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thanks christy and spiddles - lets hope dh can work this out.
spiddles i am truly hoping that santa will bring me a digital camera, my old camera stuffed up so i have borrowed my dad;s camera (not digital) and am still trying to work it out. the only way i can get photos on lani's website is if my aunty takes them and emails them over.
having said that my dh mentioned yesterday we might go and get a new computer - my computer is windows 95 and i don;t even have speakers, now that he sees ds playing on it, he said time to get a brand spanking new one - so you never know hopefully santa will bring that too.
hope you all have had a good weekend.
Hmmm! Something must be happening with the posts. 3 from Spiddles, 3 from Mooshie, hope mine does just one.
Michelle- good luck with dh, hope all goes well. You guys have probably been through one of the hardest things imaginable losing your dd and men do deal with things diferently. Arron drinks way too much too, but he hasn't gone for help, although he acknowledged it and does try sometimes. He started up prety bad when he lost his best mate, so grief seems to be a common thing for men to turn to alcohol after. Hopefully since he has made the step things will start to improve very quickly.
We took the kids to the Melb Zoo today and it was a super day. They were so well behaved and Josh was the map boy. He amazed me as he could actually read the map and tell us where to go (he's only 5). Jemma was asleep within two mins of leaving the zoo as she was so exhausted. It was her first trip, and Josh's first trip that he can remember as he was a baby not walking when we went last time.
My upper back is playing up and I desperately need a massge, not that Arron would offer. Men don't think that they could actually be helpful sometimes.
My advice to Lillyd is to try to get her in her cot/bassinette as soon as possible as the longer she is with you the harder it will be to get her out. It will probably take some persverence as she obviously loves cuddling with mummy. Try Spiddles idea, maybe it will work.
Good night all, I am soooo tired.
Sorry for those I missed
Best wishes Michelle
Hi everyone, I hope you're all well.
I can't believe that my little guy is 4 weeks old today. The time has just flown by!!! So far we seem to be muddling through ok so I have my fingers crossed that we can keep it up.
As I predicted before Yasin was born MIL has become more bossy and invasive than before and is really annoying me. It wouldn't be so bad if she didn't give advice that was total nonsence (ie breastfeeding for more than five minutes is overfedding the baby!), try to make herself look good by putting others down and whinge about me behind my back. She has no idea about basic safety precautions and got all shirty because I would't let her put Yasin on a chair to sleep and then walk away and leave hin there. GRRRRR!!!
Sorry for the little rant but if I try to tell DH he gets upset and we argue and I need to vent a bit. I think that I will just avoid her for the next month or so and hopefully she will back off a bit.
I'm really happy with the way Yasin is gaining weight. Its funny how excited I am about a kg. I'm also really pleased about the way I'm losing weight ( I fit into my jeans again \:D/ ) although it will take a bit of work to move the last of it and tone up again. I can't wait until I can get back to the gym again.
Hello
Everytone, I hope that you all had a good weekend - we took Luke to Canberra to catch up with friends - we lived there for 3 years and wanted to show him off. He was very good and seems to cope well with the travellng which is good.
Mooshie - great news about your husband, I hope that the GP gives him some great advice and support.
I was wondering if any of you are coming to the meet and greet in Fitzroy Gdns on the 12 December - I was looking through the Victoria forum but there were so many names that I thought that it would be easier to ask.
I also wanted to ask about sleeping times - Pee, you mentioned that Ryley was sleeping from 7:30 to 6am - how did that happen. For example, Luke decides that he doesn't want to sleep from about 7pm - 9:30pm and then he sleeps in my arms from 9:30 to 10:30 (when he wakes him when I move him) which is bath time and last feed and I then put him to sleep until about 4-5am. SHould I be trying to put him in his cot earlier or will he just wake up earlier. I will also set up a new topic since I think that there may be lots of advice on this.
Take care
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! I waited in line for 30 mins to get Liam's pic taken with Santa. When it was his turn was fast asleep and wouldnt wake up so I told them to forget about it. An hour later woke up wanted a feed so fed him and threw up over his clothes so no photo!!! Wanted to get it done before school holidays started!!
