Mums of babies 6-12 months

Thanks Holi! You made me feel better.

Angel you crack me up. I think i know why your husband doesn't say anything, haha.

Loulou, my stomach pain is gone after I go to the bathroom but it takes awhile to get to that point. Its a pain first for awhile then cramping then toilet. I think it started maybe 5 months after I had her.

Angel- hope the car gets fixed quickly, your lucky you have someone to fix it without having to pay out the *ss for it.

What do you mean why he doesn't say anythig chris? ***blinks innocently***

You are right,the guy (our neighbour) came over and had a play with the car,said he thinks it's the starter,he said he also thought he could fix it and even go and pick up the part for me ,ist that sweet?I did have my hair straightened n make-up on,and a clingy sweater...and two LOUD kids in the back of my car,perhaps it was more pity LOL! JK

Anyway,he's very sweet and is going to do it tommorow.Even though he's working as well,what a sweety.I want to give him some money or SOMETHING ,any ideas?he's a young guy,should I ask him how much he wants to charge?what if he sis noting?I dont know what is right to give someone? Help!lol

\Angel- Does he have kids? Is he single? If he is single, guys always love food. If he has kids, you could watch them. If he has a dog you could take the dog for walks or play. I doubt he will want money since he is offering but you could do some nice gesture, if he needs help in some way. You could wash his car in a bikini while he fixes yours, haha, although he might start breaking your car on purpose to get his washed again, teehee.

oh baby awake i have to finish up later

Hey girls
a few years back i had bad stomach problems, had heaps of tests, endoscopy, colonoscpy etc everything looked normal, i have always eaten healthy but all of a sudeen if i ate too much bread i was in pain, if i had milk, straight through me and pains, i would have a sudden urge to go to the toilet and have an upset tummy and diarreah alot. I went to natropath and everything. i know when i was stressed at work etc it would get worse, it got put downt to IBS syndrome and after a few years it went away on its won???? so i hope it goes away for you girls, i had to go on wheat free diets everything to try and eliminate stuff.

Yeah LM for sleeping through.

We had Emys 12 month check up today. Everything is good but she is a little too light. She is 17lbs and 30inches long. Her height is 75% but her weight is off the chart but on the low side. So I have to fatten her up some. We get to start dairy now so hopefully that will help. Well I hate to be quick but I have to get work done while both babies are sleeping. I don't know why I am cleaning when I am having a dozen kids running through here.

We had Lucy's 9 month checkup today. She weighed 18.6 pounds (50 percentile) and was 29 inches (90th percentile). The doctor said he thinks she will have teeth popping thru real soon now. They checked her iron, and it tested 11.7, and they said anyting over 11 is fine.


Sometimes I wonder if part of the tummy troubles are irrritation from all the extra hormones still cruising around our systems. I saw something on tv today that said a woman having a child produces the same amount of hormones in one year that a woman without a child would produce in 190 years.

I feel like I never have time to get on here anymore and I miss you all so much. But I am really trying to get the bathroom finished and get the kitchen at least planned out before Easter. I just have this feeling like if we are ever going to move we need to do it now and take advantage of some better prices.

I am so sorry to hear about everyone's stomach problems. Mine tends to get a little funky with hormones going up and down. It always has done that but it is way more noticeable now and I feel like it gets passed onto Isaac. Maybe you are onto something with the probiotics though. Has anyone tried yogurt doesn't it have some of that good bacteria too?

LouLou, your DH is crazy. I consider it a good day when I can keep Isaac happy and get decent dinner on the table. If I get cleaning or a project snuck in during a nap well that just makes it a very good day. I feel like there are always baby toys strewn about. In fact I will crawl around putting them away and he crawls around and takes it right back out. If I just let them lay out he acts like he has nothing to play with. You need to take a day when DH is home and leave for a few hours. Even if it is just to groceries in the house or to get a hair cut just make sure you stay out for a few hours and come home and see what he has to say. If you want to be really mean ask him to get a few things done while you are out and see how he does.

Ok well I need to go get a baby gate up before my guy wakes up. He has learned how to motor up the stairs and the pressure gate we had that was supposed to not ruin the walls is messing up the wall so I am going to install one with hardware. At least then I will only have a few holes to patch.

OK. Let me see if I can catch up!

Tiff - Congrats on LM reaching 11 months and sorry to hear she didn't sleep last night. I know it's frustrating but hang in there!

Chris - That little Emy is a long skinny one! Owen is shorter AND heavier! I so wish we could get all of these babies together! I'd love to see how they all compare! Are you planning to continue nursing after 12 months? I wish now I had kept going.....
sometimes!!!!

