Jan/Feb 2011 Mommies (Nov & Dec 2010 early babes)

Morning everyone!

Carmen, tick tick, almost there! Cant wait to hear the good news tomorrow! You must be so excited! Enjoy every minute!

Marie, then its you! Enjoy the last stretch!

Meags, sorry to hear you are not having fun! I moved overseas 10 years ago, and I was so homesick too! Its not fun! You just have to put your mind right and try stay positive! The ladies meet in the park sounds nice, I hope you meet some nice ladies there! You are a beautiful personso you WILL make friends! hugs!!!

Kimika, good luck for your appointment later. I really think you are going to be holding your little baba soon!

Vix, awesome news that you are getting a new kitchen! Gas is a real winner! We had it in Tanzania, except I forgot the first time we didnt have power and made DH do a braai... LOL. We had daily power cuts there and some lasted days.... luckily we had a generator, but it was an old tractor engine and was more down than working! I wonder what winter is going to be like this year...

Vix, the imprints are really nice! Different to the ones I've seen! Something really special and beautiful!

Ster, hope that every day gets easier with Inge. I am also putting Nathan on his tummy now - something I never did with Missy as I was too scared. Yesterday and last night he slept on his tummy for 2 hour stretches! You'll just have to see what works for you with all the advice from friends and professionals. What does sometimes work, and is easier to do with the first LO, is to take a few days and do NOTHING else but get your LO and dyourself into a routine and see what works. You literally just spend every minute and every hour wit eachother and find your way. No cleaning, cooking just being together and finding yourselves. Its more difficult when you have more than one child.

Chris, hope the A team is doing well. THink of you everyday!

Vix, keep meaning to ask how the formula is going now? Are you ok now after last week's little op?

Maryke, great on getting your other bouncer. Your kitchen and cupboards sound like a dream coming true... I have always dreamt of a big kitchen where you can even have a family meal and the kids can do homework while I cook... pots hanging from the ceiling, day dreams...

AFM... well. We probably had one of our worst days yesterday which led to our BEST night last night... I think Nathan slept out of pure exhaustion (eventually). I am now giving telament with every feed, read that the BF mommies put a drop or 2 on their boobs. And I am giving the Bennets Colic mix at night. I am probably dosing him up, but lets see if it works. H slept from 8pm to 1am and had a good feed and was back asleep in 20 mins (wonderful) and slept until 5am had a quick feed and then slept till 8ish. But now he seems so windy (downstairs) and he is pulling his face and squirming. He goes red int he face, pulls legs up, grunts and groans. He is lying on my lap now and trying to sleep but the winds are worrying him! Every now and again I feel a squirt in his nappy. He hardly has a good burp, but now and again has a small one with a bit of milk posetting (sp?). I make sure he is up a bit on my lap, so lets hope there is no projectile vomitting today...

Nathan is really turning out to be quite a demanding baby, much more demanding than Missy!

We are still doing the Vidalyn, I guess with breastfeeding it is important to get the iron in. But next time I am gong to get plain vidalyn and give extra iron seperately. At least with formula its all included! When I spoke to our paed last time, he said he only believes in vidalyn for little babies.

Vix, I am still battling to find honey, I can only find ones that have nothing written about it, and dont want to try that. Or they say "not irradated". On a mission today to go find it... Am going out alone with the 2 kids today... Nathan in a sling and Missy in the pram/trolley... it will either work out or I'll come straight home...

Yvette, Lizelle, Binks, Chan, Mina and everyone else, hope you are all doing well and enjoying the babas!

happy thursday everyone!

Hallo all!!

I hope some of you still remember me from our TTC days! Congrats on all the beautiful babas! Just popping in to wish Carmen good luck! for tomorrow!!! So very excited for you!!

xxx

HI gals

Vix woooohoooo on the new kitchen I am also getting one and this time I made sure I have a huge pantry a huge sculary and a huge kitchen for lots of space for tupperware pots and pans and the kids can each have there own drawer for there plates and cups, and a built in microwave shelfs for my everyday plates and things a bookshelf for my cook books aaaahhhh bliss for a change

We started designing our cupboards and bar and all that I have a walk in cupboard now with shelfs for my shoes iand a built in cupboard for all my perfume, t lookes stunning we had the designer here last night with what it will look like, now I really can't wait to move

both boys have a bouncer now aaahhh wonderful bliss no more crying babies babies happy mommy happy daddy happy they slept 4-5 hr stretches again last night lets hope one feed is being cut now

Meags don't worry one of these days you will have a baba to keep you very busy with

Ster we must get together for some coffee we live around the coner from each other

Yvette how is Emily today?

