January 2014 Babies Club

Chattastrophe! · 25-07-2014 5:13pm

LOL I know it's a bit early for it, but this time last year, I was already listening to this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDp4uCWm9_s All I wanted for Christmas! I had it on repeat, while feeling those lovely little kicks.

Now he's a big chubby happy giggly little boy sitting here laughing at me! And bopping away to the music!

Life is awesome!

Millem · 25-07-2014 7:15pm

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

LOL I know it's a bit early for it, but this time last year, I was already listening to this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDp4uCWm9_s All I wanted for Christmas! I had it on repeat, while feeling those lovely little kicks.

Now he's a big chubby happy giggly little boy sitting here laughing at me! And bopping away to the music!

Life is awesome!

Gosh life was so boring before my Babs came along

I swear I thought he was going to take off crawling today :eek: he can move around and get from A to B by rolling and pulling himself!

Millem · 01-08-2014 6:43pm

Hey girls, just wondering what is the crack with baby check ups? Are we meant to go at 7 months?

Hello Lady! · 02-08-2014 6:32pm

Millem wrote: »

Hey girls, just wondering what is the crack with baby check ups? Are we meant to go at 7 months?

Between 7 and 9 months - whenever suits you. Girls booked in for just after they turn 8 mths as it suits me best with time off work etc.

Millem · 02-08-2014 6:33pm

Hello Lady! wrote: »

Between 7 and 9 months - whenever suits you. Girls booked in for just after they turn 8 mths as it suits me best with time off work etc.

That's great thanks. Do you know exactly what they are checking? My PHN is all over the place

Hello Lady! · 02-08-2014 6:34pm

Millem wrote: »

That's great thanks. Do you know exactly what they are checking? My PHN is all over the place

Its just a basic developmental check and of course weight and length.

Millem · 02-08-2014 6:39pm

Hello Lady! wrote: »

Its just a basic developmental check and of course weight and length.

Cool

she is unreal. I might wait till end of sept when I think she is on maternity leave!!

are anyone's babies sitting by themselves yet? My babs can only do it for about 30 secs! But he can leave forward and do it by using hands. I think I need to do more practicing

Chattastrophe! · 02-08-2014 6:39pm

Haven't heard anything yet, which is a pain in the ass, seeing as one of us willl need to sort out a full day off to attend!

Millem · 02-08-2014 6:42pm

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

Haven't heard anything yet, which is a pain in the ass, seeing as one of us willl need to sort out a full day off to attend!

Oh no

could you get a half day? I don't have my timetable yet but every Wednesday I finish at 1 so I think I will do it on a Wednesday

Hello Lady! · 02-08-2014 7:04pm

Most of the time they don't contact you unless it's overdue so probably best to contact them yourself to arrange it.

both my girls sitting poker straight and no wobbles. Leaning forward too to grab things no bother and making great efforts to get crawling. Twin 2 a bit better at it - shes been sitting up straight about 3 weeks now, but twin 1 only started properly last week. They sit straight backed and totally engrossed in baby tv in the morning while I make their brekkie!

Millem · 02-08-2014 7:17pm

Hello Lady! wrote: »

Most of the time they don't contact you unless it's overdue so probably best to contact them yourself to arrange it.

both my girls sitting poker straight and no wobbles. Leaning forward too to grab things no bother and making great efforts to get crawling. Twin 2 a bit better at it - shes been sitting up straight about 3 weeks now, but twin 1 only started properly last week. They sit straight backed and totally engrossed in baby tv in the morning while I make their brekkie!

I think we need to do some practising on sitting. Any tips?

He is great in his high chair and he is rolling and moving on the ground like I don't know what !!!

Hello Lady! · 02-08-2014 8:28pm

He'll dp it when he's ready - no rush! I think A did it so early purely out of necessity - desperate to get relief from her reflux!

Millem · 07-08-2014 9:14am

Hello Lady! wrote: »

He'll dp it when he's ready - no rush! I think A did it so early purely out of necessity - desperate to get relief from her reflux!

