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2 hrs 15 minutes good god!!!!

stranje...are your oz measured differently in the US????

over here 1 fluid oz is 30 ml....is it 20 ml in the US.... just wondered as you said you try to get 44 oz into giada and it seems alot when i struggle to get 25oz into conor!!!..
thought i saw it on a bottle in a shop today....

my back hurts too, but i think its because my core is so weak that i put extra pressure on my lower back when lifting instead of pulling in my stomach.........or so the personal trainer told me!!!!
 
Ha ha I just checked the bottle and it's 30 ml here per ounce to lol! She is such a piggy! She is big though. I will find out her height and weight on friday, but i bet she is about 18 pounds as she was 15 at 2 months. I let her lick my apple for a second today and she seemed to love it! I think she will be so happy to eat real food! HOw do i know when she is ready? Is it just by age and weight, or do I need to look for other signs that she is ready?

She is jerky sometimes. She has always had a strong neck so I figured she wouldn't be jerky at all by now as she is 4 months and one week, but I still see her wobble at times and sometimes her arms start to shake a little, like her muscles are weak and she is trying to hold herself up. I will ask the dr on friday, but what do you guys think?

I wonder how our pregnant ladies are doing??
 
gosh i dont know abt the jerky thing but conor is noe 17 pounds 8 give or take and he is 17 weeks i think lol!!!

i gave him a 6oz dream feed at 11pm last nite and he slept rite through till 6 am.....i dont believe it.....surely that wasnt wat was wrong!!!! 4 months on im still trying to work him out!!!

i knew he was ready cause he seemed hungry but didnt want the milk.....he can sit up supported and hold his head up and turn it well himself...
the waking up at nite isnt a sign as 4 months tend to sleep regress but i figured it wouldnt hurt....also i have stopped the losec as the reflux is slowly going, he just coughs now, but the gulping has gone and the crying is really dying down....
also if they spit out the puree, they arent ready, try later....conor gobbles it up and now is refusing his breakfast bottle, but im still giving it and another 5 bottle if i do the dream feed! he takes5/6 oz 7 if im lucky....yesterday he had 29 oz in 24 hours usually he has 21-25 oz for the past 3 weeks.....

went training this morning....cant move!!!!!
 
Really the working thing isn't that bad. I actually kind of enjoy being able to get out without the baby and not having to worry constantly about him (that sounds horrible, doesn't it?). He is currently staying with my MIL and FIL because they are retired and live 2 minutes from my house. He will go to daycare starting in August. Since I work 12 hr shifts and have such a long commute (I leave at 5am and don't get home till nearly 9pm), my husband has to take care of the dropping him off, picking him up, and bedtime routines on the days I work. He has definitely stepped up and has made it a fairly easy transition. And I only work 3 days a week, so I still have the majority of the week home with him. But it does kinda suck that the days I work I only get to hold him for a bit, give him a kiss, and put him to bed as he's usually already asleep or very drowsy. But it definitely helps me to appreciate him more when I am able to be home with him.

And Stranje, YES! I too am having back pain, and have been since Jack was born. I swear, I think it's from where I got my spinal. It hurts right about where I got it in the middle of my back. I have said next time I see an anesthesiologist at work, I'm going to ask them if it's a side effect. But I rarely ever see any (I don't take care of many patients that are going for surgery).

Great job Conor!! So glad he seems to be doing so much better for you trixie. I have been toying with the idea of a dream feed for Jack, but I'm not sure if I want to change up his routine. He is currently sleeping from 8 or 9 till about 4-5, takes a small feed and then wakes again between 730 and 8. And I think we probably will never fully have our kids figured out. They'll be teenagers soon enough and we probably still won't know what to do with them!! Ha!

So far introducing the formula has been going really well. I now only pump once or twice a day. It's amazing how when I started spacing it out, how fast my milk supply diminished!! I sometimes feel bad because my original goal was to breastfeed till 6 months, but it is so freeing to not feel so tied to the pump!!

How is everyone else getting on? We haven't heard from several of you for a while!!!
 
Trixie that is great that conor went so long. FOr Giada I realized after documenting everything that it is all about how much she has eaten during the day. The more she eats in the evening between 7:30 and 9:30 the longer she sleeps. She can leave some in her bottle in the morning, but if she does at evening time she is up in the middle of the night to eat what she didn't eat before bed! Is conor still sleeping well? It sounds like conor loves his food! Giada is doing well on formula right now so I will probably stick with it another few weeks and then start weaning. Her only issue is she spits up like crazy, but it bothers me more than her (because I have to keep changing and washing her clothes and mine!) Can't wait to have her on real food! I let her lick my piece of grapefruit yesterday. It was soooo funny. She made the worst face, but she kept right on licking it lol! Im thinking she won't be a very picky eater! Speaking of trixie, since you know about weaning, does it correlate at all to how picky kids are when they get a tad bit older. I know a 3 year old who will not eat ANY vegetables. She only eats like cheese and bread and obviously sweets. Does weaning have anything to do with that, or is it taste buds, or is it parenting once they are a bit older and not giving them a variety of food?

