New thread time ladies


http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/forums/ind...howtopic=764974

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was just starting to wonder if i'd have to claim silver and bronze too lol
took ya's a while hahaha
hope ur all having a great day
amelia's in 1's

eta : oops just realised i took bronze haha sorry jules
i'll let u have it.. pretend i didn't type lol

I will take that bronze from you, Bel

carmen, yeah he's a tall bugger! Not sure where he gets it from as DH and I are average height (170cm) so maybe he will slow down his growth soon!!

Katy, we stopped wrapping R when he was 5 months as he was rolling everywhere! Does Eliza still like the wrap? Do you wrap her hands in there? I personally would wean her off it, but it's entirely up to you. I know a lot of babies who are still wrapped at that age so don't feel you're the only one. She must be a nice and sound sleeper! Ryan is all over the place.

Hey Girls!!!

Saw the health nurse last week and Eliza has put on a kilo and a half in 3 months!!!

WooHoo

She also said that I should stop wrapping her but I have tried and she won't go to sleep unless she is very tightly wrapped!!!

Any thoughts and ideas are welcome!!!

sorry none of my kids liked being wrapped ... so not sure
but cant see that itd b doing doing much damage at this age
do wat suits u both....n when she's ready to stop i'm sure u'll know it

Jules she sleeps really well now!!!

We had to take to sleep school because she was co sleeping and I wasn't getting much sleep at all!!

She generally sleeps about 10 to 12 hours at night but lately she won't fall asleep unless I'm holding her!!
And last night she woke up at about 4am and had some booby juice and went back to sleep until 7:30!!!

I don't want to stop wrapping her if it means she doesn't sleep as well!!!

katy and whoever else doesn't have me on fb should add me
it's Belinda McKinnon and my profile pic is an upside down black and white pick of hubby n my face

Katy when I weaned Ryan from the wrap I did it slowly and during the day and I would have one arm out for a few days, and then I would eventually have both arms out and just wrap his tummy and then just stopped. It was hard for him to fall asleep at the start and I still give him a muslin wrap to cuddle up to! He loves to hold onto it. 1½ kilos in 3 months is great

I've added you Bel!!!

Morning gals, just checking in. Very tired. Have had chaotic morning with blue snot and running involved. Oh the horror.
Will BBL - going to have a sleep I have just now got them all sleeping at the same time!

Wooh! Go Candy!

Went to the shops but didn't get anything... rather dismal attempt!

Hi all!

Had the sh*ttiest night last night. Tell you what, being on your own at night is not fun I went to bed at 10.30, and did not get to sleep till almost 4am Marley woke shortly after 11, and was pretty much awake till almost 4 crying. I managed to grab 3hrs sleep before he woke at 7am. As soon as DH got home at 9am I went to bed and grabbed a few hours of sleep. But man, not a good night at all.

And I'll betcha he won't do it tonight, now I DH has tonight off

Katy, Marley was wrapped from about 3months I think till about 5 or 6?? It was what I found helped him sleep (wish I found that out a long time before I did though). I think I just went cold turkey with him. Started with day sleeps and putting him down on his belly - worked wonders! Probably tricky for you to do that since Eliza is most likely mobile etc, lol. Good luck!


Blue snot Candy?? What the?? Well done on getting them all asleep!


Oh Marley is still in 000! Such a small little man Slowly getting into 00 and is in between sizes with those wondersuits - too long for a 00 but the size 0 is too big Also in crawler nappies.

I better get back to work! be back in a few days probably...

Tess Eliza is very mobile!!! She is off and running!!!

I think I'll just see how she goes!!!

DH is shirty at me because I let Leah go to her friends house (a boy)!!!!

I know his Mum pretty well but he's shirty because her friend is a boy!!!

Is he being a sooky la la or am I in the wrong!!!


ETA: Leah is 6 1/2 years!!!

my son had a sleep over on the holidays at a girls place! they're friends.. who cares is my opinion!!
he's just turned 6

Thought I'd better come back and explain the blue snot.... So here is a cut/paste from my blog:

Getting all these kids ready for school on my own some mornings is, well I was going to say trying, stressful, chaotic, but I think I am going to go for: an extreme sport. I think I would rather take my chances with a dodgy bungy cord, especially after this morning’s effort.