Hello lady he is now sitting up

baby proofing had started!! Ordered these last night as he is seriously on the move

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002SG7JT4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
And http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002SG7JSK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Chattastrophe! · 07-08-2014 12:55pm

Our boy is sitting up loads now, and has mastered the art of crawling backwards ... just needs to figure out how to go forwards now!

He's really coming on loads since he started creche, I think he's jealous of the big kids being able to crawl and toddle around the place!

Millem · 07-08-2014 8:52pm

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

Our boy is sitting up loads now, and has mastered the art of crawling backwards ... just needs to figure out how to go forwards now! He's really coming on loads since he started creche, I think he's jealous of the big kids being able to crawl and toddle around the place!

My mum swears by creche, she said it helps with their speech loads too

Next week I am sending in his form for montesorri in sept 2016!!!! It isn't full but just to be sure to be sure

Chattastrophe! · 07-08-2014 8:55pm

William's already registered for primary school since two months ... and is 86th on a waiting list that allows 60! So unfortunately that doesn't seem crazy to me at all!

Millem · 07-08-2014 9:03pm

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

William's already registered for primary school since two months ... and is 86th on a waiting list that allows 60! So unfortunately that doesn't seem crazy to me at all!

Oh no

do you have a back up option? Just in case

Chattastrophe! · 07-08-2014 9:20pm

Millem wrote: »

Oh no do you have a back up option? Just in case

We do, there's a school in the area that doesn't open registration for a year before. But the secretary in the first school said we'll most likely get in as long as we're in the first hundred. I'll be happy with either option, both seem to be very good schools.

Millem · 07-08-2014 10:22pm

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

We do, there's a school in the area that doesn't open registration for a year before. But the secretary in the first school said we'll most likely get in as long as we're in the first hundred. I'll be happy with either option, both seem to be very good schools.

I think that's the way it should be....how are we supposed to know which school would suit them best when they are so young

Plus a lot of people rent nowadays so they might move in a few years

Chattastrophe! · 22-08-2014 6:47am

Just wondering if any of your babies have teeth yet? We're still waiting!

Sami23 · 22-08-2014 6:49am

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

Just wondering if any of your babies have teeth yet? We're still waiting!

None here yet either

Millem · 22-08-2014 8:16am

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

Just wondering if any of your babies have teeth yet? We're still waiting!

Two coming down that are visible

rsl1976 · 22-08-2014 9:13am

My lo has her bottom two since she was 5months and she is just cutting her top two at the moment. She's great not a bother in her thank god.

rsl1976 · 22-08-2014 10:38am

Hello Lady! wrote: »

Most of the time they don't contact you unless it's overdue so probably best to contact them yourself to arrange it.

both my girls sitting poker straight and no wobbles. Leaning forward too to grab things no bother and making great efforts to get crawling. Twin 2 a bit better at it - shes been sitting up straight about 3 weeks now, but twin 1 only started properly last week. They sit straight backed and totally engrossed in baby tv in the morning while I make their brekkie!

Thank god for baby tv:D

galah · 22-08-2014 2:06pm

i can feel the tip of one of the front teeth, but that's about it

wobbly sitting up, otherwise not moving much -think we have the laziest baby around! it's not like he can't, he just can't be bothered :eek: such a difference to his brother who was basically doing situps and pushups at 6 months.

still not sleeping through either, but we're getting better with 4-hourly intervals. and he's at least taking a sippy cup now with his food (looks like i'll raise this child without ever having to sterilise a bottle :P), still breastfeeding for his main milk intake tho.

rsl1976 · 22-09-2014 1:48pm

Hi ladies

Hope everyone is keeping well. My LO is finally sleeping through the night. She has a Weetabix about 7 and then fall asleep in her pram. She wakes at 9 for a bottle then falls back asleep and we bring her up to her cot and she has been sleeping till 7.30. Its so nice as before she was waking at all hours and ending up in the bed with us.

