Parenting after LT TTC #5

[Lenny]

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[butterfly_warrior]

Lenny - that's really quite funny about the easter egg! I'm a little cross with my parents for deciding that Sam at 15 months old NEEDED to get a chocolate rabbit like his 7 year old cousin... it's still sitting on the bench untouched.

BW

[briggsy's girl]

oh dear! E knows what wrapping is - irrespective of whats in it - helps that her cousins helped her go nuts at Christmas! she got into her egg but no idea how to actually bite on it! oh well - all good!

[Janie71]

Jumping onto the new thread!

janie xxx

[barney]

jumping onto the new thread here too lol thanks lenny.
smithyxoxo

[BOC]

Jumping the thread here three LOL

hope you're all having a great weekend!

[Greenslw]

Cambell was 6kg at 6 months small little buba I think link is close to 6.5 already (need to weigh him) I'm getting muscles Happy Holls Saph enjoy I hope your boys are good for you.

Lenny thanks for making me feel not so alone.

Smithy for not so much sleep but for happy little Miss C.

Well Linc must have known daddy was away cos up at 12.30am then 5am then not happy little man, I pulled him into bed but he wriggled so much It was hardly worth it, I gave in at 6.30 and unwrapped him, then put up with very fussy man till 7 then I let out a big yawn and he burst out giggling and we got up I just wanted a little more sleep.

Oh his feet were out of the basinett in hamock lat night so I chocked up his bed and he's in it now, he's woken three times not very happy so I think I'll pop the basinett in the cot for a few nights so he slowly get's used to his new bed and I don't have to worry about him falling out.

ahhhhhh Linc wont burp and has been farting non stop for two hours, every time I put him down he looses his dummy and screams. OMG, I totally forgot how awful this is.

[grub17]

oh lenny that's cute about the egg. Our boy will get easter choc.. but one egg and a game.. my mum and dad alwasy got their 3 kids one egg and a boardgame to share... as a result we are all complete nerds but love a good game. they still get pulled out when we are altogther and it was a lovely family thing to do I can't wait til ash is old enough to beat him in monopoly lol and i'm sssoooo using my trivial pursuit cards from the 1994 junior version against him! he won't have a clue mmmwwwaaahhhhh.

oh saph. ash is the same when i try to get him to lie down with me! it's just not worth it and neither of us get any rest! oh that's exciting the move to the cot! and wow campbell was tiny! but from the pics i've seen, i don't think you'd know now hey.

hi to all the girls having a good weekend? do anything spesh?

well, we had an absolute doozy yesterday. We went camping. yay. got there about 1pm, set up, went for a walk along the most amazing beach with sanddunes, back to camp got ash ready for bed he laid in his bassinette quietly while we cooked dinner, ate dinner...

then the camping monster came out! bascially there was too much going on for him to really have a proper sleep since he got there so we was overtired and just screamed and screamed and screamed (you knwo that scream!).

Only boobie and mummy could get him to sleep but if i dared put him down! anyhoo after hours of this and disrupting the entire camp site we had to pack up!!! so at 9pm last night DH packed up camp while i sat in the ute and fed/cuddled ash to sleep!!! got home at 11pm and fell into bed exhausted at 11.30pm (after another 30 mins of settling bubbee). Now we've got to unpack our hasty packing and repack all our camp stuff!!! OMG. DH also got a nasty burn on his finger and we burnt our roast tatties... been declared THE WORST camping experience ever!!!

lucky we were so tired on the way home we were laughing about it. So i'm even more dreading our trip to tassie next week. Apparently i was a fussy baby who ONLY liked to sleep in my own bed... i'm a bit scared we have a carbon copy on our hands!!!

anyway on the positive side, he slept til 4.30am and then to 9am so i got a good kip in! but what a dramatic way to get it! lol.

but we won't be defeated. we will go again, but somewhere there aren't other people so if he's screaming etc it won't be so stressful.

[barney]

oh grub you poor things,what a bumma about the camping trip hun
poor bubba doesnt like camping yet lol..and poor dh finger ouchy.
better luck next time yeh..

[saph204]

Hi all just a quick one poor Xavier has his first cold. He has finally sucummed to the snotty kisses from big bro.

[grub17]

saph we are in that box too poor bubbas. DS still has his runny nose and was going off boob. i basically had to dreamfeed him during the day today to get milk inot him. also cut back o n his solids. but he's teething as well as being a stickbeak so the odds r against me lol.
is anyone elses's reply box really really slow to respond?
hope you all had a great wkend

[Greenslw]

Welcome back smithy glad the move went well and you're house is peaceful.

