March Mums...

OMG Noah is eating choccies already????

Well I was gonna post that Ella had her first yum cha today but Noahs choccie and strawberry eating tops that!! LOL!!! Anyways...Ella did really well...had bit of the sweet bread pastry, chocked on it, coughed it back into mummys hand...BLAH! Then demanded (and got!) custard filling from my custard tart!! and then the pumpkin filling from DHs tart! Gave her a won ton corner...but she tried to choke on that too!

She had a great day tho - lost some of the clinginess as my GF (cambodian one) gave her mega cuddles and taught her new words in her lingo....Ella just looks at her with pure adoration and squeals etc! They had a blast! Next to teach her to use chopsticks before her daddy learns...LOL at BSDH trying to stab food at yum cha OMG!!!!

well i didnt see my bubba for 22 hours....put her to sleep last nite and went to work real early this am...was in office at 6 15am! picked her up after 4pm and she was soooo happy to see mummy!!!

her latest is pulling up on me and standing holding onto my shirt etc...and making me catch her if she falls back....she is still very wobbly but she loves to stand now....and OMG the crawl is getting faster and faster now and she can scoot before we can grab at times....not as uch rolling now...that just wastes time...crawling is ALL the rage....OMG!!!

apparently today at DC she was ravenous and would not stop eating...little con artiste!....oh and they sent her a get well card....signed by all the kids in painted palm prints...soooooo cute! we got it when we got home on weekend.

Shaz - how is alyssa doing??? I thought of you guys when ellas hand was in splint and thought OMG imagine it in a cast....then thought of Alyssas leg....poor bubba!

havent seen much of some mummies in here lately...you guys still lurking or gone??? Amrican baby? Yummy mummy? etc etc.....

SB - OMG Jack has grown sooo much = i realised how long it has been since ive seen him when i saw the photo in the other thread.....OMG!!!!

ah the land sounds lovely....esp come summer - will be great for your kids to grow up having a place like that....I love the north...

Ella is good now...realised tonight that she hasnt been coughing and has slept 12 hours straight again every night since being home. ME well i am coughing up a lung tonight...id be too scared to have a chest xray as they might admit me for a month!

Ella has a new DC friend too...wee girl called Summer who was born 2 days after Ella at 37 weeks....so nice she has bubbas her age. Summer isnt sitting yet tho, and is still rolling but am sure once she caatches up there will be no stopping them! Ellas latest is she crawls to her bike in corner by garage access and looks up so we put her in and take her for a ride....such a wee con artist at such a young age!

wow alyssa sure is trying heaps! how did she cope with the dairy side of things? no reaction?

Have to say we are being careful with Ella really - weve come this far with no reactions to things so doing slow introduction of food etc....

OMG i cannot wait for summer....im so looking forward to seeing ella play in the sea....she is such a water bubba

oh dear gotta love grandmas huh?

well we went to ellas dc open night tonight...was very interesting to see just how many kids and carers she has totally wrapped around her little finger...and i kinda feel bad that they ALL know her name yet I dont know half their kids names....mind you I guess her yelling "Elle - LA" out about twenty times makes sure everyone knows her name! Was totally cute when a little Shireya (whose total vocab in english at 18 months is "ella" and "baby") came up and smothered Ella in kisses and cuddles.....ahhhh sooooo cute!

well I am home alone again - DH is in Oz again....but have big bed to go snuggle up in all by myself soon....always is kinda nice when he isnt here!

Hey everyone,

Have been lurking but have had no time to post so thought I would grab myself 5 mins to sit and finally post.

Life is super busy, Elle is great, rolling absolutely EVERYWHERE and desperately trying to crawl, she'll inch her way forwards and push herself backwards but as far as getting up on all fours, not quite. She is loving her solids but is a wee bit fussy, only likes pumpkin stuff, and really dislikes meaty flavours. LOVES pears and bananas and peaches/apricots etc and I gave her a piece of honeydew melon before in her feeder and she LOVES it, in fact ate all of it apart from a tiny squashed up bit and wanted more. I figure its a great way to get some fluid into her as she still won't really drink water. She sucks it up the straw and then proceeds to spit most of it back out.

