Parenting after loss & Miscarriage #3 June '08

[Janie]

Google madame zaritska It's such a crack up.

[AnnaT]

Hmm Im assuming it gives you the same answer for any child or preg you have? lol

The day you deliver, outside will be sunny (true) . Your baby will arrive in wee hours of the morning (false - 10:41am) .

After a labor lasting approximately 10 hours (ha false - 90min!), your child, a girl (false), will be born. Your baby will weigh about 8 pounds, 6 ounces (false 6lb 8oz so backwards), and will be 18 inches long (false 19inch). This child will have blue eyes and some very fine hair. (false - he has dark eyes and dark hair)

I do hope the girl part is true 3rd time round though lol She can keep her 10hr labour though

[LisaL]

Morning ladies,

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Anna - yep that madam zaritska thing is hilarious, bit of fun. Hopefully her 'girl' prediciton relates to your next pregnancy

Janie - YAY on having a great babysitter so you can get out and watch SATC! Im going to take one of my other friends to see it, so that'll be twice for me!

We had a good weekend, the little miss has been a good girl We had dinner at a friends last night, and they have two little boys, and she just lurrrrrves them, so she had a wonderful time, and was zonked out on their couch by 9pm.

working at home today, bbl to catch up on everyone else

Lisa xx

[LisaL]

Oh and I organised a suprise dinner for my mums belated 50th bday (it was earlier this year). I arranged for mums brothers and mum to meet us at a restaurant, she was so suprised. It was great, and Miss ALexandra had a ball! A little boy was blowing kisses to her from the next table..tooo cute!

[Flowerchild]

Due to the technical issues we have been having with Belly Belly I haven't been on line for a few days. Hooray! things seem to have fixed themselves!

Big hugs everyone I hope your week is turning into a good one.

Michelle: How are you going my love? I sent you an sms last week but didn't get a reply so am concerned...

Lisa: What a wonderful daughter you are! Sounds like your Mum had a lovely time.

Spring: YIPPEEE on coming to Qld. I would lovae to meet you irl. I look forward to it. It must be hectic with alll you have to do to get away...

Anna: You too have a lot to get done! I hope accessing childcare is not too difficult.

Well it's soooo cold here today and wet. The house is nice and toasty and Princess Immy is tucked up in her bed. I still have anxiety over sids - it's dreadful.

My eldest DD turned 13 last week so we had the big party and cake and all the hoopla. It was a big couple of days...

I will bbl I have lots to catch up on now I am back on line!

[LisaL]

Are we back on line?? YAY!!!

Deb - hope DD 13th bday was a hit, OMG can you believe you have a teenager? Good Luck!!

OK ladies, HOW ARE YOU??

Im well, nothing new to report, other than little Miss A now stands on her own, but doesnt know what to do once she is standing, so she dives forward head first!! Almost dived straight over my bed yesterday.....

[mako]

WOOHOO I'm pleased that all is ok now and I can post.Not that I have too much to say lol.

Happy belated 13th to your DD Deb. Sounds like you had a busy but lovely time.

Lisa How clever is Miss A. Thats just too cute about the little boy blowing kisses hun.

Nothing much happening here atm. Sage still isn't sleeping very well and to top it all off he now refuses to eat any vegies He will eat some fruit but only when it suits him. Anyone got any tips on how to get him to eat something else apart from stewed apple and pears? He won't eat bananas or avacado either. He'll cough and cough until he makes himself sick or he clenches his lips shut. He is still bf ok though. Is this a stage that bubs go through or something else maybe?

Hope you are all ok.

[LisaL]

Hi Mako,

DD goes through phases like that too where she will only eat certain things. Sometimes they just dont want anything, and as long as he is BF and generally well, then dont worry too much. On the days where DD was being really fussy, she would generally be happy to eat only rice cereal mixed with fruit. Some of the other things alexandra likes to eat now are bread with hommus spread on it, vegetable/chicken noodle soup (I break up a piece of bread in there too and mush it all up), roast potato, yoghurt, mashed potato with tuna, baby porridge. Good luck!

[Willow]

Hey girls...not much happening here. Still miserable to be honest. DS still not sleeping (days have improved, nights still awful) and DD still waking at night (had a good stretch of 4 nights of 13 solid hours and I thought that might be the end of it, but not so lucky). About ready to lose the plot...I bit the bullet and went to the GP on Saturday and got some ABs so horrid cold/sinus infection is finally gone, DD better too but DS still has a rotten nose and cough. To add salt to the wounds, AF arrived yesterday (could explain the low mood actually). Rude shock after 16.5 months...but a bit relieved actually, with all my probs was starting to think she may not return at all.

Mako - can't help you on the solids, we're not exactly progressing rapidly either. Still on vegies and fruit. Hoping to start something a bit more substantial in the next few weeks. I feel your pain on the sleep issue, I really, really do...

Michelle - hope you're feeling better.

Deb - Happy Bday to R. I often think of her and how she's going since your news last year.

Hope all are well...BBL when I've got something a bit more positive to say!