Dachlostar,
I so understand what you are feeling. except, it's my mum. Luckily there is 7hr distance between us. When they visit they stay for a few days/week??? We put our foot down and they stay in a caravan park. Gives us time to ourselves. Remember, he is YOUR baby.
Poor spiddles and Liam. I don't like being out and about at silly season. Too many lines, no car parks and everyone is sooo rude and in a hurry.
Carmen, are you b/f. Often bf babies need more feeds due to the milk being more easily digested. All babies are different and have there own patterns, but it is nice when they sleep through.
Wow, so many posts. No more time for personals,dd needs feed.
Hi all,
Great to hear from you Daschlostar, sorry about the MIL, you and I have the same sort of problems when it comes to them, mine is interfering and thinks she knows everything too. All I can say is stand your ground, stick up for yourself and Yasim, and hopefully eventually your DH will se what she is really like. Arron see's the way she really is now, but he didn't for a long time, so persevere, it should get better, but it will never be smooth sailing always. Sounds like yasim is doing well which is great.
Carmen, Jessica actually feed every 3 hours during the day, she has her last bottle between 7 and 8pm and then goes to bed until 6 am. At the start the last bottle was 10pm, then she would wake at 2 and 6 am. Eventually she just dropped the 2am bottle, but I did start to hold her off by putting her dummy in for 30 mins and then eventually she went till 4 and then 6am. Have you thought about bathing Luke earlier? Maybe that would relax him enough that he would go to sleep a little earlier. Jessica also has a 3 hour sleep from about 12.30 pm till 3pm. I think babies do run their body clock but routine seems to be the key. Some babies seem to need less sleep than others. I also put Jessica into bed awake both at night and in the day, I hold her to feed her her last feed, then put her straight into bed and only go in to put her dummy in if she grizzles. Hope some of this info helps.
Grr about the Santa photo Spiddles. You still have a few weeks before school breaks up, maybe you should try again next week! I don't think we are going to get Jemma on Santas knee this year, it was a struggle last yr at 10 months, and she freaked out today cause Dorothy the dinosaur was at the new shopping centre nearby. And she likes Dorothy! Maybe Jessica and Josh can sit on the knees and Jemma can stand with Jordan. Waiting for photos is the pits isn't it?
My 2 little girls were both extra tired today and Josh played up at the supermarket, Kinder tired him out. He has to go to his school to listen to a story on Wednesday from 9-10.15, he is so excited.
Hi Rose and Michelle
Goodnight all and have a great day tomorrow
Michelle
Hi everyone!
Grace is one month old - my how time flies! She is growing and filling out nicely and has really cute little chubby cheeks. She is also having more awake time and I can put her down for longer periods now when she is awake and she will happily kick and look around.
I had a good weekend - it was my birthday and I spent saturday getting pampered at the beauty salon and then we went out for dinner and drinks with friends. It was so relaxing and it was just nice to have a drink and not worry about it!
Well, miracle of miracles both kids are asleep at the moment and as this is an extremely rare occurence during the day I had better go and do some housework!
Bon
hello
i am b/f so maybe that is the difference - i am going to try and bring the routine forward by a couple of hours and see what happens.
just a short post but i wanted to let you know that dh has updated luke's website if you want to have a look.
take care
Spiddles and Carmen your boys are growing so cute!!
OoOoO Carmen Luke is gorgeous!! Love the photo with the sunnies!!
Rose and Michelle - yup waiting in line is the pits!! So hate the silly season!!! For one not a big fan of crowds and christmas carols. Good luck with Jemma if you try again this year Michelle with Santa!!
Am busy cleaning. Having a housewarming/christmas/****tail party here on the weekend. I plan on having a cople and my frozen milk supplies are getting low. Didnt want to buy a can of formula cause when Liam was born DH mum went and bought a can of s26 before my milk came in. He had 3 feeds of it and had to throw it out. Bought some Karicare satcals (1 feed in each). Thought I better try it to make sure he would take it last night and drank 180mls. Have to start getting him use to it anyways for when I go back to work because probably wont have time to express at work and wont have enough feeds for daycare.
