helped with the mastitis call - it's horrible isn't it?

Cords - ooooops! There's a moral to this story - don't clean! I've been doing that for 4 months now and so far it's going really well - no floods or anything! Brum-rum - classic! Love ya!

Sharne - how are you going with the no dummy thing?

M2M - you keeping dry girl? I've been hibernating all day. Dipsh1t isn't getting the rain as bad as some areas though.

JM - hope you feel better soon. SOunds like a few of us are suffering with the turn of seasons.

Nickimum - how's the new house?

I'm off. Sorry if I missed anyone but Bubba Gump is crying!

Brumington301

20-05-2009, 18:13

:wave: Me again,

I just wanted to come on and explain my 'bad mum' comment in the above post before it was misunderstood. My issue is not and has never been about putting O on formula. I am by no means a 'breast is best' advocate. I was just a determined b*tch! I am just as happy to have O on formula as I am having him sucking on bitty. My bad mum comment came about through my lack of ability to read the warning signs. I have come to the conclusion that BF'ing is made to sound so easy that it's natural to think there is something wrong when it doesn't happen. I have been so lucky to have the support of my nurse and without her I wouldn't have lasted so long. When you read about BF'ing they say:

1. You milk WILL come in on day 3 - not might, but will. Mine came through on day 8 (and only on day 21 in any great quantity). Why didn't they say this can sometimes happen?

2. You body WILL catch up to your baby's demands - what if it doesn't though? Does that mean your body is sh1t? Mine hasn't. There are a lot of us on here who have experienced this. I sometimes think without the advice and understanding of you lot I would have gone insane by now.

3. I was told by the BFA today to keep offering O one boob until he's definately had enough - does that mean if he wants to feed for 5 hours on the left boob I should just let him? She said he will come off naturally when that boob is empty - no, he doesn't. He'd stay on there all day given half the chance.

4. You know your baby is having enough milk if he produces lots of wet nappies - well yes he did, but I didn't realise how wetter they should have been until I started doing the top ups.

5. You baby will let you know if he's hungry - no he didn't.

i think you get my point!

Anyway, I felt like a bad mum cause I didn't know. Does this mean I will fail to recognise signs of other things? :( I know I sound very negative at this point but I just wanted to explain to you all how I felt on Monday when he hadn't put on much weight. I looked at him before we left to get him weighed and said 'You know what mister? You have put on so much weight in this last week. I can't wait to get you on the scales.' Hmmm - what do I know? :confused:

OK - hope I've explained myself a bit better and you don't think I'm a complete b1tch!!!!

honeydew

20-05-2009, 20:44

Brum- it wasn't raining as much here today which was good as I was able to get a load of washing on the line. It's not as bad as it is in some areas. You don't have to explain yourself about the 'bad mum' comment- I knew exactly what you meant. I was the same- it wasn't that I felt bad for putting Layla on formula, I felt bad that I hadn't realised she was so hungry. If I'm honest with myself, I did kinda know something wasn't right but I kept thinking that it would all be ok. It sounds like O is doing wonderfully now. You should be so proud of yourself :hugs: Oh, and I keep forgetting to tell you that Layla's birth certificate FINALLY arrived.

Shell- sorry to hear your mum is being like that. My mum would be exactly the same, I am quite dissapointed in her some times. Its good your dad is there to help your sister out, I bet it is a relief for you to share the load.

Nikki- are you all unpacked now?

Fugly- it sounds like it could be teething to me. Layla has been a bit the same, although I am just giving her the dummy when she wakes through the night (I would feed her if she was actually crying, but she's just grizzling). Maybe try some panadol? Or like BF said, check the temp in the room. Its a hard one. I hope you get a better sleep tonight :hugs:

Tracy- I hope you feel better soon x

MIW- I hope you can get Holly back into a good routine again soon. It feels overwhelming but I'm sure its just a phase. When I look back on Mason's last 3 years, there are times when I thought I was never going to cope but other times that are a breeze. It comes and goes.

Cordelia- LOL thanks for the laugh :laughing:

BF- good luck with TTC this month. How exciting!! We aren't being careful anymore, but we aren't tracking ovulation or anything so we'll see. We'll get serious about it probably once Layla is 6 months. Going by your sig you are hoping for another boy? How wonderful!

Us- Layla is down to only 2 small breastfeeds a day. I feel ok about it... I think. Obviously I would love to be exclusively breastfeeding but I just don't think that was ever going to happen (see Brums last post- sometimes your body just does NOT do as its meant to :no:). She is waking a lot through the night, just for reassurance that I'm still here and the dummy back. I'm hoping this is just a phase as I'm exhausted! I'm sure its teething related because she is constantly chewing on her fist and dribbling like crazy.

Our house is supposedly going to be completed in 3 weeks time :smiliedance: I will probably start packing next week.

tracynben

21-05-2009, 12:25

just a quickie from me today as i have stuff to do and if i dont get off the computer now ill waste all day on it.

First just wanted to check with the perthies if the meet is still on tomos, i dont want to drive all the way up there if no one will be there, if you PM me i can give u my mobile.

Second we kinds got some good news from immigration, we got an extension of 28 days, and rich doesnt have to fully get his licence for us to be accepted, he just has to get acceptance from TRA so hopefully it will be sorted soon as long as TRA accept him as a tradesperson, first time he failed, so fingers crossed.

ok speak to u all soon
tracy xxxx

Cordelia

21-05-2009, 18:45

Jelly Baby

21-05-2009, 19:17

tracynben

21-05-2009, 19:44

I'm going to come back when the kids are in bed but just wanted to say yes!!! I will be there tomorrow. There is a cafe next to the park that we arranged so is that ok??

OR would you prefer to leave it til a fine day? it does look very very very stormy.

I'LL BE BACK [terminator style]

i dont mind coming up tomos, so long as someone will be there, i just dont wanna get there and no one be there thats all.
ill come back on later and check
tracy xxxx

Cordelia

21-05-2009, 22:30

tracy - i'm in!!! anyone else?? let us know please!!!! maybe if there's no NOR people we could just meet here?? (would save the rain and the freeway traffic). will sms you tracy!!!! And anyone else is welcome :) you have my number girls!!!! Oh wait what if someone goes to meet us and we're not there. I'm such a stresser.

BF - just think that the "naughty" kids (the little ones) are usually the ones who'll do amazing things with their lives and push boundaries and limits (eg. rocket scientists).

brum - i really enjoyed reading your "spiel". it's stuff that's true that people don't talk about. I was always a purist that you had to breastfeed and there was no 2 ways about it (and I did for DD)... but sometimes it just will not happen (as I found with DS). And the advice people give is NOT 100% across the board.

mummy to mason - 3 weeks!!! woohoo!!! you must be so excited :)

fugly and jelly baby - I really really really hope that your sleeps improve!!!!

us - Daniel has continued to wake from 3am.. but this morning i got to hiim really quickly and replugged and he slept til 6am. how much milk are your babies having during the day??? He used to have at least 1000ml and now he's lucky if he has 700ml.... so i'm guessing he's hungry but he needs to have his milk!!!!!

BellyFruit

21-05-2009, 23:16

WAIT!!! I'm coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We don't have to go all the way to South Perth foreshore if it's just Tracy, you and me do we? We're all SOR... Cords, at your place???? I'm PMing you my number, however I cannot text you (something wrong with my phone...) PM my your address...

I'll wait on here for you...

BF x :flowerz:

Cordelia

21-05-2009, 23:38

YAY! have msged you!

Brumington301

22-05-2009, 06:46

We've got a mice infestation. It's making me feel sick. I've seen 5 already this morning. I don't know if it's all the same one they move so bloody quick. I can't put O on the floor. God, I feel itchy... :banghead::banghead: Anyone got a pipe?

BellyFruit

22-05-2009, 09:02

Cords, want me to bring anything? You've had very short notice to pull together a devonshire tea or something? :laughing: (which is what I expect btw...lol)

Brum: i thought for a second your request for a pipe meant you wanted to just chill out with a bit of giggle weed to help you relax about the mice... :laughing::laughing:... get some mousetraps... perhaps i could send our cockraoch infestation to sort out your mice... LOL

Brumington301

22-05-2009, 09:18

Cordelia

22-05-2009, 09:29

wth is wrong with maggi noodles??? :P

hehe I have dug something up but if you have something to bring that would be great.

brum - good luck with the mousies!!! Its not that rank!! the chances of them on surfaces (like in the middle of the floor) are quite slim because they go along walls and such. And even if that's not quite accurate just tell yourself that to make yourself feel better! :P

AFM - #(*$&($*& having guests today that seem to think I'm going to serve them a 3 course meal so better get going.

BellyFruit

22-05-2009, 10:24

Nah, we're not fussy...two courses will do :D

Brum, will PM you when DS1 sorts out his supply issue... while we discourage the use of drugs in this house, he is rather the entrepreneur, so it's hard not to nurture the business side of things... a 6yo pulling $60k a week is impressive that's for sure :laughing:

honeydew

22-05-2009, 12:51

Good afternoon!

Layla won't sleep!!!!!! :hissy: Although now that I typed that, I have realised that she's been asleep now for 30 minutes- the longest she has slept during the day over the past couple of days. She has turned into a catnapper again..... I am trying to remind myself that this is just a phase but right now there feels like no light is at the end of the tunnel. Last night wasn't TOO bad, I only had to get up 3 times to resettle her but that was a good night compared to lately. What happened to my baby girl who slept 12 hours a night? Which one of you stole her?????? :p

I hope the Perthies are having a great time meeting up. I hope we get to see some photos!

Tracy- great news on the visa extension, I bet that takes a bit of pressure off. How are you going with Jayden's routine?

JellyBaby- sorry to hear you are having the same trouble as Fugs :hugs: Hopefully it is just teeth and that they appear soon. How is everything else going? How old is Bridie now? I love that name, a friend of mine had a little girl and named her Bridie a few weeks ago.

