Go the All Blacks, and my DH tells me the Ferns as well. I'm sure the AB game was great - but sleeping on the couch was better...

Glad to hear Charli is doing well

The messy naps continue here - maybe teething poos? Not that he has had them before when teething and these have gone on for about 3 weeks with no sign of teeth - far out that will be different - something other than reflux as an issue!

Emily is still really bad poor darling. Up every hour last night crying in obvious pain.

Totally refusing food, and vomiting up the small amount of toast I did manage to get in hr. Also choking on water now and it is coming out her nose.

Will play it by ear for the rest of the day, but will probably take her back to teh docs later today.

Stink bout Milly, any temps? She has had a rough illness patch. You have done well for her to hold her weight. 2 min noodles are a good fun food to play with, sometimes they go in sometimes they don't but least it brings some enjoyment back to the dinner table. Poor wee mouse

Arghhhh excellent.
Sorry to hear about Milly & Emily. These babies keep us on our toes that's for sure. (My mother used to tell me - what's an issue today for babies is bound to change and be a new isue tomorrow). Shame that reflux clouds everything and makes it challenging for us to be able to identify what exactly is going on.

My DD still dribbling heaps but teething has settled down for past 2 days. In fine form this morning, drinking well and burped ok although not as good as what I'd like.

Well off to give her next feed and then she's down for her first nap (fingers crossed it will exceed one hour)!

Yesterday back to one hour naps - sigh - tiring!

Kat - Emily and Milly are one and the sme. We call her Milly Mouse as a nickname and it has kind of stuck. (Sarah named her this at birth)

Hugs to Milly!!!
Dribble city here too but really not too much worrying her
Well Charli decided to wake at 11 we tired the bottle and thought she resettled but no she was wide awake. Ended up having to get her up at 12 and tried to put her down again at 1....little rat bag didnt go to sleep til 2 o clock...in our bed!!!!! Think it was the teeth moving aroun but she was spilling abit too but not in pain that I could tell!
I remember Cam going thru a wee wake up ply period at around nine months so can only go with the flow and not promote play during night time...very hard when they screaming loudly in a happy way! Just pleased she didnt wake her bro.
Woohoo finally we won the netball. Who won the rugby€?

hi all
vomiting from both girls seems to have stopped. We have sucessfully eaten dinner and breakfast with out any mishaps!!!!!
Let this be over.
Right off to do more washing.




Ahhhh....spoke too soon. Chunder city an hour after breakfast!

How is everyone going today?

We have a grizzly boy STILL, cant wait for appointment on Wednesday, im so over not being able to help him.

Hope that you guys are having a great day :P Hugs

Ahh Suomi, I must be blonde!
Oh no more vomiting - hope today settled down!!!

I'm doing morning drop offs to the girls college so getting DD up at 7am. Seemed to work ok this morning, but lots of spilling this afternoon. Changed her bath around also as I have to pick up the girls at 5.20pm.

Wind still sticky but no pain with it today so that's good.
Cold up here in Auckland today and frost this morning brghhh. Had to pour several buckets of cold water over the 4WD to break the ice.

Gotta run, pick up some vegies for dinner b/4 picking up the girls.

Hope you guys also had a better day!

Yip Angelkells, my Paed appt on Thursday - looking forward to it.

Kat

Dolphin how are you doing??? (looking forward to your update)!!!!!

Got dd up at 7am then spill/spill all the way to the girls college. Just got back home (45 min round trip) and Miss 15 rings and says that she left her cross country spikes here at home! Back in the car to school - 5 mins from home DD just started to go to pieces. Good baby though tolerating that trip twice. Now fed in her highchair watching mickey mouse.
Day naps turn to custard with all the dropping off and picking up as she naps in the car.
Very extreme wind pain with last bottle, lots of tears and squirming.

Paed appt tomorrow (not that we can do anything further) it's just a case of riding through this I think.

Well off to amuse her before I try giving her a nap.

hugs to others, how are you all doing?

Hi guys very, very spilly unsettled day today. Am I wrong in assuming that we are leaving this thread to close?
Shame as we all had a great network going.
Anyway hoping for a better day tomorrow.
Hows others doing?

No I'm still around - living in hell but still here.
Haven't had much time to post as I'm up to my eye balls in vomit and washing. Plus two very demanding cling ons.

I think I've been to the doctor every day this week - bunch of idiots. I'm sure they think I'm the neurotic mother from hell. We're on day 6 of vomit city and no poos since Friday (sorry TMI). I don't want to jinx it but there may be some light at the end of the very long black tunnel....we only had one vomit today and she ate more today than the last 3 days combined - still not enought to keep a sparrow alive but something at least. I weighed botht he girls tonight on our scales. Emily has lost 400g and Sarah 600g - both are starting to look a bit skinny. Oh well the both actually ate two dinners tonight so maybe tomorrow they will eat more.
Hubyy is takign the next two days off as he is exhausted and I'm nearing the end of my patience. I have someone attached to me at all times and I need some space to breathe!
Went to the naturopath today who was great. Emily screamed and squirmed the whole time we were there which was good for her to see. She has put us on some new pro-biotics which help promote the immune system and a weleda product to help build up her immunity and promote her appitite. Plus a couple of tonics to help settle her tum. I've about had it with traditional medicine at the moment so anything is worth a try.
She aggreed with me that the vaccinations have really knocked her immune system about and becasue it it compromised she is picking up everything and isn't able to fight them very well.
I've made the decision int he last few days not to continue with her immunisations until she is older and stronger - probably close to 5. I just don't think her little body can handle it.

Amongst the sheer hell that has been this week both girls have been very cute. Emily has learned how to do round and round the garden on herself and cracks herself up every time. She is terrorising the cat and her sister and follows me everywhere going mum mum mum.