DM - that's really interesting about the hormone levels. It makes me feel a little more normal.... you know?

Momma Bear - It's good to see you around! We have a set of stairs but I keep Owen gated from the largest part of our house so he has never even seen the stairs! (they lead to a bonus room we don't use)

Well, not too much going on here. I'm just trying to keep my house clean and dinner on the table. (HA!) I think I have convinced my DH to take a little vacation this summer. We will probably wait until the end of the summer but I'm excited just the same! We didn't do anything last summer so it's time!!!!! I think we will go to the beach for a few days! We haven't been anywhere together as a family yet so it should be fun...... right?!

OK. I'm gonna finish watching Law and Order now!

I'm so glad your DH saw the light!!!! I guess it's nice to know that I'm not alone in this department! My DH DOES help a good bit with the baby. He watches Owen for me at least once a week so I can have dinner with a friend or go shopping and I NEVER have to take Owen to the grocery with me - I don't even have to ask him - it's just an understood. BUT - he has only bathed Owen 3 or 4 times and he just wont help around the house! But it's ok..... I'm getting it all together!

I wish my clothes were getting baggy!!! No such luck over here! I have the best intentions to lose weight but I have found lately that my way of unwinding at the end of the day involves some form of chocolate!
I have gotten some really cute clothes recently at Walmart! I have a friend that bought this really cute shirt for about $65 and I found one that looks JUST like it at Walmart for $12!!!!! Have fun shopping! You will have to let us know what you find!

With this stomach stuff going on I have been so bloated my clothes are pretty discouraging right now. So I am not even going to think about it. But last night I think I had a sudden idea what might be contributing to my problems....Ok last fall I was going to have that essure procedure, and then we found out I am allergic to nickel and that ended that because the insert had a nickel alloy. The other day at the gastroentenonologist's office I was sitting there waiting looking at my ct scan report when I noticed that there was a surgical clip in me from my gall bladder. It bothered me but I couldn't figure out why, and then days later it finally struck me. Guess what a common alloy in those clips is? Yup, nickel. That would explain why everything is staying irritated....anyways the surgeon will be in his office tomorrow afternoon so I will find out for sure if my clip has it or not.

Tiff that is great about your husband. Mine seems to think I lead a life of leisure, no matter what I say or do. And now that my mom went home I have the two older kids home for two weeks for spring break. I need a vacation lol. I think hormones definitely could be contributing, even if they aren't the only cause of everyone's problems. Probiotics are great. I was on them when I was pregnant.

Tonight the husband went to get the kids from their r.e. class while Lucy and I sat in the front seat of the truck jabbering. Lucy figured out how to make the window go up all by herself. She got confused when I lowered it back down, but she keput putting it up very proudly lol.

Tiff,
I had such a rough time with DF for about the first 6 months after Audrey's birth. He was heavily medicated but went off of it about 6 months after Audrey was born then started helping me out quite a bit, but after letting him know that it makes for a long day with no help. The only thing is that when he looks after Audrey all day during the days he is off during the week, when I get home from work I take over and he takes off to his garage, that makes me angry because he never fully takes over for me when I'm home all day with her. But men will be men, he has helped, lately he's been slacking on helping with dishes (on his days off while I'm at work he says he'd do dishes and never does, so I get home to dirty dishes). So yeah I can totally relate, but with us both working full time, it makes for long weeks sometimes.

Hi all
Sorry been MIA for a little while

We are doing great. Kyrah is just a little toddler now, she is officially walking now ( but still crawls when she wants to get somewhere fast lol) she is starting to follow instructions, like where is baby ( doll) go and bring it to mummy etc. She is a chatter box and tires to copy everythig i do, i rub my hands together, so does she, i laugh, she will do this fake laugh its sooo cute. She is also interacting with other children playing chasey by crawling after them then when they turn around she crawls away laughing. every child she she's at the shops etc she will wave to and say bubba and she constantly pretends she is on the phone and tries to share her food with me and puts thing in my mouth lol
She just loves music and dances so much. I am just loving every second, she is soooo much fun. Got her weighes yesterday she is 8.6kg ( 19lbs) and 72.5cm (28.5 inches) tall
she hasnt been putting much weight on at all lately like 50g in 5 weeks but she eats and drinks sooo well and sleeps so well, so i think its just cause she is sooo active every second she is awake lol She is getting so independent and will play on her own and tried to give her dolls her dummy and feed her toys bottle etc.