Cordelia- I haven't really added up Layla's bottles but she WAS having 4 bottles that were between 100-150ml each but she was also having breastfeeds first. But now she is only having 2 small breastfeeds and probably (just guessing here) 500-600ml of formula..... god I just realised that doesn't sound like much does it?? Should she be having more??

Brum- yuck about the mice, I hate them! We have a plague in this town at the moment, its horrible. When I was pregnant with Layla the problem got to the stage where I wanted to move, even though I knew we'd be moving now anyway. I would completely clear the kitchen sink & benches and disinfect them only to find them covered in mouse droppings the next morning :barf: Masons toys were covered in mouse poo, and you will probably think this doesn't sound possible but clothes that were HANGING in the cupboard had droppings on them :eek: The drawers of clothes were also full of poo. SO GROSS!!!! We set traps everywhere and only caught a couple but we hardly see any signs of them now, although I do know they are around. Word must've gotten out that we were out to get them :laughing:

Us- had a pretty good day so far. Went to mothers group which is always nice & now I am chilling out while both kids sleep... though I don't imagine Layla will stay down for long. Off to an engagement party tomorrow night and we'll be staying in a motel (its not near here) so that will be interesting with both kids lol.

Shell31

22-05-2009, 13:10

Hi Girls,

Brum - omg we have the mice thing going on too... Apparently everyone in town is having the same problem. I tried traps but it honestly seemed like such a waste of time.. Get one but how many are evading the traps.. I didn't want to do it but I resorted to baits. I bought Talon I think it was & I've only found one dead mouse in the garage & haven't seen another since... I've never liked the idea of baits as I'm worried the kids would get to them (I placed them where they wouldnt get them in the garage) and I was always kinda creeped out by the thought of them dying in my house in a wall or something & smelling the place out. I couldn't stand it though seeing them run around so bluddy cunning of a night right in front of our nose's. So baits it was & it has worked.. Gross.. Think all this wet weather has them coming indoors seeking shelter.

Cords - BF & Tracy - Hope you have a nice get together. So jealous !!! You guys are having crud weather too aren't you. Watched the news last night & it looked pretty severe. Hope you are all ok. We are having torrential non stop rain & wind. Poor Aaron will be so flat out at work tonight with powerlines down everywhere I bet.

Nicky - Its past Thursday & you're not here !!!!! How is it all going? Try not to stress about the place looking messy. It took us AGES to unpack boxes. I set myself a goal once we had the neccessities unpacked of one box a day. Was a great chance to cull while I was doing it too... Shame I've hoarded more cr#p again in the 2.5yrs we've been in this house lol.

M2M - 3 weeks.. omg. How exciting.. are you going to take us some photos? I so wish I could see it in real life. Has been a looooooooooong time coming for you.. Congratulations you're on the home stretch now.. :yes:

Fugly & Jelly - Gosh I'm hoping the little ones sleep for you soon. How are they going now? I can't think what it might be but hopefully whatever it is settles soon. I will say though that formula probably won't be the answer if its only happening of a night like that. I tried that with my DS years ago & it didn't make ANY difference & lead to all sorts of BF & supply issues. :sleeping:

Hi to everyone else.. Can only remember so much these days lol...

AFM - I'm attaching some photo's of Daisy today. She is so cute.. a really content little girl now. She's still sleeping excellent of a night.. (Sorry Fugs & Jelly) and has finally settled into some decent sleeps of a day. I'm so enjoying her atm. I have to go back to work in about 5 weeks. I'm really really stressing about it. I've looked into possibly staying home but we truly just can't afford it :no: Aaron would prefer me at home as he knows how upset I am but it just can't be helped. It's making me feel sick at the thought of leaving her :crying: No use whinging though. Some people have to go back to work fulltime. I should think myself lucky its only 3 days a week.
Hope you are all well & staying warm & dry. I hope this rain stops soon. My garage looks like a chinese wash house. Its just not fun washing for 6 people when there is non stop rain :rolleyes:

Anyway here's our little flower
Rachelle

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/Shell31/IMGP4360.jpg

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/Shell31/IMGP4357.jpg

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/Shell31/IMGP4348.jpg

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/Shell31/IMGP4337.jpg

Shell31

22-05-2009, 13:23

Daiiiiiiiiiiiiiisy... did you eat Layla????? :detective:

Cordelia

22-05-2009, 14:25

Thanks for the lovely morning tracy and belly fruit!!!

2 things

1) meant to line the babies up for a photo - I even fished the camera out this morning but i forgot :( we'll just have to get together again soon
2) you left a multitude of chocolate here!!!!!! sorry!! I will either consume it or save it for next time. (hmmmm let's see hehe)

be back later

Shell31

22-05-2009, 14:51

Hey Cords.... tell us the truth... did you almost call Didi BELLYFRUIT?? I can hear it now... Hey Bellyfruit.. wanna cuppa???? :laughing:

BellyFruit

22-05-2009, 15:30

For the record I almost called you Cords the whole morning! :laughing: Was going to introduce myself as Bellyfruit, however you knew who I was already! Had a lovely morning, and yes, I wish I'd skived some of that choccy to take home dammit!

honeydew

22-05-2009, 16:50

Daiiiiiiiiiiiiiisy... did you eat Layla????? :detective:

:laughing: That is a possibility, she is only snack-size! :p

LOVE the pics of Daisy, she is such a beautiful little girl. I'm sorry you aren't feeling good about having to go back to work, I would be exactly the same :hugs:

Glad to hear the perth ladies had a great meet, although I am dissapointed there is no baby photos!

After my last post, Layla surprised me by sleeping for nearly 2 hours :eek: :thumbsup: And she has been back in bed for half an hour... though I am hoping she wakes for another bottle before bedtime.

Shell31

22-05-2009, 18:06

M2M - Awww Layla is snack size isn't she.. Very dainty little girl. You will have to post some more pics of her. I've all but given up the b/f. Daisy just really wasn't interested anymore & I felt bad that I was pretty much just doing it for me. She wasn't getting much from me & needed a bottle soon afterward anyway. Nevermind. I just love watching her thrive though. She was never skinny as such but she certainly wasn't thriving toward the end there. The fact that she was going 12, 14 then 18 days between poo's at the end kind of sent me signals that perhaps their just wasn't enough left to get rid of.. She goes daily now.. sometimes twice :rolleyes: Glad Layla had a decent sleep for you. Isn't it always the way.. You have a whinge & they spring a big one on you lol

BF, Cords, Tracy - So unhappy you missed a trio baby shot. I would have loved to see your bubs all together... Next time?

Cordelia

22-05-2009, 19:42

shell - i am FAR too refined for that sort of monkey business!!!!! but you do have a beautiful daughter!!

mummytomason - woohoo!! what a great sleep!!! have a great time at the engagement party - i'm sure it will go fine!

I fished out my piece of paper that a friend gave me and it says a baby should be having 5-6 feeds a day and the amount is 150ml per kg of body weight.

Aahhh sooo... daniel is around 7kg so that's 1050ml. mmmm nope!!! just not happening.

off to eat some chocolate :devil:

Jelly Baby

22-05-2009, 19:42

JellyBaby- sorry to hear you are having the same trouble as Fugs :hugs: Hopefully it is just teeth and that they appear soon. How is everything else going? How old is Bridie now? I love that name, a friend of mine had a little girl and named her Bridie a few weeks ago.

Hi M2M

How's Layla's sleep going? Bridie is a real catnapper too. I'm usually up between 3-6 times EVERY night.

Bridie is just over 5 months now so teeth could be playing a factor in it now. Glad you like her name, it's not too popular yet which is what I like about it. Her middle name is Rose so it's very sweet.

justmum

22-05-2009, 20:01

Hi mummies, sorry to the Perth girls today. We are pretty much fine but you never know..... thought I wouldn't make myself very popular with you if the first time I met you all I made you sick :laughing:

I saw an old friend who would forgive me if I infected her and her lot (I hope!) instead.

I hope you all had a lovely meet. The weather was a bit wild, so glad you were indoors and snuggly.

Hello to everyone else - hope you're all well and good.

Nickimumto1

22-05-2009, 20:05

Hello...:wave:

Telstra have finally fixed our line:smiliedance: and DH has dug the cables out of some box that was not labeled with phone cable in here, as he thinks all boxes should be. The house is still a big big mess, but we are showing signs of progress. Still lots of work to do, bought some paint sample pots as our bedroom is painted pink with brown trim, yuck:barf: makes me think that we have moved into a bad motel room.

I don't have time tonight for personals as DH has been with out Internet access for 1 weeks and off work for 2 and i think that he is having computer withdrawals (he works with computers for a living)

Shell you lifted my night by your post asking where i was, i feel a bit lost as we have moved away from so many friends. Daisy is just too cute, do you do her hair like that or is it just natural?

As for us - Liam and Meaghan have settled in to there new room, they are still in together till we sort out the other room as we just dumped stuff in there. Liam is still waking twice overnight, and wanting food. He wakes at 3am and at 5:30 each night i have tried changing his formula, Dreamfeed and introducing solids - he is still too young and just spits it out.

It is Meaghan's birthday on Monday, she will be 3. Can't believe that my little baby will be 3, hope that it will be the end of the terible 2's, but i think that she is a very determined and strong willed and that this will be only the begriming of our troubles.

Better go, my time is up. Hope that you all have a good nigh with plenty of sleep.:sleeping:

tracynben

22-05-2009, 21:25

hi just a quickie from me

great meet today with cords and bellyfruit, good to get out and talk babies to others, get some tips n stuuf.
cords was thinkin about daniel, has he got any teeth coming through, just a thought why he might not be drinking as much.
Both of you cords an bellyfruit got cute kids.

