April 2010 - Growing and Changing Every Day

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Starting us a new thread so we don't get cut off.

my grandson,oakleys got the gastro bug at the mo .. must be doing the rounds ds2 had got it now its never ends

Another bug infested household here!!! Both me and dp were really poorly with sickness on Tuesday..I was so bad I couldn't move off the sofa all day, I was in so much pain and just couldn't stop being sick from 11pm Mon night. My stomach was empty but was still throwing up, it was horrible. I had to sleep on sofa all night, and my lil cherub heard me being sick and came down to see if I was ok and slept with me all night. I didn't sleep tho, and kept looking at her, peacefully in her own world. (While I tried to gracefully move away fom her every 40 odd minutes so I wouldn't disturb her!!)
I thought we were over it,and had scrubbed and bleached and dettolled my house ffrom top to bottom, boiled every blanket that got used...and now Makenzi has diarrhea :( We have just had to go out and buy her older girl pullups cuz she just had an accident in her sleep...and was so upset about it too poor thing. At least I know now why she has been off her food..I feel guilty now cuz I thought she was starting to get finicky :s
Well....this time a year ago I was in LABOUR!!!! I think Iain was probably on his way to pick up my mum about now..and then when she got here I was so concerned it might be a really long labour I didn't stand still. I kept pacing the lenght of the living room..feeling incredibly guilty that my mum was struggling to keep her eyes open! I even offered her my bed for a few hours and told Iain to go to sleep on the sofa for a few hours in case it was a long night!
It was a long night..I jumped in and out the bath, went for a midnight walk in the rain, got a peculiar look from a patrolling police car and realizing I was wearing iain's big black hooded jacket, and we had just been passed by trhem going one way, then was turning back on ourselves when they turned round again, thought I better get back to the house before the police actually stopped us and asked us what we were doing. (In a way now, I wish Ihad stayed walking just to see if they were going to stop us in the street and see what they would have said lol..but back then I was concentrating on breathing ha!!)
I'm now sitting on the sofa where I delivered my tiny baby boy writing to you, remembering the night like it was yesterday. It has gone so quickly..probably even quicker than it felt like it did with Makenzi.
I can still picture Makenzi's face when my mum brought her downstairs to see her new baby brother as soon as he had been dried and dressed, I can still see the pride and amazement in Iain's face, and how he was trying so very hard to do all the right things for me, the relief on my mum's face when Makenzi woke up just as I was pushing so she could go upstairs and sit with her, missing all the 'gory' bits..and the afterpains and the way I walked to the toilet too :s
It's mad that I'm at a different stage of pregnancy a year later!! :)
I think it will just be the kids and me and Iain and possibly my Mum tomoorow for Jude's very first birthday, with the bug and all...but in a way that is really cute and perfect..cuz it was just the 5 of us together the day we welcomed him to the world as well :)
Happy Birthday JudeyBoy..Mummy loves you lots and lots XXXxxxXXX :)

What a lovely post Princess - brought a tear to my eye reading it (the bit about Jyde's birth, not the sicky bit!!!) You were one of the first on our thread to give birth so I remember Jude's birth story really well - especially the bit with the police following you !

Happy birthday Jude!

aw i remember the police bit too ha ha happy birthday Jude, hope you all have a lovely day and feel better soon.

Ahh it's so nice you have lovely memories of labour! Happy birthday Jude!

Happy birthday Jude! Princess you have me bubbling! What a lovely story. Are u planning another home birth?

Eilidh is loaded with the cold and has a cough. I had it last week. Hoping she us better for her christening on Sunday!

Going to music class soon so have to run. Hope u all have a fab weekend and are enjoying the sunny weather.

You've made me cry too Princess! Happy birthday Jude! xxx
Begone nasty germs (sprouts, hope you are all feeling OK now!)

Tears and snot here too at your post princess - I so wish I had nice birth stories, but I am just grateful to have my two babes.

We have all had various bugs too, and I ended up in hospital for 24 hours on a drip. I could not feed Boo obviously, so resigned myself to giving up, but the little one had other ideas and was rooting the second I got home. I waited another 12 hours as was still poorly, then let her have feed, thinking she would not get anything, but she did, and fed overnight for a couple of nights until my supply was back up. Very pleased she persevered! She had taken a bottle no bother when I was away, but DD1 was distraught without me

My healthy eating and weight loss is going well - 5lb down (no doubt a bit due to copious vomiting)

Happy Birthday Jude!

Hi all. Sorry I've not posted in a while. Work has been really manic and I come on and read what you've all been up to and intend to post but never get round to it Lovely to see you all doing so well though.

My girl is 1 on Tues and I can hardly believe it. I'm still feeding in the morning and before bed but planning to stop over the spring break. She is taking a couple of steps, crawls like the clappers and has 6 teeth. She can say "that", "Mum", "Dad" and "Hiya" and can wave and clap. She eats me out of house and home and is in at everything and refuses to acknowlege the word "No", but she has the best smile in the world and I fall more in love with her every day.

I'll try to catch up with you all soon. Take care.

