July 2008 Mumsand Bubs, They are getting so big! Options

[hanes]

Tresillian was OK. No miracle cures. I really wanted them just to admit me to residential, but they think I didn't need it.

What do you actually have to do to get into this residential stay????

Hope the room swapping goes well. Does Lucy sleep better with you? Could this be an occasional option for you when you really just need those few extra hours sleep? I have a friend with a three-year-old who still doesnt sleep through (but he is prone to a lot of ear infections and is hospitalised frequently not helping the sleep settling issue) and she also has a four-year-old and a six-year-old and she copes on certain nights by having the three-year-old sleep with her, just to get a few extra hours shut-eye.

Congratulations on Lucy walking. That is exciting!

Helen - Im glad Kai's party went well. Cant wait to see some pics!

Janine - Yay for Nathan standing in his cot! And congratulaitons on reaching your 12-week-mark! Will you be finding out the sex of this little one? (Have I already asked you this? If so, please ignore me... as you can tell pregnancy brain has come and decided to move in )

Im still feeling quite unwell. I thought I was feeling better yesterday and attempted a trip to the local shops with hubby. But, after an hour-and-a-half I came home feeling dreadful and was back in bed with a fever.

It's my mum's birthday today and we were having a dinner for her tomorrow, but it looks like I'll have to give it a miss as she lives almost an hour away and hubby's on night shift from tomorrow. I just dont think I could manage the drive on my own, not to mention handling Annabelle in their not-so-child-friendly home full of tiled stairs.

Annabelle is breaking in four teeth at the moment! I thought there might be another on the way, but not four! No wonder she's been fussing at her food poor thing, her mouth must be so sore! There's two more coming at the top and two more on the bottom. I suppose it'll be nice to get most of her teething done all at once .

[MrsJanine]

Today we went to the phsyio for K and it was really positive so I am happy. She thinks that Kai will eventually crawl and pull himself up to stand. I just need to get him used to bearing weight on his knees so I have a few exercises to do with him. We did them in the session and by the end I could see an improvement already. Go Kai.

Thats great! We are given new excersises to do each week. At the moment we are concentrating on pulling up to stand too. Nathan still doesn't crawl, but walks really well now.

Tresillian was OK. No miracle cures. I really wanted them just to admit me to residential, but they think I didn't need it.

Bummer. My day stay at Nagala was the same. Its so much harder doing it at home by yourself, I really hope your plan works for you.

Janine - Yay for Nathan standing in his cot! And congratulaitons on reaching your 12-week-mark! Will you be finding out the sex of this little one? (Have I already asked you this? If so, please ignore me... as you can tell pregnancy brain has come and decided to move in )

Thanks, we had our NT scan yesterday and all looks good! I think you may have asked if we will find out - we are still not sure. Matt dosn't care so the decision will be up to me! I'm thinking probably no, but I keep changing my mind! And I too have prenancy brain, and along with the sleep deprivation, things aren't looking so good!

I hope you feel better soon, nothing worse that getting sick while pregnant

Annabelle is breaking in four teeth at the moment!

Wow 4! Hope they break thru quickly!

Nathan's sleep has been the same, no change even with the 'controlled comforting'. It just stresses us both out with his crying. I bought some homeopathic stuff called 'Calm' today. It is supposed to promote a calm state, and help with sleeping and insomnia for bubs. Gave Nathan some tonight before bed, took him nearly an hour to fall asleep. I really wanted to avoid having to rely on medicine for him to sleep, but I need sleep! Will let you all know tomorrow how tonight go's.

[Jazy84]

Hey everyone, Sorry I have been MIA.

Alot of things have been happening lately fot us as a family.

As I was saying ages ago DH and I are starting a business. Well Its official!!! We signed a lease and have started fitout. We open 25th!!!! SO very busy with that.

Also Riley got really sick, Followed by me. I spent one night up hospital to have Him monitored (they couldn't get a drip in, they tried twice) because he had refused to eat and drink all day ( he had a sore throat) well when I got it I completely understand why he didn't. I was in agony and still getting upto him all through the night. I was taking panadol and neurofen but it was only taking a slight tip off the pain that i got some codine too.

FOllowed on from RIley been sick. He started waking all through the night again. And screaming for hours in a row during the night each night. (2hrs at 4am every night) plus all the other wakes. SO after having him off his meds (reflux) for 3 weeks we have put him back on them....oh when will it end??? Caren??

Hes only having 1 day sleep now (with a huge fight) and refuses to go down for the night untill 10-11pm then back up at 7 sometimes if I'm lucky he will "sleep" till 8.