Lady I can't believe you work such long shifts!!! That is crazy! So glad switching to formula is going well! I know some babies have a hard time with that. Sorry to hear that you and trixie are both having back problems too. That is strange lady that the epidural may have left an effect. I hope it isn't long term. I had some pain and numbness there but it went away soon after delivery. I am curios to hear what the anesthesiologist has to say. And I agree trixie- I think having a weak core upsets the back. THe hard thing is it is hard to exercise when my back hurts, but I need to exercise to get stronger and improve my back! Plus my knee is killing me too- don't ask me why, it's not like I have done anything active for the past year. I think I need to go to the doctor.

So giada saw the dr today and had her shots. SHe weighed almost 22 pounds!!! No wonder my back hurts lol. SHe gained 6 pounds in 2 months and is now 27 inches long. I guess that is why she eats so much, she is just a big baby. I didn't realize she had to get shots at 6 months too :( I feel so bad because they hurt. ALthough she seems to calm down right after they are finished.

So I have been using white noise in our room and I think it really helps. The first night or two I didn't notice much difference and it was kinda distracting, but now I realize that I have been sleeping much better and she has gone from sleeping 9-10 hrs per night to sleeping 10+ hours. She actually slept 11 hrs the other day. Part of it is she is not hungry in the night. Actually she isn't even that hungry first thing in the morning- she only takes half her bottle now. If she does wake up she talks to herself and then falls back asleep, whether it be at 3:00am or 6:00am. When I shut the white noise off in the morning and I start talking to dh she wakes right up. I really think it is helping her sleep longer. I put it on ipod and it loops, and I turn it up very loud, like I am in the bathroom with the shower on. I still hear her babble etc, but I don't hear her heavy breathing or when she turns her head etc, so I sleep much better!

Hope everyone is well!
 
wow I took all this time to type something up and it just disappeared. Ugh. I don't have time to retype it all so here's a summary lol

Cass - 10.75lbs, Heather - 10.25lbs as of 2 weeks ago - can't believe they'll be 5 mos old tomorrow. Cass just rolled stomach to back last week.. three times. And hasn't done it since lol!

crappy sleeping - 4 month sleep regression perhaps.. thank goodness my mom spends 1 night a week here and takes over nighttime feeding duties. Wish I could put them to sleep on their stomachs.. occasionally I let them nap that way and they sleep so well... sigh...

back pain - I see a chiropractor every 2 weeks to help with it (and a massage therapist once a month) - seems to be helping. Hopefully nothing bad happened because of the spinal (I was so swollen I was jabbed about 5 times, each time just excruciatingly painful!)

hope everyone else is doing well. like the story about licking the grapefruit.. funny!!
 
Hey ladies,
I can't believe its mid May, almost June. Where is this year going?

Tobaira, great weight gain with your girls, they are doing so well! Erin is such a chunk now, it seems so long ago she was small, I miss that already! It's quite a strange feeling, because I miss being pregnant, and the early days of her being so small, but I also love the fact she is growing, and doing new things, and is more interactive, and am always looking to what she's doing next. In an ideal world where money was no object and we had a massive house, I think I would just keep popping babies out haha.

Erin seems to be doing ok for the time being on milk, but I have bought a box of baby rice, ready for when the time comes. She is still sleeping through the night for now. I am waiting for the 4 month regression, and also teething, but for now, I am making the most of it! She has her first cold at the moment, poor thing sounds so bunged up, and has the cutest little cough. Must be horrible not understanding why you feel rotten and can't breathe properly. She's coping well though, hasnt affected her feeding or sleeping too much. We're hoping to take her swimming on Monday if her cold is better. She also has her 3rd immunisations on tuesday.

Futuremama, I was wondering how you were getting on, and just saw your scan pictures!!! Sooooo cute. Is this the most pregnant you've ever been? I hope you are well.

Baby2310, haven't heard from you for a little while. Hope everythings ok.
And babies7777 and lilmisscheer how are your pregnancies going?
 