The day started at around 4am with Thomas deciding that running around the house yelling was a great idea. But we managed to con him back into his bed by letting him watch a movie on my iPod. (Thank god for that kid proof case). I had been up most of the night anyway with our five week old baby boy, so I was willing to sacrifice the iPod for the sake of some more zzzz’s.

Roll around to 5am when hubby gets up and heads off to work. Some how he felt it necessary to wake me up to tell me he was leaving. Hmmmmm.

At 6am I give up on sleep and get moving on getting these kids ready for school. I get up to find that Tom has pooped himself and was happily sitting on the couch watching the winter games wallowing in his own stench. So who wants breakfast? Phew!

Fast forward an hour or two and they are all dressed, bags and lunches packed, it’s time for me to get myself organised. I have learnt not to get myself dressed till last as I always end up with some sort of stain on me before I get out the door, and it’s usually something sticky. I was just pulling a shirt over my head, when I hear the screaming of a full blown tantrum coming from outside. Bloody hell! Thomas has decided to drop his bundle for no apparent reason and had managed to get the back door open and was pelting down the driveway and towards the road, it the damn gate was open! We have to keep our gates/doors/windows locked most of the time because of Tom. Ah the joys of Autism.

So there I was half dressed tearing out the door, shouting instructions at the rest of the kids to stay put as I passed, chasing the boy up the road and dragging him back into the house. It wasn’t until we got back to the house that it my pelvis politely reminded me that it is currently suffering a fracture, by throbbing rather painfully. I am secretly rather impressed with myself, that I am still able to burst into a sprint even in the state I am in. But anyway, I bundle the boy inside and settle him down, and finish dressing.

Keys in hand, we’re almost there. Georgie sneezes and out from her nose came a copious amount of bright blue snot. Blue! Turns out the kid has stuck a small piece of blue chalk up her nose, so out come the tweezers and yet more physical exertion for me as we engage in a wrestling match to get the hunk of chalk out. I change Georgie’s shirt and pick up the keys again.
Right everyone grab your bags we’re off!

As they all toddle out the door to the car I spy that Henry is only wearing one shoe. I am sure I put two on him! What has little Mister OCD done with his shoe? Henry is obsessive about everything, it drives me batty, I find things put away in the strangest places the upside of this is that at least one of this mob is tidy. Twenty minutes later I find that he has put the shoe in his bag. I found out after I finally herd them all into the car that his sister had seen him put it there and hadn’t bothered to part with information while watching me tear the house apart looking for the damn thing! I suppose she thought that if she didn’t tell me school wasn’t happening today?

It’s 9.30 by the time I get them to school, I’ve already been up for hours, and this is not good. I throw them all out of the car at their various institutes and inform their teachers that I don’t want to hear from them unless the kid loses a limb, and even then just put it in the fridge and I’ll pick up later. I’m going home to have a nap. That is of course if I can ever get these two babies to settle at the same time...

I did manage a short little nap, enough to keep me going for the end of school run I've just come back from doing the groceries (yep theres my time out, late night supermarket fun ). I now NEED sleep!

Candy You are an absolute miracle worker. Oh and enjoy your time off grocery shopping

Tess, omg I'm sorry to hear about your night. What was up with Marley? Poor little fellow

Katy, ah they are just kids!! They still would have innocent little minds

Poor Ryan had a very early morning! Up about 5:30am, very upset and crying. I had to get him out of his cot and DH cuddled him for a while, he was very clingy and miserable. It's the bloody teeth. The gums are all swollen and white tips bulging My poor boy. Thankfully the weekend is just around the corner....

Candy – I know you live in a smallish town so resources are not quite as available but do the government help at all? I mean, you having 7 kids with 1 autistic and 1 having early intervention… surely they must be able to offer some sort of respite. Although – you being super mum probably wouldn’t take it! I wish I lived closer to you and could at least take one or two sometimes! BTW – how far are you from Port Macquarie? Is it a couple of hours? More?

