Parenting After LT TTC ~ January - April 2008

**sazzafrazz** · September 5th, 2008, 09:42 PM

Hi gang!

Nic, we put Celeste into her Amby the day she came home from hospital, we had no bassinette. She liked it right away. I wouldnt worry about him out growing it too soon. We probably could have kept her in hers for longer but we bought a cot with change thingy on top (cause my back cant hack doing changes on the floor) and the room is so small that we had to choose one or the other to be in there now... I opted for the change table. They can stay in it till they start climbing out. I think Lucy had one of her kids in there a lot longer. Did you get the snuggler for the hammock? You could put him on his side with the snuggler in the hammock so that he has to lie on the side he doesnt favour. S'pose he wont like that though! Hmm. Not sure what else to suggest. Yay for getting a few blocks of sleep. Makes you feel so much more human doesn't it! I found Celeste really settled much better around the 9 or 10week mark so hopefully you are nearly there

We seem to have passed the biting faze for the moment, hooray! And the scab has finally formed so things are healing too. (It was getting pulled off 4 times a day when stuck to the breastpad, ooooh) I am sooo glad I persisted. I was so close to weaning. I actually gave her 1 bottle of formula after one night of feeding with tears but thankfully she didnt really take to it. I felt so funny giving her a FF when I had plenty of milk myself. It just felt wrong! So we have a reprieve for a while longer.

Celeste has just developed a funny thing when she eats something. It is like a shiver running down her spine/ someone walks over her grave. It happens if she has vegemite on toast or something. Funny cause she really likes it and will continue to eat it but it gives her the creeps too. Funny little critter she is!

Like Aric, Celeste had a big sleep after the first needles too. She had less after pain with the second ones so that is good news and the third ones she had no after effects at all but at the time there were real sad boo-hoo tears and Mummy cuddles

She kept giving the nurse nasty looks! Wonder what the 12mth ones will be like

Yesterday evening we had a wonderful time. Celeste was at the silly/tired stage and I was having cuddles with her. She kept throwing her arms around my neck and giving me the sloppiest kisses, tongue and all, and laughing herself silly about it. It was just soooo nice. We were kissing and giggling ourselves silly!!!! One of those times to remember. Shortly afterwards she crashed though and that wasnt as pretty = straight to bed! Nice while it lasted. It was one of those moments when you think "This is what I waited so long for and now I have it"

Very lucky Mum, I am.

Before I go.... Happy Father's Day to Jason. Hope you get your share of sloppy baby kisses on sunday!

**secochook** · September 6th, 2008, 01:32 AM

Before I go.... Happy Father's Day to Jason. Hope you get your share of sloppy baby kisses on sunday![/QUOTE]

Firstly Sazz, thank you for your good Father's Day wishes. I'm always looking for the sloppy kisses...from Luisa! I am still trying to take in this Father's Day concept because of the obvious, for a long time I didn't think I was ever going to be one but also I never did Mother's or Father's day with my parents other than a call. The main reason was nothing more than my father's birthday was just before Father's Day and my Mum's birthday was just before Mother's Day. I am hoping that Gia doesn't go as silly as I did with helping Luisa get a pressie!

So what is everyone doing to assist their kids for Father's Day?

Now on another matter Sazz, I know Celeste is older than Luisa but is my girl not keeping up, not Aussie! She has not had Vegimite yet. I am worried...not a good show for a 9th generation Aussie!

Anyway, I must away. I hope to check in more than I have been but please forgive me if I don't.

All the best for the continual adjustment to parenthood.

Cheers

Jason

**Lenny** · September 6th, 2008, 09:39 AM

Yay, it was great logging on here and reading all these great stories!