He is also cutting his 4 molars at the moment.

I really need some time out from him!!!! Hes always so needy and whingy, its driving me mental. He rarely entertains himself. Which I really need him to start to do when we open this business.

to top it all off his party is meant to be this weekend but I have organised nothing. I didn't even send half the invites out.

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[~Zoe~]

Hi girls,
I have been reading but nothing to report or time to.

I see most of us still having sleep issues. Although Ryder does sleep about 12hrs, he does wake a few times. If its after 4am, i give him a 100ml bottle which puts him straight back to sleep. But some nights he doesnt and ends up in our bed cos its too cold to stand up rubbing his back, but he is wide awake!! Talking and crawling away. Hes also down to one sleep in day too. How many mls of milk does ur bubs have during 24hrs? Ryder only has 400-500ml. Hope thats enough, but he does have a yoghurt and milk in breaky everyday. He is still has a few spews most days, which is getting annoying because everything just stinks of it. Cooper grew out of it when he went on solids so hope it doesnt go for too much longer.
Notice that kirstin is due on my birthday. Lucky girl hahaha. I was due with Cooper on 5th march. What a big difference it was having a baby in the hotter months. But working in a bakery in one of hottest summers we have had here didnt help.
We have Ryders baptisim and birthday party on sunday. Hope weather is nice because i dont have anything warm to wear thats nice and having the party at a park. Lucky we arnt there for too long cos hubby has footy in the afternoon.
What did everyone buy for their kiddies for their birthday? Oh didnt anyone manage to fight through the crowds at the toy sales? I did, but couldnt find anything suitable for Ryder for xmas except a play bbq. But did get a swing set for both of the boys.
Sorry about the long post and no personals. I will try more to get on here and reply

[osmund]

It is great to hear from everyone. I miss hearing about our (now big) babies.

Tresillian was OK. No miracle cures. I really wanted them just to admit me to residential, but they think I didn't need it.
So, I'm going to have to tackle it myself. The plan is to for the girls to swap rooms, then a bit of tough love. I'm going to wait until the last week in July, when my DH is away. So at the moment I'm spending most nights cuddled on the lounge with Lucy.

Argh!!! I can't believe that you still don't qualify the residential program. I know people down here in Melbourne with less sleep issues than you have and they did a 5 night residential stay. Hmmm. It just seems a little odd. Hopefully, the end of July doesn't seem to far off for you (and Lucy on the couch).

Im still feeling quite unwell. I thought I was feeling better yesterday and attempted a trip to the local shops with hubby. But, after an hour-and-a-half I came home feeling dreadful and was back in bed with a fever.

No good to hear that you are still sick. Hopefully, now a few days on you are feeling ok. Did you end up going to your mum's place for dinner?

And how many teeth does Annabelle have now?! K has 6 in total now, looking quite toothy but still many more to come.

Thanks, we had our NT scan yesterday and all looks good! I think you may have asked if we will find out - we are still not sure. Matt dosn't care so the decision will be up to me! I'm thinking probably no, but I keep changing my mind! And I too have prenancy brain, and along with the sleep deprivation, things aren't looking so good!

Yay - very exciting. I am glad that all is well for the new bub. It must be a relief. Although, I can't imagine how you are surviving being pregnant and the sleep deprivation. You must feel shattered all the time.
How did the Calm go with Nathan? Did it manage to keep him calm (and thus stop some of the crying)?

As I was saying ages ago DH and I are starting a business. Well Its official!!! We signed a lease and

Yay, how exciting for you guys!! Have you got a lot to do before then? Or are you pretty much organised?

Hes only having 1 day sleep now (with a huge fight) and refuses to go down for the night untill 10-11pm then back up at 7 sometimes if I'm lucky he will "sleep" till 8.

I really need some time out from him!!!! Hes always so needy and whingy, its driving me mental. He rarely entertains himself. Which I really need him to start to do when we open this business.

to top it all off his party is meant to be this weekend but I have organised nothing. I didn't even send half the invites out.

It doesn't sound like Riley is getting much sleep which is really hard on you. Is it reflux related as to why he is sleeping so little? Maybe part of his whingy-ness/inability to entertain himself is because he is tired during the day? I know K is much better at playing by himself if he has enough sleep otherwise I have to carry him around with me! Also, Is it possible just to get some time out with your DH looking after him? It sounds like you need a break.

haha, I know the feeling re: invites. I meant to invite some people but like you I just never sent the invite to them. I am not sure what goes on in my brain sometimes!