Well Skye had a cold yesterday so I had to take my first day off work since being back. They understand tho so that’s ok. I practically pumped my milk into her all day (LOL) and she is still snotty this morning but ok to go to FDC. I started getting it later in the day but am better now and Sienna has it this morning. Yikes. Oh well – at least they are happy sick kids. I really have been blessed!

Are you in Port Macquarie Lisa? I was just there a couple of weeks ago, we could have had a cuppa! Thank you for the babysitting offer that is very nice and I know that you mean it I'm about a four/five hour drive from Port (depending on how many breastfeeding stops I have to make ). We do have respite here but Tom is in a too hard basket at the moment, he requires more coare than the respite we have here can provide. The good news is that Georgie has started her EI very well and is almost toilet trained - such a massive relief for us I can tell you - it means mainstream schooling for her YAY!

BBL school to start on.

Candy - I'm not in Port, I'm in Sydney, but we go to Port most years for at least a couple of weeks for holidays. Great news on the toilet training - makes life just that bit easier.

Hi all!
Candy: you are a wonder!

Tess:

everyone else:

sorry, I suck at personals lately,i have been reading though, I am still here!

We have a HORRIBLE sinus thing at the moment, I am doped to the eyeballs on sudafed, the real stuff, and I am barely awake. Evelyn had it and now we all do. Woot!

I'm on dialup speed as we went over our limt (I have consequently upped our plan)...so so bloody slow!

Savannah did a great night last night, alseep by 7.15pm, woke at 10.30pm and DH gave her some water and slept until 7am this morning I was shocked!

Oh wow that's awesome Bec!

Thanks Deb Hope you feel better soon (and yeah, I suck at personals lately too, run out of time to pop in).

I'm speechless Candy! I seriously don't know how you do it! Mother of the year goes to you!

I've decided that It's Molars coming through for Marley They are bulging out the sides of his gums, the poor bugger! He has one coming through with another not far behind (both on bottom). No wonder he has been unhappy! Had another bad night last night, but was alot easier with DH home.

Sorry for the short personals, I best get off to bed, I just know Marley will have me up a few times tonight.

i thought some of the keen photographers in our group would be interested in this...........

http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1014150

Emma, thanks for that With those types of comps, they usually pick a photo that doesn't look professional which is great as everyone can have a go

Becca, awesome night! How wonderful!!! Whatever it was, do it again

We had a good night too, asleep at 7 but up at 5:45. Was in his cot calling out "mum mum mum" Been doing that a lot lately! I love it.....

WOOHOO for the weekend - almost here! Thinking of going swimming tomorrow.

huge scare here last night
Went to bed as usual.. Xander woke like usual wanting his last bottle (bout 10pm), after he'd had that I put him back in the cot...
Out of the blue a few hours later I woke, thinking i hadnt heard him for a while i checked on him ... his cot is beside our bed.
So i reached over and put my hand on him and felt nothing.
So I gave him a nudge and still felt nothing.
So I wiggled him back and forwards and still nothing.
I then rolled him onto his back (he was on his side) and again... nothing.
By this stages i yelled for hubby. He sat straight up asking whats the matter and all I could get out was "not breathing"
I scooped Xander up and he was all limp, his head fell back, his arms were floppy... and just as i was bringing him over the edge of his cot he opened his eyes and took a huge breath.
I have NEVER been so scared in my life. I sat there on the bed with him in my arms sobbing. We looked for the A&E number in the phone book but would you believe we couldnt find it, we did find the hosp number and when we rang that there was no answer. He seemed fine and went back to sleep and was breathing like normal.
I kept him in my arms for the rest of the night and barely managed to shut my eyes. I kept thinking of all of the "what ifs"
I never want to come across that again
I rang Dad this morning (wanted to call him last night but didnt want to wake him and worry him if he had to work early today) but when I called him this morning he said I should have called him last night if thats what i wanted to do.
I'm taking him to the Dr after I drop K to school.
I'm still shaking. So tired.

Oh Carmen, how scary for you. I just don't know what to say.................i'm sure you wont want to let him go today!!! Please let us know how you get on at the Dr.

emxxx

Carmen: please keep us updated

Oh Carmen! How scary! I Just read on your FB about it, but reading it in full is has given me chills! So glad I have the movement monitor, even though it isn't 100%. I'll definitely be keeping that on for much longer now!

