[146 Lucina]

Hi Ange, - Glad you could join us. I remember you too. Welcome, and congrats on your little boy. Enjoy your last trimester, It's all about you...

Luci...

[mickey78]

Hi girls,

Just thought I'd pop in and say hello. No news really - busy planning James' first birthday party (eBay is my friend - though DH is a bit worried about all the Paypal receipts that keep turning up in his email ).

Hoping James will get out of his latest phase/habit soon - one of the downsides to learning how to stand is that now it is the most fun thing to do when you are supposed to be having a sleep. And because he hasn't yet learnt how to get down properly all the time he usually sooks until I rescue him. So we've been playing enter room, lie him down, say 'sleepy time James', leave room, repeat for about a week now. Oh, and while he's standing in the cot it is apparently also fun to gnaw on the top rail. So pleased we didn't buy a really expensive cot because if we did I'd be having kittens over the teeth marks in it , lol.

Hope everyone is going well.

Mickey

[146 Lucina]

Hi All,

Mickey, - How is the party planning going? I have no Idea what I'm going to do for the kids for Lachlan's 1st. A 'simple' BBQ is a given for the adults though.

I'd love to get a jumping castle for them but I'm not sure if they would still be too young. I looked to hire one, and it was $120 for 2 hours and 160 for 4 I saw this website and thought it would be good to buy one. But again, - Not sure if they'd be too young, however they like the inflatable at the local play gym.
http://www.jumpcity.com.au/domestic-inflat...r/prod_153.html
What do you think girls?

Ange, - Hope all is well with your pregnancy. What's your details and I'll put you on our little list.

Liltuss, - Hope your back/legs are feeling better?

Lotus, FirstOne, Ards, - How are you and your bubs going?

Hi to Kitty and Bree, - Hope all is well with you aswell.

Cheers, Luci.

[mickey78]

Hi Luci,

Sorry - just realised I didn't reply to your text. Think I will make the fudge a couple of days before the parrty and it should be all good. My last batch was eaten in a few days so I wasn't sure how long it would last.

Party planning is going well. I've impressed myself with how organised I'm being. Invites have just gone out. We are having afternoon tea with lots of yummy sweet stuff. We considered a BBQ but I figured afternoon tea was a little easier in some respects. I can make most stuff a few days beforehand and then just do the last minute stuff on the day (and being in the afternoon means I should have a bit of time on the day to get organised). It is a giraffe theme so I already have giraffe cupcake toppers, an inflatable giraffe centrepiece and instructions for making a fondant giraffe topper for the cake. I have a giraffe stamp on the way so I can giraffe-up some napkins and plates. Trying to do as much as I can myself to keep costs down.

I love the idea of a jumping castle but might do that in a year or two. I think this year the adults would get more out of it than the kids would, lol.

Anyway, better head off to bed - James woke me at 3.30am this morning. Grrrr!! I'm hoping he gets out of that real fast .

Hi to everyone else.

Mickey

[First One]

Hi ladies!


Welcome Ange! Congrats too! And another little boy! Gee it's been a boy year hasn't it?! You must be getting close now - hope you are taking things easy!

Mickey, can't believe you're planning a 1st already - time just seems to disappear and they grow so so quickly it's almost sad! Sounds like you're well organised though - giraffe theme is great! I take it James is enamoured by giraffes?!

Luci, hope you and Lachlan are doing well?

Liltuss, how are you going? You must be getting close too! It's so exciting to have some more new mums in the group - you can remind us what newborns are like - LOL, I seem to have almost forgotten! It just seems like so long ago but then again it seems like yesterday!

Kitty, Bree, Lotus, Ards, Kat and everyone else *waves*

AFM: Well, Taylor continues to delight. We've got two bottom teeth now - both decided to come through together. She graciously decided the best way to get through teething was to sleep through it all so that was lovely for us! She was up to sleeping 10.5 hours through the night - she normally does about 8hrs to 2am then another 3 or 4 hours after that so it was novel getting right through to 4 or 5am! Boobs were killing me though as usual LOL - can't catch a break!

I wanted to ask everyone though, what do you guys do for breakfasts? She's onto solids really well but I still tend to give her rice cereal in the mornings with fruit. I'd like to get her off the rice cereal as expressing is a pain but I just can't bring myself to give her formula! Dinners are easy with veges and fruit desserts but breakfasts..... Thoughts?

Anyway, got to run!

[146 Lucina]

Hi girls, I wrote a post thismorning but lost it. Ho Hum.

Mickey, - Afternoon tea sounds really nice for your party. Sounds like you have everything sorted. I'm sure you all are going to have lots of fun. Can't wait to see some photos, especially of your fondant giraffe topper on the cake. I can't really picture it.

First One, - I can relate to your boob problem once the sleep gets long. I had to get up and express otherwise I couldn't go back to sleep. But they've adjusted now.
Re your question. Lachlan is getting oatmeal for breakfast most mornings. I just blitz uncle toby's traditional oats, and cook for ten mins in 4 x water to oats, and with a shake of cinnamon. Then I mix it with some fruit, e.g. maybe mashed banana and pureed prune. And sometimes some yogurt. (It freezes well so I make enough for 5 or 6 meals. You just have to add a bit more water when defrosting.) Second course is a serve of pear. Going to try weetbix, and wholemeal toast solders soon.

Hi to everyone else, hope you are all well.

Cheers Luci...

P.S. Hi Liltuss, how are you going?

This post has been edited by 146 Lucina: 29/04/2012, 07:44 PM

[mickey78]

Quick one to answer First One's question - James has Greek yoghurt mixed with mashed banana (or other fruit, but usually banana - lol) for breakfast. He also has wholemeal toast soldiers with either cream cheese, avocado or Vegemite. He was having Weetbix for a while but to be honest I think he found it a bit boring. Plus the soldiers are better for hand-eye coordination too (I try to avoid totally spoon fed meals these days because he loves feeding himself).

Eta, assuming there are no issues that you know of (eg. allergies) it should be fine to give her cow's milk with cereal. It is okay with food from 6 months, just not as a drink in its own. James always had cow's milk with his Weetbix and was fine.

This post has been edited by mickey78: 29/04/2012, 09:00 PM

[First One]

Thanks guys

Mickey, I didn't realise cows milk was OK this early. Might look into that. Haven't started her on yoghurt yet but might think about that too.

Luci, oats in water sounds good too - we often have porridge ourselves these days in this cold weather. She's very much into bananas atm so could add nanas too....


We're not quite onto toast/solids that require chewing just yet although she eyes off my beans on toast whenever I have them LOL.

Thanks!!

This post has been edited by First One: 30/04/2012, 08:50 AM

[mickey78]

Not sure if anyone's around but just wanted to wish you all a

Happy Mother's (and Mother's to be) Day.

Hope you all have a great day with your little ones.

Mickey

This post has been edited by mickey78: 13/05/2012, 01:58 PM

[First One]

Hi Ladies,

Hope you all had a wonderful first mothers day!!!

Cheers,
First One and Taylor!