Just wanting to say hello to you all as I have been seriously MIA..... but this teething thing is really trying for both Tara and me......
For her bottom 2 a few weeks back we had 2 bad days then the 1st tooth arrived, then a few days later we had 1 cranky day followed by a tooth, but boy these top ones are little buggars. I have pretty much had a whole week of a cranky miserable baby, clingy and crying at the drop of a hat and the top ones still haven't broken through. I can feel how tight her gums are and you can see the teeth just waiting to pop through but nothing yet.
It is becoming very exhausting as I have been having to take Tara out everyday to give her some form of entertainment cause if we are home she wants me to carry her all the time, but then if we are out she won't sleep. Take today for example.... up at 9am and after attempting to get her down at 11am for a nap (with no luck) we decided to go grocery shopping. Of course she feel asleep in the car 10 minutes from home but as soon as the car stopped she was awake again and we finally managed to get her to sleep at 4pm. So with being awake for 7 hours and teething symptoms as well we had one really "CRANKY" baby.
Anyway, I'm going to go and put my feet up as I am shattered as well.
Green that is really tough. It's worse when you're working too as you've no time to catch up. Does your DH help out at night? It could be a cold/illness that causing the current trouble. You'll find, no matter what (sleep school etc) that if there's an underlying reason like that for crappy sleep nothing will help till that problem resolves itself. Hope things settle soon for you.
But hooray for missing the poos
Kelly have you tried a teethign necklace? Made a big difference for us. DS is a shocker when teething too.
Geez smithy?! We don't do christmas presents. Thank goodness. Of course the little 'uns still get stuff. You're right though, the paper (or box) is always the most exciting part!
Hope Jazzy is doing better Janie and you have some answers soon.
hi girls,
been mia while my mum was visiting. it was lovely to see her and ash got spoilt.
saph - i got AF at 3 months and she's come every month since then! brh. i feel ripped off (ash is breastfed). I do find that bub feeds very poorly the week before my AF arrives, happened 3 times now but not sure if its the hormonal changes or just coincidence.
smithy - that is being ridiculously organised! lol. good on you!
kelly d- tell me about the teething!!! We have two teeth. One is all the way through - arrived fully last week and the other one popped out on Friday... he's not even 6 months yet! brh.
He's also sitting up - a bit unsteady but he's there and sort saying 'bubba' although it's mostly a whinging "bub-bub-bub-bubba'' and comes with a quivering bottom lip (naughty mummy and daddy laugh at him at that stage as its too cute).
still in the 25ht percentile for weight and 90ths for height and loves loves loves his solids. i think he would just keep eating if i kept offering, it's astonishing! mum reckons he's the neatest baby eater she's ever seen lol - why put food on your bib when it can be in your gob!
hi marceullus, green, poppy, boc, murph, janie, bg.
will try to be better on the persies next time.
ox
Woweeee! So much to catch up on. I won't say I'm back, because I'm more just a visitor at the moment but aren't we all with these busy little babes.
Firstly, oh Janie, my heart is in my mouth every time you write about your Jazzy. We all know this could so easily happen to any of our babies and it really brings it home. You are being so brave and I know exactly what you mean about being "that" parent that doctors see coming. I think my name is known in medical circles all over Australia at the moment. I'm knocking on more doors than the Salvos You know you are right though and you are your child's best and only voice and advocate so don't give up (and I will take my own advice too!). I really hope your paed and new gp give you answers and solutions.
I can't manage much more than match stats on my little bundle of happiness so here I go. Well my jazzy is 7 and a bit months now and well she doesn't much care for rolling. She's been there, done it and really didn't think it was worth doing at this stage so moved on. She has two huge bottom teeth which make her smile just the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen (of course) and she is cutting her 3rd tooth, another bottom one and this time it's hell so I'm hearing what all the teething fuss is about this time round. The first came with barely much fanfare, although now in hindsight, I'm sure that's what made our car-trip down to K.I so difficult at the time, cos those teeth arrived as soon as we got here. She is sitting up totally unassisted and it's funny to think that I look back on photos as "the lying down era". 7 months is absolutley awesome!!!! Andy and I are just loving life with her so much.
I'm doing all the wrong things and I really don't care. Do you get the feeling that I'm a bit worn down and over it. well I honestly just want to be a MUM. I just spent last week in burnout mode, which I have to do every few years and pull the shutters on the world and lock myself up in the house (yep slightly agrophobic, but only slightly). I just returned from melbourne after taking jazz for her MRI and CTs which were under anaesthetic, so slightly emotional time with flying alone and the procedure etc. Now I'm waiting for results and still no word. Jazz had her first cold, plus a sore throat from the tube down it and she cut a new tooth while in Melbourne. At least I was staying with my mum so we weren't alone deal;ing with it and apart from the obvious yucky bits, we had a great time.