ourmaris · 25-09-2014 3:26pm

My little girl is almost 8 months and for the last few weeks after feeding or eating she will start to cough and throw up everything she has just drank/ate. She wont eat breakfast so only eats 2 meals a day and snacks. She throws up probably twice a week and I am getting really worried about it as she is a poor enough eater as it is. Is there anything I can do? she doesnt have a cough by the way. Im getting really worried.

rsl1976 · 25-09-2014 8:43pm

ourmaris wrote: »

My little girl is almost 8 months and for the last few weeks after feeding or eating she will start to cough and throw up everything she has just drank/ate. She wont eat breakfast so only eats 2 meals a day and snacks. She throws up probably twice a week and I am getting really worried about it as she is a poor enough eater as it is. Is there anything I can do? she doesnt have a cough by the way. Im getting really worried.

That must be awful for you. What are you feeding her? Could it be an intolerance to some ingredient?

indigo twist · 26-09-2014 10:01pm

I'd be delighted if our baby only threw up twice a week; twice a day would be a good day for him! He's putting on weight fine though and he eats anything we give him.

Any other January babies still without teeth?! I've been sure they were coming loads of times, but still nothing!

Millem · 26-09-2014 10:24pm

indigo twist wrote: »

I'd be delighted if our baby only threw up twice a week; twice a day would be a good day for him! He's putting on weight fine though and he eats anything we give him.

Any other January babies still without teeth?! I've been sure they were coming loads of times, but still nothing!

Our baby has 6 teeth!!

ourmaris · 27-09-2014 9:56pm

Indigo twist does your little one throw up like properly or just spewing? so far this week my little girl has gotten sick 4 times. She seems to throw up everything in her little tummy, it is so hard to get food into her so i feel like crying when i see it all come back up. I puree veg,fruits, meat etc for her. She does seem to have a strong gag reflex so maybe this is why she coughs and then throws up. We still dont have any teeth.

galah · 27-09-2014 10:22pm

sleep slowly getting better, getting the odd 6 hour stretch now. wohoo

we got both bottom front teeth at the same time, and it looks like both top front ones are coming through at the same time as well. babba very cranky at the moment.

ourmaris, could it be an intolerance? j always threw up after dairy (the very rare occasion when hubby forgot to use the soy milk for his cereal, and the day i experimented with yoghurt

) but hes getting better with dairy now as well.

still no luck with the bottle here, now going to skip it altogether and use a sippy cup. he better get used to it quickly though, back to work very soon.

rsl1976 · 27-09-2014 11:26pm

My lo has 4 teeth with another 2 coming up. She seems to get them 2 at a time. How are all your babies doing at sitting up. My lo is fine in the playpen but she kind of bounces with excitement and falls back alot so nervous about putting her on the floor

Millem · 28-09-2014 7:16am

rsl1976 wrote: »

My lo has 4 teeth with another 2 coming up. She seems to get them 2 at a time. How are all your babies doing at sitting up. My lo is fine in the playpen but she kind of bounces with excitement and falls back alot so nervous about putting her on the floor

I bought those foam playmats http://http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-4-foam-playmats/207-9376.prd
He is great at sitting up but I still would want to be beside him because he hasn't really figured out how to get from a sit into a crawl position without getting his leg stuck so sometimes just makes himself fall on purpose to get onto his belly! He is super active and Is constantly banging himself and getting bruises

I wouldn't mind it is when I am minding him!!!! He is getting very very very frustrated as gets into a crawl position and bounces but doesn't move forward!! He then tries to do a handstand! Lol yesterday he was sitting up and grabbed my leg and tried to pull himself into a stand position!!!!!

indigo twist · 28-09-2014 7:39am

Our guy is fine at sitting up .... having said that, he did topple over this morning and knocked his head on the wooden floor, he wasn't too bothered though! I think he only fell because he was still half asleep at the time! He's started crawling, although it's more like dragging himself along with his arms with his tummy still on the floor ... he can move so fast though! He often does that bouncing thing too Millem when he's in the crawl position, when he's trying to decide where to go next ... then he zooms off!

ourmaris no it's not really puking like that most of the time, it's usually just his milk he pukes up, seems to have improved quite a bit since he started on solids.

