Just quickly getting back to you to thank you for your thoughts girls. Gotta hurry cos Jasmine just got into the box of wipes and is playing peek a boo with the dogs! So my mystery soreness disappeared by the next day. I got heaps of sleep as I felt really drained but with it went the shooting pains and achiness. I really don't want to get mastitis and I was freaking out that I would. Our g.p doesn't open on weekends so I was really lucky that by Saturday, it had gone. Strange, but all is well
Just realised that there was a new thread! Murph glad to hear that it doesn't look like mastitis - I had it once and it is horrid!
Well we didn't get the house that we were originally going for - but the good news is that we have bought another one. It is in the process of being completed at the moment and is just gorgeous - 3 bedroom, 2 storey, 2.5 bathrooms townhouse and obviously brand new! In a suburb 5 minutes away from where we currently are so still very central. It looks like it will be finished by February - so excited about it and can't wait to have more room for Jazzy.
Hi to everyone. Hope all mums and bubs are well.
Just realised that it is my baby's 16 month birthday today - can't believe how quickly she is growing up.
happy 10 months old tara.
kel sorry this transfer didnt work hun but lucky # 5 will be the one hun.
to all you girls just wanted to say a big hi and i hope all is well.my girl now has 2 teethy pegs woot woot and all is good in smithy land,im just waiting for dh tax to come back and im goin shopping yay i need new clothes.so bring on my tax cheque lol..
Do babies go through phases or is he just going to be like this??? He's getting worse by the day in terms of sleeping - today he had 2 x 30 mins naps and one 2.5 hour one in the sling but despite being incredibly tired now and several feeds later he won't stay asleep - keeps waking after 20 mins and nothing we do can get him to sleep for longer. Am at my wits end and not coping...
I remember phases of Sam only sleeping for half an hour at a time, and only in our arms... He still doesn't self-settle (time enough for that later!), but he will now have a three hour sleep during the day and will sleep through the night. The cat-napping phases are horrid. It could be that he's wanting more awake time in between feeds - always a shock to the system when that happens.
It will pass soon - it doesn't mean he will always be like this.
Yeah, they change constantly.
This may sound like crappy advice, but sometimes you just have to go with it. He doesn't want to sleep, then he isn't going to. Trying to force the issue (no matter how tired he is or how much he obviously needs to sleep) only makes your life more difficult. It took me a loooooong time to accept this, but when I did finally realise that I was making life harder for myself by stressing about it and instead just let go, things got so much easier.
If it's day time, just do something else for a bit and then try again. Get out for a walk or stick him back in the sling - whatever might help or at least give you a change of scene.
At night, maybe try to tag-team with your DH. It's easier to cope if you know you have relief taking over in a few hours.
DS got worse and worse till around 10-11 weeks. Then he got better. Then he got worse again. Then better. Then worse still... they're all different, but one constant is the way they always change on you.
Hang in there and just try to grab whatever breaks or rest that you can.
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