We have Ryders baptisim and birthday party on sunday. Hope weather is nice because i dont have anything warm to wear thats nice and having the party at a park. Lucky we arnt there for too long cos hubby has footy in the afternoon.
What did everyone buy for their kiddies for their birthday? Oh didnt anyone manage to fight through the crowds at the toy sales? I did, but couldnt find anything suitable for Ryder for xmas except a play bbq. But did get a swing set for both of the boys.

Have fun on Sunday for the birthday party and baptism. What are you getting Ryder for his bday?
As for presents, we just got Kai a few little things (a portable drawing set, a girl/cat doll, and a book). We decided not to go overboard this year as there will be many more years to come. And no, we didn't brave the crowds for the toy sales. I am just too lazy.

[MrsJanine]

As I was saying ages ago DH and I are starting a business. Well Its official!!! We signed a lease and have started fitout. We open 25th!!!! SO very busy with that.

Also Riley got really sick, Followed by me.
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How exciting! What is the business can I ask? Bummer about being sick, I hope you are all better now.

What did everyone buy for their kiddies for their birthday? Oh didnt anyone manage to fight through the crowds at the toy sales?

Good to see you back in here Zoe!

No we didn't go to the sales, but I will go to the T@rget sale that starts this week. We didn't get Nathan anything terribly exciting for his birthday - some shoes, a jacket, a bag (to use instead of a nappy bag), we were supposed to buy something as a keepsake but couldn't find anything, we are still looking!

How did the Calm go with Nathan? Did it manage to keep him calm (and thus stop some of the crying)?

The first 2 nights it made no difference, but last night he slept 4 and then 3.5 hours and then stirred on and off for an hour (between 3.30 and 4.30am) and ended up in my bed where he slept until 7am. Yay! Gotta keep working on it, but I think the 'Calm' is working.

Not much else happening here this weekend.

[hanes]

Hi girls,

Jazy - congratulations on your new business! How very exciting! What will you do with Riley while you're working with the business?

Is Riley feeling better now? Hope his sleep is getting a little better. Is he still on his meds? How are you finding the reflux now he's more upright more often? Hope its settling.

Janine - Glad to hear that 'calm' is working for you. Let's hope there's plenty of full-nights sleep for you and Nathan to come, especially once the new bub comes along!

Helen - Im feeling much better, thanks . And fortunately, Annabelle doesnt seem to have picked it up. Im hoping it stays that way.

Annabelle has almost 8 teeth, including the four that are breaking in at the moment. She looks all teeth too! It's quite funny.

Zoe - Hope you had a lovely day for Ryder's baptism/ birthday. Was it lovely weather?

We are still buying Annabelle a kitchen for her birthday, but we havent bought it yet. We have so many bills at the moment, and no where to store it. We've found the one we want at Big W - perfect size for her, but it wasnt on special during the toy sales so we can grab it anytime really.

Hubby and I had big plans to attend all the toy sales, but we're lazy too and just didnt get around to them all. The only thing we did buy were the two-pack of little people transports - a yellow bus and plane. One will be for Annabelle for Xmas and the other for the new baby. But we didnt just want to grab stuff off the shelves for the sake of it. I may have a look at Target.

Annabelle's decided that she needs to learn how to use a spoon . So feeding has become a very messy process! Especially when she's eating yoghurt or weetbix. If I try to take the spoon off her (usually to clean up the big glob of yogurt hanging precariously on her chin) she grabs it back with such force that she flings the food around the kitchen (and on her and myself in the process!) It's amazing at where she manages to get the food. Yesterday I found bits of yoghurt in the cutlery draw .

Dont feel bad about your invites Helen and Zoe. Annabelle's party is in three weeks and I'm still sending last minute emails to my sister about the invites (she-s making them - but Im the one that's been slack) I'm leaving off an RSVP date, since most people are family or close friends and it's too soon for one.

My MIL isnt coming to the party, she says she has a work dinner on (although the party was scheduled for one so she would have time to come) and she's taking my SIL, who's coming down from NT, to the function with her so she cant come either! Hubby's pretty annoyed. I am too. Surely she can do her hair herself that day and come and spend it with her only grandchild?

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend!

[MrsJanine]

Annabelle's decided that she needs to learn how to use a spoon . So feeding has become a very messy process!

My MIL isnt coming to the party, she says she has a work dinner on

Nathan likes to try and feed himself with the spoon too! I give him a spoon and I use one and as soon as he opens his mouth I shove a spoonful in! Usually tho, he just likes to have the spoon in the bowl and mix it around. But it gets every where!

