Had a late night so Lyla is still asleep so I get to go online
Welcom BDT and Honeybee. BDT, the first few months can be stressful but hang in there, it gets better each day as we become more atuned to our LOs.
BW, what a horrid week you had. Glad Sam is doing well. About the speech, we can't really use Miss E as an benchmark. I read a research paper that said at this early stage (1 year old) the most important thing is that they understand us and communicates with us in their own way. We should be worried (but not alarm) if they don't point or make eye contact (especially the finger pointing).
BG, Miss E sounds so cute. I am turning bright green!
Grub, I've got 4 frosties from Lyla's batch of embies and although I do feel positive about them I must play down my expectation so I wouldn't be so dissappointed if they don't work. I will be content with 1 because I don't think emotionally, I could go through another stimulated cycle.
Kelly, Lyla did the "tuck feet under bum" thing for a week or two and then "see saw" crawl with feet pushing but head still down or get into "push up" stance without getting anywhere to finally crawling at 5 months. Although she does skip the "natural crawling" soon after for the "monkey walk" and then pull to stand. Will be very interested to see what Tara does.
good morning my beauties ,i too hope you all have a nice sunday.
im am also sitting here all be myself everyone else is still in bed and its me who needs the sleep lol oh well.
kahlan thanks for thinking of little miss charlie girl hun hugs to you.
BG. love your ticker pic hun way cute
BabyDreamtime oh welcome and welcome. Congrats and glad to see you
Grub I think that's why I stoped BF Linc was screaming at my breast and was being so fussy I took it to heart as when he's being fussy around a bottle who cares. Oh DH is a PIG he's not in my good books and frankly he could have stayed away! Also a friend recommended the DUNSTON Baby Language DVD I've ebayed it and will let you know re what baby wants.
Briggsy oh my 5 hor cluster feeding. you are doing so well. hope teeth come in soon and she's not a biter.
Neptune hope you doggie is doing better
KellyD oh baby gates wow that's a scary thought isn't it.
Smithy thank you funny I was thinking about prune juce, I'll do that I reccon in the formula. He does drink water so I'm lucky. But OMG I just feel like it's one hurdle after another atm.
Welcome Honeybee
BW skipping naps how was he in the evening?
Marcellus I've thought about it long and hard but he was in pain with my milk but he's in pain now, OMG what to do.
Yes he poo'd Friday after a really long tummy massage with mummy and then again after a bath with DH. all ok and soft, happy baby loads of sleep then came yesterday He's been pushing all day and all night I'm so tired and had no help from DH. After me finally asking for the third time DH fed Linc and it all went well but then he left him on the floor for like 30mins and POWER CHUCK! Linc did one last night too but only a little DH thinks this was his whole feed
So after making a mad dash home to get my tooth brush (at my mums cos DH is off again) I then got handed the baby while DH went to a friends. then we're going shopping then he's off again. After a day of ****ing me and Linc around yesterday doing quick stops at the hardware (an hour) and generally groning every time I asked for help I'm ready to be a single mum!
Ok ok back to the poo, Linc pood last night after a lot of rubbing of his belly but it was pretty hard, so I got out the water again and nothing yet, he was straining all night and only settled (still wimpering) in my arms so no sleep for mummy. I slid him into the sling while he was sleeping so he's not stressed out. I don't know what to do. I feel like this is a never ending battle, runns from my milk blocked up from Formula, power chucks. Am I doing something wrong or is this just what babies do? and if so why don't your friends tell you.
Feeling a little sorry for myself this morning and also really worried Linc is no better off than on my milk. Which is probably gon now anyways boobs are back to soft and no more leeking.
Oh Green
Your hubby needs to help out stat! Glad at least you have help from your mum.
Yes, this is what babies do. You're probably at around the worst of it right now - colicy/refluxy/unsettledness/whatever you want to call it tends to peak at around 6 weeks.
