Jan/Feb/Mrch 2012 Momies to Be

Hallo everyone.

Firstly I have to apologise for disappearing, didn't have internets and the past couple of months have been a blur.

Still trying to catch up on all the posts, how is everyone doing?

Honestly speaking I am now tired of eriting my reply for it to not get posted

Nathi's bottom teeth has popped 3 weeks back and boy oh boy he can bite.When must I start giving him the bone?I also do not not know intimacy Jaundre you not the only one,it is just too exhausting when one goes to bed and still have to wake up 3 times

Hi all the mommies!

Amanda, Vica is getting so gorgeous now! It must be really confusing to know when you must use wHAT age???? Can't imagine hehe. It is really great that you are breastfeeding Dieter so long, but if it makes you uncomfortable thenyou should maybe stop. It must bestrange feeding a baby and then feeding a big boy. I guess that is what you mean with you are disliking it. Janroux is also screaming highpitched. Ai! And Ruan coping him. He ios even coping the baby laugh. So it is crazy over here. LOL good luck on the feeding. I must also buy the six to twelve month. But baybe must first start with small tin Janroux still breastfeeding but when we go shopping or out its the bottle.

Juandre, know what you mean. No energy for sex. Neither one of us. DHubby been working hard and Ruan sleeping between us and then I fall asleep before putting him in bed.
I am so glad you are gone from that awful client. I need to help my hubby out too, but with no one to looka fter Janroux, I do not know when that is going to happen. Great that you found somewhere to send the milk. It feels terrible to throw it down the drain when you know someone else can use it

I am sleepingbad. For some reason Janroux is waking up alot at night. Must be the teeth or wind. He still ocassionally struggles with his wind. See the second batch of teeth is trying to come out. So lots of crying and moaning.

And he wants whatever big bro is playing with. last night I gave Ruan his food and Janroux was sitting in the his walking ring (whatever you call it) When he saw Ruan eating he started hopping up and down screaming and stretching to get to Ruans plate. haha so cute!

Anyhoo, let me start the day with some cleaning uuuugggghhh. Must get that maid back!

Enjoy your day

I have found a breast milk bank that will take my milk, pasterise it and then give it to babies that need it. So glad that it wont be going to waste. I want to try continue to give Keira my milk at night and first thing in the morning for as long as I can cause I know how good it is for her.

Hi ladies,

I hope you are all well!

I have started working for my hubby more. It means I dont have to go to that horrible client on a tuesday and thursday (will be telling them tomorrow). I will work from home but will need to go into his office occasionally. What is so nice is that I can work around the kids. Like today I only took Keira over to my MIL (she stays in a cottage on our property) after her 10am feed and then popped in to visit at 1.30pm. Hubbies business has just gotten too much for him to handle on his own and I can help generate money for the family by helping out.

Keira has decided that breastmilk out of a bottle is not on. For about two weeks now she hardly has any milk when I leave her with my MIL cause she takes three sips and then refuses to take more no matter what we do. So on friday I tried formula in the bottle and she drank it all. Ive decided not to stress myself or my MIL out and just leave formula bottles there for her during the day and I will breastfeed whenever she is with me. Just not sure what I am going to do with my huge supply in the freezer which is growing everyday.

Shame Amanda, poor Vica with the constipation. I have a spastic colon and only go once a week if Im lucky so I know how she feels. When I was pregnant I lived on movicol.

Mickey has really been testing the waters with us. We had a weekend of tantrums, screaming at the top of her voice. She spent lots of time in the corner.

Was feeling very sleep deprived over the weekend. Keira was waking three times a night. Told my hubby that if I ever beg for another baby he must remeind me of how exhausted I am right now... Maybe the formula will help her sleep better but then I thought that of the cereal and she is having 10 heaped t-spoons twice a day

I'm back. Vica wanted boob.

She weighs 8kg now! She was Capegate Mediclinic's first micro prem baby. So I'm going to have a cake and tea when she turns 1 year old (D.V.) to thank all the staff and drs who helped her. I have sent letters out to my gynae, his assistant at Vica's birth, the paeds (they all worked on her during their shifts whilst she was in NICU). So I can give a character reference on all the paeds at Capegate
I hope the drs make an effort to come. Not quite sure how they'll take to a "cake and tea" invitation. But it is the least I can do to say thank you to them all.

Vica loves to scream high pitched.... my ears hurt at times! THen her brother thinks its funny to copy her....

My kids differ 18 months and I think that is too close! Don't know how you do it with smaller gaps!

I'm loving my kids however. In a way its sad as I know we'll only have the two of them. No more. Its sad that I never had a full "last" pregnancy. So only once in my life was I the size of a balloon waddling around with a baby in my belly ha ha

I can see myself getting broody already once Vica is no longer a baby. I love babies. I bitch and moan a lot when I'm sleep deprived and when I don't have time to poop because they keep me so busy....but I love my kids.

Oh yes! I wanted to only bf Vica up to 1 year and then put her on the bottle. When I go to Moms and Tots with Dieter once per week I leave Vica with my mom and a bottle of formula. She'd always at least have half and I was happy with that. But since switching to the 6-12 month tin she's like WTF, you want me to drink THAT?! So I spoke to my clinic sister and she said to then give her from the 0-6 month tin as its only once per week and its just the whey protein that's more in the nr1 one. So we'll give that a try next week.

Vica is on laxette because she is constipated. Apparently it is a prem baby thing because their intestines had to start working when they were actually not really ready to start working.... At least she goes once per day but you can see its not the way it should be sorry But ja, at least she goes now. Even when she was just being breastfed, she'll go once every 3 weeks. Yes, you read right, three weeks! So I started giving her those "teething" powders Aston something. They're actually for tummy upsets during teething phases.... so misleading, but that made her poop once per week. But now since solids, its laxette.

Anyway, enough ramblings. TAke care everyone. ENjoy your babies. Soon we'll post crawling and walking pics.........

Found this on FB now:

This is a bit scary:

www.yourparenting.co.za/baby/feeding/nut...hat-you-need-to-know

Hello ladies,

Glad everyone is doing well and the little ones too! Glad that those who were sick are better now. So horrible when children are sick!

Vica is sitting on her own now - she's 6 months corrected age. 2 August she'll be 9 months real age. She is eating food too - too much of it! SHe loves it! Dieter was baby led weaned (he wouldn't eat anything from purees to cereals we offered that we BLW himself). Now with Vica wanting to eat constantly we feel like parents to a first child! ha ha It's just confusing at times trying to figure out whether we should go according to real age or corrected age when feeding her.

Vica received her last synagis injection last week. I don't remember whether I've told you guys about it. It is a special injection given to high risk patients (like a prem baby). It is super expensive (R6000+) but medical aid pays once your paed writes a motivation.

So let's hope she doesn't get ill. She is still breastfed. So is Dieter I wish Dieter would stop. I really dislike bf'ing him. Can't describe it. But I know it is good for him and it helps with him and his sister "bonding". I also feel I owe it to him because if it wasn't for his help during Vica's stay in hospital, I probably would've had a lot of trouble keeping my milk supply up! (Dieter thought it was Christmas! ha ha)

I have so much to tell/share and right now Vica is crying.

BRB!