Hello Ladies, Good to hear everyone is doing well.
Great news on the weaning Trixie, i hope Darcey does as well with it. She is still on 5oz bottles and seems happy with that, she has 6 a day. Sleeping is pretty good. She goes to bed at 6.30-7pm and I feed her again between 9-11 and sleeps till about 7am, so im more then happy with that. Shes still in our room is her carry cot...she loves it! Im starting to worry about putting her in her own room, she might not sleep so well?
My little monkey weighs 12lb 10oz she is now14 weeks old.

Dreamer, I also miss the early days but love how she is now. She makes me laugh so much and love her little giggles, it melts my heart :)
She isn't fond of tummy time, so im going to have to try harder with that.

Trixie, I also have back pain. Mainly on my left side, it comes and goes. I have heard epidurals can cause back pain after.

Stranje, Darcey is much the same. If she doesn't eat much during the day it can often result in a restless night.
The white noice sounds great, im looking into getting some kind of musical bedtime thing for when she's in her own room. I returned the mobile a while ago because it wasnt very good so need something else.

Hope all you preggers ladies are doing well, it wont be long now :)

Fizzio, future mama how are you?
 
Claire, Erin also hates tummy time, she'd scream if I put her down on the floor like that, but in the past couple of days I have found a great way to give her time on her stomach. I sit on the sofa and put my legs on my footstool fairly close to the sofa, and have my kness bent, then lie her face down with her feet at my stomach and her head at my knees, and put the TV on. She will quite happily lie like that for a lot longer than she ever lay on the floor, and shes lifts her head up to watch the TV and turns if I shake a rattle to the side. Give it a go lol.
 
we do that too dreamer....conor hates tummy time and is still not making any attempt to turn over!!!

stanje i think all kids are fussy and picky when they are toddlers, its just important not to make a fuss and keep introducing the food they dont like every few days...

conor has totally changed....he is a happy boy...whoo hoo..
he is off the losec, we are giving prune juice and he is now off the lactalose, he just on enfamil ar now and have the paed apt on the 31st so ill ask whether or not to change him to cow and gate or something.
i am giving the dream feed at 11pm and he sleeps from 8 pm till 4 ...then dummy and sleeps to 6am and thats him up for the day, if im lucky he will nap with me till 8am!!!

im just glad he is happy!

i wouldnt mess up your routine lady, jack seems to be doing well....

god time is flying....
futuremama how are you???
 
Thats such lovely news Trixie, there was light at the end of the tunnel :)

Will give the tummy thing ago, you never know! x
 
Good to hear from everyone!!

I'm at work now (night shift) if you can tell from the weird time of night. I actually don't have a patient right now so I'm bored.

Re: the tummy-time: Jack hates tummy time too, but LOVES sleeping on his tummy. Which I only let him do during the day when I'm up and can watch him. Does this count as tummy time? I know is good for them to have it to help strengthen theirs arms and neck. Jack has excellent head control and has rolled over from stomach to back sometimes. I can't get him to always do it though.

Tobaira, good to hear from you!! It sounds like you have your hands full. So glad you have family to help you out!! It sounds like the girls are growing well!! Can't believe they are already 5 months!!

Claire, Jack actually sleeps better in his own room than he did when he roomed with us. I think he could hear us moving around and making noise, and it's much quieter in his room. We don't have a white noise machine, but I keep the ceiling fan on and a regular stand up fan in there.

Trixie, so so glad you have yourself a happy baby now!! Enjoy him!

Stranje, Giada is a big girl!! I bet she probably won't be a picky eater!! I wish Jack slept 10+ hours. He does sleep 7-8 so I can't complain too much I guess.

Hope everyone else is well.
How's our preggo ladies doing?
 
So good to hear from everyone, and so glad everyone is doing well! Giada hates tummy time too, but at least she lasts a few minutes now. IN the beginning she would try to eat the blanket and then start crying. Now she looks around at least before she tries to eat the blanket. My doctor said not to worry about it and that basically someone wrote an article on tummy time and now everyone is obsessive about it. Like tobaira's little one, giada rolled over three times and has not done it since and doesn't even look close to doing it again. Oh well!
So glad conor is a happy baby trixie! Giada was happy for a few weeks and now is back to being a bit fussy. She is fine when she is busy (and not hungry or tired) but she wont just sit there and hang out. It's like she gets bored quickly and wants to be carried around or in her stroller etc. She is also just now starting to realize that I am her mom and others are strangers. DH and I got in a huge argument the other night because he was feeding her to put her to bed and she was screaming and screaming. I waited a little to see if she would settle but she didn't so I went in there. He didn't want me to take her because he wanted her to settle with him, but she continued to scream and it was breaking my heart. It wasn't that long, but probably like 8 minutes total, and it wasn't just fussing. FInally I went back in and he handed her to me and was really upset at me for coming in and taking over. I think she was over tired and is used to me putting her to bed. I felt bad, but I told him I think there are more gentle ways of getting her to get used to him putting her to bed and there was no need to let her be so hysterical. I feel bad because I want her to be used to other people but it's not like I can reason with her and explain that it is ok. He feeds her quite a bit and she adores him, so I was surprised, but I feel that when she is over tired she doesnt even want him feeding her. I guess I need to work on socializing her more. Does anyone else have this problem?
I can't believe how many of us have back pain! I am going to try a deep tissue massage and I will let you know if it helps at all!
Oh- is anyone elses hair falling out??? I am afraid I am going to be bald by next week if it doesn't slow down!!!
 
