Feb-May 2011 Mommies

Libra, Megan is GORGEOUS makes me want to sommer go and have a baby girl next! She is LOVELY!

PS How is everyone posting their pics!? I attach mine to attachments and it comes out all small and grim!

Oh my word, Arno had a total screaming tantrum on Saturday night!! I have never heard anything like it!! We were watching rugby and braaiing at friends and around 19h30 he started crying. It got worse and worse until he was red in the face and totally out of breath. I was so stressed I nearly took him to the hospital, I thought it might have been an after effect of the vaccinations, but once we got him in the carseat he was quiet and fell asleep! He then slept peacefully after that for most of the night. The last night around the exact same time he started crying again. It wasn't as bad as the previous night, but I eventually had to play him some music and sing to him and rock him in his car seat to get him to sleep. He then slept 20 minutes and woke up and the whole thing started again! He really does not sleep well during the day - about 10 to 30 minutes max at a time, maybe twice or thrice a day! Maybe he is so tired by that time of the day from so little sleep? Goodness only knows! Tonight I think I will give him a teaspoon of cereal and see how it goes. He was 4 months on Satuday and I'm willing to try anything at this stage!

Meags I'm so jealous of you being able to swim with Matt already! I can't wait to get Arno in our pool! And the pic Joli took is gorgeous!!

Libra Meagan is SOO cute with her huge eyes and lovely smile! I hardly ever manage to get a photo of Arno smiling because he is always moving around, waving his hands, turning his head, etc.

Loving all the baba pics !!

I realised last week that I don't have nearly as many photos of Megan as I would like. The last photo of the 3 of us was when she was just over a week! There are more photos of her with my one stepson than of us! I have been very 'slapgat' with the photos (and I love taking photos) but I don't like being in them. I prefer to be behind the camera not infront of it. I took some photos the weekend and I have also booked a studio shoot for us for the 27th and an outdoor one (probably at the beach) the week after that. Hubby is not too keen on the photoshoots, but I really want some nice photos of the 3 of us. I am really regretting that I did not have a newborn shoot done!! I have not decided whether I am going to take the boys with, I think I will arrange another shoot of the 5 of us in December.

Here are some photos of Megan I took over the weekend...

Morning everyone...been a while since I have posted a proper post...
It's really cold here today...when is summer going to start????

I can't really remember what everyone has posted and I don't think Megan will give me the time to reread it, so if I miss anyone I apologise...

Congrats on all the teeth...would love to see photos of the pretty smiles...

MistyMom, yes they were born on the same day. Her timing was great, so I didn't mind that she was a few days late (she was due on the 22nd) Megan is going over t her 3-6 months clothing now. Really need to go weigh her, she weight 5.7kgs at 12 weeks...
Shame, I guess you must be dreading his op...

Tazzy, how is it going with the sleep training? I have heard that a lot of babies prefer veg to porridge...Hope your household are all healthy again...

Cath, you are so lucky with W sleeping through...I wish I was you! M drinks about every 3 hours, but she does not drink as much as she should...it's quite frustrating because I waste so much formula. I have stopped bf during as I don't think she drank much in any case - I'm quite sad about it but I think it's best for both of us. She now bf at night and in the morning. I do think I should maybe express some milk during the day so that she can get some extra breastmilk...though I must admit I'm a bit lazy...

Claire, enjoy the last few weeks with your little one, I'm sure you are going to miss him once you are back at work... The one advantage of being back at work is the free time for yourself. A lot of moms say they actually go back to work so that they can relax. I must admit I am really not looking forward to going back to work. (I'm starting again on 3 Oct) My maternity leave has really flown by so far, can't believe I only have a month and a half left!

Meags, sorry to hear about your bladder, hopefully its not serious. I have actually gone of the pill now because my period is so irregular. Once I have stopped breastfeeding I will go on the pill again... Matt is really so cute, I am so glad things are going better now. He was probably niggly the last while because of his teeth.

Lucy, at least you can say that Tessa is a healthy little girl! I can't wait for Megan to roll over, but she isn't really intrested in laying on her tummy...She'll lay on her tummy for a minute or so then she starts moaning...I guess we'll get there eventually...

Fawhaway, sorry to hear about your whole situation with you ex. And the whole blog/memoirs thing sound interesting...maybe they will become famous, you never know!

Schatsie, Arno is too cute. Megan has also been drooling a lot and sticking everything in her mouth, they say it can take a while for the teeth to come out. I have been paying for Megan's jabs all along (the medical aid has been paying for it) I just don't want to take her to the goverment clinic in our area, so my only other choice is to pay for it...

Megan is slowly becoming her old cheerful self again... so glad she's no longer grumpy. She is getting so cute... She has been going to bed between 20:00 -
21:00 the last week so I am very happy about that. She still wakes up during the night, it's not much of a problem now but it will be once I'm back at work. She usually sleeps for 5 or 6 hours then wakes up but falls asleep about 10 minutes later on the boob, after that she wakes up every hour and a half or two hours...

Better go now...enjoy the rest of your day...

Loving all the photos I don't know why mine go into a funny little attachment?!?!?!!

Meags, what did Matt wear in the pool? we're going to Ballito next month and I want take little one swimming - is there like a waterproof costume for little ones or what did you use? I'm not going to take him into the pool with a nappy on so what do you suggest?? are there some waterproof type things you use (with the nappy underneath thats fine)

Thanks!

Matt and Arno are looking too gorgeous!!! 2 teeth meags!!! WIlliam has been frothing at the mouth LOL and biting and trying to speak (aaaah) really trying to form words but no teeth as yet!

Cath
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the pictures of the babies are just toooo cute!!!
Libra I dont think I've seen pictures of your baby? Please post some!
Matt now has 2 teeth - yippee! hope thats it for now so he starts sleeping better again.
here are a couple of pics:

the day he got his first tooth


swimming!


one of the pics Joli took - cant wait to see the rest!