Neve wants pancakes (so do I ) Better go make some

far out carmen!!!! U poor thing!! no mother should ever have to go through that!!
Hope u get some answers real soon and that it never ever happens again

tess i want pancakes now lol

hi to everyone else

Carmen I just read on your FB and hoped you would have posted here. Just reading that has made me cry, I can't imagine how you would be feeling That is terrifiying..... I hope it was just a one off, or something like that and that it NEVER happens again

OMG Carmen! I hope he’s ok! Maybe get one of those monitors Tess has. Please keep us updated.

Ive been to the Drs, hes waiting on a call back from a paed. He said hes perfectly healthy and cant understand why he's done this... and he suggested we have Xander in our bed for the next few nights at least.
So i'm at the inlaws waiting for the drs call.. mil dropped K at school for me and took L for a drive with her into town...
Dr said there isnt much we can do unfortunately since hes perfectly healthy, hes guessing its just one of these unexplained things
He certainly looked very concerned and i was in tears the whole time i was in there..

Carmen I hope it's nothing serious and just a one off freak occurance You must have good doctors to get in so quickly. Hopefully the paed has an explanation?

Bought Ryan a swimming floatie thing (like Lisa's and Belinda's) which was really cheap $13 from Mr Toys! Might even go for a swim this arvo...

Dr spoke to Paed and he said at this stage it seems to be a one off thing and because he isnt unwell and everything appears to be fine then they wont run tests. If it happens again then they will but until then we just have to keep an eye on him and keep him in our bed with us until we're ready to put him back in his cot. I'm thankful his cot is still in our room, if he wasnt in there I would have just assumed he was sleeping but then I still would have got up to check on him if he wasnt in our bedroom.
Anyway, he's ok, eating his fav food, had a couple of short naps. Only had two bottles all day so maybe he might wake during the night for a couple which after last night it wont bother me in the least!!!!!
Me on the other hand, i'm a nervous wreck everytime i talk about it i burst into tears I've had to replay the whole thing out over and over today and each time all the "what ifs" keep coming back.
The main what if that keeps popping up is "what if i didnt wake up when I did"
I know I cant keep thinking of the what ifs but i cant help it. To have my baby son in my arms not breathing and limp... what else could I think of today? Everytime i shut my eyes last night i either lay listening to his breathing in my ear or i would see the image of him limp in my hands.
The Dr asked me if I knew how long i think he wasnt breathing for. Of course I have no idea at all.. obviously before I woke up.. and then i lay there for a little bit trying to see if i could see him breathing, then reaching over to touch him then giving him a nudge, then sitting up and nudging him faster, then rolling him over to his back from his side, then yelling out to hubby, then scooping him up.. that whole time... it wasnt until i actually had him in my arms that he opened his little eyes and gasped for air.. he then cried, i cried, hubby hugged us, we hugged Xander, i sat with him in my arms on the bed, crying, we looked for the A&E # in the phone book, we went over what happened, we tried the hosp, Xander settled and went back to sleep, we lay with him between us and we watched him breathing, hubby telling me its ok, me still bawling, wanting to talk to my dad, hubby eventually went off to sleep holding my hand and Xanders hand (i was holding Xanders hand and hubby held that), i lay awake from then til morning going over it all and that image of him coming in and out of mind, i think i possibly dozed on and off for all of an hour from midnight til now..
I'd love to go to bed now but i know if i do i'll be awake at 10pm and be wide awake for ages and i cant do that..
Thanks for thinking of us xx

Jesus christ Carmen.
I can't imagine how frightening that must have been for you. Sorry hun.
I don't know what to say. But offer you a virtual hug instead. xx

Xander's in the cot... geez it was freakin hard putting him in there Hubby has gone to bed to read thou, so he's not in there alone and he just came out to tell me he's checked him and he's ok. When i go to bed shortly i'll get him out and put him in with us.
Gosh i'm too scared to even think about leaving him in there all night....

Geez Carmen. How did he go last night, I can only hope it won't happen again. Been thinking of you guys a lot

Carmen I hope X is ok!!!!

I had this happen with Leah and ended up spend NYE down at the hospital!!

