Parenting After LT TTC ~ January - April 2008

[mako]

Hi

I hope you are all having a good weekend.

Sage is still having trouble with his teeth.I just wish it would pop through and we can get our happy little boy back.Its so cruel when he is sleeping soundly and all of a sudden he will let out an almighty scream in pain.To make matters worse I have mastitis again.I just hope it gets better soon.

Monnie You sure have had a very busy 6 months hey.Such exciting times too.I'm pleased that Felix is settling down now too.

Jo I also love what you wrote about babies being easy.
How is Jenna doing? I hope the teething isn't too bad for any of you.

I'd better go as dinner is almost done. mmm. baked dinner.. YUM!!!!

[Rach75]

well we have been busy busy, drove up to rocky (2hrs away) tuesday arvie Jack slept the whole way then when we got there did some errands he was so good we went out for tea happy happy again, makes life a lot easier from when we left till we got back to mums after tea was nearly 6 hrs...then wed we had some shopping to do in morning and a RE appoint in arvie which was running 1 hr 20min behind so odid some flood sight seeing with mum and Jack slept on the drive home he chatted and sang and laughed for the first half then I pulle dover got some nuggets I had cooked out of esky and passed them back to him and that kept him happy for the last hr

then I had 2 days of babysitting I look after a 13mth old 3-5 days aweek so we have been busy busy

[monnie]

Kimnastics...I hear you on the house never been cleaner!!!

I've never cleaned so much (well...except for about a week before Felix was born when I became an obsessional vacuum cleaner-er...think my record was vacuuming 3 times in one day!!!)

Anyway...I'm in such a cleaning mode these days, I even hosted an enjo party on the weekend!!! What's sadder, is that I asked for enjo mop for my birthday!!!

And all with great timing...as Felix started to crawl (well...drag himself around) on the weekend!!!

Very exciting!

And he got his second tooth (thankfully, it was much less painful - on all of us - than the first one!)

Hope everyone is doing well...

I'm hoping we will have some new members in here soon as a few of the pregnancy after LTTTC have just 'graduated'

[mako]

Kimnastics I had to laugh when you mentioned the tufts of dog hair.We also have that problem with our black lab.Luckily Sage isn't crawling yet but it is on most things no matter how much I clean. We are thinking about ripping up the carpet and polishing the boards as they are easier to keep clean.

Monnie What a clever little boy Felix is I bet there will be no stopping him now.So pleased the 2nd tooth was a little kinder for you all too.

Sage's tooth still hasn't popped through yet.It is just soooooo close.I just wish it would break the gum. Some people have suggested that I give him a cold teaspoon to chew on as this apparently helps.I haven't done this as yet but will see what happens over the next week or so.He is back to his normal happy self most of the time now too which is good.

Hope you and bubs are all ok.

[monnie]

Hey Mako

Glad to hear that Sage is back to his happy self...teething is horrible, hey? But hopefully you are past the worst of it...

We've got a dog with black hair too...the number of times Felix has been on his tummy and looked up with black dog hair around his mouth!!!

Not a good look!

[sazzafrazz]

LOL with the dog hair ... we have two dogs, one lab/kelpie one kelpie/****zu and they shed like mad. It is weird how it gets up on top of cupboards and everywhere. Im pretty sure the dogs cant get up there hehe. When we bought this place it had cream carpet throughout and we only have it in the bedrooms now: we polished the boards. Much easier but it is a lot noisier too and draughty in winter also. Cant have it all!

On the weekend I had a "very protective parent" moment. All the inlaws invited themselves over AGAIN and the 8yr old nephew wanted a hold of Celeste. I set him up on the lounge next to his aunt (she is handicapped and not that responsible) His mum paid no attention after that at all and he started to let her slide off his lap when he had had enough. I couldnt get to her quickly cause bloody MIL was blocking the way. I nearly footy bumped her out of the way but she got to Celeste first and caught her just as she almost went off the lounge. She passed her to me but wouldnt let go. I just snapped at her "Ive GOT her!!!" which was a bit mean but I was pretty upset just then. I didnt let anyone else hold her after that. (To top it off, the mother of the kid also spilt coffee all over the new floor rug and the other kid nearly broke my globe of the world on the coffee table.) I guess it is a normal protective parent thing to do but I wondered if I was a bit more possessive of her cause of the LTTTC thing? Normally I am very relaxed about Celeste which people have commented on but I turned into a stressed mum just then!

Child nurse at our new mums group warns against trying to be supermum and not giving ourselves time for us. She said those who try to do it will usually get to around 4 or 5 months and have a total burn out which often leads to PND. Definately something to avoid. So far I havent been away from Celeste at all. Once DH stayed outside the shops with her while I dashed in but that is all. I know I should trust him with her more but I know what she needs much better than he does (cause Ive spent all day everyday with her) and I see him trying things I know she doesnt need before he works out what it is she does want. It seems unfair on her if I dont let him know what she needs, but unfair on him if I dont let him learn for himself so that Im not telling what to do all the time. Its a tricky one and I havent got the hang of it yet.

Hope the teething sorts itself out soon- sounds awful for the poor little men!

Hello to all!!!

[secochook]

Sazz - I know what you are saying regarding knowing what Celeste wants more than DH but I would encourage that you let him give it a go and learn too. Hopefully he will take advice and learn. It would be better for your sanity if he can shoulder some of the tasks. My DW is happy to do this and she has been able to get out a few times. She has the phone in case a feed is in order though.

Well Luisa has been going great guns at this growing caper. She has put on 2kgs since birth going from the 10th percentile to the 50th. She is also in the 90th percentile for her height, so she will be a tall girl if she keeps it up.

We went to the Western Force game on Sunday. It all went well except that the wife of a work friend who came to the game decided to have a freak out when DW went to change Luisa and didn't come back straight away. She was trying to get me to go look for them. Now I am not a 21 yo newlywed and we both have mobile phones if there was a problem. After 12 years of marriage I think we know each other well. Of course there was no problem, DW was just up behind our seats standing and watching the game and giving Luisa time to get over her reflux issues. But it made me unsettled. I appreciate that we are new to the parenting but we do have age and commonsense on our side.

Well my rant for the day!