Parenting After LT TTC ~ January - April 2008

[Willow]

I feel the same way Sushee, which is why I asked him that question tonight. I feel if we gave even one of those embryos a chance, and it didn't succeed, at least I would know I tried and I would feel a much greater sense of closure.

I really don't know what I'm going to do. Every time I feel the way I do tonight, I just push it to the back of my mind again and either tell myself we'll deal with it later, or I fool myself into thinking that eventually he'll come around. But I guess that's only really going to work for the next 6-12 months and then I'm really worried what it will mean for us.

[onthefly]

Hi all,
Willow - That must be tough on you. I kinda understand from your DH's perspective that maybe it's just too hard to go through all that, but it's got to be just as hard to give up on something you want so much. I hope you guys can work through it in time.

Aric's doing really well. He's being doted on this week by my in-laws, who've flown over from NZ. Gives us a break too, which is great. My mother's group starts tomorrow - looking forward to it. Oh, and I'm starting work again next week... yay for me. not.

Glad to hear that sage is doing well Mako - spots and teeth notwithstanding (guess if it's not one thing it's another...)

Take it easy everyone

[mako]

Hi Not much going on here atm. Sage is teething so I really hope it doesn't take too long for the tooth to come through.
Still not alot of sleep happening here either but funnily enough I'm starting to get used to it

Marcellus I bet your Inlaws are having a great time with Aric.

Has anyone heard from Jo (aka DJTTC) and Jenna? Just wondering how they are going.

Hi to Willow,Sazz,Kimnastics,Sushee and everyone I've missed. Hope you are all ok.

[onthefly]

Hi - guess everyone's super busy at the moment. No great surprise, hey?
Aric is 10 weeks old today - already!
His sleeping routine has been a bit mucked up lately and we're trying very hard to get him to sleep at all during the day and his night sleeps are getting shorter and shorter. poor thing is just soooo overtired. Just got the no-cry sleep solution from the library, so hoping we can get some help in there. Don't really appreciate my mum telling me that he'll 'have' to cry it out at some point.... i don't really see why.
I'm back at work now - poor me. not much else to report, though our dear son did a big runny poo on the spare bed last night - DH was up with him and had to clean up . Anyone else feel like they've become poo obsessed? W'e're always checking to see what colour it is....

[onthefly]

Hey - congratulations Kimnastics! Just noticed your signature

The book's been really useful - we havn't instituted our 'plan' yet, but after he's settled and rested better we will. I'm a bit loath to put him out in his cot - the master bedroom is right out the front of the house, and the other rooms are out the back. We're considering sleeping out the back as well to be closer. IF nothing else it's a practical consideration - I don't want to have to get up and walk that far to feed him each night. Co-sleeping doesn't really work too well for us - we all disturb each other and then DS just wants to eat, then suck for a while, snooze, then eat, then...
Actually, he's been eating heaps lately - maybe it's a growth spurt? We'll be weighing him again on Tuesday (mother's group) as we continue to fret about his slow weight gain. sigh.
Work has been horrid and stressful. The worst thing is when I have to make poor Aric wait for his feeds cause i'm just so flat out... that's not good (though it doesn't help that he wants to eat every 1.5-2 hours!).

Hope all you mums and bubs are doing well. Have a good weekend.

[onthefly]

Just wanted to pop in and say that Aric put on 205g in the past week - yay!

[monnie]

Hey guys

Just wanted to say hi to everyone...I've been lurking after my self-imposed ban!

That's great news about Aric, Marcellus!

Kimnastics...congratulations! Wonderful news! How are you doing? What's it like being pregnant and having a 10 month old? Felix is the same age as Hayden (well...2 weeks younger!) and we are starting to think about trying again...though part of me is scared about how I'd cope...but I'm sure you just do!!!

Mako...how's Sage doing? How's his sleeping going? Felix still wakes at 10pm, 3am and 6am for feeds! And like you say...you just get used to it, hey?

We're off on holidays this weekend...can't wait! A little nervous as we are staying in a converted 'shed' (it looks great...belongs to my sister) but it's one big room...hope the sleeping issues don't deteriorate...

Anyway...hope everyone is doing well!!! Willow, you doing okay?