I also bought a cheap hammok ($6.95) and hung it from the roof in his cieling and put all his stuffed toys in it to declutter his room. It looks really good. There is a pic of it on his website.
Hope everyone is well....Gotta run!!
hi everyone
santa photos what fun lol. we went yesterday and lani and jay both sat on his knee and got photos it was too cute - i think santa had just started his shift so there was no waiting in line - i have an opposite problem with kids being scared of santa my ds adores him and has to see him at every opportunity - last year i am sure santa was getting quite sick of seeing him every time we went to our local shops.
news on my dh - he went to drs and he has been diagnosed with deep depression - the doc has him on medication and is seeing him weekly, he is a little embarressed by it all, but as i said to him it is great he can now recognise a problem there is no need to be embarressed and just think once he is over this hurdle he can hopefully start to enjoy things a little more - i feel for him, he does not talk and keeps all his emotions bottled up, hopefully my dr - who is fantastic will be able to get us through.
anyways hope all is well with everyone - catch ya
Mooshie congrats to your DH. It is a very brave thing that he is doing. Sometimes admitting we arent super people is the hardest part.
HI all,
Mooshie I second the congrats to your DH, It's not an easy thing to admit things aren't ok, especially for men, the things that have happened to you guys are heart wrenching and men seem not to express emotions very well, which means they just keep carrying things around with them. Hope things turn around quickly for him now he has recognised his troubles.
Josh went to school for another orientation today and he was so hyper when he came home I had to send him to his room to cool off.
Jemma did a poo on the floor this arvo and I had to clean it up, yuck!
Arron came home at 5.30 am as they didn't go out fishing at 3am b/c his cousin had dramas at work, but he left at 11am to go fishing, won't be home till at least 10.30pm. It helped a little that he was home this morning as I didn't have to drag everyone out but I was still annoyed that he booted off at 11am. I should be cooking tea, but I am putting it off as I hate doing it. The kids will start freaking soon. I think we'll just have toasted sandwiches or spaghetti.
Better go, Jessica is laying on the floor half talkingand half crying, she needs a sleep.
Cheers Michelle
Hi girls,
Mooshie, so glad you dh is seeking help. They are so much more responsive when they acknowledge there is a problem. The road will not be easy but the result will benifit all.
Michelle, how is Jemma goimg with the toilet training?
Well dd wnet 9 hrs last night.:) She started fussing at 6am and was just thinking I should get up then next minute I woke at 7am and she was still asleep. She must have put herself to sleep again. I have started to offer her some boiled water in a bottle in th arvo when it is hot. She is taking around 25ml and sleeping better between feeds in this heat.
Had a shower with ds(Just 2yr) this am. I got out and he usually play with a tub of water in the basin while I dry self.(shower turned off) I turned my back and next minute I hear screaming. He had pulled his washer of the tap which in turn turned the tap on!!!!!!!!!! I wisked him out not knowing which tap was on. Thankfully it was the cold. I can laugh now but it was bad and could have been worse. Things happen sooo quick.
Keep smiling.:)
Wow- it's amazing what you assume will happen and if something else happens it kind of shocks you huh!
I am not looking forward to crawling and walking. 8-[
GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! Just got a call from Liam's daycare. Has been booked in since May for next year and they dont think they can take him on a tuesday!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! They will get back to me tomorrow. Donno what I am gonna do if they cant do it.
Boy it is quiet in here,
Hope all are well and doing ok. Had another shower with ds. He was ok about it all. Thought I might have troubles but no. Amelia slept 9 1/2hr last night. This might become a habit. If dh did not have to go to work so early, the sleep in would be grand. Hopefully dd and ds will sleep in on Saturday and we will all get the benifit.
Ds and I have been a bit under the weather the past few day. Sore throat and a head cold. I thought he was getting conjunctivitis cause he had green sleep last night and this am. But no signs since.
