Stupid Question!
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Topic: Stupid Question!
Posted By: newmum
Subject: Stupid Question!
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 11:45am
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Ok, I didn't know where to post this but I know wherever it is it will get read...
I feel really silly but as you all know our wee one should be here in about 4 weeks and I realised that I have no idea about what kind of creams/lotions etc. I need for changing and bathing the baby... I wanted to go out and get some things so I am prepared and all the books say different things. You guys always klnow more that the books  so I thought maybe you could tell me just the essentials that I will need for a newborn. You all probably know the best brands too?
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 11:57am
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I dont think that is a stupid question........I would like to know too (tho I still have 13 weeks to go). ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 12:04pm
| Nana bought me EVERYTHING in the johnson and johnson range. I never used the bay oil. I used the lotion a couple of times when Jake had dry skin, other than that it makes a fanatstic make-up remover, and cream for shaving your legs. I have some zinc cream for nappy rash. I bought some baby bathtime stuff which smells lovely, for the bath and hair.....completley unessential, but nice, and we use baby powder in the heat. IN our bounty pack we got some neat smaples that last a while too. |
Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 1:00pm
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Yeah J&J range is good.basics like baby buds for cleaning ears n noses,An all in one bodywash,powder if u want (make sure u dry skin creases well b4 powdering tho),bedtime bath is REALLY nice.Zinc cream just in case of nappy rash,milk lotion is sooooooooo nice too. ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com"> 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 1:25pm
we don't use much. johnson and johnson are great. we got the baby bath stuff to go in the bath, saves having to soap baby up and get it all slippery.  then we usually just move up to the top to toe wash later once babys older. normal powder is good, the floral one is a bit overpowering for wee noses. and we use the johnsons anti-rash powder on bottoms. have used mustela cream which you get a sample of in the bounty pack - but it's $18 a tube to buy after that, so the anti-rash powder is much kinder on the wallet ($4) and just as good. other than that there's not alot, just baby buds etc. people make you think you need heaps of stuff. you don't, find one that works for you and stick with it. wipes aren't a must-have either, flannels are perfectly fine for cleaning baby's bottom, and probably kinder to it. just get those soft stretchy ones from tnt, i think they're about $5 for 6 of them they're great for bums faces and everywhere else. they're also easier to dry baby's creases with after a bath instead of trying to fit a bulky towel under their chin and neck creases, just grab one of them and you can fit it right in all the tricky places to dry. good luck------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 1:45pm
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When my Brother was born, I remember mum using only J&J...but can you use baby bath and shampoo on new born?
After birth when do you give the first bath? I am a clean freak and if I had it my way I would bath the baby 5 times a day....he he ha ha Now I sound stupid!!! LOL ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 1:55pm
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The midwife at the hospital put J&J wash in Maya's first bath, so I assume it's ok for newborns. I can't use the Bedtime Bath, I used it in my own bath when I was pregnant and even now two years later I still feel nauseous when I smell it! We used the moisturising baby wash since Maya has always been prone to dryish skin. I bought all the baby lotions, oils etc. but I still have two full bottles of baby lotion that I never used, and Willie ended up using the oil for his bald head! The lotion was good when Maya's skin was a bit dry. We also used the Curash nappy rash powder since Maya was in cloth nappies which tend to make them a bit more prone to nappy rash, and it was great. A bit more expensive than the J&J but worth it. We also found the Pams unscented wetwipes to be just as good as the more expensive ones, and so much better than some of the really cheap ones you can get which have heaps of perfume.
You should get heaps of free/discount coupons for J&J stuff in your bounty pack, and if you ring them before bubs is born and ask for advice they will post you free samples too. (The 0800 number is on the back of all their products). Same goes for baby foods too - Robinsons (Karicare) will send you free samples of baby rice etc. when your baby starts solids if you give them a call. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 2:50pm
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Roksana, you can ask the midwives and nurses to help you bath your baby for the first time as soon as you want. but keeping the vermix on their skin for a day or so is pretty good for it, makes it nice and soft. you can use the baby bath in their bath from newborn but only use a small amount, and for the most part, unless they have an absolute ton of hair, you don't really need shampoo for a long time.. just give the head a good wash over. sometimes shampoo can tend to build up on them scalp and give them more craddle cap than if you just used water.