Some of you know when you feed and have all your routines, that's what i mean by I'm doing it all wrong. jazz sets her own routines and it's not worth trying to break her out of them. If she wants to open her eyes as big as saucers and laugh at me when I put her down, there is nothing i can do to get her there, so I have to just laugh with her and try again another time. I can't be bothered getting hung up on things too much. I loooooove a bit of structure and when she does have any routine, it's all about her body clock, not because of what I do. I rock, I feed, i co-sleep and if she's not ready for bed, so be it, we play or wind down quietly. Whatever it takes and whatever works. Haha, I'm a rebel. I'm with you Poppyfairy, I've gone form Jazz sleeping 12 hours straight through, to now being lucky if she sleeps for 2 hours at night without a feed, so without co-sleeping, I couldn't function. It breaks my back as she follows the milktruck round and if it moves, so does she. Daddy is quite safe with 2/3 of the bed to himself but we both love it and laugh about it and he just loves that jazz is sooooo bonded to me. He had no bond with his mum, she is just one of those strange mums by name only.
Anyway, of course there's so much to say, but that'll do for now.
Thanks Marcellus. I'm lucky because my DH and I are totally in sync and I feel for the girls whose hubbies act like babies. A quote from my DH the other day: "there hasn't been a single day that having Jazzy hasn't been more amazing than I could have ever possibly imagined". We have literally been baby gazing for 7 months and I can't see it stopping any time soon.
I forgot what I wanted to tellyou all about Jazzy. Well, I have just learnt a new lesson for the day...Jazzy can remove lids off highlighter textas. You know how you sometimes just give them the things that seem safe just while they are right beside you, and they grab at everything. Well I set her up with a bunch of safe office "toys" and she was sitting at my feet and then I looked down and her face is covered withflouro green high lighter, as are her jarmies, her hands and the carpet. Oh dear...the first of many accidents, but a very cute one.
hi murph! i don't think there is 'right' or 'wrong' when it comes to bubs - just what works for you! i've recently decided to ditch the guilt trips i've been giving myself about various things in particular listening to my doc and starting ash on solids early (major guilt trip there). but cutting yourself some slack is so liberating and also looking at the bigger picture!
Murph as long as she is happy and you are happy you are doing everything right. I have always said as a mum you should listen to advise and then do what fits you. Xavier has no daytime routine and is a really crappy daytime sleeper and always has been. So I gave up trying to force him into a three sleep a day routine and he sleeps when he wants to sleep. In saying this we do have a fairly strict night bedtime routine but this stems from Campbell. Bed is at 7pm when nieghbours finishes, teeth story and bed. Campbell has been in a bed since he was fifteen months old and he has never gotten out of his bed. Even if he is not tired at 7 he goes to bed and just chats to his friends (teddies). Xavier has fallen into this routine as well and he sleeps from 7 til 9.30 when I dream feed him and then he sleeps til about 6.30-7.
It is hard to have to watch you little ones go through these procedures, we have been there with Campbell, you just have to soldier on and not let it get on top of you they are more relisient then we think. Campbell has had 2 barrium swollows, try getting a brest feed baby to drink chalk through a bottle. The only good thing was he had to fast so he was extremely hungrey and took it.
i too have been a slacko girls but im just sooo busy now dh is back at work.
So big hellos to you all and i hope all is going great for you girls with all your beautiful bubbas.
We are all great miss c is owning the house starting to yell at everyone shes so funny and god help the house if theres no one talking to her lol.she is so dam spoilt im finding it hard sometimes and she cant sit by herseLf any more pmsl.but apart from this she sleep all night has 2 very good sleeps of a day and is eating solids now like theres no tomorrow.we got a new ride on mower on the weekend and shes been rideing the mower with daddy omg she loves it pmsl.
Anyways girls better get going miss grumpy bum is getting ****ty so best be off,i love you all and am missing all our chats.
Hi girls went to sleep clinic today and as hard as it is I hate to say it but the nurse was right I was picking Linc up way to early from his nap. Has anyone else gone to one of those? I hope it works for night too. But Linc was still having 3-4 naps a day nothing substantial and today with a bit of restraint from mum he's still in bed 1.5hours later (he did wake up but I didn't pick him up) Now I just need to share the "plan" with DH and Nanna.
Smithy so glad Charlie is being a good girl. It is great when they are loud, has she found out her voice carries in the supermarket yet? Linc has but it is cute.
Marcellus glad your taking it easy Until July, I love that attidude, "work is coming rest now"
Neptune for holls they are great and wow 8 months flies
Murph hope you have results now
How are you going with this cold Saph? Linc is still rattly I hate winter?
OK now what do I do. Linc is still sleeping tv is awful and I'm too tired to clean.
Green that is really tough. It's worse when you're working too as you've no time to catch up. Does your DH help out at night? It could be a cold/illness that causing the current trouble. You'll find, no matter what (sleep school etc) that if there's an underlying reason like that for crappy sleep nothing will help till that problem resolves itself. Hope things settle soon for you.
although it's mostly a whinging "bub-bub-bub-bubba'' and comes with a quivering bottom lip (naughty mummy and daddy laugh at him at that stage as its too cute).
You know you are right though and you are your child's best and only voice and advocate so don't give up (and I will take my own advice too!). I really hope your paed and new gp give you answers and solutions.
but it is cute.
for holls they are great and wow 8 months flies
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