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

Chris - Is Alexia any better? I know exactly what you're going through. Hope you manage to sort it out soon!

Chris both my kids have used walking rings. Kyra crawled at exactly 9 months and walked 2 days after her first birthday! Kade has been in his walking ring now for the last month and now zooms around the house after us already. We don't put him in it for a long time - maybe 10 minutes at a time - but he has a ball!

Lizelle and MommyN - Kade has been drooling and eating his hands since 3 months. He's been wearing bibs since then as he drools excessively. It's crazy how wet they get so quickly. Kyra only got her first tooth at 11 months. I'm sure Kade's first tooth is on it's way though!

Vix - hope you and the other ladies had a great tea party over the weekend!

Meags hope Matt's doing a bit better!

My DH is away in Joburg until Wednesday night so i'm home alone with the 2 kids. What a freaking nightmare it's going to be just trying to get both kids ready for school and dropping them and getting to work by 8am. Shoo i'm dreading this and sleeping alone! I'm such a scardy cat at night!

Another really bad night last night - 11, 2, 2:20, 3, 4:14, 5 then 5:50!! ARGH i'm freaking dead today. When will this ever get better? He's going to be flipping 6 months old next week and his stomach still goes mental with cramps and gas from 2am.

Hi all,

ChanM - cute pics of Kade!! Love it.

Suhaila - noise is better - hoping for a quiet day today.

Meags - your period will prob start as soon as you stop pumping. With little Riaan i pumped out till 6months. Now with Kayden i'm only BF at night and still nothing although it feels like there is no more milk left, just skin hanging around - grrrr these wanna be boobs will never be the same again - at least it was for a good cause - like DH keeps reminding me lol.

Miksmommy - glad your dad is home and ok.

Binks - Vanya ok?

Chris hope you find someone soon!!

Thanks everyone for asking if Dh is ok, well yes. He is just complaining about a sore throat and that eating gets more difficult by the day. This morning he will be going back to the dr, so that the dr can remove the plastic plates that was holding the nose together to grow back in place. I Think the dr did a great job in cutting his nose to remove the nosebone (and putting it back) - all the cutting and stitches was done on the inside. Amaizing. Wonder how he'll be after today.

MommyN Kayden is doing great @ daycare. I think her teething is also starting, she's been eating her fingers red from about 3½ months. And the little gums are so hard, sometimes when sitting on my lap she gets hold of my fingers and damn she can chew & druel -lol. Little Riaan only got his first tooth @7months but also started to get itchy on 3months (his stopped from 4-6months and then got itchy again)

Hope all the other moms and babies are ok?

Have a great day!!!

Hi chris just a quick one- there is a good article on the children memorial's website about walking rings- search tummy time on the website- they give reasons why they're not a good idea but if you decide to go for them saw calora has some great specials on them. My sympathies for all the nanny troubles- saw samba has a list of nannies on their website. I do think it gets more difficult as they get bigger!*good luck

Hi ladies,

Sorry no personals for now, been a hectic wek last week and looks like another one this week.

We got a new nanny last week, but on her first day, dh asked her if she needed money for transport she said no, she was fine, when she phoned me in the morning to say she cant make it she doesnt have money for transport, we told her to go. Interviewes more ladies, the one was suppose to start today, hasnt pitched and her phone is off. I really friggin do not understand them!! FSS!!!

Alexia has been such a handful! Wow! She has been giving us restless nights, took her to the paed, boils down to either reflux and teething (probably both), she scream cries! I have to settle her by playing music on my phone, she has been in our bed this whole week! I cant even get a nap in the day cos there will always be one awake, and their naps are now like 20mins, but I think for their big naps I need to put them in their cots as they assosicate that with sleep instead of in their cushions in the tv room. Poor Alexia has been living on Calpol and nurofen this past week. We're going to try the losec on her now. I also really did not want to put them in walking rings but it looks like Im going to have to for alexia, she wants to be up the whole time, see everything and complains if she is not, she is a triplet on her own! She is almost sitting on her own, saturday she was sitting with their banana cushion and she picked up her dummy to put in her mouth, it was so funny, she didnt get it exactly right as the dummy was a bit scew, but it was very cute.

Anway, my mil's maid is helping me til we get someone, but she is going to be busy at her guest house this week and will need her, so, dunno what we are going to do!

Must go!!