[Spring Angel]

Hi Ladies

My computer has crashed, there looks like it is going to need some majory surgery to get fixed so I am at the local library computer. I have been close to commiting computer-cide but so far I've I resisted chucking it in the bin. Just wanted to pop in and let you know I miss you guys like crazy. DH will be back in a week so at least I'll get the lap top back and can use it to get my BB fix.

Big Lv
Spring xx

[Lynn]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPRING

I hope you are having a great day!

Luv & hugs
Lynn
xxxxxxxxxxx

[Willow]

Oooh, you cheeky bugger!! You didn't tell us!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE!!!

Hope you're having a great day with your lil man!!

[Lynn]

OMG it has been so hard to post here recently..............it looks like it is back to normal.

Mako and Willow, sorry you are both having probs with your boys sleeping. I hope they give you a good nights sleep soon.

Not much happening here either - other than Ethan has finally learned how to self settle (not all the time I must admit but most of the time). We just put him to bed and walk away. Usually we have to go back in and pop the dummy back in and there is the occassional time when we need to help him a bit but that is in the cot. It has taken some time but it is much easier than pacing the hallways rocking him to sleep.

We start solids in a few weeks and to be honest I am nervous about it. I guess because I'm not sure how he will go but also it means that he is growing up..............why can't he stay a baby.

[AnnaT]

Dont panic about solids Lynn, Ethan and Ripley are the same age and Ive already tried him on some rice cereal and mashed potato. He didnt want a bar of it so Im going to wait til he is closer to 7mths old before I try again. There is no set rule that they must have solids at 6mths, some bubbies just arent interested until they are 8 months or even older. My eldest was on 3 solid meals a day by 5mths old so its new to me to have a bub that isnt interested in food. So if Ethan doesnt want them when you try then dont force it and let him decide when he wants solids

[mako]

Happy Birthday Spring.Hope you have had a lovely day.

Willow I hope af isn't too nasty to you. I hear you on being relieved. Still no af for me but you watch now that I've mentioned it it'll probably happen in the next week or 2
I hope L is feeling better soon hun.Sending lots of good baby sleep vibes your way

Lynn I also didn't want Sage to start solids for the same reason. I just want my baby to stay a baby even though I love seeing him grow and develop and learn new things

DH came to watch Sage at swimming today and he was just sooooo gorgeous.He splashed his hands and kicked his legs at the right time during the nursery rhymes lol.Daddy got a bit teary which suprised me a bit but was lovely to see.
I'll be stopping the lessons at the end of term to give Sage's skin a break. He has really bad eczema and I know how itchy mine gets so I'm not going to put him through that if I can help it.
Thanks Lisa and Willow for the words of wisdom regarding the solids thing too. Its nice to know that others are going through or have been through similar situations.

BBL better go and organise something for dinner. Takeaway is looking good

[LisaL]

OMG I have gastro!!!!! DH has it too, same with MIL, BIL and SIL! Thanks god my mum came and picked up DD this morning. Now is the first time ive actually felt a little human. DH made me some toast and tea. DD is having her first sleep over at mums, and i miss her oh so much. It would be different if we let her sleep over due to us being a function or something, but with the both of at home, the house feels so empty. I want to go to mums just to give her a good night kiss, but i dont think i can drive

Hope your all well and HAPPY BDAY SPRING!!!!!!

Michelle - how is Edna??

Night, ill be back whenever I get chance....

Lisa

[Willow]

Daddy got a bit teary which surprised me a bit but was lovely to see.

Awwwww that is so sweet!

Lisa - YUCKO! That is the pitts. I hope you're feeling better soon and your baby girl can come home.

I know I'm clutching at straws here on the sleep issue, but I'm taking L back to the GP tomorrow. I'm starting to get worried that he might be really unwell. DH agrees with me for once so I know I'm not overreacting. His sleep is so disrupted by his coughing and gagging. He'll just go off to sleep, then starts coughing, gagging and spluttering and then wakes himself up, starts crying and the vicious cycle begins again

I don't have a really good GP for him though. I'm actually thinking of asking around about a paed. He has one at the hospital, but that's through the outpatients clinic, so not the kind you can ring and say 'DS is sick, can I make an appt' kinda thing.

Speaking of which, I had him weighed and his head circ taken again this week. His head circ has spiked off the charts again So another call to the paed at the hospital who hasn't called me back. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Might follow it up tomorrow.

[Lynn]

Thanks Anna. I guess I will try him at 6 months and if he isn't interested then I will wait and try again in a couple of weeks.

Mako - you are right, it is nice all the same to see them develop and do new things. That is gorgeous that your DH got teary at swimming, I guess seeing his little man splashing around just made him so proud! Hope you enjoyed your takeaway.

Willow - follow your instinct, if you think there is something wrong then get it checked out. It can't hurt to just check it rather than leave it and wish you had of. You know your son best so follow what you feel. I hope everything is ok. I have a really good gp which I would recommend but it is a bit of a drive for you. Hope you get a call back from your paed soon about your questions.

Lisa - I hope you and the family are feeling better soon.