Right off the eat ice-cream - that will make me feel better.

Hope you are all well.
Don't forget to post!
And don't worry Kat, it may be jsut us but we are super cool!!!!

Mel

I am hibernating trying to catch up on all the work (actually paid job stuff as opposed to motherhood) I have supposed to have done but haven't thanks to Ian's weird sleeps again during the day. Not sure if he is trying to tell me that he only wants one sleep a day (no please not yet) Plus he has gone all hyperactive - tonight he actually hit the dog - and that is unlike him - he is well learnt on the 'gentle gentle' approach - don't know if it was the lack of sleep combo or him reaching another phase. Anyway need to hibernate a bit more and will write more in a few days - maybe on the weekend when I have got some paid work out of the way.

Food intake going unusally well though but still the messy naps.

hibernate, hibernate...

hey girls... so sorry you guys are having a rough time... an dwith two!! hmmmm the joys eh! ice cream sounds good!!!!
kat, good to at least let the paed know what' shappening.
Tyde had his jabs last week.. and I think may have had a slight delayed reaction over the weekend.. OR could've been that I gave him some tinned veg on Saturday.. I didn't think he actually swallowed any (he gags constantly on solids, so isn't ready yet.. but thought I'd offer on the off chance) anyway, he was a misery guts, Sunday and Monday. up and down all Sunday night.. and up from 4am Monday morning.. FINALLY got him to have a nap at 12.20 pm.. and he slept for 2 and a half hours.. thank you lord! seems a wee bit better today and is still smiling, good little man.. spilling heaps too! oh well.. the joys...
you know what (I'm sure you do).. those smiles just vanish teh stress when they appear though eh!! my boy is soooo good at smiling when he wakes up etc.. that I cannnot help but smile at him constantly.. he must think I look like a goofball!!!!

fi, my first born is a very hyperactive little guy and kicked afternoon naps at about 2! wahhhh... but I heard that the best thing to do is to get them to 'rest' in their room (QUIET PLAY) for a set amount of time... because at least they rest a wee bit. My eldest is 4 now, and when I see him losing the plot and I KNOW he won't have a nap, I get him to lay in my bed and watch one of his movies... SOMETIMES (not often) he will fall asleep while watching it. and if he doesn;t, at least he's had a 'rest'.
hugs girly! hmmmm paid work... !sounds nice!! will be doing some of that when I go back to work in September...!

Fi- Emily dropped to one sleep at around 11 months adn Sarah was pretty much on the dot of one. So maybe this is what he is trying to do. It took both the girls a while to get int he swing of only having one sleep. For a while they would only do and hour and then this started stretching out. Before she got sick Emily was doing between 2.5 to 3 hours. At around 18 months Sarah would do 3.5 hours - so hopefully Emily will dot eh same as it give me time with my Sarah Bear.

Paid work that would be nice. I was thinking it was time to go back teaching for a day, but after the last week I'm not sure. I might wait until Emily is a bit older and stronger. I"m not sure I'm ready to leave her yet anyway. I went back for one day when Sarah was one but I'm a bit more wussy now. I'd love to have one day of being the old me and seeing teacher friends and teaching some big kids.

Ahh yes - awake and very unhappy at 9.00, resettled by himself , <10mins (thanks to his thumb) be interesting to see how the rest of the night pans out. The crying always sounds horrific over the monitor (this is one of the reasons why I am loathe to give up his 2 naps as they are a lottery length wise thanks to his continued refluxing in his sleep and his nights although generally ok can be a bit weird too.) My rule of thumb is before 10 then it is reflux, after 10pm other baby stuff, teeth, hot or cold, sick.

I am only doing 7 hrs per week of paid work so it is not much and it is all from home - no way I can trust anyone with Ian just yet.

Kells- Good luckfor today! Hope you can get some answers for Leo...poor baby and mum! Thinking of ya babe.
Mel- Has the vomitting stopped? Big hugs to you
Kat- good luck for appointment tomorrow. Hope it is productive too.
Us- charli just had an appointment with head and neck surgeon to check out her tonsils, adenoids and weather she needed grommets. Her bro has had all done..but she seems to be ok at the moment. No fluid in the let ear and couldnt see in right one due to wax but thinks all should be fine as I say her reflux pain out does any other pain so generally she not to bad if other pain is getting her.
In saying that she has a bad croupy cough at the moment which is topped with probable head cold...again..when do the bugs leave her alone...arrrh.
Right she grizzly now as I had to wake her to take her so early nap i think..which will make today very long and grumpy!
How is everyone elses day going?

Hey all,

Well no vomit oday!! (yet)
She was doing so well yestereday, had dinner went down and I went a ruined it by giving her losec. I think she gagged on a granule and chucked up everything in her bed - nice. She then spent the night in bed with me and Daddy slept in the lounge well away from the noise of two sick kids. Poor bugger, he was just about ready to fall over after working all weekend and starting work at 6.00 every day this week. At least he is home today adn we are all resting.
I think Emily may be on the mend (touch wood) She doesn't really want her milk and farax but has been nibbling on noodles and bread for luch. Plus she is drinking again today which was my biggest concern yestereday. Sarah is still quite sqiffy int eh tum and not eating much - but better as well.

Maybe the long black tunnel has a pin prick of light at the end of it.

Anyway, have had some nice family dramas to give me something else to think (and moan) about.

Off for some retail therapy. Need some new storage space for Sarah - the amount of stuff you accumlate is ridiculous! I literaly have to squash her clothes in her drawers at the moment.

Hope all the baby and little ones are well.

Any one heard from Dolphin????