Jayden rolled over from his back to his tummy today for the first time, woo hoo.

speak to u all soon
tracy xxxx

bootiful

23-05-2009, 17:07

hey girls

sorry that we didn't make it to the meet, we have all been sick the past few days and just didn't have the time to post before on BH.

justmum

23-05-2009, 18:23

Here is Olive

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj64/Justmum1/P1020787.jpg

Shell31

24-05-2009, 08:53

Awwww Justmum... Olive as adorable !!!!
Thank you for that.. She made me smile with that cute little grin.

I think it's about time everyone posted some updated pics :yes: Come on girls.. Show us your babies.

Brumington301

24-05-2009, 11:45

OK - what did I miss? I've bee AWOL for the last few days so will start from here afresh.

Too bad we don't all live in Perth cause I would have loved to have come to the meet. It would be great to see a group snapshot next time you all meet up.

As for the mice - took your advice Shell and got the poison. We'll all have to take out shares in Ratsack the amount we bought. Out last mouse sighting was yesterday so fingers crossed they're getting the hint!

DH got made redundant on Fri. It was a long time coming and we knew it was around the corner but we weren't quite expecting him to be given an 'immediate' finish time. Anyway, it's paved the way for a trip back to UK - we're booked up to go on 18th June. Not to go into too many details I've been a bit down for the last few days after a very luke warm reaction from Mum & Dad about us coming home. I stupidly always imagine such an excited response but after 33 years should really know my parents a little better than that! I thought it would be different cause we had O but some things never change.

Here's a recent piccie of my little prince:

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq259/Brumington/IMGP2430.jpg

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq259/Brumington/IMGP2475.jpg

Love the piccies of Olive and Daisy - they both gave me a smile. How much are our bubbas growing?

Just quickly to let you know the top up feeds are going so well now. O now works as regular as clockwork and I'm loving it. I think he's put on so much weight since last week but I will know for sure tomorrow. :fingerscrossed:

I'll try to get on more often now. Sorry for being slack.

Cordelia

24-05-2009, 16:08

Hey everyone,

Freezing!!!

justmum - sorry you couldnt make it an dyou're right - probably would have blacklisted you for getting my kids sick :laughing: j/k... next time :) how cute are those photos!!

Nicki - yay for having you back!!!!! What are you doing for Meaghan's birthday?? 3 is ancient hehe

tracy - that is awesome with the rolling!! Go Jayden!!

angel - we'll see you next time too :) I hope you're feeling better

Brum - that is great about the feeds and awww what beautiful photos! i'm really sorry to hear about your DH - not nice at all. I hope that he can work something out. As for your mum - snap! My mum is just not the happy, glad, soppy person and I'm always taking offence. If it was someone else you' just shrug it off but it's your mother!! I'm sure she's absolutely rapt - just not sure how to express herself?

us - daniel is still waking on the hour (or half hour) from 3am. I just can't get him to have as much milk in the day - any suggestions? if he doesn't want it, he just doens't want it. And I dont want to get in the habit of feeding him ata night so just stick the dummy in constantly...but when is enough enough!! I think he's been doing it for around two weeks which...

is abotu the same time he's had his excema on his face. so maybe it's frustrating him. it is a tiny bit better today with bathing him in Dermaveen and putting QV cream on it. My hayfever and asthma is really bad so maybe its just the time of year and he'll get over it. but room has thoroughly been cleaned out, everything washed in amolin - i just dont know what's next :( I dont want cortisone put on his face :(

Nickimumto1

24-05-2009, 19:06

Hello to all,

Cordelia - Daniel sounds just like Liam, i tried the dreamfeed last night and all that happened is that he woke at 3am, 4am and 5:30 am. I resettled him at 3 and 4 but by 5am he wanted to feed. All he had was 80ml and went back to sleep. I end up feeding him as it is easier than getting up every hour from 2am on. He is also not drinking that much durring the day. Today he had 80ml at 5am 100ml at 9am, 11:30 100ml, 4pm 80ml, 7pm 180ml. On the advise of the MCHN i have started solids, very slowly he has been having 1teaspoon of farax and formula which he has not been that interested in, but tonight i mixed it with pears and he demolished the whole lot, i think that it is early days and i have not noticed any improvement yet but will see how we go.

I just been such a change from 1 month ago when he was sleeping from 7pm - 7am and having 4 full 250ml feeds a day. I don't know what his weight gain is like as i have not had him weighed since he was 2 months a i could not get an appointment. I know that this is not much help, i think that i read that M2M was having the same problem with Layla. Maybe it is an age and stage and they will go back to sleeping well soon. We can only hope.

Excema - I took Liam to the doctors as he had it all over his face. I too was reluctant to put the steriod cream on his face, but i am glad that i did as he is so much better. He has stoped scraching it too. I only used it for about 4 days, twice a day and it is all cleared up now. It must have been anoying him as he would rub his face on things and he has stoped doing this.

Brum - Oakleigh is so cute. He has such cool spunky hair, looks like you have given him a buzz cut. Sorry to hear about your DH, will he have trouble getting a new job?

Hope that everyone is having a good weekend. We had to go back to the old house and re clean the stove, my mum cleaned it and the estate agent said that it was not clean. Well when i went to clean it, it was spotless. I don't know what she was talking about, so i just wiped it over and told her i cleaned it again. We will she what happens on Monday when she has a look. I also made cupcakes for Playgroup for Meaghan's birthday tomorrow, i will post a pick tomorrow when we decorate them. Better go and pop Liam in to bed.

:wave:

justmum

24-05-2009, 20:22

Thanks Brum, Shell and Cords :D we think she's a cutie, but in that photo you can ssee her snotty nose :laughing: gross!

NMT1, I htink it is an age and stage thing too :yes: Miss O was sleeping through but no more. They wake up more as they get ready for solids and also as they hit milestones I think.

O is sitting up, pulling herself forward with her arms (trying to CRAWL for goodness sake) and reaching for food trying to grab it.

I had her on my lap on Friday and H was eating apple from a bowl next to her and she bum scooted across my lap and reached out for the apple, staring at it and staring at H when he was eating iit :laughing: what a guts!

So the short version of that long and boring story is - I think she's developing fast and is getting hungry so she's not sleeping well anymore. Ah it was a blissful week :laughing:

Anyway NMT1 I hope the move went well for you and you're able to relax into the new place.

Brum, your O is so gorgeous! What a little gorgy man. I could squish him up he's so lovely. I am so sorry to hear about your DH losing his job :( Even when it's expected it must still be stressful. Fingers crossed he gets a new job soon and doesn't drive you mad while he's at home and looking for work!

Tracy yay on the rolling! How cute. And so clever!!

With flu season coming up, I just wanted to pass this on - we take H to see a respiratory and sleep paed. He has sleep apnoea. Anyway, she said DON'T USE FESS NASAL SPRAY. It has a preservative in it that damages the nasal hairs. We need nasal hair to filter junk from the air we breathe and to humidfy the air we breathe in. Please us FLO BABY NASAL SPRAY instead as it is better for the nasal hair - it has no preservative.

As for us, we were better or getting there and now ANOTHER COLD!! Bad luck for us eh? I hope everyone else is staying well and warm.

xx

JM

kazarina

24-05-2009, 21:02

hey everyone:wave:
up until now i haven't really had the time to come to the chats, but i recognize some of you from the when are you due lol
time flies fast doesn't it? my little girl started rolling around this week :laughing:seems like just yesterday she was born.

i hope everyones doing well !having fun wth their bubbas
i'm still getting used to this mum job lol

Brumington301

25-05-2009, 08:55

Hello people,

We had a weigh in today and my chubba boombalata has put on 460g in a week! :smiliedance: I am just so happy you can't wipe the smile off my face. He is still way below average but a few more weeks of this and we'll be putting him on the 'fat free' formula!!!!!!:laughing:

Thank you JM, Nickimum and Cords for the kind words about our little boy. We think he's pretty darn cute too but then again we're biased!

JM - I can't believe that O is already sitting up - that's great. She's only a couple of weeks older than my little O so he might be getting to that stage soon. Thanks for the advice on the nasal sprays too. It's really good to know things like that.

Nickimum - hmmmmm. Not so good about the disrupted sleep especially as you were having the luxury of 12 hours only last month but it could just be a stage. Could it be teething?

Cords - O had eczema only a couple of weeks after he was born - it was all over his face, in his ears, over his chest (poor little thing). Like you I was reluctant to put steroids on his face. My paed prescribed Elidel which is steroid free - I applied the tiniest amount to his cheeks and his chest and it was all but gone the next morning. Worth a shot?

AB - hope you're feeling better.

EF - how was Singapore? Have you emigrated?! How was Poppy on the flight?

Fugs - how are you? We haven't heard from you in a while so I thought I'd check in with you. How is Ashleighs new meds going?

Tracy - yay for Jayden rolling from his back to his tummy. No stopping him now!

Shell - how are you and little miss?

Hello to everyone else :wave:

Mamakins

25-05-2009, 09:25

Hi Ladies,
well it's just been forever since I've been on here and every time I think I say I will catch up and do persies soon. But my computer died and I had to rebuild, so also had to bring some hlep to look after Chelsea while I did that. Thanks Mum, so good to have her close by don't know what I'd do without her. I found it a challenge having DH gone overseas for a whole week. But I have been using some tips given to me from the Jan 09 mums. Like the bumbo in the shower. How fun!! Thanks Earth Fairy. I don't know how you do it on your own, boy she's a slippery little sucker in the shower though I was a little scared of dropping her. But she loved it. I've tried it in the bath recently too and she giggled so much it was great. I got my first real long giggle the other week which was fantastic managed to catch a little on film

http://www.youtube.co/watch?v=l_5iuBEA7LA

RNMMT1 thanks for asking the Miracle wrap is fabulous. Although she manages to get out somehow... I don't know how. I found the other day having done a 90 degree turn and head against the bars and arms out of the wrap. She does sleep well and no more waking up in the night.

