Parenting after LT TTC #5

[Lenny]

Ah, the joys of breastfeeding and teething...it's not funny at all, is it!! I nearly threw DS1 on the floor the first time he bit me - i got such a huge fright, and so did he!

Well done on the grant Murph - it's nice to know that sometimes 'the system' gets it right!

Welcome MM. Tell us all your woes...and share the good times too. We love hearing about everyone's little darlings.

Good thing i didn't read about the pizza, Neptune. I'm easily persuaded...all those commercials they have on tv at dinner time are aimed at me!!! I don't even like KFC, but if I see an ad for it, I suddenly want it.

Anyone else live in Melbourne - where did that long lovely summer go? 2 weeks ago we were in sunblock and t-shirts, now it's socks and singlets. Still, it was wonderful while it lasted {wistfully staring out the window as rain pours down the glass}. Boo hoo!

[briggsy's girl]

it's not real warm here either Lenny!

[Neptune]

Aahh, it's a gorgeous Autumn day here in Sydney, about 24 degrees. Very sorry to anyone in other areas, it's a real shame

Welcome MM!!!

[TaRhLi.]

Hi Girls

Lenny: I live 30km's west of Ballarat so it's even colder here...

Murph: Yay on the Centrelink bucks, just think finally some of your tax money is coming back to help you guys out. Doesn't happen very often...

Hi to everyone else...

I'm so exhausted, Tara had her first swimming lesson today can you believe she is 6 months old today... where does time go. She loved it but she was ready for a sleep 10 minutes into the class which goes for 30 minutes. Everytime we did time for her to lay on her back in the pool, I could feel her relax and the thumb went straight in her mouth for sleep time. Only problem was... and lucky for me DH came today to watch, how am I supposed to get out of a pool (not a toddler pool) with a baby that can't sit up yet?? All the other babies in her class (3) are older and can sit, crawl and walk but Tara can't do any so if DH wasn't there to take her from me at the pool edge I would have been in all sorts of trouble. So after swimming Tara slept for about 1 1/2 hours and is back in bed now for another sleep. I think I might have to have a nap myself as well, trust me you don't need to do water aerobics when you do swimming lessons... running around in circles, lifting and swinging baby, it is a good workout for mummies as well.

[barney]

MM, welcome hun your more than welcome to join us all we'd be happy to have you,hope your going well.

a big hello to all my lovelies today,beautiful day here today got all the washing done and im being very lazy tonight and having pies,chips and gravy so best be off and feed the tribe.
talk soon and take care all

[grub17]

well i'm ssooo glad my misery tickled your fancy girls lol. Ah well, Green you said you don't want life to stop to keep baby happy - don't let it. Just look at our camp trip, yes it turned out hideously but we tried and got out there. we had fun for about 3 hours lol and don't regret going

Mind you i'm not going to a picnic today cos ash was so unsettled last night and yesterday arvo. Figure its either a) he didn't like the smell of the floor cleaner i was using to scrub the dirt out of the flithy lino b) DH overdoing the garlic in dinner last night or c) he's still recovering from the torture of his parents trying to make him sleep in a tent and not HIS bed.

But green i think we've got to get out there, with common sense in mind. they need to adjust to the world eventually and you can't hide away! And good luck with the work - good idea to ease into it. Have you ever left linc for more than an hour or two? I'll be interested to hear how you go... and how he copes too

hi mumma mia - come on it and share your story!

oooh marcellus .. poor DH, what an evil wifey you are! Don't worry i 'picked' a bit of 'something' off DH's face on sunday and it turned out to be attached to him... and bled.... A LOT. Whoopsy, you should have heard the man whinge after that, then he dropped a knife on his foot ROFL. but it's so easy to look at something and pick up something compleetely different.