It was a one off and never happened again!!

I hope it never happens again!!!

Howdy Ladies - not much for me today, am in the tired zone.
As I would imagine Carmen would be in today too.
Haven't achieved much at all. Did update my new blog a bit though: http://candysfamily.wordpress.com/
Better feed this lot I suppose. BBL

Carmen, how terrifying. Here's hoping it was a one off or that they can find a reason and sort it quick smart.

Howdy to everyone else. Just a short one today, got lots of stuff to do.
My week was half spent in Sydney this week. It was lovely hanging out in the city with my mum. Met up with one of my childless friends, who assumed that when I go out, I express into a bottle and take that. Got no idea where she got that one. She obviously has never expressed. I mean, the effort required to keep the milk at the right temp plus finding somewhere to express during the day, it is much easier and more discrete to breastfeed! Also got to spend more time with my gorgeous new nephew Sam, who often gets called Ted, even by his mum and dad . Got to meet Darcy a good friends new one. He's bottle fed, and I didn't know how to do it, which they found funny.

Boy is good. Been a bit of a terror at night half the week. On Sunday night, I saw every hour of the clock. Not impressed, and then as I was trying to pack the car, he just screamed the whole time, even if he could see me. Slept all the way to Katoomba. Then had another rough night. The night we got home, he slept through again. Then he was up for two hours, just with the eyes open.

Is anyone else's bub starting to have tanties? Ted has started. As soon as I do something he doesn't want, like change the nappy, put him down, move him, we get full on screaming and thrashing.

Anyway, best go and get some stuff done while he is down.

Hi all, you guessed it, not much sleep... although I did totally zonk before hubby did because he took a pic of me asleep with Xandy in my arms also sleeping... It's kinda uncomfy sleeping with a big lump attached to the side of you lol but comforting at the same time!!

I was talking to my step sister this morning.. she was asking me if I was going to be able to get up there next weekend for Dads 60th, I told her its just not affordable, anyway she tells me she has $180 worth of credit with Virgin Blue and has offered to give it to me Of course that $180 pays for my entire flights up!! So that'd be a huge help! Then when I looked at QR website, they have a 40% off train tickets deal at the moment is this a sign telling me to go?? I think so! So now all I need to do is talk to the scrooge of the house when he gets home from work lol
If i can go, i'll go up on Thursday and come home on Tuesday, the only problem is that Ks bday party is planned for the Sunday.. and she realllllllly wants me here for it, so if I go then I can change her party to the next weekend if i have to...
Ohhhh i hope i can.. i would surprise dad if i was... fingers crossed..
oh and it'd just be Xander and I going up..

Carmen, that has to be a sign!!!

I just had a look at prices.. all it'd cost is $360 to go up and back.. which is cheap as chips.. but getting hubby to agree to it is another thing! He's such an old scrooge!! I'll probably thnak him one day

At this stage I'd be looking at flying from here to Syd, then Syd to Bris.. waiting in Bris then getting the 5pm tilt train and getting into B'berg at 9:30ish at night..
then coming home the opposite way.. I'm sure my older brother is coming home from work that same day too.. i wonder if who he works for would change his flight to a train ticket and he could keep me company lol

I hope you manage to get up there!

AFM we're getting a dog today, an 8 yr old white fluffy thing. lol, his name is Bob i will pop pics onto facebok tomorow. Not into little dogs gnerally, but he needed a home and we can give him one!

Jules/Tess - Next time you two are doing your newborn pics can you please do me a favour, once you are all set up can you please step back and take a pic for me so I can see what is going on around you, like what you have bub on, where the window is etc..... does this make sense??? I have a few newborns around at the moment and a couple coming up and I would just love to feel confident enough to take a few pics for them. So any assistance you could give me would be much appreciated.

BBL as I have to go out to get a wax

Well hubby is home and it looks like I can go to Qld on Thursday
Now I just need to check with MIL to make sure she'll be able to look after K & L because hubby will be working

Ahhh doh! I wish you had of asked that this morning Emma! I had a newborn shoot today (photos on my page )

BBL, just getting Neve to bed...

Oh bummer Tess - would it be too hard to explain to me?? Gorgeous pics by the way