Yes!! My hair is falling out big time! I asked the HV and she said its because when your pregnant you dont lose hardly any hair at all, and after pregnancy your horemones are getting back to normal and you lose what you didnt in pregnancy. Makes sense, but my temples are really thinning out!

Sorry to heat Giada wouldnt settle with your OH, Darcey is a bit like that, mostly when shes over tired. My parents have her once a month over night and hope that helps her get used to other people, its also good for me and hubby to have time together x
 
yeah conor can be a bit fussy like that too....my parents had conor overnite on sat nite and it was great to get out and relax.....had abit too much vodka!!!!! so thankgod i didnt have to get up in the middle off the nite, we only got home at 1am which is good for us!!!
conor loves his grandparents.....but we mums are with them all day and i think its natural for us to know wat will settle them.....my OH says i do his head in, if i ask him to feed conor and sit and watch him!!......i didnt realise i did that!

have to go down town now and get more clothes....conor now in 6-9 months, he is 68cm wat lengths are your LO
 
Yea I guess they are most used to us. GIada is just now getting weird about other people holding her...I am hoping I can change that.
I know what you mean about the clothes trixie! I bought a bathing suit right when I got pregnant that is 12 months and it really doesn't fit her as it is too small!!! She is 27 inches. I have to find a converter on line because I don't know centimeters to inches!
 
Trixie I just did the conversion and giada and conor are the same length!! But giada is much fatter lol!!! I really hope she evens out a bit...she is a total chunk and she barely fits in her swing anymore, and I don't know what I am going to do when that day comes!!
 
thats cool!! i think he will be tall, im 5'8'' and dad is 6'1''

i have conor in a bouncer and have a booster seat at the table and have a frog bouncer thing.....he is sitting watching mickey mouse club house screaming at the telly! it adorable...
 
Hey all.. been so busy lately.. two is much more work than one lol.. :) but so much more fun.. love it..

Bryce is doing well.. growing so fast.. he is teething not sure when they will pop through though.. time will tell.. sleeping through the night.. next appt is coming up in june so will be fun to see how big he is getting..

Will try to be one more.. but would love to add you ladies on fb.. pm if you want to be friends.. as thats where im on more.. and his pics are :)
 
That is too cute Trixie! I need to order some children's dvd's for giada. We just ordered her a seat- kinda like the bumbo one but it has a play tray that spins around it. I am hoping she will like it because she always wants to sit up. I have a froggie jumper/bouncer thing, but I feel she might still be a little young for it. Some say it can hurt their hips or their spine, and normally I wouldn't be too worried because if it were happening a lot they wouldn't sell them, but she is such a heavy baby that I worry that she might be more at risk for something like that. We'll see how the chair does.

So good to hear from you lilrojo! Can't imagine what it would be like with 2!!! Unfortunately I don't have facebook so I can't join you on there, but I hope when you have time you can post a pic!

Giada woke up hungry at 1am last night . I was really surprised as she hasn't woken in the middle of the night for like a month now. She used to have off nights like 1-2 times per week, but once I started keeping track of her feedings and making sure I fed her enough during the day she stopped having those off nights. She aslo didn't fall asleep quickly last night, and she woke more often in the night. She didn't cry, but I heard her stirring a few times last night. I am hoping it is not this 4 month sleep regression thing. She was starving when she woke though at 1am, so I am guessing she was just hungry for some reason. Hoping tonight is better!

So there was a centipede in our house last night. I was terrified as it looked like a bug out of the indiana jones movies. I had never seen one before and I am scared to death that there are more. Has anyone else ever had this in their house? I don't know if one means there are more. I googled it and I guess they are not dangerous, just scary looking and fast. They like to live in houses. Dh put it outside and now I wish we had taken him farther away as I'm worried he might find his way back in. I wish I wasn't scared of bugs, but I am terrified of them!

Hope everyone is doing well!!
 
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