I'm a clean freak too, i hate icky dirty grubby kids, to a point.. (yet love letting paris have messy play..) and don't like babies that smell sicky (silly, since they're bound to smell that way sometimes) but right now, since it's so cold lately i bath Ayja every 2nd night unless she has sicked all over herself or really done a great job of filling her nappy. other than that a top and tail is all that's needed. i guess that will probably change once she starts daycare.. paris comes home filthy, i know before long Ayja will too. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 2:51pm
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that's sposed to say verNix not vermix... makes it sound like vermon or something..lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 3:01pm
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Thanks for that....oh so much to learn.....
But I guess I could wipe the baby with a wet towel if I feel that the baby is smelling sicky...and give a bath every second day ...hmmm ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 3:02pm
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yeah, that's what i mean by top and tail. use a wet flannel, wipe the top half over completely, dry it, then do the bottom half. its a bath without all the fuss. trust me, you probably wont have the time to bath baby heaps and heaps, sometimes you just get everything sorted and they fall asleep, and if they've been awake all day you just think "they had a bath last night, there's no way i'm waking them!!!" lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 3:11pm
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LOL ....most probably.....
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 3:17pm
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i bathe hannah every day (well, 6.5/7) and have since she was born, as it was part of letting her know it is bedtime. apparently babes' skin dries out if they are bathed too much, but hannah hasn't had any problems so i continue to bathe her every day. she loves it too!
i just use baby wash in the bath and powder at most nappy changes. wipes are convenient but not so good for bums. i find Hannah develops nappy rash if i use them too much so i try and limit wipes to big messes!!! i've only ever used lotion on hannah twice so i wouldn't go too overboard with that. esp since if baby is prone to eczaema then all the perfume in the j&j lotions probably isn't the most ideal thing. it takes a while to get used to bathing baby, i remember finding creases and crevices in her neck that i didn't know existed because they started to smell a bit funky (i think it was the vernix), that wasn't too pretty.  so hard to get into their little necks when their heads are so floppy!!!!
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 3:29pm
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I dont use baby wash directly on my kids skin, i just put a drop in the bath. And only in the last few months have been using shampoo on ALyssa's hair. I just rinse Jaydes hair in the bath water (shampoo is ment to make cradle cap).
I use zinc and castor oil at nappy change. And the Johnsons nappy liners with water. I only use wipes when out and about as i find they give nappy rash. Aquious (SP) cream is fantastic if babys skin is a little dry and free on perscription. YOu can also get zinc and castor on perscription too! ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 3:45pm
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We use aqueous cream too for Maya's exczema, if I catch it early enough it avoids the need for yucky hydrocortisone creams that are no good for their skin long term. I use it on my hands too since I get dermatitis on them.
Thought I would mention too that babies born preterm or around their due date tend to have more vernix than babies born after their due date as it absorbs into their skin. I read all about what to expect before Maya was born, but she had way more vernix than I expected. Apparantly it's one of the ways in which midwives and doctors gauge how overdue a baby was, by how much vernix they have. (sorry, I ramble on...) ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 3:54pm
| When jake was born i was really scared about bathing him, so i ended up putting him in the bath with me. Then would call for someone and they would get him out and dry him. then i would dress. Makes it a two person job, buit we were both happy, i didn't feel so nervous about dropping him and Jake splashed around like crazy from a really young age. |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 3:56pm
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i second the pams wipes, the unscented ones. but you wont need them for a while. i use flannels for newborns, and i'm not a regular bather for newborns either tho, but he gets a wipe over every time he's up. in the bath i put nothing - they dont need perfumed stuff or creams (unless really dry as is my bub being overdue). You will get some cool stuff in the bounty pack, i think my tube of mustela lasted ages - thats good for nappy rash - and also the packet of curash which i buy now and use and it clears up any nappy rash asap.