BellyFruit I also love the name DH is also wanting to TTC #2 in fact he wants four and I believe the words he uses are in quick succession. AAgh! but I do want more, many more but these hormones are tricky while I'm still BF'ing. Good luck. We waited a year and a half for Chelsea we hope the second will be easier. Fingers crossed for everybody TTC.

NMT1 how's the new place?

Thanks for the Birthday wishes. Can't believe I'm 30 now.

Fugly how is China

Tracey so glad things worked out with you and DH. Was really thinking of you during my computer outage.

M2M Happy belated Birthday happybirthday

oh dear Chelsea has woken it was a good quiet hour while it lasted. Must run.

more persies later... I hope (do I always say that?)

xox

tracynben

25-05-2009, 09:30

hi everyone
hope u all ok, im not too bad, jayden is sleepin better at night now hes in his own room, but hes still waking up about 5ish every morning, unfortunately i think its become a habit now, so i have to try something to stop it.
i read in a book try wake to sleep an hour before they normally wake up for 3 nights, and it should break the cycle, i dunno if i fabcy getting up at 4am for 3 nights, but i suppose if it works its worth it.
been busy recently putting lots of stuff on sale on ebay got quite a few bids on stuff too, i have some ghd hair straighteners and they have about 30 watchers, woo hoo, they should sell for good money.
did some baking with ben yesterday, i got a pic to show u all, and will put a couple of jayden.
im still having problems though settling jayden to sleep for naps, sometimes it can take up to an hour, then hes seriuosly OT and naps for only half an hour.

BRUM - wow on the weigh in, i had jay weighed about a week and half ago, he was 7.1kg.

KAZARINA - welcome back ,i vaguely remember ur name keep in here if u get chance.

JUSTMUM - thanks for the advice on the nasal spray.
sounds like miss o is def ready for solids.

NIKKI - im too having similar problems with jayden anad his milk drinking. Im tryin not to worry and just going with the flow, im pretty sure they grow out of it once they are established on solids, and thats usually when things get easier, ie routine and sleeping better.
Jayden too has ezcema, my doctor told me to use dermeze.

CORDS - sorry ur still having troubles with daniel. first try and figure out why hes waking, if u know hes not hungry, is it his nappy, is he too cold/hot, could it be his ezcema irritating him.
ermmm thats all i can think of, or it just could be habit, and the fact of you going in all the time with the dummy.
if you think its the dummy, then maybe you should get rid of it, although it is tough, you can cope with the crying in the day but not at night, and when you have a toddler its even harder, so have a good think about it before you do it if youre going to do it.

GOD jayden is doing my head in with naptimes, im constantnly in and out of his room tryin to settle him, arghhhhhhhhhhh .

heres some pics

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo31/tracynben/IMGP0038.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo31/tracynben/IMGP0044.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo31/tracynben/IMGP0042.jpg

tracy xxxx

Brumington301

25-05-2009, 14:59

Hi,

I've been doing a bit of research today on routines for 3 month and 4 month old babies and came across the following website:

http://www.boswellbunch.com/simone/section/Babies.html

I just thought it might be handy to share because she explains some good reasons for night time waking and cat napping which I know a lot of us have had issues with.

Tracy - well done on the ebay selling. I've never sold on ebay before but have bought a couple of times. I'm going to sell the baby stuff when we're done (but that hopefully won't be for a while!). Love the pictures of the boys. They both look like butter wouldn't melt - adorable!

Mamakins - I couldn't see the video - not too sure why. It's great to get the giggles isn't it? It brings such a smile to my face. :)

Hi Kazarina. How old is your little one now? I'm waiting for the first roll. O has rolled from his back to his side but not tummy to back or back to tummy yet. I can't wait until his first roll and then I'll spend months hoping he'd just sit still I'm sure!

Hope the link helps somebody out. It certainly gave me some ideas especially the 3 stages of playtime.

tracynben

25-05-2009, 15:39

hi everyone
did anyone watch the article today on kerri anne with dr chilton about controlled crying.
he said there is now research to prove that CC can cause damage to babies emotionally, if its done esp under 6 months.
He also had a good point in sayin that deep down no parent likes CC and should follow their heart an they know their baby best.
HOW TRUE,
its soooo made me realise that there is jsut too much information now on the net in books etc, and i think it confuses a lot of parents, i think you should just follow ur own natural instincts and the baby, stuff all the books, if ur baby is happy and ur routine works then thats all that matters, im not sayin theres anything worng with them, just that too much are too confusin, so from now on im going with the flow, jayden is always happy, i should stress less and just get on with it.

Ok im off to finish preparing my yummy roast.

tracy xxxx

MummaFug

25-05-2009, 16:01

:wave: Everyone ...

Sorry I have been MIA for awhile - I DO read every few days but just dont get a chance to reply. BUT I LOVE seeing all the little ones growing up (can you believe DD was 5 months yesterday!! Where did the time go??)
2 friends gave birth last week and its been SO nice holding teeny tiny babies - I feel like we missed this time with DD as it was SO SO old here that she was always so wrapped up and then throw in all the medical stuff :no: I just feel that the BABY BABY time went so quick.

OK one thing I want to share - Miss NMT1 (2 actually) .......She has been hiding her amazing talents from us :yes: after begging and pleeding on BH for some cloth nappies she kindly sent me some that SHE MADE - YEP - SHE MADE and they are FABULOUS.. You'd think I paid big money for them in the store - she is one talented lady... THEN she also added a little tag blanky for DD and that was that - I have now ordered 3 more coz they are SO very very cool. I just wish I had 1/2 that talent..I am very jealous.

and HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEAGHAN
I hope she has a great day

BRUM - O is so so so cute .... thanks for asking about DD .. We needed to up her meds and so far so good... Poor little thing STILL has a bruise from where they screwed up the blood test. NOT HAPPY

CORDS - Squeeze the boobie milk and wipe on effected area .. Boobie milk does wonders for everything - just let it dry. Worth a shot

Hi everyone else - THanks for sharing BUB pictures - its my fave :)

SOrry - bit slack on the personals but dont have much time.

DD is still struggling to sleep past 5am too. I have started taking her into our bed at about 2am and that seems to help her sleep a little better - then little face rubs at 5am and Im back asleep - not sure if she sleeps but she holds my finger and that keeps us both happy... Unless she turns to see her Daddy - then i get kicked in the head ....

Other than that we are all doing good - DH had 'man sickness" - u know, the type where it hurts to turn the pages of a book etc.. so It was like having 3 kiddies for the weekend. Ah well, its a logn weekend this weekend - so ill be sure to get my payback...

Hope everyone is doin g well..

DOnt expect to hear from EF for awhile .. her DH got back yesterday so I guess she will be kept busy for awhile ....

:hugs: to all the little uns'

MummaFug

25-05-2009, 16:20

Thought I'd add some pictures of my gorgeous gorgeous kiddies .... No, I'm not biased, They really are gorgeous :laughing:

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff331/fuglyhk/showerwithDaddy6.jpg (http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff331/fuglyhk/showerwithDaddy6.jpg)

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff331/fuglyhk/Justthe2ofus12.jpg (http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff331/fuglyhk/Justthe2ofus12.jpg)

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff331/fuglyhk/Makingdinner10.jpg (http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff331/fuglyhk/Makingdinner10.jpg)

ENJOY :)

I added one of DS - he made us Kebabs for dinner ... they were delicious.

kazarina

25-05-2009, 16:54

oh well i thought i would add some pics to the mix haha, everything is good here cassies been spitting up a lot but i've been told thats apparently normal?she kept waking up last night screaming like someones murdering her, i run into her room and shes in her cot little tears running everywhere but shes still half asleep .....so i don't know:( nightmares?

our corner of the world is pretty ordinary not much happens in this small town ;)

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=419099&l=a7f3b33f61&id=1152006700
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=434569&l=bda7a24e11&id=1152006700
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=415448&l=56c7869c92&id=1152006700

justmum- olive is gorgeous:)i love bubby smiles
burmington301- sorry to hear bout your partners redundancy, hope things turn around in the next week and your feeling happier, or something fab happens, you also have a gorgeous bub lol everyone has such good looking babies! well done on the weight gain!!!
cassie will be 5 months this week

cordelia- i really have no advice to give unfortunently, out you must be exhausted. i hope it gets better soon , my friend has had similar with her kids excema when she comes back from on hols i will ask her to see if i can pass on any advice.

nickimumto1- sorry i have not read back to the begining of the thread(theres a few pages haha and i am lazy atm)how come he has changed his sleeping patterns?i hope your little man works himself out, at least you know he likes pears oh and i think realestates do it to be annoying or they are blind i've had the same thing happen before.Happy b'day to meaghan :party:

just mum- thanks for the tip about the nasal spray

traceynben- ty for the welcome back, yeah my little girl wakes up at 6 every morning without fail eh lol ,love the pics i love cooking with kids!

fugly-ah those kebabs look yummy, making me hungry actually.you have a beautiful family:yes:

got to run , dinner calls.:wave:

Nickimumto1

25-05-2009, 17:09

Quick post from me as i should be cooking dinner, came on for some cooking motivation.

Fugs - you make me blush, glad that you like them. I love it when someone likes what you make.

kazarina - Just noticed that you are in Nth NSW. Did you have problems with the floods? My mum is in Grafton and was evacuated. Her house is ok but her garden is a swimming pool. Where are you if you do'nt mind me asking. I grew up in Lismore.

Better go..
:wave:

Jelly Baby

25-05-2009, 17:27

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to pop on and say how gorgeous all the photos are. Keep em coming....

Here's my precious Bridie

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/Buddhaboy/PrettyinPink.jpg

Mamakins

26-05-2009, 08:28

Hi agin,

Well Chelsea's alseep again, we are going for our 4 month injections today. I was just wondering how many of you have tried solids so far and how they are going? I look forward to trying but I don't think I will for a few weeks Chelsea was a little early and is gaining weight and drinking the right amount at the moment.