BW - just wanted to send you hugs for your dilemna. What about during the week? can your priest administer to you privately at a time that suits you and Sam? i'm sure bub will change his ways soon enough and adjust to this outing. big hugs tho. Oh, thanks for saying sam coped okay going to your parents. we are off to PIL next week and i'm dreading it. But part of the problem camping was i could not settle ash in the tent because of serious headroom issues and if i took him outside he was absolutely captivated by the fire... and there was a freaking possum which tried to climb my leg and was stalking me.. all i could think was "a possum ate my baby'' hahhaahha.

neptune - hope you are feeling better now hun. sounds like you needed to let your hair down a bit tho bet you are a bit cold this morn!

murph - oh come on lady... a tea set each! that is sssssoooo way more dorkier than playing boardgames. sshheeesssh. and i truly admire your cross country camp trip.

bg- big hugs for going back to work. what are you doing with E, cc? I imagine it will be hard for the first month or two until you all adjust to the new arrangements and then it'll just feel like normal, but with money lol. are you nervous?

lenny - my best friend reckons she nearly hit her ds on the head out of fright the first time he bit her, completely instintual reaction. Did you just take bub off and say no?

Is that what you girls with teethers have found effective? (i know you do the nose flick Murph, is that working?). Do they understand? REason i'm asking is ash chomped down on me yesterday. Not very hard but it hurt... and he doesn't have teeth, yet. but they ar a coming.

kellyd - good on you for taking tara swimming! i've taken ash a couple of times and he lasts about 15 mins, shower, and then pass out on the 5 min walk home lol. it's so good for exhausting them.. so much noise, water, activity! i used to teach learn to swim as did my sister so Ash will be dragged to the pool regularly. But i'm going to wait for the warmer months to return.

smithy - yum lazy dinner night! my DH is so healthy and budget conscious we never get takeaway (neptune taht peezzzaaaa sounded great). I love friday night takeway with a movie! Can't wait for Ash to be older and we can do that together

Well as per my earlier comment, bub was extremely unhappy from 2.30am last night. he didn't feed well and screamed til 4am, had a short sleep and screamed again before DH went into the lounge on a mattress and bub came into our bed with me. I had to stand and rock him to sleep before gingerly climbing into bed myself and he also had a feed in bed... but straight after started screaming again.

of coures he went into his own bed and passed out at 7am and has just woken! little toad. he wouldn't go down for his arvo sleep by himself yesterday either. had to be ON me! As a result, half the floor mopped/scrubbed; half the washign done; half of dinner done and half the house cleaned!

so a quiet day at home to catch up.

wow, what a long post, i''m shocked at myself ... NOT!

[Greenslw]

yay for new avitar Hi linc you're now in the garden with mummy

Kelly just wanted to say 'awwww" re your swimming lesson, don't the instructors help you out? I know they do near me (cousins)

Grub Friday I'm doing some "prep" for saturday night and my mum is watching him will be a couple of hours. I think he'll be fine me probably panic. oh no for bad night sleep that's awful, linc does that during the afternoon sometimes but it's always worse at night, hope you have a nice settled day

Linc slept 8-3am again but yesterday arvo wind screaming asleep on me then as soon as I put him down AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'm wondering if it's the prune juice who knows, I'm going to give it a miss and see how we go, he's still so constipated without it though. who knows, maybe when he's on real food he'll be better, I rang the parent helpline and they said blah blah blah , tummy rub, deap bath, sugar water OMG like I don't know all of this already and it doesn't help the problem.

He's still only sleeping an hour, up 90mins (happy about 1/2 of that then fussy) then repeat. I'd love him to have a good morning sleep at least because he seams to want food when he wakes up and 2.5hours does seam a little close together for a bottle. I've tried holding him off with dummy and play but that works for a short while then its AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Ladies with older bubs any thoughts? is this a faze?

[briggsy's girl]

bg- big hugs for going back to work. what are you doing with E, cc? I imagine it will be hard for the first month or two until you all adjust to the new arrangements and then it'll just feel like normal, but with money lol. are you nervous?

don't think it feels real yet to be honest - i'll be fine i'm sure! E will either be with her Daddy or grandparents. so from that perspective, she'll be fine - it's more the BF and snuggles to sleep. she has started taking EBM ok for DH and going to sleep for him - so with him i think she'll be fine. she doesn't sleep at mum's very well though... i also work 40k's from home and have to be there by half seven - dropping E at my parents on the way if she is going there - so will be a looooong day for her if she refuses sleep!


on your Q re biting and BF - i make a loud noise and let E know it hurt - tell her she can only have booby if she is nice to mummy and doesn't bite. she is given one more chance and then if she bites a second time (only happened once) she gets put on the floor and has to wait it out

sorry for no more persies - DH has just dished up dinner - beer battered flake, crumbed prawns and chunky chips - yum!