other people tho swear by other stuff, eg lucas pawpaw ointment gets mentioned lots and tui bee balm. and babies all react differently to different stuff. you will eventually find the thing that suits you and your baby best. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 4:31pm
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Wow!!! So many replies in such a short time! Thank you so much everyone!! I was planning on using flannels to wash when I do nappy changes at home too, we always did that with my little sister and it just seems to make more sense. I am off to the supermarket tomorrow so I will have a look, glad to know I don't need everything, lol, it seems so daunting standing in front of those huge shelves packed full of stuff!!
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 6:45pm
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Yep it is a pack with heaps of samples of products.u get one when babe is 4 mnths old also which leans towards the food sied of things.New borns can get bathed every 3rd day but i bathe Harmony every second day.same with xander and i roster it so i do one bath a day. ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 30 July 2005 at 10:25am
Hi everyone I had to put my 2 cents in too. I love using the aqueous cream. I found the J&J stuff caused dry skin for my boy so ended up throwing it out and bought the aqueous cram for $6 at the chemist. Put a fingerful in the bath and just washed with the water and it worked really well. I used talcum powder for bottoms unless he looked a little bit red then used the zinc & caster cream. I've only had nappy rash on Alex once when he was sick so seems to work well. You definitely DON'T need heaps of stuff for babies as far as creams etc are concerned. I got lots of things like that at my baby shower and they are still sitting in the cupboard!  ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 30 July 2005 at 3:48pm
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yep so did we - i gave then to my little sis when she had her bubs cos she loves all that kinda stuff.
and what Emma said is right.. by birth alot of the vernix and downy hairs on a baby have come off.. that's why premmies are usually gooey and kinda hairy looking lol, and overdue babys aren't. Hey Rebecca, i used to make it so i bathed one kid a night, but then one day, i don't know how, one got missed cos we went out or something. now i do both on the same night, and it's great..cos the next night i can just stick em in their jammies and put them both to bed and we get to have a bit more quiet time together.. (or time to do the housework and washing as is the norm!) ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 31 July 2005 at 12:28am
| Yeah jake had really hairy ears. glad that stopped, i was picturing the children at scho9ol calling him monkey boy or something like that. hey, speaking of stupid questions, when is the right time to give a kid a pillow. Jake is using everything as a illow, me, my leg, the cat....I thought it might be safer giving him a little one of his own, but all the books say don't. any ideas? |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 31 July 2005 at 8:20am
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We bath every night here. But it is a pretty full on evening. Jayde bath at 5 Alyssa at 5-30. Then i only have half an hour to cook dinner. So its nothing flash these days. Cant wait till they can start bathing together.
Liz i cant be any help Alyssa didnt get a pillow till she was about 18 months and in her big girls bed. But she still pushes it away after she goes to sleep. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 31 July 2005 at 10:10am
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18 mnths is wot "they" say.i no u can by cot pillows that r designed to mould to babes head as to not cause suffocation. ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 31 July 2005 at 2:08pm
| Jake sleeps flat on his face anyway. |
Posted By: mumstheword
Date Posted: 31 July 2005 at 3:13pm
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Hi ive always used J & J i find it great,, babys dont need to be washed with soaps at every bath.. there skin is very sensitve ans sometimes to much prodct can irritate there skin.. youll soon learn what your lil ones skin is like.. they are all so different. good luck.. my sons skin was sensitve as a baby and i only used baby soap every 2nd or 3rd bath unless he was really dirty. good luck ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 31 July 2005 at 7:34pm
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Maya had a 'pillow' in her cot from about 18 mths coz it seemed to help keep her in one place instead of getting all bunched up at the top of the cot. But not sure what the 'official' recommendation is, I think Becs might be right with 18 mths.