Has everyone had their 8 months PHN check yet? Ours is this week, he'll be nearly 9 months. I'll be interested to see what weight he's at now - he was 25% percentile when born and stayed the same at all his earlier checks. I was just thinking this morning he doesn't seem as chubby as other babies I see, but he eats everything put in front of him (and usually looks for more!) so hopefully it's all OK! He has gotten so tall recently, really looks like a little toddler!

Millem · 28-09-2014 8:50am

indigo twist wrote: »

Our guy is fine at sitting up .... having said that, he did topple over this morning and knocked his head on the wooden floor, he wasn't too bothered though! I think he only fell because he was still half asleep at the time! He's started crawling, although it's more like dragging himself along with his arms with his tummy still on the floor ... he can move so fast though! He often does that bouncing thing too Millem when he's in the crawl position, when he's trying to decide where to go next ... then he zooms off!

ourmaris no it's not really puking like that most of the time, it's usually just his milk he pukes up, seems to have improved quite a bit since he started on solids.

Has everyone had their 8 months PHN check yet? Ours is this week, he'll be nearly 9 months. I'll be interested to see what weight he's at now - he was 25% percentile when born and stayed the same at all his earlier checks. I was just thinking this morning he doesn't seem as chubby as other babies I see, but he eats everything put in front of him (and usually looks for more!) so hopefully it's all OK! He has gotten so tall recently, really looks like a little toddler!

Our PHN said she doesn't do those checks till 9 months! She told me to book it for mid term break but he will nearly be 10 months!!! I weighed him myself in August and I reckon he was 11.5kg!!! He gets around by rolling but he can crawl a few steps backwards and can turn himself in a crawl position!!

rsl1976 · 28-09-2014 10:34am

We have our check up in 2 weeks which is why I was asking about sitting up. I guess I have to remember that they are all unique and will do things at their own pace. My nephew is 3 weeks older and he is pulling himself up into a stand but hasn't a tooth in his head whereas she is getting another two. I remember one of my nieces went straight from sitting up to standing. She never crawled just got around on her bum. I feel our little one is huge and I try put her in 12-18 bottoms as she is so long. So looking forward to dressing her up for Halloween. A friend gave me a bumblebee costume. My 7 yo said it's not possible for her to get any cuter as she is literally the cutest thing she has ever seen. I blame the Disney channel for that kind of talk

Millem · 28-09-2014 10:41am

rsl1976 wrote: »

We have our check up in 2 weeks which is why I was asking about sitting up. I guess I have to remember that they are all unique and will do things at their own pace. My nephew is 3 weeks older and he is pulling himself up into a stand but hasn't a tooth in his head whereas she is getting another two. I remember one of my nieces went straight from sitting up to standing. She never crawled just got around on her bum. I feel our little one is huge and I try put her in 12-18 bottoms as she is so long. So looking forward to dressing her up for Halloween. A friend gave me a bumblebee costume. My 7 yo said it's not possible for her to get any cuter as she is literally the cutest thing she has ever seen. I blame the Disney channel for that kind of talk

I honestly wouldn't worry about the sitting up, it will come. I don't let the baby watch tv but I do let him watch "super simple songs" on the iPad every day. When I put it on he would sit poker straight for 30 mins!!! I bet if you put baby programmes on the TV your baby would sit up soooo well!!! My niece didn't sit up properly (sturdy) until really 8 and a half months but she was rolling at 4 weeks!

rsl1976 · 28-09-2014 4:27pm

It's just the fear she will hurt herself. She is my 3rd child

but the first that I haven't actually gone back to work on so it's like it's my first