Was SUPPOSED to have plunket yesterday but plunket nurse never showed, waited 45ish minutes for her at the doctors rooms(which she uses every 2nd thursday), she rung this morning to say - it was the 8th she made the appointment for - yeah right!!!! I know it was this week, cause I had it written down, but what can you do. Anyhoo I measured her when we were there and she is 70cm long, couldn't weigh her though, which is pretty much the only reason I wanted to go.

Having a bit of an issue in the poo'p department, as in they have been really hard, poor wee thing. I know more water etc would help but what can you do when she won't really drink it. Hoping having melons will help with all the water in them.

Been super busy with work. Did just under 40 hours last week. Not quite as busy this week, yay, although we have had the huge winds here and the power was off for 2 days (we had a wee bit but 2/3rds of it was out), also the phones were out and minimal water (as we use a pump to get our water from a spring).

Woke up this morning and was listening for Elle's breathing in the monitor (which is always been pretty loud - with her floppy larynx) and couldn't really hear it, man was I out of bed in a flash, walked into her room to find her face down asleep in bed, she had rolled onto her tummy (even in her safe-t-sleep) and decided to sleep that way. What a way to nearly give me a heart attack. We haven't been using the anglecare monitor as I am passing it on to my sis (who is due in 3 weeks - and we bought it together) but now thinking maybe I should keep it and buy her out of her share of it, cause its just that extra piece of mind.

Everyone sounds like they are doing well, great to hear Ella is doing better, BS - I know all about those chest xrays - we had to do them on Elle when she was about 5or6 weeks it was HORRIBLE!!!!

I had a wee laugh at what all the kids have been eating too, DH is under strict instructions from me - nothing new unless I ok it!! She has had the tiniest taste of chocolate, but nothing too sweet - I am trying to stop her having the extra sweet tooth her mummy has

Hey Hails - just quickly before I get Noah bathed and in bed - we give him a kiwifruit every day and that keeps him nice and regular. He really loves them (the gold ones) and would prob eat more if we let him Hope that helps

LOL hails it was great to have a big catch up!!! **slaps leish!!!**

Ella sleeps on her tummy too...umm usually up the opposite end of where i put her, feet out the side or under the butterfly or something...thank goodness for monitor for peace of mind is all i will say (buy her out!!)

Well dont moan too much about them not crawling yet...Ella is soo quick it isnt funny....when she wants to be! she goes so quick now if she spots paper lying anywhere...god i have to be quick. and putting my leg out in her way doesnt stop her - she clambers over it. I have the no fear kiddo! and she often crawls to her bike now and demands a ride...that one amazes me. it is a fair distance to go and she clearly has that intention! she doesnt roll so much anymore either.

must try her on kiwifruit...hadnt thought of that. I dotn eat lot of fruit or veges so i forget about stuff like that.

lol, I know.....I couldn't believe I had typed such a long novel, sorry gals.

Had an unsettled night here *yawn*, am thinking its the teeth - blimmin things, hurry up and come through already!!!

Am off to work today for a long shift - not looking forward to that.

Just surprised Elle with a massive Freddo the frog mask, DH is playing Freddo the frog at the local plant fair on Sunday, lol, its a massive costume, Elle and I are going along to laugh at him, hehehe, Must take a pic for you all so you can have a laugh at him too, lol

Noah will grab a finger from each hand and pull himself up that way. He hasn't tried just grabbing on and hoisting himself up that way. Not looking forward to that.

YUMMO caramello freddos. And do you remember the strawberry ones. I loved freddos too and still do to be honest. Looking forward to the piccie Hails. Hope the day at work didn't take too much outta you.

How did your garage sale go BS? Is BSDH back from Aus or was it you and grannie "manning" the fort?

I am hoping and praying that I get some sleep tonight. Noah was an awful baby last night - teeth here too I think Hails. I just want them to cut already!!!!! Christopher's teeth just popped out no problems. He was the perfect baby *sigh*