Maya was a hairy baby, had the hairiest ears and back, and she was covered in heaps of vernix when she was born, looked so white. Then she got jaundice and was really yellowy brown for a few weeks so looked really dark, and now she is kind of olivey. Funny tho, coz looking at the photos of her just after she was born, and then at a few days old, you wouldn't believe it was the same baby. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 31 July 2005 at 11:26pm
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id be worried if Xander slept flat on his face at Jakes age lol.i wonder how he manages to breathe????It must be comfy for him tho ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 3:00am
| I swear that kid just moves around constantly. He turns his head to one side so he can breathe, so i'm not too concerned, and seems comfy ewnough. I'm the same so he must get that from me. |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 7:26am
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my kids are both tummy sleepers. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 9:09am
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we gave paris a pillow when she moved to a bed at 11 months.. BUT, it is pretty much flat as a pancake, and we put it under the sheet (still do) and tuck the sheet in as usuall at the top. it stops it moving around and means they can't get stuck underneath it. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: nadine05
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 10:44am
Can i throw in a slightly different perspective on bathing/lotions etc? I like to only use natural products on babies skin (eg newborns) there are different ranges you can buy eg Eco Store (has some products available in foodtown) J & J smells awesome but is chemically based as is most widely available baby products. Eco store has soap, shampoo, essential oils, bottom creams etc. Bum creams really only need to get used when theres a rash (as rashes arent that common) and as for bathing - i choose to bath everyday at about 8pm - nice/deep and hot. It really relaxes baby and you normally get at least another out of their next sleep (which is why i leave it to 8pm!) also teaches them its the begining of the night! 
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Posted By: nadine05
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 10:51am
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still going ....... almond oil is natural and great for dry skin (eg post term babes) for massage/and or a couple of drops into the bath water. Bathing can be good too if babe is really unsettled at anytime. Get a bath with a plug, use it on the kitchen bench (easy to fill- and no carrying) have the changing pad next to it all set out. Simply move bath over sink and let plug out when finished! bench height good for your back too!
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 11:30am
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lol, thanks nadine!! Good luck for the birth of number 5, not long to go I see!
Lizzie - I read somewhere the other day, kids shouldn't have a pillow until they "ask for one" so I guess whoever wrote that didn't have a clue either! And Jake using other things as pillows could be interpreted as asking for one too, or not?? So confusing!!! Janines idea sounds good though with the pillow under the sheet...------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mumstheword
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 11:58am
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ive got another thought for baby baths, in your normal tub, fold a towel in half long ways and role the end a few times for a pillow... lay it in the bath and place bubs on that means you have both hands kinda free, and no worrying about letting the lil wrigglers go... and you dnt feel like your backs breaking, i also use my sons lil plastic chair to sit on beside the bath... Good luk.. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 12:52pm
| hey Janine, looks like jake will move into a bed at fifteen months and I was a little worried about naps. How do you get them to stay in the bed for naps? At the moment, even in his cot, we put jake down and he's standing two minutes later. I can imagine putting him in the bed and finding him in the living room after a couple of minutes. |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 2:34pm
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lizzle if he cant get off the bed he will stay there - maybe get a barrier...just watch what method you use to get hm to sleep in a bed - any bad habits you start now can be hard to break later - like laying down with him - read in the little treasures mag a mum who has to lay down with her 4 yr old every night till he goes to sleep and she also had a 2 yr old that had a bottle at least 4 times in the night. that would be so hard.
