Oktober & November 2011 Mammas

Just popping in quick

Lizel- I hope your baba plays along and comes before next week.

Elrike- daai bloeding is aaklig. Myne het vir 4weke aan gegaan. En dit lyk asof AF weer oppad is want dit voel asof ek PMS het.

Deja- you sound exhausted. But I can see you love the work you do which is great I hope for your sake Sion settles into longer sleeping intervals. If I may ask, how long does he feed for?

Skitterling- how was the market?

Christi- I also elevate Michaels crib because he also has a little reflux. Its horrible for them. But I am glad that its not bad like some other mommies suffer.

Lindy- I am glad that your gynae is on the ball. I knew there was a reason for him monitoring you so closely. Which is great. As long as baba comes out healthy then thats all that matters.

Michael had his first "playdate" today. It reminded me how small Michael is LOL my friends little boy was born on the 29th of Sept. So he is only two days older than Michael. here is a pic

Last nite was a real rough nite with Michael. He was so restless I am not quite sure why but he fights his bottle towards the end of it, he literally cries and screams and then after a while he will settle. And its not that he has had enough because I have tried leaving the bottle when he does that but he wants the rest of it. has this happened to anyone?

Deja- was meant to ask. Did your medical aid cover Sions circumcision? We wanted to do Michael but coz he was in NICU we decided to wait coz we feared infection etc. So now we are planning to do him January. I phoned the medical aid and they wont pay out the hospital benefit unless its medically necessary otherwise it comes out the funds. Not like the old days when it was done for free. Strange. Did they do Sion in the doctors rooms or in theatre?

Hey Skitter Lol I hope the market wasn't too bad.

Oh my Gosh Lizel I also think you are the only one working still.... sorry!! U know go have some nookie this weekend and if there is still nothing by Monday then u know what to do....where is the link for Claire's birth story...I don't think I've read it?

Shame sorry Deja....just think it is def better in the long run...good thing you did it this early. Lol shame you do sound buggered I don't know where you get all the energy from in the first place. Good luck with the articles. Oh and Yay for the laptop looks awesome! Great thanks for the link it does look very comfy!

Thanks for the pic Christi that is a lovely camp cot.

Elrike do you drive a manual? I am very worried about not being allowed to drive it will really drive me crazy! Oh ja en hoe was die newborn shoot? Het jy nie gister gegaan vir een nie?

Ok ladies thank you so much for all the advise but hubby told me this morning that he had already ordered the Carry cot for our pram......(he wanted to surprise me) I am very very happy about that so now at least I can keep baby in my room or in her own and she will be cozy and comfy....still think it's allot of money but Oh well I spoke to the one lady at the expo this morning and she said that it will be here by Monday or Wednesday. So as for our visit this morning it was a bit awkward but I am really really ok with the decision now. Spoke to doc again after hubby left and he is very happy that everything is fine but would rather just do the C-sec on Wednesday. I was very worried afterwards cause my one friend got me into a panic and said that if baby is not growing the could not be getting enough oxygen etc etc and it really really upset me. But I am feeling a little more confident now and I really trust my doctor and if he thinks it is fine to wait till Wednesday then I am happy to wait. I don't know why some people have to be so dramatic some times I mean really why upset me so much at this stage in my pregnancy.......I think that is why doc obviously kept listening to the "flow" of the amniotic fluid at every visit cause he must have picked up that her growth was slow but clearly he never thought it necessary to tell us and I'm sure if there was something wrong he would have told us.

Anyhoo...I have to sort out baby's final bits this weekend cause next week she will be here Yay!!

Deja, ja ek het, moet haar nog laat weet wat ons besluit as ons eendag net kan ooreenstem

Lindy, alles gaan goed en reg afloop moenie worry nie. Darm kyk jou dr mooi na alles en het iets opgetel.

Christi, nope not going to the expo dont have any time Need to do shopping and baby's room this weekend

Skitter, dankie, dink nie sy gaan kom nie en dis ook maar ok. Een van ons vriende se sy gaan Sondag oggend 3 uur kom. Hoop nie so nie dis te vroeg vir my

Elrike, sy kan maar deur die venter ook kom, kan nie meer wag om haar te ontmoet nie al is ek vrek bang

Tanz, hope all went well

Hi julle!
Ek hop net gou in!! Was vanoggend swem toe met Luwan! Ek kon nie swem nie, weens die aaklige bloeding, maar ja! Daarna was ons Moms & Tots toe!!! Ek moes iets doen sodat Luwan bietjie afleiding kry, want hy is onmoontlik gewees die laaste paar dae! (Ek het bestuur - en dit is glad nie so erg nie)

Deja - dit is erg dat jy elke 2 ure moet opstaan vir voedings! Gelukkig is Edrich elke 4 ure in die dag en 6 ure in die nagte!!! Maar my 2 jarige is erger as my 2 weke seun! Sterkte met al die deadlines!!!

Lindy - Sterkte vir jou! Kom laat weet ons wat gebeur!

Lizel - ek hoop vir jou part die baba kom die naweek op die normale manier!!

Christi - Ek gaan vanmiddag na die Expo! My man hou niks daarvan om expo toe te gaan nie...'n Vriendin by die swem het komplimentere kaartjies so ek en sy gaan vanmiddag! Hoop maar ek oorleef met die 2 kabouters!!!

Hi skitter!

Tanz - Sterkte vir jou ook - ek sien op FB dat jy 10h00 gedoen sou word! Kom laat weet hoe dit gaan! En foto's!!!

Mooi dag vir julle elkeen!

Hi everyone

Lindy good luck, keep us posted!

Christi, hope the reflux is not too bad. Nice cot!

Deja, shew, he does feed often, how long does a feed generally last? Good luck with your assignments.

Lizel, keeping fingers crossed that baby will come before monday, if she does not you will make the right choice, good luck xx

Let me go get the kids dressed and to the market, ugh, in no mood at all

Morning Everyone,

Aaah Lindy, will be thinking of you and hope everything will be fine!!
Regarding the sleeping, we got a very nice camp cot as a present when Iris was born and we are using it for Kota as well. It's standing on my side of the bed and he starts off sleeping there but when he wakes for his 1st night feed I put him in bed with us and he drinks while I go back to sleep I have him permanently elevated from the chest up as it seems my poor little man is suffering from reflux and it seems to help.



Deja, sjoe shame, every 2 hours, I would also be exhausted!! Hope it gets better soon!!

Regarding Kota's name. It was my brother's name, but its only the name we call him, his registered names are Jacobus Petrus

I've been bad and haven't taken any new pictures yet BUT I am definately going to make a plan today!!! It's time I started using that nice Canon DH bought me for Christmas last year...

Lizel, thank you, glad you liked it...

Ok, I don't know how many of you live in or near JHB, but is anyone going to the baby expo this weekend?