Spiddles, hope they can get you a spot. If you have been booked in since May then they really have no excuse. My boss used to push our numbers(Amount of babies we would take) to the absolute max to accommodate for working mothers. We always would have the correct staffing. Since Peppercorn and ABC child care have come on the scene, I think things have become more money driven.
Pee, How is Ryley going? I'm sure you are loving every minute with him. Boy they grow so quick. Amelia will be 3 months on Saturday. She has started to hod a rattle now, looks at it and moves it deliberately.
Well, must be off now.
You were right Rose...They called again today and will get back to me next week but they think they can fit him in. I started calling around yesterday and there is another good one close to DH work. They said they couldnt fit him in on Tuesdays either (wonder what is on tuesdays???) but took my name and number. They ended up calling me back at 5 and said there is a place there if I want it for the 4 days I want. Said I will get back to them. The other place doesnt supply nappies or forumla though and am not sure on the pricing but hopefully next week it should all be arranged.
After admiring all your tickers I thought I would make one too!! They look so cute!!
Ugh on childcare!! I just went around to centres today and was put on waiting lists, the least of these being 16 months!!! So... there are no openings for at least a year in our area! We're in a bit of strife because we need at least one day a week in around 6 months so I can start working to pay off some of our bills which are getting a bit out of hand... we just need a bit more a week so one day of work a week more would be perfect... so frustrating... had to pay even to be put on one of the waiting lists!!
Matilda's going well... stopped sleeping so much which is sad... she will only sleep 30-40 minutes at a time during the day and at night she's awake every 4 hours again... but we aren't feeding her between 10pm - 6am just replacing her dummy & settling her, but its still waking up & getting out of bed that kills you....YKWIM...
She's also teething again and her bottom gums are white & she keeps punching herself in the mouth which is sad to see & crying... so hopefully when that tooth comes out then she will settle down a bit...fingers crossed!
I hope you are all going well!! & your bubs are all being very good for you!
HI all,
Grrr! about childcare, that's one thing I don't miss. It's annoying to be on a list so long Spiddles and then be told maybe not. And how hard for you guys Christy, it's amazing ther's nothing available. Do they have Family Day care in Qld? It is the one monitored by the council and your child is minded in someone's home? Everybody I know that uses family daycare loves it as they can really get to know the carer and it is far more flexible in hours, they also do nights etc. I think you apply through your local council, maybe you can check it out?
bad news about Matilda's sleeping Christy, maybe when the teeth settle down she will too.
Glad your DS wasn't too traumatised by the shower Rose. Jemma is going well with her toilet training. But she only remembers the potty when she has no pants on. I basically let her run around in the mornings pants less and she goes, when the nappy is on she does it in her nappy. I brought her some undies so that she can get used to taking them down and also so that she notices if she forgets the potty, so far we have had 2 pairs of wet pants, cause she has forgotton and she thought the pants would catch it. We have had 2 poohs which didn't quite make the potty in the last couple of days. I am not stressing though, she is only 21 months, so she's doing well and I won't push too much, we'll see what happens in Summer.
Jessica is so good, I think I have been so lucky 4 times in a row to get happy and settled babies. She loves the playgym, and lays under it hitting all the rattles. Jessica will be 3 months on the 2nd of Dec and I can't believe how fast time has flown.
Some bad news! My dishwasher hasn't been going for a week and a half and it is going to cost $350 to fix, we already fixed it a couple of yrs ago and that cost $250, so it is time for a new one! Such poor timing. Both of our parents are giving us money for xmas so we may put it towards the new one. In the meantime we are washing and drying dishes, which is really sad, as I am the one doing them most of the time. I hate it.
Anyway gotta go put Jessica to bed , she's scraeaming.
Cheers Michelle
Daycare is sure frustrating. We do have home daycare (well in Toowoomba anyways) run by Kath ****son childcare. My Mum use to use them when I was little and had no probs. Every one is police checked and qualified etc but when I called them it seems they are closing down at new year the home daycare service and only having their own centre open (this is the one I can get Liam into if needed). Good luck Christy I know how frustating it is and how much you need money right now!!