Fugs I love the photos so gorgeous.
KArina boths soo beautiful
and soo pretty in pink Jelly baby.

Brum I don't know what was wrong with that link. Try this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_5iuBEA7LA&feature=channel_page

this should work though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_5iuBEA7LA
or this
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=175555825390&h=QvX_T&u=oFKxK&ref=mf

Brumington301

26-05-2009, 09:43

Hello to you all again,

Mamakins - cute, cute, cute! I love the Chelsea giggles - infectious! Thanks for sending the link again.

I love seeing all the new photos.

Fugs - your two are the cutest and very clever DS for making kebabs. I was interested to see the tomato suace with chinese writing all over it!

Karina - I love that B&W photo - perfect.

JB - your little girl is so cutie pie. Love the head wear!

Nickimum - I remember you posted pictures of the nappies you made. They were just so perfect. I am extremely jealous that you are so clever. How long do they take to make? Can I be cheeky and ask if perhaps you might like some more business?

Tracy - I agree with you that we listen to too much 'expert' advice and fail to read our own signs sometimes. I think the less you read and worry about it the more you enjoy your babies. Some of these experts make out like our babies are out to get us or something. Good luck with 'going with the flow' - I think you'll be much happier and more successful that trying any strict routine that you've read about in a book.

AFM - well, I'm a bit glum to tell you the truth. I told you a few days ago about the frosty reception I received from M&D about us going back to UK. It has really got to me and I don't know how to ignore my feelings. I spoke with my sis yesterday and she is so p'd off with them. She has now gone and told them how she feels which has caused no end of drama. Mum phoned a day after my call to her to say sorry and I just said it was all OK cause I didn't want her to feel bad, but in reality I was still really hurt. Why is it that I do nothing wrong and end up feeling so guilty? I can see them now cancelling their weekend away they had planned while we are there and all sorts of things. I'm just so angry really. It's not like it's a trip in the park - it will take us 27 hours to get there, will throw O out of whack with routines etc, has cost us an absolute fortune and at the end of it just so they can see their grandson and all I hear from them is how inconvenient it is cause they have to pick us up from the airport, clear a room for us to stay in and change the plans they had in place for the end of June (BTW, my M&D aren't exactly social butterflies so we are talking just one weekend out of the whole month!). The really sad thing is that it has certainly made me think twice about rushing home again which means they and O will miss out.

Sorry - rant over!

BellyFruit

26-05-2009, 11:43

Hi everyone!

Havent had time to read all the posts from the past few days but wanted to say g'day to everyone :wave:...

Chace is flying along brilliantly... he rolled a few weeks ago from his tummy to his back - such a clever boy... though he has a big head, so I think that helped weigh him to toppling point :laughing:...

Will try and get some photos up soon... cant find the camera...

oh oh, 45min sleep cycle is over... jeez, he's like clockwork!

BF x :flowerz:

PS: Fugs: I saw your editing LOL

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

26-05-2009, 11:56

Hello Everyone!!

Im finally back, with the terrible weather we had here last week we had a blackout for 13hrs and lost internet and foxtel till yesterday! But all is good now.

Everyones babys are so beautiful!!:D so so cute.

Here is my little man...
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=84342&id=569507586#/photo.php?pid=2039575&id=569507586
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=84342&id=569507586#/photo.php?pid=2178182&id=569507586
i'll try and get some more recent ones for you soon.

sorry for no personals I still need to catch up on what i have missed

Just thought id let you know how things were going without the dummy.

Marley is now sleeping much better Day and Night!
No more waking every 30min - 1.5hrs at night YAY!!! Still not sleeping through BUT at least Im getting some more sleep now.

I havent got rid of the dummy altogether, I just use it if i cant resettle him. So I have managed to teach him to settle himself off to sleep I just wrap him and put him down and he generally will have a cry but will settle himself in 5-8mins. If he has not settled by 10mins I go back in a resettle him, but that is now pretty rare. If he wakes early from his sleep i give him 10mins to resettle himself and if he doesnt i let him have his dummy. He will then go back to sleep for another 2hrs sometimes, but I am finding that this is becoming less and less too.

It is different to what I have tought but when its your own it is different and you have to do what works for you. This seems to be working so im gonna stick with it.

Tracy - Good luck with going with the flow. Im sure once you relax about the sleeping things will get easier for you. They did for me! and try not to stess about how much (or little) Jayden is drinking, by the looks of him, he is a happy healthy looking bub.

Same goes for the rest of you with bubs that dont drink heaps, as long as they look healthy and are thriving then they are getting what they need. All babies are different and require different amounts to thrive. I saw someone posted that they should be having 150ml/kg/day this is true on an average but it can be as little as 120mls/kg/day and as much as 180ml/kg/day depending on the baby.
So girls, try not to stress yourselves aboout it!!

Anyways enough from me

Hope your all having a great start to the week. Hump day tomorrow.:yelclap:

Sharne

Cordelia

26-05-2009, 22:19

Hellooooooooooooo

YIKES! I am in 2 kid depths of despair. Both not sleeping!!! Is it possible to be this low!!!! pinch me.

no dont - i'll probably snap and kickbox you 5 times in quick succession. dont ask - i'm sleep deprived and my 2 year old keeps waking up screaming absolutely terrified of something!! And then at around 12:00 the 5 month old will start screaming every 15 minutes. nooooooooooo nightmare!!!!

tracy - i'm very jealous of your roast!!! didn't catch kerry-anne. You're right about following yoru instincts. sometimes that might involve control crying - we did it for 2 nights with DD at 10 months and it saved us from tipping off the edge with frustration!

fugly - its very nice to hear from you :) i hope your sleeps improve and your man-flu victim does too hehe. thanks for the beeeaaautiful photos!!

you too kazarina, jelly, mamakins and sharne!! nice to hear from all of you as well :)

nicki - cooking inspiration!! what did you cook?

brum - i think it's great that yuor sister stuck up for you. and so she should. I can be a terribly manipulative person (can't all women?) but maybe you should say you've cancelled your plans and get them to plead with you :laughing:

bellyfruit - he does not hvae a big head!! well no bigger than any other baby :) good for him with the rolling!

sharne - thanks for the info on the milk. today we've averaged around the 150 mark each feed (4 feeds and one at 3am this morning). he does seem to be stacking on the weight so who knows.

us - gave him a tiny taste of rice cereal tonight. the cortisone cream is clearing up his excema but i dont feel comfortable about keeping using it on his face so i think i'll stick with the qv once the edge of it's gone down. then if it returns a friend has recommended a pediatric dermatologist (is that right?) so i'll try get in to see her. you hear such bad stories about cortisone and excema.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DD is awake again. WHY WHY WHY ME!!!!

Have a great Wednesday. (is it only blinking wednesday?!?!?!?!?)

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

27-05-2009, 09:48

Hi Ladies,

Here are a couple of more recent pics of my little man..
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=2345714&id=570741782

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=2345718&id=570741782

:D

tracynben

27-05-2009, 10:30

hi hope all is ok

CORDS - so sorry ur having such a crap time, i hope its a phase for you. sometimes jayden wakes in the night too for no reason, an sometimes ben does too, but not that much.
Try and figure out why shes wakin, then deal with it, if you think shes scared of somthing, ask her what it is then do something before bed to help deal with it, a good thing i head of was get some special dust (HEHE) and get the fairy to help dust it away, make it fun, that could help, has she got any molars comeing through, is she just cold?
cant think of anything else.
as for daniel, i dunno, at this age there can be so many things that wake them, i dont think its until they established on solids till things are usually better.

SHARNE - gorg pics, hes lovely, love the cute little hairstyle.

BELLYFRUIT - glad things are going good, and hes sleeping past 45 mins, i think eventually most do, jayden has been in the last coupld of days too, if he doesnt i dont worry anymore, as long as hes happy thats all that matters.

BRUM - im sorry about ur parents, i think sometimes they are like that, thats what my dad is like, but i just learn to accept it and thats the way he is, its not that he doesnt wanna see me or not love me, he just doesnt think, maybe there the same. Im not sayin what they did was right and it doesnt hurt, but maybe now they have had time to take everything in, they ok about it, i hope ur feelin better anyway :hugs:

MAMKINS - i got 4 month jabs on fri, we started solids recently, but he doesnt see, to be that interested at the mo, but im just doin it for tastes now and to get him use to it, so when 6 months comes around, he should be eatin them good by then as thats when he will beed the extra iron.

cute pics everyone

AFM -well at the mo i feel like a cripple i pulled my back and leg, and walkin around like an old lady hehe, hopefully it will clear in a couple of days cos i got work on sat.
all my stuff on ebay is doing really well esp my GHDS, they over 100 dollars bid now, woo hoo, wish i could get hold of cheap ones and re sell them.
Jayden not doing too bad, only probs im having with him now is settlin him for naps, and the early waking, i have just accpeted thats the way it is for now even though i moan, im sure he will grow out of it soon. Since i havent been worryin about routines, books etc and listenin to him more, things are working better

tracy xxxx

earthfairy

27-05-2009, 10:35

Boy have i missed you lot:yes:

:wave: How is everyone?
Im sorry i have been MIA for a while, things have been so busy here since getting back from Singapore!
It sure is hard work doing this Mum thing on your own, seriously, i dont know how i did it - Josh was gone for 2 months!!!!

Anyhoo, he got home on Sunday & has been irritating me...lol yes, irritating me.
He has come home with the flu (im sympathising with you Fugs) and is convinced he has Swine Flu...coughing & spluttering....so this means no quality time with me or help with Poppy coz he wont go near her incase she gets it. So he might as well not even be here.....
It is nice to have him home though. PLus he is studying his butt off coz he has a 3 hour verbal exam next week to be promoted to "Chief Petty Officer" ....so proud of him *sniff*

This also means that we got our posting back to Cairns!!!!:smiliedance:
We found out a few days ago & i am over the moon! I cant wait to get back up there with out good mates & start building our house!
This wont be til later in the year.