In the park today and she was great sitting up for ages but then got excited and just threw herself back suddenly. Few tears but got over it pretty quickly

galah · 28-09-2014 9:51pm

yeah, same here. sitting fairly sturdily, but then gets excited and throws himself backwards :rolleyes:

had the 8 month check ages ago (our phn is a disaster, on our first every check was at least 3 months late, and with this one everything is early...), i'm not too fussed about those checks anymore to be honest. still dont get why it's split between the phn, the gp, and a hse doctor when it would make a lot more sense to just have the gp do it as he'd be the one who sees the kids most anyway (but i really cant stand our condescending phn and the batty hse doc, so i'm biased

)

Millem · 29-09-2014 6:00am

galah wrote: »

yeah, same here. sitting fairly sturdily, but then gets excited and throws himself backwards :rolleyes:

had the 8 month check ages ago (our phn is a disaster, on our first every check was at least 3 months late, and with this one everything is early...), i'm not too fussed about those checks anymore to be honest. still dont get why it's split between the phn, the gp, and a hse doctor when it would make a lot more sense to just have the gp do it as he'd be the one who sees the kids most anyway (but i really cant stand our condescending phn and the batty hse doc, so i'm biased )

Galah I thought I was just going to PHN for this check?

indigo twist · 29-09-2014 6:32am

I think maybe she means the fact that the six-week-check is with the GP? If so, I think this is because the mother gets checked at this appointment as well as the baby, and I guess GPs would be more trained in checking up on the mother, seeing how stitches have healed up etc. I got a very thorough physical examination at the six-week-check, and the baby's heart was checked (I'm not sure PHNs usually have the same equipment as doctors to check this?)

As for the HSE doctor, I'm guessing this was probably for the BCG vaccine? These are often given before the baby leaves the hospital, but it's not done in every hospital; also in our case he was on antibiotics for a couple of days after he was born so he didn't get the BCG vaccine until he was a month old, and it was given by a HSE doctor rather than our regular GP (not really sure why, but that's the way it was done!)

I don't really have a problem with all the appointments with different professionals; there's always the chance that one of them will pick up on something that another won't. E.g. I made an extra appointment for a PHN check at around 2-3 months because I had concerns about his reflux and weight-gain - she immediately referred him for physio for positional plagiocephaly (something I wasn't even concerned about, and neither our usual PHN or our GP had picked up on it, even though they'd both seen him shortly before) - if she hadn't picked up on it then, we'd probably only be getting our physio referral now at nine months - whereas because it was treated so early, we're all done with the physio now.

The PHN I had for the first few appointments is on maternity leave now so I don't know who I'll have for this one. I wasn't too impressed with her anyways - she'd never even heard of BLW and was horrified when I told her about it - in her profession, and as someone who was expecting a baby herself at the time, I was amazed she wasn't even aware of it. They even have signs up in Holles St promoting it, so it's hardly that much of a new-fangled notion! (As it happens, we ended up doing combined purees and BLW, but I was just really surprised that she didn't even know about it.)

galah · 29-09-2014 6:59pm

sorry, wasnt clear on this.

after birth, the phn comes out a few times. then you see the GP for the 2 week and 6 week check. vaccinations done by GP (no BCG in Galway), then dev checks by PHN, plus this 8 months check was with phn and HSE doc (dunno why, her idea of the ideal first weaning food for baby was "shepherds pie" so i just ignored her from then on in).

when baby was sick, GP sent us to hospital, but hospital then sent us to PHN for follow-up - which consisted of her asking me "do you think he's better now?". :mad: same thing with his neck, which was tilted to one side for a while - phn says she cant assess or refer to physio so sends me back to gp (60 quid), but she can send us for hip xray through hse on a more than spurious hunch, after his hips were checked a bazillion times (dont get me wrong, id rather have one check too many than not enough, but it's just so inconsistent).

it's just so many different people checking different things and not keeping a centralised record, it annoys me to tears.

indigo twist · 02-10-2014 12:56pm

No BCG at all in Galway, galah? That's mad, I thought the vaccinations would be standard all across the country! (I don't even know what the BCG protects against, but anyways!)