and re the bath - you can buy things that support your baby int he bath - its a frame with a towelling cover sort of like a hammock but one end stays flat on the ground. i got one and never used it. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 2:54pm
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I have one of the Hammock things for the bath. Its FANTASTIC. Used it for bot my girls. Makes bathing a newborn a breeze. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: mumstheword
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 3:13pm
yeah i have one of those hamock things my sis broke it thats when i used the rolled up towel.. works the same... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 4:30pm
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I actually fond the towelling bath rest useles as no matter how shalow the water was Xander still got water in his ears(something i worried bout as a new mum).i want a daphne seat,its plastic and grows with bub till they r sitting. re janines pillow tip i never thought of doin that b ut i dnt hav prob wiv Xander but when baby goes to a pillow will def try it out.thanx for the handy dandy tip lol waaaaaayyyyyyyyy 2 much blues clues in the morn lmao ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 10:17pm
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oh, you've been tortured with that too huh.. can i just say that joe is not the same.. bring back steve!!!lol
for paris we had one of those baths with the but groove in the bottom, and i thought that was great for sitting her on, cos she didn't slip, but as she got bigger, when you wanted to float her, her back hit it. there's no way i can stop ayja getting water in her ears, she loves to put her head right back into the bath. hey lizzle - i can't help you with the getting out of bed thing too much. since paris never learnt to roll over till she was 14 months, she never got out of bed. i guess bum-shufflers are good in some ways lol. but we also used a safety sleep. we tried her for daytime naps for a while first, and the first few times, we put her in the bed when she was really tired so we guaranteed she would sleep. once she did learn to move though, we had her getting out. she would bring all her toys and sit in the hallway. i think she got pissed with us cos we just kept putting her back to bed, saying, love you, goodnight, and walking out. it got pretty damn frustrating, but after about a week of doing this 20 million times per night, she got the message and stayed in bed. i'm actually dreading Ayja getting bigger, i have the feeling she will be an early mover and ihave never had to handle that.. argh, i guess i'm in for fun times. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 01 August 2005 at 10:24pm
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Re: Blues Clues (This is getting really sad)
I like Joe better than Steve. He reeeeally freaked me out. Did you notice that he never actually smiled? He is the saddest kids TV presenter I have ever seen in my life! |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 7:47am
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 7:58am
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oh now this is sad i googled Steve the other day to see what happened, why he left etc. for my vote i think Joe is better eye candy for me. hee hee ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 10:32am
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okay so why did he leave - i have heard that he was a druggie and i also heard that he left to make a record of adult songs. come on spill the beans, what did you learn. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: mumstheword
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 10:57am
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I heard that steve lost the plot from talking to nobody but a blue screen, he couldnt handle it and the meds he was on didnt help so they found joe and made a quick intro and changed them... God who actually knows... But as for Caleb steves a big boy and off to college and when Caleb gets bigger hell go to college to.. Kids are beautiful in how much they actually belive, we all used to be that (nieve)mind my spelling at some stage at times I wish I atill was. lol. would make life so simple dont you think.. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 12:46pm
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well there were rumors about hime being druggie but, his offical story is that he left to make recordings. Really weird music...... but thats it. heres his webpage http://www.steveswebpage.com/ ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 1:16pm
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I am so not getting into the Blues Clues debate! In our house it's Barney all the way...