Chan all still fine yourside

Binks your girls have such lovely hair you lucky

Chris only having two is hard work I take my hat of to you, ja jong these domestic now a days don't want to work if you have twins or trips they would rather sit at home and not work, but glad they are doing so well picking up nice weight

MommyN I see now with the boys they are taking more note of things now I can put them on the playmat for a while and they try grab the toys with those jerky movements it's to cute so yes it does eventually start getting better I am looking forward to them when they eventually have a set routine when you can start planning your day around them

Ok gals chat later

CARMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow is D day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wooooooooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

you must be so freakin excited!!!!!!!! I am can you tell? LOL

I hope everything is ready for Mischka's arrival! Enjoy every moment my friend, it's an amazing experience, the birth of your first child! xxxxxxxxx

Ster- you are spot on about everyone having different opinions, you just have to filter it all and do what makes you feel more comfortable. I've always given the boys their Vidaylin at bedtime and they sleep 5-6hrs then 3hrs so it's obviously not affecting them. I am going to stop giving the Vidaylin now though, they've had it for 2.5m and now they're on formula there's all sorts of vits in there too. I'm not the biggest fan of vitamins, i find it makes expensive wee!

Chris- sjoe, can't imagine how tough 3 niggly babies is, Jono is hectic hectic colic which means from 3/4pm until 9pm he just screams, not even being in the arms can soothe him, Alex is a little angel but i don't find time for him with Jono how he is. And that's just one of them being niggly, 3 would for sure drive me mad but you sound so calm, i certainly don't feel bad for Jono when he's screaming, i just feel bad for myself so you must really be one strong cookie!

Kimika- i hope you're coping o.k with the last few weeks, not long now and your new man will be here! Have you finished the nursery?

Meags- i am sooooooo sorry you're so alone, i wish it wasn't so far away so i can come cheer you up!

Check out this imprint i had done of my 3 boys:

Morning Ladies,

Carmen & Marie - time is running out for you ladies - rest as much as possible

Meags - sorry to hear that you are homesick. Shame man, it couldn't be nice to be thousands of miles away and nobody to talk too.

Vix - yah for the new kitchen. My DH always promises me a new kitchen but I have to be very patient. He promised me a scuba diving course for 10 years. Eventually I did the course in Jan 2010 and fell pregnant in April 2010 so I am sure I have to go back for a refreshment course again.
Yes, Inge is on Nestargel. Hope you had a better night last night. I wanted to mention - my pead also told me to use Vidaylin but to only give it to Inge in the morning as it could cause her not to sleep at night?! Then the sister told me not to use Vidaylin as it aggrevates reflux? Like I said yesterday everybody has a different opinion and later on you don't know what to do because the ones says yes and the other one says no - I am confused

Chris - hope you can sort your maid and the A-team out. it is terrible when they cry so badly and you know they are in pain but there is nothing (or very little) that you can do for them.

Binks - your girls are beautiful.

MommyN - I only started with the Nestargel yesterday morning so on Tuesday night it was just the way Inge was sleeping (head higher) that did the trick. Last night again she slept well but she is not big with sleeping in the day thanks to the reflux because as soon as you put her down the milk starts going up - causing them to be very light sleepers. Everybody tells you to sleep when your baby sleeps - and if baby doesn't want to sleep? I have now put her on her tummy to sleep this morning (again with her head higher) and so far she has been sleeping for almost a hour. I also find that putting her in one of those carriers (tummy to tummy) also helps because then at least she is happy (not laying flat) and I can carry on with other things. It is a bit hectic on your back after 30 minutes or so but at least it helps (you know what carriers I am talking about - almost like a hiking carrier)

Yvette & Lizelle - hope you ladies are enjoying every moment with your little angels.

Aspoestertjie - hope you are well?

Ladies, we will chat again later

Hi ladies

Sorry I cant do personals all round.. just here and there where I remember something.

MommyN, Nathan's weight gain is fantastic!! Its almost 1kg this month Im sure you dont have to worry about reflux, especially since you say its only one feed, I would agree on that it would rather just be a bit of overfeed Reflux can make them very niggly. If you breastfeed and want to treat reflux you normally have to express the milk to add the thickening stuff.. so it becomes another mission!! As for the dummy, if you really want him to take one then maybe as you rock him, put dummy in his mouth and hold him against you just keeping the dummy in his mouth with your breast. Lotsa babas fight the dummy a bit before taking it.. I guess its a weird sensation.. my son was the same and eventually took it, now he is still on it

Ster, Ive also heard of tannie Anna She is a miracle worker for niggly babas!

Lizelle, your baba is gorgeous!!

Vix, did you have a better night?

Hello teo everyone else!!

Toodles xxx