Hi neeko lovely to hear from you. Hope work is going ok. I start back in 4 weeks and I'm dreading it. It's not so much that I mind going back to work, its my particular job that I mind going back to haha! I used to love it, but having mixed feelings about it just now. I'm still feeding eilidh too. Not sure what we will do when I am back at work. I can't express a lot these days. Eilidh can't have formula due to her allergies and I'm not really wanting to give her the special stuff as its vile.

How much milk are all your babies having during the day?

Eilidhs christening went well yesterday, she looked so gorgeous! Will put pics up soon. On my mobile just now.

Meant to ask...is it ok if our babies sleep on their tummies now? Eilidh rolled onto her tummy last night. I rolled her onto her back at 1.30am as it was stressing me out!

Morning harverina. Glad the christening went well. I really liked your dress.
It's absolutely fine for babies to sleep on their tummies once they can easily roll over which I'm sure Eilidh has been doing for a while.
Re feeding. I bf H in the morning and before bed and she takes some milk from a bottle about 3pm. It's just cow's milk now. I'm planning on changing this bottle to a cup once I stop feeding. I hasd to fight with H to take a bottle in the first place and I'm keeping this one going so she'll take one at bedtime when I stop. She does drink from a cup but not enough to get her to sleep IYSWIM.
Re work being away is fine and my CM is fantastic. I'm working 3 days a week and have had the work load and responsibilty for 5 days which is why it's been hard. Things are thankfully easing off now though.

Princess Not sure if I've said it already but congratulations on your pregnancy. Do you have a little bump yet?

Thanks neeko, I'll not worry so much if she is on her tummy tonight!

Just been to the allergy clinic. They didn't retest eilidh, so we have to continue with a milk and egg free diet. Consultant said she won't be re tested till she is 3 :( On the plus side because eilidh is almost 1 we can now use soya milk so going to try and replace breastfeeds during the day with a cup of soya milk to prepare for me going back to work. The difficulty will be eilidh not using me to feed to sleep during the day. Mostly she falls asleep herself after lunch but at home she will root to be fed! We have a cm for one day. Started settling in sessions a couple of weeks ago.

Hey quick query...on 2nd Feb eilidh weighed 8.5kg, today she weighed 8.58kg....such a tiny gain, its worrying me a lot. I mentioned it to her consultant and she brushed it off...said different scales etc, not to worry etc. Eilidh was just below the 50th centile line last time and is now in between the 25th and 50th. I'm wondering if I have anything to worry about, or if im not feeding her correctly. Oh why am I such a worrier!

Hi harverina,
I think as they approach one their weight gain really slows, plus they are burning calories as they're so much more active, so Eilidh is probably fine :).
I haven't had Alexander weighed since before christmas, since I'm back at work so I can't get to the clinic, but he looks fine to me. I think you'd know if she wasn't thriving. DD was very light as a baby, she wavered from line to line a bit but she's fine too with her funny little skinny legs and her little fat tummy .

Thanks bettymum. Won't weigh eilidh for a while now. She was weighed at her allergy clinic. Think the guidelines for age 1 plus are not to weigh anymore than 3 monthly anyway. Your so right...eilidh is sooo active these days, she is always on the move! I feel like she is doing ok too.

Hope u are all well. Sorry, feel like I have been hogging the thread!

I haven't weighed Boo since age 6 weeks. I used to get so stressed about DD1, that I decided not to repeat it.

She sleeps on her tum all the time - I spent a couple of weeks flipping her over, but she was always on the front again within minutes.

Still bfing am and pm, and cutting down on afternoon bottle - once this tub is finished she will be on cow juice.

We cannot think of anything to get her for her birthday as she has all DD1's stuff.

Only lost 0.5lb this week, but better than nowt.

Well done stinky on your weight loss! any loss, no matter how small, counts.

I have lost 4lb overnight by buying some new scales . If I step from one to the other, my weight goes up and down, up and down, up and down...not sure which one to believe .

Bettymum I think you should go with the scales that say less

I keep thinking of going on a diet and then feel hungry

My wee man is doing great. Sleeping seems to have settled again so am getting a better nights sleep so that is always a bonus. I haven't got a clue hoe much he wieghs but there is no denying he is doing well (he's quite a chubby). He has another scan for his kidneys on Tuesday so hopefully all will be OK.

I'm still bfing but would like to stop soon. He takes about three feeds a day. I have tried him with cows milk in his cup but he's not interested so not sure if I should stop yet. Any suggestions?

i haven't weighed Kacie for ages either but i can tell that's she's growing and doing fine. i'm quite relaxed about it since i have a 5 year old that has weighed 2 stone 2 since he was about 2 years old i think ha and he eats plenty and is perfectly healthy.

i'm with you on the getting hungry mistymoo i don't have the will power to diet. i think about what yummy food i can eat all day long

have you tried expressing some breast milk and putting that in a cup for him to get him used to the cup without the new taste as well? Kacie was a bit fussy about the beaker with milk in at first but i just kept trying and in the morning she was that desperate for her milk she just got used to it.

nicnacinoonoo Thanks for the suggestion but he drinks out of a cup all the time so it's not the cup it's what's in the cup . I will keep trying to put milk in it.

Thanks sleepywombat I'll let you know.