We had a bath with the groove in it too, but I never actually used the groove, and found that as she got bigger it got in the way. When she was 5 mths I moved into a house with no bath, so I bought an inflatable bath from the Baby Factory that was supposed to fit her till she was 2. When that got a hole in it, I replaced it with a huge plastic tub that I put in th ebottom of the shower and filled from the taps, but by that stage she was about 15 mths and well able to sit up alone. Now she showres, and I fight to get her in there, then fight to get her out! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 1:57pm
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we tried paris in the shower a few times but she hated it. we have a new bath for ayja, a cute pink one, but she kicks too hard against it and nearly donks her head on the end so i think she may be out of it a bit sooner than i thought. will have to try Paris in the shower again soon though, lying her back on my arm to wet her hair and wash the shampoo out is killing my back and my arm. I swear it's probably longer than the other one now cos of all the weight. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: mumstheword
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 2:18pm
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Were really luky, Caleb dosnt mind the bath or the shower, the previous owner of our house was in a wheel chair so our unsuite?? off our room has a massive shower with 2 heads and mixers so you an use them individually, one is at the height of my belly button, perfect height for someone on a chair or a lil 4yr old that thinks it was made just for him, he loves using mummys little shower... its great for him not so great for us.. as for our on the way baby we havnt decidid on bathing routines or even were well bath the bubs i have a change table with bby bath a normal baby bath and my towel theory.. who knows... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 3:42pm
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I used to sit on the toilet (with the lid down!) and watch Maya in the bath. But washing hair is a mission, even in the shower. I always save it till last coz it always ends in tears! And yet Maya is such a water baby, she loves having the water on her face, I don't know what her problem is with hair washing. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 3:58pm
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just getting back to blues clues (sorry for bringing it up lmao) I heard "steve" topped himself???? hmmmm theories all over the show lol. We move tomorrow and am so glad we have a full bath instead of a shub we have at present.I have the tommee tippee bath duck thingy if my grl grows outa her bath bt not quite big enuuff for big bath.Xander used it over summer when he was 6 mnths as his first paddling pool!! was perfect size for that too. ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 10:06pm
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Hannah used to push off the end of the baby bath too, so I just put her in the normal bath, lying down on her own.
She copes really well with anything to do with water! Now has showers with me in the morning which makes my life so much easier, rather than getting her trying to climb in or sucking the shower curtain. Yuck
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 10:12pm
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lol kids suk anything that comes in contact with thier mouths!!!! not long til Hannahs birthday!!!!! ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 10:40pm
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tell me about it. Ayja has found her hands, she sucks them constantly, even after being fed. if she looses one, she goes nuts. you go in to check her and she quite literally has one hand, holding the other one in her mouth. her sleeves are wet halfway up to her elbows sometimes.. enough to wring out the dribble lol. better than a dummy, but icky none the less. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 2:02pm
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bump... gets a bit off topic but it has a few tips, I will keep looking..... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 2:18pm
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Hey Janine....the whole hand sucking thing.....Zaara is constantly doing that now.....even after her feeds. Dribbles and blows bubbles. when we say Yacky Yacky Zaara she smiles and sucks in all the bubbles.....
My MIL went too US/Canada and bought her boxes full of stuff (thats a whole new topic)...and with it brought all these chew toys and she tries to stuff them in her mouth...and then after a while she makes the "I am going to throw up shound"....I dont know how to stop her?? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 2:56pm
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Its very natural, Roksana, it means she is exploring the world with her mouth, and is a prelude to teething. I don't think you can stop it. At her age, (and Jake still does it at 8 1/2 months) everything goes int he mouth, thats how they "discover" stuff. Plunket will make a note of this milestone!
he gagging is norml as well, just keep an eye on her, and don't let her have anythign smaller than a film canister! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 3:12pm
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Oh yah I am very careful with every little thing around her.....but you are right every thing goes in her mouth........hmmm ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 3:17pm
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it is a bit stressfull when you have a very fluffy cat, who jake likes to pull big handfulls of fur from THEN jam his hand in his mouth if you aren't quick enough...Also, dogs ear gets a sucking on as well if i'm not carefull.... luckily, the animals are pretty tolerant.. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 3:57pm
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Oh yah that reminds me....we have a huge teddy on our bed.....the other day Zaara was on our bed while I was getting her bath ready.....I dont know when she got hold of it or even how? but I found small bits of fur in her mouth....I freaked and searched her whole mouth (she did not like that)...and nothing...I was speechless.....kids are so fast!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 2:28pm
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our magazine rack has now just started to be raided - a i thought it would be ok for her to play with a couple, but nope - within 2 seconds they were completely torn to shreds and Ayja was sucking the paper! ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 8:08pm
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Yep, gotta be fast around the magazines!! Jakes fave (much to Rods disgust) is the sky watch. If we are sitting on the couch and it is in his line of vision, he goes for it, and packs a huge paddy if he can't have it...(and the remote.. starting those bad man traits early...also hates shopping!) ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 10:09pm
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Ayja likes anything shiny... she also thinks her sister's favourite dolly is just great. we are getting her one for her birthday that's similar.. bet it just won't be the same though. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 10:12pm
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Harmonys latest crazr is making a beeline for the cats biscuits!!tries to eat them but spits them out(if i havent been onto it enuf to put the bowl up on bench) ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 10:05am
| Jake, stragenly enough, has a great latest craze - he puts everything on coasters. We came into the lounge - i knew he was playing with the ornaments and was about to tell him off, but he was verycarefully placing them on coasters. |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 12:56pm
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hahahahahaha Very well trained Liz!