Poppy has been a bloody gem - loving her solids, i have her on organic foods & is absolutely loving food. She opens her mouth REAL wide when you put the spoon to her...so cute!
She is sleeping through 7-7 now (sorry to those with sleep probs :( )
And i am so proud of myself - i finally made the transition & moved her to her big cot for her night sleeps now. So she is in there full time!
My mothers group are so proud of me, they were telling me last week to cut the cord! lol

Ok....i'll attempt personals....

Tracy - how's the SOS going? HOpe you are getting some respite.....

Fugs - loving your ubercircles - showed JOsh & he said i can get some for my birthday! whoo!
Hope Kooks & Mei Mei are both well - squeezes for them for me...

Didi - hope you havent been expelled from school - lol - BTW, have you sent my tupperware yet???? hmmmm??? lol

Cords- big hugs for you hun, i hope the sleep thing improves for you.....

Brum - i got so sad for you reading about your parents....dont you worry sweet pea - i know its easier said then done, but seriously, you have your own little family now & thats all that matters....one thing i have come to learn as i get older is that i learn good & bad points of my parents parenting skills....hugs for you xx

M2M- your house is coming along beautifully! i cant wait to see it all finished!! how exciting for you guys! and a VERY belated Happy Birthday to you!!!

Shell - how is your sister doing??
Do yu really have to go back to work? 3 days a week is ok though, are they full days?
Daisy is looking beautiful!!!!

Jelly Baby - i love the name Bridie, one of my good friends is called Bridie & she gets so many comments on it...its luffly!

Justmum - hope you are feeling better from your cold...olive is gorgeous!

Nicki- how is the new house? bet you are loving having your own new space to make your own.... i hope Meaghan had a beautiful birthday!

Mamakins - glad you like the bumbo in the shower tip - its really been a life save for me....ive been learning lots of little helpful things like that with not having any help....

That's all i can remember....sorry to those i missed MIW, Kazarina, Angel, Ashi, Mummyof1....geez i think i still have preggo brain....

Love you all,

EF x
:hugs:

PS: Loved seeing all the baby pics...keep em coming....

earthfairy

27-05-2009, 10:38

Forgot to tell you all...

I got tickets to AC/DC!!!!!
Sold out in 15 minutes.....we were so lucky!!

:smiliedance::hair: <---- pretend this is headbanging:laughing:

honeydew

27-05-2009, 13:53

Hi lovelies

I am sitting here listening to Layla laughing through the monitor- she just won't sleep! Although she has been getting better and I've seen an improvement since last week. I think I have worked out that if I don't rush in there and re-plug the dummy a million times and just let her 'coo' and laugh for awhile, she will eventually drop off to sleep herself. I only go in and give her the dummy if she whinges or cries. Its been so much better since I've been doing that.

And remember how I ordered a grobag on ebay?..... well the seller rekons she can't access her paypal and hasn't received the funds so we are waiting on that to be resolved before she posts it :hair: Grr so frustrating as I can see the payment has been made on my credit card statement!

Mason had a speech assessment today which didn't go too well. He is VERY behind but was uncooperative and wouldn't even say the words he does know. He just buried his head in my shirt and wouldn't interact. As soon as we walked out he started babbling and signing like usual- why couldn't he do that in front of the therapist?! :hissy: We start sessions in July. He was previously attending sessions but we stopped as everyone was telling me he was too young and I was being silly. In hindsight I was not being silly at all as there is obviously a problem.

Welcome back EF, I've missed your posts :hugs: Did you end up going to the Dr about not feeling right? I'm glad Josh is home. It sucks he's no help and is on his death bed from being infected with swine flu :laughing:, though I'm sure just having him around is great company. Yay on moving back to Cairns and building a home!!

Sharne- I couldn't see your pics, maybe I need to add you as a friend? If you don't mind me adding you, PM me your full name :)

Brum- sorry to hear you are feeling so let down by your parents :hugs: If it were me I'd be so p'd off that I'd cancel my trip.... although I know you are wanting to do the right thing my Mr O so I do see your reasons for going. Hopefully they wake up to themselves soon x

I LOVE all the pics of the bubs, I will come back soon with a few recent pics of Layla.

Sorry for no other personals, I have read everything and am thinking of you all x

kazarina

27-05-2009, 17:23

hey everyone ,

ah at the moment much is the same, cassie is obsessed with trying to crawl and when she can't she gets very frustrated and cranky she wont lay on her back at all now unless she is half asleep or asleep.ty for all the nice comments about the pics the little boy is my nephew, he refuses to ever look at the camera when i try to take photos the lil bugga.
finally getting all the washing done after all the flipping rain we had.

nickimumto1-
we are in casino i'm sure if you lived in lis i wont need to explain it too you :laughing:
up not so much here all the paddock area flooded out and we were cut off in most directions lismore maclean(broke the levee) grafton yamba are the ones that were most effected. i think kyogle reached 12m peak.so everyone around us !!

jelly baby~how cute i love the **i love dad**:D doesn't look camera shy at all

mamakins~ those giggles warm my heart !love the vids

brumington~with strangers they can put on a front but family never end the drama and never not portray how they feel if you want to know it or not. you feel guilty because they made you feel guilty because they are you family and you love them and care about how they feel.But they should see it from your point of view as you said its not a walk in the park.

ah i've run out of time everyone will try and add everyone else in later lol have a good night!

Cordelia

27-05-2009, 22:57

Thanks everyone for your support re: my horror night!!! Tonight DD went to sleep in 40 minutes as opposed to 5 hours!!!! But i was a bit naughty... I DO think it's her teeth but just to help her get a bit drousy I gave her this special teething elixir... perth girls Ill tell you where to get it when you're bubs start giving you grief with their teeth. You do need a script for it now and only 1 chemist makes it!! It's the most amazing thing you've ever used to stop the agony of teething.

tracy - thanks for your advice :hugs: i have started Daniel on solids as of last night and he just LOVES them. He just wants to keep going so I think he's been craving it. YIKES - i hope you feel better soon. that must be awful trying to get anything done.

EF - yay! (better late than never hehe) (but you're excused!) that's great about ac/dc .... and Cairns!!!! How is Poppy sleeping in the cot?? I found mine sleep better (probably coz we dont keep them awake with our snoring!!! :laughing:)

mummytomason - that's very cute about layla laughing when she shouuld be sleeping!! I know it's easy for me to say this, but dont worry about Mason. The important thing is, is that you're onto it early and speech therapists aer SO GOOD... it will all be brilliant in the long run. Ahh typical kids not doing what they're supposed to when they're supposed to though!!!

kazarina - lucky you with the floods!!!

Us - i have been looking forward to gold coast for months and now look!!!!! I think we'll still go?!?!?! we are leaving in 2 weeks and 2 days. can't believe it.

DH is out tonight so I have had the whole night to do well.... the dishes, the washing, the cleaning, tidying, bills and then..... SIT DOWN AND DO NOTHING!!!! yay!!! And to top it off both kids are asleep!!! woohoo!!!!

Ok that's enough exclamation marks for one night.

btw there are some women MIA... dn't make me name you and shame you. you might think i actually miss you. :barf:

Brumington301

28-05-2009, 09:19

I've noticed the MIA girls too. One in particular I'm interested in finding out where she is....:detective:

Cords - how did last night go? I hope a bit better than the nights before. The teething thing sounds wonderful. I've heard of a powdered product they sell in UK which is a natural remedy. Mothers in UK call in Baby Cocaine cause it's meant to have a very calming effect on teething babies. I'll find out the name for anyone interested - I know a few people have relatives over there who could get some from Boots.

Kazarina - How funny is it that Cassie is getting frustrated with herself for not being able to crawl! I'm sure a nightmare for you.

M2M - :hugs: for Mason with his speech. My niece had an accident as a little girl which knocked her front tooth out. She had a nerve sticking out from the front gum and as a result her speech suffered. She developed her speech slowly (especially any words which required using the front of her mouth) but came on leaps and bounds later on. She has had no problems due to her later speech development as is now 9. I know it is a worry to you now but thought I'd share in the hope it might make you feel a bit better. As for him not co-operating - they've seen it all before. :hugs:

EF - good to hear from you. I'm so pleased you will be getting the post back to Cairns. You sounds so excited. My DH has man flu too! I had it and just got on with things, he gets it and we take out shares in flu remedies! AC/DC - not sure! Must be an Aussie thing! :laughing:

Tracy - how's the back? Hope it's easing a little. How is the going with the flow? Are you happier doing it?

Mummyto1 - your little man is just GORGEOUS. I love his funky hair style. It was great to hear your post about going against what your normal advice would be to parents with young babies. It's good to hear we are all on a learning curve of some sorts.

Solids - it seems everyone is trying them now. O is showing a great deal of interest in what we're eating but not any other signs that he's ready so I might leave it a while.

AFM - thank you for all the advice about my parents. I've gone through in my own mind about the whole thing and have considered the whole threatening not to go etc but have told myself now that everyone else is excited to see us so I will look forward to seeing them. I'm sure my parents have had time to reflect and probably feel worse than I do at their reaction. I hope so anyway!