A lot of parenting is trial and error - we just figure things out as we go along. Sometimes things work well adn we give ourselves a little pat on the back, and sometimes they don't seem to... and unfortunately at this point we berate ourselves for doing the wrong thing (but how do we know until we try?). You're still building your confidence. Confidence comes from competency and competency comes from doing things (ie, trial and error) so as difficult and overwhelming as this is right now, I think this is a really important process. You will get there
And just putting this out there - your supply may have dropped, but you will still have milk; it's only been a few days.
oh green you poor girl im feeling so sad for you rite now hun and yes your dh does need to get his but into gear,this raising new born babies is hard enough without extra stress from him im holding your hand here hun and i truely hope he gets his s**t together.
on the poo note like marcellus has just said your milk wont be totally gone hun i still leak sometimes so thats just a thought.
his pooing sounds just like what my charlies were like and if i were you i would for sure be doing the prune juice thing it really does work a treat hun.
im so sorry your not getting any sleep too as this just doesnt help things when your so bloody tired,so thank goodness for your mum being able to help sometimes.
me personally thinks you are doing everything rite for your baby they are just soooo very hard to read sometimes as you already know ive had 5 kids now and still have no clue as each kid is so different just do the best job that you can hun as this is really all we can do but i think YOUR DOING AN AWSOM JOB
as for the POWER CHUCKS one of the other bellybelly girls told me to raise them in there little beds after a feed ,so i did i put a blanket under charlies little matress in her basinett so her head is raised and again worked a treat and im also useing that stuff called INFACOL witch is also very good for windys.
big hugs for you and please take care of you hunny im thinking of you heaps.
Green if it helps, Xavier is 5 weeks one day today (really must change ticker but just dont know how) and we are going through the same thing. He is really colicy and has decided that 3 am until 10am is the best time to be unsettled. I feel like a walking zombie. I can only get him to sleep on his tummy because he tucks his legs up under him which helps the pain. I am so busy this week with everyones 6 week checks, I just dont know how to keep going. At least the house is extremely clean, it is the only way I can stay awake is to keep cleaning. I cant sleep during the day as I have to watch Campbell. we are also suffering from the power chucks. Just love we it sits in your bra. We have put bricks under the head end of the bed. Campbell slept like this until he went into a big bed.
Smithy - Campbells pead told us to put the extra 10mls in his bottle. This was when he was having big bottles. I weaned him at nine months after doing back to work when he was 7 months. I cant even remember how big the bottles were.
BDT - it took me a while to come over here to.
Well hope everyone is doing well, not that I want to wish my time with small Xavier away but I cant wait to get past these next few weeks and for things to settle down. /the 6 week mark can be hell.
Last edited by saph204; March 7th, 2010 at 05:45 PM.
saph i know what you mean. I didn't want to wish my time with DS away BUT i did long for him to grow a bit.
I am really not a big fan of the newborn, young-young baby stage. i have definitely enjoyed it more in the past few days because he's more engaged and aware (and has better head control lol).
Ditto, 6 weeks is the killer week. If you go back to my older posts around this time I was literally going insane. I even had a 10 hour screaming rage one of the days with nothing I could do. I know it's hard and I also had know one else I could rely on, only DH who was at work, but I look at my happy little girl now and can't believe it is the same person.
All the mum's at Mothers Group who have little babies, I now give them warning of the 6 week horrors. It seems every baby goes through it no matter what they are like. Damn those Wonder Weeks. Luckily for us we are not due for another one until 26 weeks (5 weeks to go) and Tara seems to handle them a bit better now she is older.
Yay, for public holidays. Daddy is home for an extra day to spend more time with Tara which means I get some time for myself. Although can't complain too much as they are both still sleeping... Oh, some extra photo's of Tara...Kelly Dishot's Photos - Tara February 2010 | Facebook
You can see how she likes to go to sleep, with both hands over her eyes and man what big thighs she has .
good morning my beauties ,i too hope you all have a nice sunday.
and its me who needs the sleep lol oh well.
He's been pushing all day and all night 
I'm so tired and had no help from DH. After me finally asking for the third time DH fed Linc and it all went well but then he left him on the floor for like 30mins and POWER CHUCK! Linc did one last night too but only a little DH thinks this was his whole feed 
im holding your hand here hun and i truely hope he gets his s**t together.
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