Parenting After LT TTC ~ January - April 2008

[nic]

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]

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]

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

[onthefly]

Hi everybody!
Hope you're all doing well.
Today is DS' half-birthday!
Sleep has gone to poops in the past week.... otherwise nothing to report.
Keep well everyone

[lismith25]

Hi everyone.....im back after a long awol, hope I can still pop in.
The last couple of weeks have been manic, we have moved house, failed to sell our previous which is now rented and after much deliberation dh has gone to work at the mines during the week as I wasnt ready to go back to work yet...feel guilty but not ready to leave Emma...im being positive all will work out as planned

Anyway I digress, so glad to see some familiar names, you all sound so fantastically happy and the bubba's are coming along in leaps and bounds aren't we all so lucky

Emma is now 4months and 1 week, we had a slight mishap with feeding while we were moving but were back on track now. She had her jabs last week and has been a rat bag waking everyhour from 1, which has taken its toll on me...i have a mouthful of ulcers but the last 2 nights she has only woken once at 3...i hope it continues...i have also started giving her baby rice 3 times a day only a spoonful but she is so active rolling everywhere I think she needed it. I found her this avo on her side with all the sleep lines down her face she looked so cute.

I have also started to think about number 2 Nic though I have to admit only just....dh thinks im crazy, but I'll have to see how easy it will be. After the ttc we are just now getting back to our old relationship ways, it would be nice not having to clock watch and pop pills for a while.

Anyway I hope you are all feeling fabulous
Oh and congrats on number 2 Kimnastics

Lis xx

[nic]

Marcellus - Happy half birthday to Aric for last week

lis - Sounds like you have been extra busy.

Also sounds like our bubbas are temporarily changing their sleep habits! DS went to waking every half hour for the last 2 weeks. The last couple of nights, with the exception of last night, were better, with him waking every hour and a half.

Hope you are all well

Nic

[mako]

Hi
Its great to see you back Lis. Things sound like you've been extra busy at your place.

Nic How are you doing? I hope Liam starts to sleep a bit more for you soon.

I'm busy planning Sage's 1st birthday/Naming Day. I can't believe how fast the year has gone. It only seems like yesterday that I was counting down the weeks til we met him and here I am planning a party.
Sage is turning into a real little boy now. He has just started to walk around the coffee table and he can take some steps if we are holding him under his arms. Oh and he has learnt how to blow kisses today lol.

I hope everyone is ok and bubs are being good for their mummys and daddys

Take care

[onthefly]

Wow, you've been busy Lis! The 3-4 month mark is, er, fun... hey? They change so much, so suddenly...

Oh dear Nic, every 1.5hrs is an improvement...?! It's tough when they do that. In the past few days DS has return to 2-3 wakeups a night - fingers crossed, knock on wood. For a while there we just stopped counting and actually would wake up in the morning bleary eyed and unsure just how many times we'd been up... OF course he did this on my week off.

Wow, Sage is nearly 1 already? Are you planning a big do Mako?

gotta get back to work - catch you all later