Bye for now :wave:

Nickimumto1

28-05-2009, 11:23

Just poped in to say Hi,

I have a little boy who wants to be carried around and not put down. He will not drink more than 80ml at at a time and is waking 3 time or more over night. I want my dream baby back. :crying:

Anyway Meaghan is at childcare today and i have so much to do. But i have some photos:

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/nickismif/100_2048.jpg
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/nickismif/100_2052.jpg

The box wall:

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/nickismif/100_2046.jpg

Better go
:wave:

tracynben

28-05-2009, 12:14

hi everyone hope all ok

NIKKIMUM - sorry ur little un is clingy and not feedin well, by the sounds of it lots of us have had similar problems at around this age, so maybe its jus a phase thing at this age, hopefully.
great ppics

BRUM - my back is still achin, ii had a bath last night but it didnt do much, rich was suppose to give me a massage and fell asleep arghh. It wasnt so bad when i woke up, i think i will just have to force myself to stand up straight n keep it active.
Going with the flow isnt too bad, it has its pros and cons, but i just felt the routine thing wasnt going well at all, and i was so stressed all the time, plus having a toddler and going to playgroups n stuff it just doesnt fit into a routine, so you have to adjust most days, so now im just watchin his signals and hopefully thats enough, as i remember by the time ben was 6/7 months he had a great routine.
in general thou yeah im happier n less stressed this way.

CORDS - thats good with daniel liking solids, jay doesnt seem that interested at the mo, or hes just too tired when i try him on them.
Ill see how i go with the teeth thing, ben has got nearly all his now.

M2M - sorry the stuff with mason didnt go too well, maybe he was a bit shy or overwhelmed by the whole thing, can you give him some kinda treat if he co operates more next time, do like a sticker chart and buy him a special toy or something, i dunno just a thought.

EF - welcome back, wow on the mamouth post. sorry josh is sick, hope its not swine flu.
thats great news bout his promotion and movin to cairns.
as for the SOS it just wasnt workin out for us, no routine seems to work, as we have to go out at various times with ben to playgroup and stuff, and i was gettin too stressed so now just going with the flow for now.

ok thats me done, my back still hurtin a bit hopefully it will be ok by sat as im workin, and i have to press clothes.
jayden woke at 3.15am cooing to himself not funny, then he lost the plot an hour later so i fed him and he went back to sleep till about 7ish.
ok gotta go gots heaps to sort out and organise while ben is at childcare.

tracy xxxx

Brumington301

28-05-2009, 12:59

That teething powder is called Nelson's Teetha. It's made by a UK company and is homeopathic. Reading reviews everyone seems to rave about it. I can't seem to find it for sale in Australia but it is for sale on lots of UK sights some might post overseas.

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

28-05-2009, 13:37

Hi Ladies,

Firstly thanks for all the compliments about Marley! We think he is pretty darn cute, but i guess we all think are babys are the cutest in the world :laughing:

Cords- Glad to hear you got ur two to bed last night, i hope they stayed down so you got some time to yourself!!! Can you only get that special teething elixer in Perth? not that i need it yet, but, I want some!!!

Brum - Thanks for the name of the teething stuff, will try and remember it when the time comes!

Tracy - Sorry you didnt get a massage last night and the bath didnt do too much, maybe your should go and get some voltaren it works wonders, you can get it over the counter now!
Thats great that your ebaying is going well and glad things are a little easier just going with the flow. :laughing: to jayden cooing at 3am, i know its not funny, but, what do you do. BABIES!!!

EF - Back to QLD hey. YAY!! Congrats on putting Poppy into her own room. I bet you are sleeping better!

M2M - Soooo cute that Layla is happy to lay in her cot and coo to herself, although i know its anoying too that she is supossed to be sleeping. Are you sure she is ready for bed? Do you wait for tired signs before you put her down? Maybe try and keep her up a little longer, it may help. :hugs: Re: Masons speech, kids never perform when you want them to. Im sure the therapy will go great and things will improve quickly.

Kaz - :laughing: Re: Cassie trying to crawl, before you know it she'll be getting into everything Cheeky baby!

Niki - Cute photos. Sorry to hear Liam has become clingy and wont drink his bottles and is waking so much again. Hope things settle back down quickly for you.

Not much to report from here, except i got my first night of sleep from 11.30pm - 6.30am the night before last!! Pitty it only lasted one night, he woke 5 times last night, little bugger.

Take care
Sharne

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

28-05-2009, 13:47

I was just looking into the Nelsons teetha and came across what might be the equivalent product sold in AUS, its the Brauer's Teething relief. Not sure if it works as well, but the ingredient in Nelsons teetha is Chamomilla 6c and the Brauer's teething has Chamomilla 30C + other ingredients. Seems as though the Brauers may be stronger.

Just thought id share that.:)

Cordelia

28-05-2009, 14:26

I'm back - that was quick

STILL HAVENT HEARD FROM SOME OF YOU. come on, click "post reply" and say howdileedoodilee

brum - last night was good from DD!! Daniel woke at 12:00 and 4:30... what happened to The Perfect Baby?!?! devastating.

Nicki - same as Daniel!! I think tracy's right - it must be an age thing. thanks for the photos :)

tracy - anything that makes you happier and less stressed is a good thing. youch for the back - can't you just lay flat all day?! (yeah right!!)

Sharne - teething medicine: I actually found that the Brauers one worked really well when DD was young. But then I got sick of giving it to her every half hour. (you do that 4 times). I just got my magic potion out of the medicine box and it has 60mg of paracetamol and 3.75mg of trimeprazine. (which is an antihistemine right??) hehe we just treat it like the holy grail because we used to do these pilgramages to north of the river to this chemist in tuart hill adn the master druid would sit you down in his basement to "enlighten" you (while we listened, enraptured) before he would entrust you with the magic potion. And then he'd cackle and fly off on his broomstick.

ok. seriously sleep deprived!!!

earthfairy

28-05-2009, 20:14

ahoy hoy....:wave:

short post from me, im freaking exhausted....

Was up at 6am - BEFORE Poppy (lol) and made, mars bar slice, lamington cup cakes & a spinach cobb loaf dip....
My mothers group hosted Australia's Biggest Morning Tea...it was luffly:yes:

Then this afternoon we had Poppys Hands & Feet Cast by Twinkle Toes & THEN had a professional photo shoot...phew...:sleeping:

So i dont need to say how tired i am, might go crawl into bed with my book before Poppys dream feed...

Oh, BTW, Poppy has bee a good girl in her cot & yes i am sleeping MUCH better!
Hope this good streak of sleeping behaviour continues...

Luff You All

EF x
:hugs:

Shell31

29-05-2009, 07:47

Hi Girls,

Not sure if I'm one of the MIA you're seeking but thought I'd pop on & let you know I'm still alive..

Just waved my Dad off on a plane home :crying: Very sad to see him go. Has been a pretty full on couple of weeks. He spent a week with my sis with the fractured back, cooking, cleaning & taking care of her before it all became too much for her & she sent him packing. He had spent all his money on food & things for her so stayed with us for a week of rest & respite. Poor man. Kim has a long history of mental health issues & well to cut a long story short she's difficult to say the least. When she's like this all we can do is step back & make sure she is ok from a safe distance :no:. Dad is heartbroken but seemed to settle down & unwind after a few days here with us & his beautiful grandchildren. He really clicked with Daisy & she'd go into a trance when he picked her up. It was lovely to watch. Anyways, feeling very down about it all. I have one f'd up sister who has & always will be a worry to everyone around her. She has done this before so we expected it to happen. Still doesnt make it easier on the people who love her & want to help her. We've learnt from experience to just let her be to calm down on her own without people around her. She is a loner & doesnt cope well with people around her which makes caring for her & her broken back near impossible.. Anways.. sorry for the depressing post. Just letting you know I'm still around, I'm ok, just very sad.

Love to all.. Loved your photo's. Couldnt see Marley as I dont have facebook but I'm sure he is beautiful.

Will try & get back on tonight when DH is at work & the little people are in bed.

Rachelle x

earthfairy

29-05-2009, 08:31

Ohhhh Shell:hugs::hugs::hugs:

Im so sorry you guys have been having such a hard time, i really feel for you.

When you feel really down, pick that wee flower of your up & look into her eyes, she will smile at you, because somehow they just know when we need to see one.
I know its not much but it sure does make me feel better when im sad & flat.

We all love you very much & are all here for support.....

EF x
:hugs:

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

29-05-2009, 14:15

Oh Shell :hugs:

So sorry to hear about the troubles with your sis. I have a close family memeber with a long mental health history and I know how hard it is to deal with.

My thoughts are with you.

I hope giving her the space she wants that she comes around soon.

Take care

Sharne :hugs:

Nickimumto1

29-05-2009, 14:43

Hello,

Thought that i would pop in and say hi. Not much happening here, Liam is still unsettled and very clingy. He is only happy when he can see me, so we are going out a lot as i can't stay home with the house a mess and a clingy bub that wants to be carried around all day. He is happy in the pram when we are out but cry's in it at home.

Is anyone having trouble getting the Huggies infant nappies? I tried Coles and Safeway today and they did not even have a spot for them. I only have one left for tonight. I use cloth durring the day but sposies at night. I have tried other brands but they give him nappy rash over night.

Love to all,

:wave:

Shell31

29-05-2009, 14:44

Thank you EF & Sharne... Meant alot to log back on today & read your posts... I did take your advice EF & spent alot of time just staring at my Daisy. She is so beautiful. I'm so teary today & she seems to have picked up on my need for peace. With Theo at daycare, DH at work & dad having flown home its now just Daisy & I.. She had a marvellous 4 hr sleep & I was able to have a snooze with DH before he left for work & read abit more "Twilight" Now i'm just chilling with her until I pick Theo up shortly. I'm feeling alot better this afternoon after abit of time with DH and Daisy.

Sharne - :hugs: For understanding.. My family is complex to say the least.. and very ummm well.. dysfunctional lol.. Ok well not all of my family but atleast half ;)

As for Daisy - She can roll from back to tummy now after a few attempts. She is better without a nappy on. She can reach & grab things. She has this fake fake cough going on... sooooooooo cute.. Its a kind of cough / laugh teamed with a big smile.. I love it.. She can't seem to get enough of her hands & shoves them in her mouth at every opportunity. She tried a little rice cereal this week but wasn't overly fussed so I'll try again next week. Ummm what else.. She LOVES her big brother. He loves running in & talking to her first thing in the morning when we are getting her bottle ready. She laughs at him & her arms & legs wave around a hundred miles an hour. Very cute..