Anyway i hope your all well and babies doing great
xxoxo

Hi guys, We had a busy day. i guess I'm officially no longer on this thread. The other one is slow so I'm sure I will be in here til everyone is over there, which will be soon.

We had such a long day, we had kids over starting at noon and my family is still here. Emy dropped like a fly after she ate her cake. I'll post some pics and a video in pics thread. I don't have alot of the pics because my friend took most the pictures so I have to wait til tomorrow to get them.

Sparkles- Emy and Kyrah sound so much alike. Its funny that kids pic up all the same things.

Emy is also officially walking, I guess she has been but she is now able to walk around the room without falling, pic up toys and keep going. Yesterday and today I spent remembering last year in the hospital and when I nursed her tonight I thought, this was probably about the first time I nursed you last year and I almost cried. I couldn't agree with sparkles more about how I am still amazed every second I am with her.

Nicki- I think that them asking you to come in the meet and chat w everyone is great sign.

I can't complain too much about DH, we have it set up so that he has certain duties. He gives a bath and gets her ready for bed every night. He also gets up weekend mornings with her so I can sleep in. But he still annoys me sometimes.

Ok I have to crash, I am so ready for bed, I feel like the walking dead.

Chris I said this on fb but I'll say it again!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1






What an exciting day! I'm sure you had fun and are happy for your little toddler but I'm sure you are a little sad at the same time!!!! Hope you get some good rest tonight!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMY
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! i cant belive it
give her a big kiss from me xoxo

Happy birthday Emy!

Lucy learned to make a b-b-b-b-b sound today and made it ALL day long lol. I can't even make it like she does - it definitly a very juicy sound lol.

OH I missed it Happy Birthday Emy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope she had a fantastic day!!!!!!!!!!!!

sparkles wrote:

she hasnt been putting much weight on at all lately like 50g in 5 weeks but she eats and drinks sooo well and sleeps so well, so i think its just cause she is sooo active every second she is awake lol She is getting so independent and will play on her own and tried to give her dolls her dummy and feed her toys bottle etc.

Anyway i hope your all well and babies doing great
xxoxo

Hey Sparkles! I know what you mean about the independence! But what struck me as funny is how different little boys and girls are even at this stage! Thane of course is about 3 months older, but he is independent a lot as well...but instead of dolls and feeding toys, he is in the floor playing with Blaine's monster truck!!! LOL How funny! I never really paid attention to how ALL BOY he is til i read that about Kyrah

I know i shouldn't be posting over here really either...BUT i love you ladies and I have a connection with all of you - not to say I don't on the other thread...but you know what i mean

I wanted to update you on Thane, since I haven't updated about him anywhere in a long time. He is almost 14 months old. He is saying "Mama" - ALL THE TIME NOW and i times i am going crazy like when I'm taking a shower and his fingers are under the door and hes crying MAMAMAMAMAMAMA, he runs thru the house yelling "Mama!?" when he can't see me , he says "Dada" or Daeeee" sometimes for Daddy, He says Bubba for Blaine, He is saying "Nana" for Nannie, Ka-eee for my little sis Katie, and he is waving hi and bye (which he's been doing). He gives everyone "love" by putting his forehead against you - its his way of hugging, and tries to give "Suggies" but really just opens his mouth and slobbers on you LOL. He's been walking since he was 11 months, but now he is full on everywhere and almost running, sometimes he does run but gets scared cuz he doesn't know how to stop!! LOL He has 10 teeth, including 2 molars!! He LOVES to be read to, when i am siting in his room he comes and gives me a book andsits in my lap His favorite is Kitty Up that we got from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library I will say "You want mama read? Go get the Kitty Book" and he will laugh and go find teh Kitty book thru ALL of his tons of books and bring it back to me

He is a little ham too!! He is so funny! FULL of humor and everything is a game!! He wrinkles his nose and laughs and smiles to try to be cute and get out of trouble Teling him no and spanking him is a game unfortunately ... oh boy look at terrible twos!! :S But, really he is a wonderful boy. He DOES listen mostly and if you tell him not to do something or if you say "Give it to mommy" he will USUALLY bring it to you. He is just a little man and I am so proud of him Of course...he is still nursing. I had planned on weaning him at 1 year, but no way, he is NOT ready to give up boobie, even though he can drink thru a straw, a cup, and have his own juice box...which yes, Ms Cherry, he DOES turn upside down when he is done and lets it all leak out!!! AND he can even take that tiny straw out of the juice box and put it back in that little tiny hole!! I was shokced when he did that!

anyway, better get ready for work...i may actually wear some makeup today for the meeting

ttyl - hope everyone is great!

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