Neptune 7 months went so quick i remember you birth anouncement

Grub and Saph my sympothies Linc's been sick for a week now, I've got the heater and humidifier cranking but not sure if it helps much, he's still pretty happy during the day but chesty at night

ATM DH and I had a huge fight last night, I think we're both so over tired it's getting to us and this morning he didn't even say goodbye I didn't even hear him leave and woke to Linc screaming at 5.30am in a dark house. Linc has slept a little better from his horror 1 hourly wake ups on Friday night but still very unsettled but I don't blame him with a blocked nose. Last night I got up at 10pm resettled him three times and then started to cry as DH came in took Linc and proceded to yell at me because he was wet! I checked like 5 mins prior then he got on his high horse about him needing a feed. he used to sleep 6pm - 4am before a feed so 7pm-10pm doesn't mean he NEEDS A FEED! anyway DH threw a fit woke link up heaps and it took me 2 hours to resettle him, then he woke up at 3am and instead of resettling him (my preference) DH got him up I don't know what to do about his angry sugar honey ice tea, I don't do agro (life is too short) and it's getting to me that he can't hold his cool esp over DS. what to do what to do.

I go back to work next week I'm so scared how do you ladies back at work do it? sick bubs, no sleep and work?

[grub17]

oh oh green, you are not alone lovely. Big hugs for you.
DH and I have been a bit snappy at each other lately as well. Just out of tiredness I think but it is still not nice.
I found when DS was really unsettled, one of us had to take the lead and set a pattern/routine for him so he knew what was going to happen (ie doing the same things over and over in terms of settling, getting to sleep, feeding etc) and once that was established the other person was brought up to date on what the system was.
But boo hoo to DH about yelling at you cos bub was wet! does he think you would knowingly let your baby cry or be wet? or that you hadn't thought of that? men!
I hope you can sort it out. You never know maybe he might come home today with an apology or at least willing to talk to you about it. Yes, you are both tired but him yelling at you is not going to give him more sleep!
hope you have a better day than night love. And by the way, i found DS became really unsettled about 4 months old, i think it's a growth thing. ox

[onthefly]

To be honest Green, I really don't know how I managed sometimes. I guess you just do because you have to, just like all the rest of parenting. All the best for next week.

Ah, baby colds suck! Hope they're well again soon.

Hope the FS appointment goes well Kelly.

Hi everyone!

[barney]

aww thanks saph for thinking of me hun,im still in my pjs too and its 11.15 and i too have food shopping to do its just finding the energy today lol.

[Greenslw]

Smithy you need a ride on OMG what a work out.

Grub so you're headed to NT too, the army barrocks up there are very distracting hope your mummy visit is going great

Saph it's funny how all children are diff. Linc hasn't got rolls or a fat belly but he's very long and I think that's why, with all the fuss around his milk I was shocked. But I was always off the charts as a baby too

Well we had a minor miricle today after trying Linc on solids again he slept for 2.5hours he hasn't done that day or night for two weeks. I'm at work tonight so fingers crossed he sleeps good for his daddy. I was at the end of my rope this morning but quietly confident, I think due to reflux he doesn't want to drink any more he's still having 7 bottle a day but no extra mls. He really enjoyed the rice cerial (more like milk) smiled and wanted more. He's been fussy with his bottle and screaming at it alot so into the dark room and it seams to work alot better must be over stimulated.

My mind is wondering back to work and I hope you don't mind but I need to vent some insecure thoughts. *****rant alert*****

My assistant took over my job for my Maternity leave and we aranged to meet up a month before I returned so I'd know what was going on, she has been "busy" and this hasn't happened, the manager above me is a "control freak" and has said "she wouldn't alow me to know what's going on until I come back!" not happy at all, she also has said what a "wonderful job" my assistant has done and how "the team is doing so well" I saw red, like I've done nothing like all the fights to bring in new things over the past year were nothing! grrrrr So now I'm left wondering what the F*** is going on, my staff all seam really keen to have me back and when I popped in with Linc the other day they were so happy to see me although my assistant didn't really make eye contact. I smell a rat and it's annoying me. I think after a cuppa and a few niceties I'm going to call her on it, life is way too short for games and I'd rather be at home with my bub than games at work. especially when I could do two night shifts and make the same $$ (don't worry I've thought about it more than a couple of times) just feels like that would be a back step and I'd loose my car which we need as DH has a ute with a bolt in the front but I'm not keen on that.

Ok vent/rant over.

I'll have to post the pic of Linc with cerial all over his face, he stuck his tonge half way out just licking his lips for ages, it was so so so cute.

[Loveinamist]

Just worked out how to do pics in the tickers! Excited!!

Hope everyone is well!!!!

[barney]

green ,you sure do have a porky there,what a chubba bubba,sooo cute hun and yay for maybe mooving how great.

grub,have a fab weekend with your mum hun.

a big hi to you all girls hope you all have a wondeful weekend.

afm,its very wet here today again so im doing all the sheets and putting them in the dryer,ended up doing the hole lawn by myself the other day a hole 3 acers omg do i have sore hands but it looks so nice and fresh i swear im gonna get a ride on mower lol.
dh has finally got a new job thank god we were so broke so things might start looking up now yay.
miss c had a terrible night last night ,not sure why but im so buggered today.
i watched the back up plan last night and it was awsom very funny.
anyways girls better get off this big butt and do a bit.
take care smithy