Hannah also has a cleaning obsession. I am hoping to nurture it but all I have done so far is sit on my ass on the couch and say "Good girl" |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 12:00pm
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Looks like I lucked out - Maya prefers making the mess to cleaning it up! Yesterday she dragged half her toys outside to play "Christmas Trees" and when I asked her to bring them in before it got dark she said "No thank you Mama, you can do it".
Yeah right!  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 2:10pm
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At least shes polite Emma! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 2:56pm
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Yap I agree with Aimee.
So this is what we have got to look forward to huh? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 8:10pm
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Alyssa we are sure is OCD. She wont even go to bed if 1 book is on the floor in her room, yes we have done a test and made her leave her room messy. She was out of bed about 10 mins later "cleaning, so I can sleep". So dont know where she gets that from..... ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 8:23pm
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Yes Aimee, polite. Naughty little witch! But now that you mention it, she does have good manners (if nothing else!) ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 8:39pm
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Paris takes it or leaves it - either completely cleans up or says that we can do it - but perfectionist! she packs hissy's cos she wants blankets flat on her dolls - perfectly square, when she first got her dolls house - and the people don't sit down, she would get into fits of rage cos the dolls had to STAND on the chairs. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 10:47pm
| lol I love toddlers. (Mind you.. thank gosh Hannah can't talk yet) |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 11:09pm
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Hmm, I said that to Sig the other day.. that it can sometimes get annoying hearing "I'm done now" 20 times in a row.. but he said that it's better than hearing a kid grunt and point at what they want. I'm not sure I agree
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 11:11pm
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Better than Hannah suddenly picking up whatever she is 'done' with and throwing it. Which is what it usually ends in! (Especially food)
So I guess in some cases, words are very handy. If not just to avoid violence (on her part or mine I do not want to specify )
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 11:38pm
Oh no, Ella will do that too.. but she'll say something at the same time (when we were down south she learnt to say "oh my god" from Sig's grandma's partner  haha------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 8:49am
| jake drops things and says "oh shjit" i'm sure, although i'll tell nana that it's "oh no" |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 10:22am
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Maya's a bit OCD too when it comes to getting things right - she gets really frustrated because she tries to dress her dolls in her own clothes and they are waaaay too big and fall off. Yet she has a whole box of dolls clothes that she won't play with.
LOL Liz - when Maya was about 15 mths old she was in the car with my Dad and he was stuck in traffic, and used the F word, and all of a sudden who should copy him from the back seat But now she growls me when I swear - "Don't say sh*t Mama" ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: fairsk8
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 10:38am
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My little cousin was travelling in the car with Nana and grandad one day when he was about 15months and all of a sudden he yelled out from the back of the car holy f***en hell nana look at that truck. Nana said to grandad pull over the car right away and then had a big long chat with him about swearing. Well the little rascal came to me later that day and recited nanas lecture pretty much word for word to me because i had said s**t. We all still get a good laugh out of it. ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: preggy_sunflower
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 10:45am
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Hehehe! My little cousins first words were "f$*%in Jesus", whilst sitting in the back of the car when my uncle was getting a bit vocal to the other drivers on the road!! ------------- Joshua Hadynn - Born 3 May 2006 |