Well I was saying a few posts up that I thought W was looking very tall ... we had the check-up today, he is 75cm and just over the 90th percentile for height!

And he is just over the 50th percentile for weight (he weighs 9kg exactly); he had been closer to the 25th percentile at other checks but the nurse said it's probably only gone up because he's so tall, i.e. he's still relatively slim, she thinks it's just his natural build so she's happy with the numbers! He passed all the developmental checks with flying colours, and was full of smiles for her!

I've had to start strapping him in to his carseat now when I want to have a shower.

Before, I could just leave him in his cot with a few toys, but now as soon as I put him into it, he's standing up and bouncing on the mattress, and he's banged his face off the top rail of the cot a few times so I can't leave him in there alone any more! Can't leave him on the floor either as he's crawling everywhere. I've a feeling the next few months are going to be very busy!!

rsl1976 · 02-10-2014 1:16pm

You should get a playpen. My LO loves hers. Its in our sitting room so if I need to do anything like have a shower she just plays in that

indigo twist · 02-10-2014 1:46pm

We have a travel cot in the sitting room alright, and would be lost without it! I'm just happier having him upstairs though when I'm in the shower, I tend to take pretty long showers.

Though I guess I should cut out that habit now that I'll be paying for them!

rsl1976 · 02-10-2014 4:47pm

yeah sometimes it's not worth it. i would have the sittingroom and bathroom door open and the slightest little shout and i'm panicking. She is not standing up in her cot yet so i can leave her in there and put on babytv for her

galah · 02-10-2014 10:43pm

no BCG in Galway, they just dont do them here (protects against tuberculosis, i think). gotta love the consistent approach to healthcare in this country....:rolleyes:

so far, J istn crawling yet so I have him on a babygym mat on the bathroom floor when I shower. Think I had our first strapped in the car seat, too - or possibly in the jumperoo, cant remember

but J hates the whole shower thing - the noise of the heater, shower, and hairdryer makes him go absolutely mental :eek: (yet he'll happily listen to his brother go crazy with the drums or keyboard toy

)

rsl1976 · 23-11-2014 9:24pm

How is everyone doing. I'm sure this time last year people were counting down the days to finishing work.

Put up our Xmas tree today (has to be up for the toy show) and when the lights went on our LO had no interest at all

What are people getting them from Santa. We got an interactive teddy in Smyths for €40 and that's it. I'm sure she will get lots. She is growing so quick so If people ask I just ask them to get her clothes or heavy sleeping suits.

Hello Lady! · 23-11-2014 9:48pm

rsl1976 wrote: »

How is everyone doing. I'm sure this time last year people were counting down the days to finishing work.

Put up our Xmas tree today (has to be up for the toy show) and when the lights went on our LO had no interest at all

What are people getting them from Santa. We got an interactive teddy in Smyths for €40 and that's it. I'm sure she will get lots. She is growing so quick so If people ask I just ask them to get her clothes or heavy sleeping suits.

This time last year I had been admitted to hospital and was stuck there til xmas eve!

Not going to do a tree this year I don't think. The girls are both walking and now climbing so literally into EVERYTHING! Plus the spot the tree goes takes up half their play area. They are so young they won't miss a tree but they definitely will miss their play area. And with two and two of everything there us just no room. We'll put up garlands/wreaths/lights etc and still decorate...just no trees. It's killing me as I'm normally Mrs Christmas and have two trees! But next year we'll be in anew house thats much bigger so I'll go all out then and they'll be old enough to appreciate it a bit more.

They're going to be spoiled with toys...have no.clue where they're all gonna go! Between their birthday the week before Christmas and Christmas itself they have a load of fisher prive little people sets, v-tech stuff, rocking horses, sit on scooter yokes, books, teddies, clothes....even the new house won't be big enough at this rate!

January 2014 Babies Club

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