October 07 babies!

Nikki - the rotovirus vaccine is given orally, if you want to PM me your email address I can send you the info that our paediatrician gave us. Our GP has to order it in, so might be worth asking in advance if you are interested in getting it done. We thought pretty hard about it, and although its not a life threatening illness (often) it is so common in babies and toddlers that we thought it was worth getting the immunisation to avoid it if possible.

I cant make Weds at LynnMall - I have just organised to take Ollie for a trial swimming lesson on Weds morning. I know its early but the Hilton Brown people run classes for babies as young as 3 mths, so thought I would give it a go. It gets me out and about as well, so am quite looking forward to it. But am really keen to catch up some other time - maybe we should start a roster of the Auckland mummies houses, maybe a regular thing like the last Friday of everymonth or something like that. If you want me to whip up a little schedule (can you tell I used to be a project manager?) just PM me your address / email address and I will organise.

 

How much do they charge for lessons, SimSam?
I heard on TV that it's good to start early to get them used to the water...

We are going through Hilton Brown which I dont think are the cheapest around - I am going to the one at Mt Roskill Aquasports (so close to you!) I think its $60 a month which seems a bit steep...will let you know what I think!

Am going to put together a wee roster for auckland mummies meet ups - if you are keen PM me and just let me know what day suits best (I was thinking of something like...last friday of every month or something similar - let me know if you want to do it fortnightly?)

Ollie has a bumbo too - he isnt that keen on it though, but here is a very funny pic of him in it:

Have just had the 12 week jabs and Eva is not a happy poppet. She cried alot more this time and doesn't want me out of her sight. She's had one nap and I've just put her down for another. I hope she settles

heres jessica in hers we borrowed ours off a friend she loves watching her brother and sister in this

I wish Keziah liked the water, she didn't have her first bath until she was 5 days old and the nurse who did it made it a little cold and wouldn't allow me to do it myself (she didn't have a reason) so now she doesn't like bath time because of it I think :( Disappointing for me and DH who have to deal with her screaming blue murder :(

Have just got back from having Mikayla's TB shot, poor poppet screamed her lungs out for about 5mins and then was fine....is asleep now, has only had 40ml formula but I thought best to leave her to sleep and she'll eat when she wakes up

Neeks, I've had a couple of showers with Mikayla, DH passed her to me and I washed her as he was too scared he would drop her! She didn't really like it, so we have continued with the baby bath, which she's not too keen on either! We have found if we splash her and play a bit when we first put her in, then wash her head/hair last we have a quieter bath, she hates having her head done! We have to wash her in Aqueous Cream now, so it doesn't lather at all and has to be put on outside the water, so bathing is getting even more tricky! I was going to take her to swimming when 3mths, but doc has said no pools/chlorine for now, until her skin is sorted out.

That bumbo looks cool ladies, your babies are so cute!Might have to look into one for our girl - where do you get them from?

That was a quick nap.....best go sort out food.

Neeks, we shower Lauren just about every night! DH holds her in the shower while I lather her up and wash her hair, then he washes her off. She loves the shower, she licks the water as it splashes on her face. We have also been putting her head fully under the shower as I want to start swimming lessons at 6 months and am keen for her to put her under by then. She loves the water, definately a water baby! She has never screamed at shower time or while being dried and dressed! Guess I am lucky, but we did start this procedure at about 1 week old so she really doesn't know any different.

kabe and manz your poor bubs having needles today, Lauren got them in the next few weeks too

Thanks SimSam, will do! Yep, definately keen to go on the roster for monthly meet ups! Do you get the Rotovirus vaccine at the 3mth jab time? Have to book Mikayla in for her jabs when I take her back to the doc in a weeks time to get her skin checked, poor petal - all this poking & prodding

Peachy, that sounds like such a lovely shower time!

Only 13 sleeps until I go and see Bon Jovi in Christchurch, I'm sooo excited, but it is going to be real hard to leave my girl for nearly 24 hours when I've only been away from her for 3 hours max so far!

Tala loves the shower too - DH hands him to me while I'm in there and i just get him nice and wet all over(we're not using products yet). He's just like Lauren - smiles, stick his tongue out and licks the droplets on his face. I haven't stuck his head under though - we've got mains pressure and I think it'd be a bit too much! When our new bathroom is done I'll be able to adjust the pressure and give it a go.