And Grrrrrr about your MIL. Is she still having her own party for Annabelle?

[Mistaken]

Hi Girls,

Just a quick one from me as Lucy is colouring in with Lily (she has to do EVERYTHING Lily does these days!)
Sleep is still terrible! The lady at Tresillian reckoned that as Lucy has a 'perfect' routine and I know how to settle her that they couldn't really teach me anything else. I'm going back next week and I'm going to demand that we get in, as things are going from bad to worse. I had three hours in my own bed last night, the rest was on the couch.

It's Lucy's birthday tomorrow and I can't believe she's one. This year has flown by. Lily's first year seemed to take forever, but with Lucy it was super fast.
We haven't bought her much. Just a baby doll as she loves Lily's so much. She saw one in the shop the other day and latched on to it and then screamed blue murder when I had to take it away. So I know she'll love it!
We're having a small family celebration on Sat and I'm making a fairy castle cake.
Lucy started walking all by herself and then stopped! On Friday she was walking everywhere and now she's gone back to crawling - very strange!


I better go. I hope everyone is well.
x

[~Zoe~]

Hi,
Well we had perfect weather on sunday! So hot that everyone was looking for the shade. He didnt get too spoilt which was good. We just bought him a little bike, silver frame, and a toy lawn mower. Oh and we got a new puppy so we can breed it with our other dog, so since Ryder loves animals we are saying she is his. Its so cute watching him chase her around everywhere, he even snuggles up in her bed with her.
I went to toy sales, but couldnt find anything that i could get Ryder except a bbq and dvd.
Well hubby had this wk off so i made sure i booked ryder for his needles. He never took Cooper to any of his so thought he could see how sad it all was. Well how wrong i was. 3 needles- only whinged once. Not even a tear. Looks like daddy can take them to all their needles now.

Caren - hope to see some pics of the cake ur making. Sounds wonderful! Its so cute isnt it that they look up to their sibling.Ryder has learnt now to tackle so if Cooper has his back turned, he is on the mission to get him. Hehe

[hanes]

And Grrrrrr about your MIL. Is she still having her own party for Annabelle?

No, we finally decided no. Hubby told her, so I think she still may be a bit cranky about that.

Nathan likes to try and feed himself with the spoon too! I give him a spoon and I use one and as soon as he opens his mouth I shove a spoonful in!

What a good idea! Im going to try that.

Just a quick one from me as Lucy is colouring in with Lily (she has to do EVERYTHING Lily does these days!)
Sleep is still terrible! The lady at Tresillian reckoned that as Lucy has a 'perfect' routine and I know how to settle her that they couldn't really teach me anything else. I'm going back next week and I'm going to demand that we get in, as things are going from bad to worse. I had three hours in my own bed last night, the rest was on the couch.

I'd go back too if I was you. Surely there is something useful they can offer/ suggest? My fingers are crossed for you.

It's Lucy's birthday tomorrow and I can't believe she's one. This year has flown by. Lily's first year seemed to take forever, but with Lucy it was super fast.

I hope Lucy had a very happy birthday! The cake sounds divine. Hope the party goes well.

Hi,
Well we had perfect weather on sunday! So hot that everyone was looking for the shade. He didnt get too spoilt which was good. We just bought him a little bike, silver frame, and a toy lawn mower. Oh and we got a new puppy so we can breed it with our other dog, so since Ryder loves animals we are saying she is his. Its so cute watching him chase her around everywhere, he even snuggles up in her bed with her.

I saw some of the photos on Facebook! Ryder is gorgeous! As is Cooper. Such little men now. A puppy is a lovely present. How cute that he snuggles up with her .

[hanes]

Hi girls,

Its very quiet in here! Im assuming we're all very busy with active toddlers now or catching up on some much needed sleep!

We've finally sent all the invites for Annabelle's party and most people are coming. We've invited about 30-ish people to our house. Hopefully its a nice day and we can go to the park for a bit. Annabelle just loves the swing and has now gotten over her slide-phobia and happily slides down. We've got a park right across the road from our house and I've been trying to take her most afternoons for a while, just to get out of the house and have an outing. It'll be much better when we get the smart trike and she can peddle around the park too! My parents are getting her that for her birthday.

Has anyone else's baby developed a dislike for socks??? Annabelle is constantly pulling hers off ! We have timber floorboards and her poor little feet are like ice cubes. I try and put stockings on her but we only have so many pairs! She is also beginning to dislike spending time in the pram. After about half-an-hour she starts whinging to get out. It makes shopping trips a bit hard. I'm actually looking forward to her beginning to walk.