Better go get my boy.. I will do my best at some personals later when the kids are asleep. Thank you again EF & Sharne.. I guess I just needed to offload abit.. oh and a hug or two :hugs: Thanks girls

Nickimumto1

29-05-2009, 14:52

I need help with new name... was going to do nickimumto2 but that boring. Any sugestions?

MuMmyof1nRNtoMaNY

29-05-2009, 15:21

Niki

Re: Nappies

Im not in Vic but I get mine from either Babies Galore or online from a place called Nappy Palace, they deliver and they are really quick, im not sure if they deleiver to VIC but its worth a look.
http://www.nappysupplies.com.au

Sharne

tracynben

29-05-2009, 17:29

hi everyone hope all ok
just wanted to say :hugs::hugs:to shell, im so sorry for you, i hope thiings get better for u soon

as for me, i had a shocking night last night, my back was still hurtin so rich give me these tablets he took when he broke his finger, big mistake, after they kicked in i felt dizzy, drowsy, lost my appetite felt weak and shaky then a couple hours later i threw up, so i wont be takin them again.
i was anxious all night so i was still awake at 2.15am then jayden woke at 3.15am and spent practically the next 2 hours awake, slept for about half hour then woke hungry, he also woke ben up early who opend his door and came runnin in our room, i only got at most 2 hours sleep last night and am knackered, i got work tomos too so i hope tonight is better.

tracy xxxx

bootiful

29-05-2009, 19:13

hi everyone

sorry i haven't been on regularly..things are really busy here

by the time i get on and start reading all the posts im torn away by either nic or steph or the phone or the dog or the washing machine beeping or the doorbell

it never ends

i feel bad just posting bout me and not doing personals so im gonna pop out for a bit until i can give this thread my full attention.

bye for a while :wave:

kazarina

29-05-2009, 20:00

oh well its 8:44 and nicks in bed and cassie is fast asleep. i feel a bit off tonight:(a couple of years ago we fostered our niece and nephew due to severe neglect and abuse from their parents (one parent tried to kill the youngest among other things)Now they have gone back to their parents over a year ago nearly 2(even though they still neglect them and treat them horribly)i miss them terribly.The parents moved them away because everyone kept ringing docs.i just want to give them cuddles and kisses and tell them i love them.i don't know if i will ever see them again.I keep remembering all the nights i stayed up with them when they were crying and having nightmares, the times i had them all in the bed with us.I miss taking them to the park and going to the pool, i miss their smiles in the morning.my daughter will have a quality of life that they only had for a short time, because doc's main priority is to keep a family unit together. to keep kids with their parents at nearly all costs. i understand this but it doesnt make it any easier . i look at cassie and i am so greatfull that shes here and i love her to death, i just wish i could share it with them.anyway whinge over lol:ecomcity:

cordelia-i hope also that its a phase and tomorrow night everyone will sleep peacefully i can only send good wishes your way.

tracynben-how is your back and leg?
mummyof1andrntomany-i love your little boys hair:D

earthfairy-congrats on moving back to cairns!! building a house how exciting even if its not happening just yet.congrats to poppy for being in her own room oh and ac/dc tickets woo:D,15 mins isn't a long time to buy any so many people would have missed out.

shell31- i hope things improve a bit on your end and i'll send some telepathic hugs:hugs:

mummy to mason-did you sort out the prob with ebay? lil boy we fostered was like that when we went to get him assessed lol hid behind me all the time and didnt say a thing ha ha apparently the lady was scary. i stressed that they would think he was a lot worse then he actually was(he was so different at home) but they just contacted daycare and what not and sort of did an extended assessment.it all worked out in the end,ah people shouldn't tell you your silly if your doing something that you think is right but then lots of people do that they can't help themselves lol

ttyl everyone:wave:

Brumington301

30-05-2009, 08:42

:wave:

Kazarina - it made me so upset to read your post. When you think you have problems of your own you read something like that and realise how lucky you are. It seems absolutely mad to keep a family unit together if it means the children will suffer. I just hope that they keep safe and well. I can imagine it must break your heart especially after you had that opportunity to help them and give them so much love. I really do wish you and your family all the best and hope beyond all hopes that things work out. :hugs:

Shell - you were my MIA girl.... :hugs: God, why are families so difficult? Your poor Dad must have been devestated but I reckon Daisy would have made him feel a whole lot better. I agree with EF to keep looking at your little girl and that should bring a smile to your face. I loved the description of Theo going in to Daisy - that bought a huge smile to my face so thank you!

Tracy - oh dear with the tablets! I've done something equally as silly before. I ended up vomiting in my Dads car when he picked me up from Uni and I was trying to explain to him it wasn't the hangover from hell but he was having none of it!

AB - I know what you mean about not being able to give your full attention to this thread but we're all pretty much the same. Just a quick hello when you have the chance would be nice and we promise not to forget you! I like to read up on everyones lives (cause I'm nosy! :laughing:) so feel free to come in once in a while to do a 'me' post.

Nickimumto2 - cool and easier for me to remember! Also the clingy baby syndrome - have you tried a carrier? I find when O doesn't want to be on his own he likes to be carried in the baby Bjorn and do the vacuuming with me - more often than not he falls asleep. At least it means you can get stuff done which you can't if he's in the pushchair and fussing.

AFM - my poor little man is struggling with a cold so he's been a bit unsettled. MIL flew back in yesterday and started within 2 hours of being here. She was feeding him a bottle of EBM which she told me he didn't want after just 30ml of 160ml bottle. To all those who have expressed I'm sure you can imagine how annoying that news is. I told her that he needs to drink it all and questioned why for the first time in weeks he didn't want the whole bottle to which she said 'you can't force him if he doesn't want it'. Grrrrrr. So, I took control. I said I'll take him, he gave a huge burp and then continued to drink the rest of the bottle. Mummy knows best - HA!:yelclap:

:wave: Hello everyone else.

earthfairy

30-05-2009, 10:00

Mummy knows best - HA!:yelclap:

:laughing:

Love it Brum....Love it:thumbsup:

Cordelia

30-05-2009, 15:50

Brum - you're a legend. You just gave me huge positive boost with MIL arriving any time (unless their car died on the nullabor :laughing:)

Ohhhh victory to mum's all round!!! hehe :raspberry:

Shell - that all sucks. What a frustrating situation. I would give you a hug but that's a bit close and personal for me :shakehands: I just wanted to say "You will all get through it one way or another". That's my mantra for times of toughness.

nicki - how's liam today? I think we only bought 2 packets of huggies infants and moved him into crawlers - there's not a huge difference and it beats paying the extra $$ for the smaller pack. I have a great username for you - heysistersewsister. lame lame lame!!!!

tracy - is your back better today? Hope work was ok

angel - been missing you. please pop in to say "hello i'm fine" now and then :hugs: woops i mean :shakehands:

kazarina - that sounds heartbreaking. I can imagine you'd be feeling pretty helpless and desperate. I hoep something can happen to sort it out.

Us - not much goss other than my house is shining and if anyone so much as puts their filthy fingers on ANYTHING they are DEAD MEAT.

Have a great logn weekend everyone! (is that australia wide? - think so)

bye.

Jelly Baby

30-05-2009, 17:27

Have a great logn weekend everyone! (is that australia wide? - think so)

Long Weekend?? Isn't that NEXT weekend?? :confused::confused::confused:

tracynben

30-05-2009, 19:17

i think its only WA that has this weekend as the long weekend .

CORDS - my back isnt too bad, it just feels a bit sore now, and so are my hips too, will have to get rich to def massage today i been waitin for 3 days now arghhhhh.

BRUM - i think jayden got yet another cold, god he must have had about 5 or 6 colds now.
i got some diff cream for his eczema too, some stronger stuff.

KAZARINA - thats so sad about the kids, cant u do anything else about if ur worried, surley if theyre not safe then they shouldnt be with their parents.

ANGEL - dont worry about not gettin on here much, thats ok we forgive u.

AFM - im not too bad, just really tired. Still havin problems with jaydens night sleep, hes woke at 3.15am last 2 nights runnin, last night i just brought him in to bed with me, just so we could both sleep, but he still woke at 5.45am arghhhhh.

tracy xxxx

Brumington301

01-06-2009, 08:00

Hello Everyone,

How are we all today? Anyone else got the sads on at the prospect of the first day of winter? I must admit this is one reason I don't miss NSW very much.

Well, what can I tell you? My poor little man has been unwell for the last few days so I've been having a bit of a time of it. Obviously this coinciding with MIL coming back has not helped me one bit. I was so close to saying something yesterday. We have a 4 hourly routine in place and have done for ages. O was crying (mainly cause he's sick) on 3 hours. When MIL asked is it time for his food I said no, it's another hour. She said 'Oh well little man, you're gonna have to wait cause your Mummy doesn't want to feed you'. I decided to give him a bath to fill in time and he was fine. It was then getting on for his food time and he got really upset and worked up for his food (more so than he normally ever would) to which she said ' See, if you fed him before he really wouldn't have got himself this worked up - that's the problem you see.' She always needs a reason for him crying - he's got tummy ache, he's hungry, he's tired.... I just can't stand it so DH is getting a mouthful tonight..... :banghead::banghead::banghead: OMG - help me! I wish she'd get lost in the bloody Nullaboor Cords!

I know I'm gonna be changing things now to suit her and I'll not be able to do the things which have suited us for so long now cause she'll be breathing down my neck. I'm so p'd off....

Sorry for me, me, me - O's crying so will do persies later. :wave:

tracynben

01-06-2009, 09:09