Thanks for the warm welcome! Well I guess I should tell you a little bit about Cohen and his routine. He is quite a demanding little bub but still he is pretty easy as he has a routine which if I stick to it, he is quite happy.
He is fully breastfed and is a bit chubby too! He wakes usually once during the night. Last night was pretty typical. Fed him at about 5pm and he goes down at about 6pm. Woke up at 10.30pm for a quick feed. Then I go to bed and he woke up at 2.30am for another quick feed. I put him back down and he woke up at about 6.30am. Some nights are better than others!
He is a pretty good day sleeper which is nice as my first son was a horrible day sleeper but a great night sleeper! Usually I can get Cohen to have 3 naps during the day lasting anywhere between 1 hour and 3 hours! Not every day though!
I keep myself pretty busy with playgroup, gymbaroo and swimming lessons for my 3 yr old. Cohen will start swimming next year and if I can somehow manage it so I don't have to go back to work, will probably start him in babyroo next year as well!
It will take me a while to get used to everyone in here, so please excuse me if ask silly questions! I may also get your names wrong so let me know if I offend you in any way! Apologies up front!
Tootie - I can understand where you are coming from. My first son was born via emergency c-section after 13 hours of labour. However, I was pretty relaxed through the whole thing and came out of it thinking it was a pretty positive experience. This time around, I wanted to keep my options open and went into labour naturally a week early. After an easy 8 hour labour, gave birth to Cohen who was bigger than Finlay! The Ob initially said that if the baby was any bigger than Finlay there was no way that it would fit. Well I proved them wrong! Anyway, I found for me the trick was to have an epidural early in the proceedings. This way I was really calm the whole time and slept for 5 of the 8 hours I was in labour. Only had 20 minutes of pushing and he was out. It was really surreal but a wonderful experience. Mind you, saying all this, if I had to have another c-section, it wouldn't have bothered me one bit. I guess you have to decide what is right for you and then stick to it. It is your birthing experience and you have to be happy with it.
Michelle - Sounds like you have your hands full organising the party. Sounds great though. I don't think I know 120 people! Well I do but I wouldn't invite them to my birthday! We both have pretty small family units and a lot of our friends now live overseas which is such a shame. Still we have a nice group of close friends who we socialise with a bit.
Plus, your partner sounds divine! I wish my DH could build stuff! He isn't very handy I'm afraid.
Christy - Good luck with the party on Saturday. I'm sure you will have a ball. Also good on Matilda for giving you a nice big sleep. Makes such a difference doesn't it! I don't know about you but I'm really looking forward to when Cohen sleeps through the night. Finlay slept through from 7 weeks old so I've been spoilt! Mind you, those feeds in the middle of the night are pretty special. I get the most beautiful smiles out of Cohen and they are all for me!
Ambah - We have a high chair that reclines too. It's great isn't it!
Anyway, sorry to those of you who I didn't reply too. I'm still getting used to things. Will post again soon.
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