Sazz - thanks for catching us up with your news, and i loved the story about the kisses!
Jason - Happy Father's Day for tomorrow. We aren't really into celebrating those days - more just a cuppa and a homemade card! (Funny - my mum's birthday is the second week of May - the same time as mother's day, and my Dad's birthday is 2 weeks after father's Day - so the same as you pretty much). DH forgot Mother's Day, and when i told him that maybe he should get me some flowers to mark the special occasion, he said hmmm, yes, maybe. And...I'm still waiting!
Nic - What about sleeping DS on his side and alternating sides each time. That's what we did with DS and it actually worked for us. It helped him not to thrash about so much and not to have that falling reflex which always woke him. I love that your DD loves being a sister - she sounds like a fantastic big sister to have.
Oh, and Liam never slept for either lot of needles! Just got diahorrea - yay for me!
Marcellus - We stopped wrapping ages ago - pretty much after the first few weeks! Thank goodness for sleeping bags, or he'd freeze. Liam isn't fussed about rolling, but he does the funniest little sit-ups, and has done for about a month now - he is going to have abs of steel!

**onthefly** · September 8th, 2008, 10:05 AM

Hi all
Did you get anything special for father's day Jason? My DH missed out as the thing I was trying to make him kinda fell through... he did get a special gluten-free muffin though.

Lol at the situps Lenny. Aric tries to do that - guess he's attempting to sit himself up, but barely a tummy crunch really

We've gone back to wrapping cause he was sleeping so terribly for a while there... might just be a coincidence. Anyway, he's not interested in rolling now...

Celeste sounds so cute. Aric kinda gets silly tired too... giggling and 'singing'... and then he crashes. Guess it's normal. Glad to hear that the feeding is better.

Hope the sleep is still going well Nic - soon it'll be 4 hours, then 5, then....

Hi everyone else

**nic** · September 15th, 2008, 11:23 AM

Lenny, hope Liam's next round of needles don't give him the runs.

Sleep around here has changed again. DS now has a big sleep when he first goes down of a night, usually 3 hours, last night was 4 hours! but the trade off for a big block of sleep is that he has decided to start waking up every hour after his first block of sleep. We can get him down for a day nap now, well most days we can, and he has been sleeping for a couple of hours or more for them as well.

So, DH and I have been having a few little chats about having more children. We always wanted 2, but I'm finding that I am seriously considering #3. I think it is because we have 8 snowbubs in storage. If we didn't have them, I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't even be entertaining the idea. I think I'm still in the babymoon phase? DS is smiling so much more often now, especially when DD laughs for some reason? He is so close to giving a little giggle it's not funny.

Jason, hope your father's day was fantastic and you got loads of sloppy kisses.
How did everyone celebrate father's day? My DD loves father's day, she made a card for DH, along with buying one from the shop that she picked out all by herself. She didn't want one of those funny cards, because it's father's day and it's serious, apparently. We got DH a set of kitchen knives that he picked out, and a chopping board as well. Got them both on sale, so picked up a huge bargain

Hope everyone is well

Nic

**onthefly** · September 15th, 2008, 01:57 PM

Hey nic - DS is the same with sleep. He has a long stretch first - these days 5-6 hours, or at least 4 - and then multiple wakeups after that. But it's soooo much better now cause he usually only wakes up once more and goes back to sleep quickly (not taking 2+ hours like it used to...). Hope this is a sign things are really getting better for you
And yeah, why not 3?!

**secochook** · September 16th, 2008, 03:34 PM

Jason, hope your father's day was fantastic and you got loads of sloppy kisses.
How did everyone celebrate father's day? My DD loves father's day, she made a card for DH, along with buying one from the shop that she picked out all by herself. She didn't want one of those funny cards, because it's father's day and it's serious, apparently. We got DH a set of kitchen knives that he picked out, and a chopping board as well. Got them both on sale, so picked up a huge bargain

Nic

Hi Nic,

Father's Day did go well, except could have done with a few more sloppy kisses. I was spoilt this year, as a result of DW having been spoilt on Mothers' Day. It is a one off to celebrate our first year as parent's after LTTTC. Next year I will be happy with a home made card!

Cheers

Jason