August-September 2010 Moms

Hey ladies

I'm up for a meet next Wednesday if I can find my way around Kuilsriver without getting myself completely lost

Judesmom - sorry to hear that you are having a rough time - hopefully this phase will pass soon.

Kerry, sounds like you and Kaelyn are having fun Glad to hear that she is being a good little girl for mommy.

Emily's gums have also started bothering her and yip, the drooling is crazy!
I am using Ashton & Parsons and usually give it to her around 4PM and then she cries for more!! Took her to the paed for her 3 month check up and he advised that I should start her on cereal at 4 months (which is in 2 weeks time), anyone else going to start this early? Emily is a slow drinker, so he advised that I start solids early.

Also, Emily has now decided that she will only drink her milk if it comes straight out of the fridge!!! DH "accidentally" introduced her to this a few weeks ago (a story for another day) and I have never seen her drink a bottle that fast and she finished it in 1 go!!! So, with the next feed, she would not drink again, so we put it in the fridge for 10 minutes and again, she finished it in 1 go!!!! And that's how its been ever since, give her a warm or room temperature bottle and she spits the milk right out of her mouth and uses all her tongues force to push the teat out of her mouth, give her a cold bottle, and you are her best friend I asked the paed and he said to try and keep it out of the fridge for 5 minutes before giving it to her but that it can't really cause any harm.

Girly, hope k starts skipping that 2am feed really soon - I keep telling DH that we are probably going to have a VERY difficult 2nd child to make up for this

Blessed to be Mommy, did you decide to become a full time mommy after bubs was born?

Sorry have been MIA... was a hectic week last week... and had a party on saturday to top it off... our 2nd wedding anniversary!

Little one seems to be starting to grow teeth... shes fussing over her gums and crying a whole lot... so i let her chomp on my finger... which gets all the druel... beethoven has nothing on her! and she bites pretty hard too... last night i gave her teeje before bed and i think it help tremendously.

Girly Kaelyn is breastfed, exclusively... She sleeps like the dead in her crib for 7 - 8.5 hours every night, feeds again at about 4am, wakes up when dad leaves for work and comes to the bed with me... then at about 8-9 ish we have an hour play session... and i leave her there after that to play while i go shower. she only really sleeps at lunch time during the day, and has taken to only having her daytime feeds every 3.5 hours...

She also gets bad hiccups during the day, but they really dont seem to bother her... at night she just feeds and goes back to sleep... doesn't like to be burped... doesn't burp... so i gave up on that, during the day i try keep her upright for a bit after her feeds... but she just wants to be flat on her back on the couch against mommy...

Hiya ladies

Shew I'm feeling quite tired tonight. Meant to work on my CV but I feel like I'm ready for bed!

JudesMom shees that sounds very hectic! Hopefully its just a phase?
Have you tried all bottle types? Have you tried not being 'around' when the bottle is given? Shame this must be so stressful for you.

I would say this - if it starts getting too much maybe take her to the paed maybe there's something else causing this issue?
And likewise yourself - if you need help maybe ask your gynae to get you a script for eglynol. I take it and have decided to do so until I am sleeping 'through' - a good 6 hrs straight, as the tiredness aggrevates any other problems during the day and then I just cannot cope.

Babyzee hey hun. Nice to have you online again!
Hows your little one doing?

M2M how's L doing now? And J?


Re CPT Meet - M2M said we can meet at her place - thats if everyones willing to drive to Kraaifontein? Maybe next week? Wednesday always works for me but what do you girls think?

K is weighing 5kgs now - so we're still the smallest. But she's developing well and is feisty as anything! The day time sleep is getting easier - I think I'm just getting used to it though. I have to rock her to sleep, theres just no other way to do it. I can put her in her swing or cot and as tired as she is she just wont fall asleep. Sometimes we struggle but most times it takes 5-10mins to get her to sleep. I often just have her sleep in my arms cos theres less risk of her waking up, but I do try put her down as often as I can. She only sleeps around 30-45mins per nap.

How is the night time sleep routine going?
K feeds between 6 & 7pm, then we rock her to sleep. This seems to take much longer than the daytime, sometimes a good 30mins-1hr and even then she stays restless, so we put her in her swing while she sleeps and then move her to the bed later if we need to. Other nights she's fine and shes in her own bed by 8pm. Then sleeps around 7hrs before her next feed, and then 3.5hrs taking us to 5 or 6am, and then she wakes around 7am. But generally after her last feed she's quite niggly and restless although asleep, so we then put her in our bed with one of our hands on her chest and she calms down.
Anyone (besides Charne whose never had this problem ) whose babies are now skipping their 2am feeds? Esp those who are breastfeeding? Apparently this happens between 3-6 months but I am SO hoping its closer to 3 months!!!

K turned 3 months this past Saturday. We spent the morning at the moomie meet and she was so well behaved. The afternoon we took her to meet great granny for the first time. She met great grandpa the day of her birth but GGma is bed bound. They're in an old age home so we didnt want to take her till her immune system was better.
Sunday we had her dedication. The weather was lovely and the venue was perfect (Slattery's at Oude Westhof)! It was so chill and relaxed. Will put the photo's up on fb when I get a chance.

Anyhoo now that I've yet again filled an entire page I better go!

Hi moms, it's been a hectic couple of weeks with Scarlett, she doesnt want to go to anyone and screams blue murder even tears roll out her eyes and when i take her she is completely calm! this is very draining on me.

She also wont take a bottle and that means dad cant even help.
Im really hoping she gets better becos i cant go on like this . . .

Please let me know when we going to get together.

Hi Mommies,

Its been a while since i posted i do read the posts but never get around to posting.

Girly i agree with you Cape Town mommies we should def meet soon, i unfortunately missed the mommies get together it was too far for me but i saw the pics looks like it was great fun.

Mommy 2 J wow you are only 24 makes me feel so old i just turned 30 on the 8th of this month.

BabyKmom sorry for the break in it sucks that they invaded your privacy i am the most paranoid person i check the house atleast three times before going to bed.

Blessed shame man sorry about the croup it terrible i hope baba is better now you are so lucky to be at home i only have a couple of weeks before i return to work

Mommy2monster wow your boy has really grown and great to see his brother hanging out with him sorry about the sickness give him lost of kisses

Girly good luck with the kitchen cupboard i am sure you cannot wait for the end results, i saw pics of Kaylee on facebook she is a big girl now cant believe how fast they grow hey.

Cape Town mommie lets meet when and where?

hi girls,

liam was in hospital cos of bronchiolitis again and a viral infection. was his second time there, 1st time round was at 5w. but he is home now and we need to do is keep him warm and indoors and not to expose him to temp changes/extremes.

the thing is his brother s now sitting with a cold/fluor something cos he is chesty and snotty...fxfx that the monster don't give it to l!

have a lovely day!