Hope all the babies and Mummies are well!

[Jazy84]

just quickly....
Ri often pulls his socks off when he wants my attention ......
when he was littlier he use to do it all the time, so I started putting shoes on him.

As for the pram....well...what can I say. Riley has hated that for quite awile. I know just carry him everywhere. He sometimes walks. but when I want him to walk one way and he doesnt want to he'll just sit down..... Trolleys are very handy. means hes really close to me with out being carried. I also put him into the big part of the trolley to stand up. Otherwise friends and family are great to take shopping, spreads the load of carrying him.

MrsD - I hope you can get some answer/help soon. best wishes.

Janine - We are opening a Video Game Rental Store. Quite exciting. Ri has his own play room in the store we got. So hes happy. Birthday came at the right time too because now he has enough toys to share over home and work.

[MrsJanine]

Sorry I've missed some birthdays in here! Happy Birthday to Lucy, Ryder, Annabelle and Riley!

Lucy started walking all by herself and then stopped! On Friday she was walking everywhere and now she's gone back to crawling - very strange!

Its funny how they do that! Is she up and about again? How did booking into Tresillian go?

Well hubby had this wk off so i made sure i booked ryder for his needles. He never took Cooper to any of his so thought he could see how sad it all was. Well how wrong i was. 3 needles- only whinged once. Not even a tear. Looks like daddy can take them to all their needles now.

What a brave little boy! Yup, daddy can do all the rest of the needles!

Has anyone else's baby developed a dislike for socks??? Annabelle is constantly pulling hers off ! We have timber floorboards and her poor little feet are like ice cubes. I try and put stockings on her but we only have so many pairs! She is also beginning to dislike spending time in the pram. After about half-an-hour she starts whinging to get out. It makes shopping trips a bit hard. I'm actually looking forward to her beginning to walk.

Nathan is OK with socks. He pulls them off sometimes, but usually he just leaves them alone. He still dosn't like shoes tho. Nathan's not too bad in the pram. If we are walking/moving he sits happily, but if we are in line at the checkouts or if I stop to look at something he whinges a little bit. If Matt is with me he gets him out and holds onto him, but I usually give him his dummy! I know, bad habit.

We are opening a Video Game Rental Store. Quite exciting.

Oh, cool!

Nathan has yet another cold. Poor little monkey. We had a rewally bad night on Sunday night, I enend up sleeping on the couch with him for a couple of hours. Today he seems a little better and is not being quite so whingy and needy. He still has quite a bad cough which I will keep an eye on.

On his sleeping in general, not much has improved. I really don't know what else I should try now. I am so tired but each night I get my sleep interrupted 5 or 6 or 7 times.

[osmund]

Hey all - I can't believe that I haven't been in here for so long! Sorry. I actually thought that I had written a reply a few days ago, but obviously not. I think that I might be going mad.

Life is going ok, K and I just seem to be really busy doing stuff which is great for him and me. We are still working on pulling up to a stand by himself (which he sometimes managing now (progress!) and trying to get him crawl. He has crawled while in bed together (because it is impossible to bum shuffle over doonas), but he won't do it on the floor!

As I mentioned after K's 12 months check up, he is still not gaining enough weight and dropping precentiles. So we went back to the peadiatrician and had some blood tests to rule out anything really obvious. Hopefully I will get those test results in the next few days. I really just think that he is a small boy, but their argument is that he should be on a curve by now (rather than slipping).

As for socks, K doesn't seem to take them off too much. He likes to try to put them back on too - very cute. Yesterday he tried to put his foot in my shoe so I got out a pair of soft-soled shoes (that his granny got him) for him. He was quite pleased to be wearing shoes too!

And K is fine in the pram too although I don't go to shopping centres so maybe that would be different. Sometimes he doesn't want to get in and complains, but once we are walking outside, he enjoys looking at everything.

Janine - I hope Nathan is feeling better now and the sleeping isn't so bad. 5-7 wake ups a night is impossible.

And Caren how is Lucy's sleeping going? Any help yet?

Zoe, Ryder with a puppy sounds so cute! A better situation than us with a 13yo dog who gets a bit fed up with K.

And, Hayli how is the party preparation going? I think we had 30-ish people plus kids at the party and it was a good amount. I wouldn't want anymore really. Although I found that I didn't have much time to chat as I was cooking the sausage rolls and re-heating the other food I had made.

Also, how are those ones pregnant coping with the pregnancy and a 1yo? Are they keeping you on your toes? Getting naps in during the day?