Bec, I agree that a general chatter would be great! Hope the mods think so too. As for now, I'll just pester you through PM and this thread!! LOL
It's very hard to describe how I am feeling but I am glad that he is not in any pain anymore. It's kind of a relief but sad that he is gone.
Ivy and Noah are doing pretty well, I think...
Ivy is still BF. I think I'm going to give it up because it is just so darn hard somedays, with all the other things I have to do. I have a bad night and I think, yeah, I can't do this anymore but then she makes these gorgeous noises and attaches so well and my heart says, hey! This is you LAST CHANCE to do this and I just keep going. She only sleeps for short periods, getting better in the night. She sort of settles around the 10pm mark and then wakes around 1 - 2am and then usually sleeps until about 6am, real newborn type pattern. I've tried to give her an occasional bottle but it makes no difference.
Aside from that, she is smiling and looks at me, will follow me if I am wandering around, if someone else is holding her. She's a bit of a vomiter but nothing too bad. She still has that real premmie look but her eyelashes are starting to grow and darken. She's just petite. My mum calls her "Tiny Ivy" and I kind of like it, it suits her. She likes her cuddles (like her brother) and my friend says she looks like a monkey hanging off its mother because she clings to your shirt.
I feel really sad for Ivy. She is like the consolation prize for David's family. Seeing as I have the monopoly on grandkids at the moment and there are 3 girls and then William (and everything that went along with him) so Noah is like a trophy and everyone on Dave's side just love him to death and so I feel like I need to give Ivy extra TLC. She's still small compared to him too. And she is my baby after all, my last born.
Noah is what you would call a high maintainance baby. Although he is getting better. He has the tongue tie (I couldn't bring myself to get it snipped under a general after all his breathing issues) and he has reflux and colic. He is on thickened formula and is a BIG boy!! Weighing in at 5kgs already! He'll catch up to your Josh soon!! Having said that he is just adorable. He talks to me and he has this new noise that Dave calls the Michael Jackson cry, a high pitched OWWW sound, he just needs one baby mitten and he'll be set. He has the biggest bluest eyes and oggles anything that goes by. He likes to be the centre of attention, hates it when the dogs lick his feet (when he is having floor time) hates to sleep without a night light, he's just a guy who knows what he likes.
I have done a whole lot of shopping and he is going to be the best dressed boy in town this winter!! His sleep patterns are eratic but in the night, he only wakes the once and that is starting to get longer too. Last night we put him down at 10ish and he didn't get up again until about 3:45am. Dave does his feed and then sleeps the night away because he still works in Sydney and leaves early.
I am part of the December group but my babies are just nowhere near where their cherubs are. Carrie, you're in the November group?
Ivy and Noah were born on the 30th of November, 2 hours shy of December. Would love to chat with you, I will PM you later. Glad to hear that your sweet little girl and you are doing ok now.
Ok, that enough from me, what a mammoth effort!! Sorry if I've bored you all to tears!
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