Chat soon

hi ladies

just thought I'd pop in and say hi quickly!
So HI!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing vitally exciting happening in my life.....
Been trying to get Matt onto formula as when we travel I obviously cant take frozen breastmilk to last for 3 weeks........
It has ruined EVERYTHING!
Now he wont drink more than 60ml of any type of milk and not interested in drinking before every 4 hours...sigh....he use to drink 120-150ml.
Anyway seems the reflux is playing up again and paed is concerned why he wont feed properly (and me...he still screams at every feed - after stopping for a burp and then refuses to drink more after that). so we going to the GI doctor on 20 June. well if nothing is wrong - at least I'll know that for sure. otherwise if he finds a problem - atleast we can sort it out and stop this feeding nonsense!

things with DH are so so. too tired to care anymore. actually Matt doesnt sleep too badly. think I'm just emotionally drained too. cant wait to come back home...

leaving to go to france in 3 weeks. atleast my mom and brother and step dad will be there so I dont have to suffer alone with DH's family! bit worried about how things will be as my mother is getting very 'funny'. She keeps going on and on about doing day trips and taking Matt so I can rest. no offense to her...But DH's family has not even seen Matt yet so I really cant just send him away with her when its actually his family's turn to see the baby.
dont really know how to explain that to her!!!!!! plus I dont really want to just hand over Matt! It may have been like that at the beginning when she was here - but he had severe colic and I would have given him to ANYONE! now that he's better - I dont really like giving him over to people

DH also thinks we wont be seeing my mom every day she is coming from switzerland to france to see us...so actually yes...i do think she'll see us every day!!! dont see why both families just cant spend time together?! plus we have paid for my brother to come from SA and he's staying with my mom - and I sure as hell didnt fork out a huge amount of money for him to fly there and then not even see him. Dh sleeps until like midday every day....and Matt has me up from 6am (ok granted he does a 3 hour nap between then and midday) but I dont wanna just sit in his mom's house....I'd much rather go sit with my family. His mom doesnt speak english so it's really awkward being alone with her. I can foresee many arguments about this.....
he also wants us to leave Matt with his mom so we can go out. nice idea as its a free babysitter. but she's almost 70 and matt is not the kind of baby you can just sit on the couch with...he requires lots of walking around and bouncing and I think she's too old for that (plus as I said earlier...dont want to hand Matt over anymore....) sigh....any advice?! I know if DH wants to go out for drinks and I say I dont wanna leave Matt, he'll tell me he is going. and that I can easily leave Matt with MIL if I want to join And I suppose I should get out and have some adult time hey? oh my goodness I'm confusing myself.

For those who didnt breastfeed....when did you get a period? I was pumping 3 hourly until he was 4 weeks old. then went to 6 hourly and the last 2 weeks I dont pump more than 3 times per day and now only once per day and still nothing?!

what else can I tell you.....dreading travelling without my trusty swing!! He LOVES sleeping in it during the day. he doesnt even like me rocking him anymore. just wants to be put into the swing and left alone to swing to sleep. and at night he falls asleep while I burp him. Think this is going to be quite an interesting 3 weeks of not having a set 'home'.

DH seems to have thought he was getting this fantastic holiday to get lots of sleep. I quickly reminded him that the only reason he doesnt help with night feeds is because he works...but since he wont be working....hehehe. Seriously. Why must I be the only person not getting enough sleep?! surely we can take turns so I can try look a little human again?!

Oh yes those who had vaginal birth....did you have a heavy feeling down there??? It was REALLY bad after the birth and has its fine days but there are days it still feels heavy and my lower abdomen/pelvis feels bloated and heavy?! Just doesnt feel right but the midwife said everything is back to normal and fine...but I dont feel like it is?!

ok that was a random post...hope it entertained some of you!

Morning ladies!

Thank goodness it's Friday! Can't wait for 1pm to get out this office!

Ah Vix and everyone else going - wish I lived closer so I could join! Not fair!!

Miksmommy - I thought it could only be the magnesium because thats the only thing we're doing differently. But we've had 2 really bad nights this week again so who the hell knows???

MommyN Kade also hates the taste of the magnesium. But I just squirt it in there and he has to swallow!

Maryke - Kade is the happiest baby during the day - never ever cries unless he's tired or hungry. But come night time and our vampire comes out! Everyone thinks we're talking hog wash!

Well last night was another shocker! Got him down at 7:30pm. Woke up at 11, 12, 1, 4 and then 5:45am! ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Happy 6 months to Maryke's tweenie, congrats to F.Jane and well done to you and the hubster:) yes we still have guests, until Sunday, Aaqil still has diarrhea courtesy of the antibiotics so giving him reuteri:(

Happy 6 months to your lil Mister MommyN and I'm so happy you are feeling better and in place where you can now celebrate your lil boy.

Vixie pixie I want to come too. Thanks for being so active the other night on bbm with Zarina's hijacking.

Chickiebird feels like I haven't spoken to you in ages! Give your hunk a kiss from me.

Binks poor Vanya:( I hate it when they are sick.

Ster so glad the pressure in Inge's ears is coming right.

Lizelle how is the noise today? Still impossible to hear the phone.

Carmen ai our dh's will overheat our babies:(

Poor Miksmoomy having a sick dh means life as you know it must come to a standstill whilst you tend to the sick man:P

Hi Suriya, Chan, yvette:) have I left out anyone? Oh yes my girl GML, how is your prince?