Bugger about the dishwasher Michelle. Am lucky when it comes to things like that as DH works in electrical sales so get things near cost. Which reminds me our printer still hasnt arrived in the country yet GRRRRRRRRR!!! and want it to make chrissy presents (photos of Liam framed)
Liam is awake watching TV with DH. He went to bed at his usual time 7 but only slept half an hour. Knew he would be up later cause we both had a nap this afternoon for 3 hours plus he had his morning one!! I so needed it.
Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!! Have our party here tomorrow nite and a few have piked out. I hate it when people say we should get together and you arrange something and they are like we will be there and at the last minute have something else on. 4 now have something else on. I guess it is close to chrissy. Only have 6 definates. Less people that show means less to clean I guess.
I agree with the party thing Spiddles! It is annoying, I don't take anyones word for it unless they actually call me and say they are coming. At least they told you they're not coming, Our 30th we had 120 people but we weren't sure even the day before whether we would have only 80 or the full 120 and as it turned out almost all came and it was ucky we are over caterers as there was just enough food. Hopefully you have fun, that's the main thing, and the less cleaning up the better I say.
That's a bummer about the family day care in your area! As long as you get Liam in somewhere you feel comfortable that's all that matters.
I was not 100% happy with the first childcare centre Jordan went to and I tried it again when Josh was little too and still didn't like it much. The staff much prefer to chat under the verandah than supervise 3 yr olds on the equipment. jordan was climbing a metal a frame alone when she was 3 and fell, smashed her feed betweent he eyes and had the biggest lunp I have ever seen. No one was close enough to try and catch he as she fell either. They couldn't get her to ice it, they didn't take her to the Doctors, and they didn't ring the emergency contacts (Mum lived aroun the corner and would have picked her up). I took one look at her and raced her to the drs who said yes shes had a mild concussion- the drs was dircetly across the road from the centre by the way. The lump was so big the swelling had pushed her eyes further apart.
Anyway enough epic posting
cheers Michelle
That really sucks about the daycare Jordan went to Michelle. Its so hard to find people you can trust and it makes you wonder how well your children are getting looked after. The place I am trying to get him into is run by the council and is community based so not commercialised. They encourage you to breastfeed if you like and come in on lunch ours and help out if you like. A couple of girls from work send there children there and highly recommended it. One of the mothers I work with use to be in childcare herself and said it was the best she found so I thought it must be good. Have been there on several occasions and the people are friendly and the place is so secure. You need to type in a code to even get through the door or press the buzzer and go through several child proof gates.
DH, Liam and I just had a shower together. Someone recommened it to DH as she use to do it with her children very early. Donno if I should be doing it or not or if it is bad for them. Does anyone know??? I started and washed up then DH brought him in and I put him resting on my shoulder for a while then passed him to DH while I dried off and got his towel so DH could finish. He so enjoyed it. Had a feed and went to sleep. I usually bath him during the day because here at night gets pretty cold but its starting to warm up now. Might start giving him a shower in the evening more often if he is up later than 7 and we are about to have one.
hi there everyone
bummer about the childcare situation spiddles and christy. just a thought on why everyone wants a tuesday for childcare, most public holidays fall on a monday and if you have your child in care on a monday and it is a public holiday you have to pay whether they attend or not - i know that is the reason most of the mums i know don't want there kids at kinda on a monday.
spiddles - re the shower i think it is ok, i know my cousin who is a hippy hippy girl (very nice, she lives in a rainforest :-s ), she never bathed her children, just had a shower with them, from day one and the girls are lovely.
michelle - big bummer about the dishwasher, wouldn't know what to do without one, i remember in our old house when i fell pregnant with number 2, i said to my hubby before this baby comes we have to have a dishwasher and a cordless phone lol - i really don't think i could do without those two things.
things going okey dokey here - dh is going well with his medication, we are going to another 40th tonight so it will be interesting to see how he goes with the drinking business - sure he can have a few but hopefully not to many as he is working tommorrow, so far it is 1pm here and i have not seen him with a can in his hand so that is good for him.
lani is going good have decided that i will put her in the cot from next week at night - as she is really growing out of the bassinet and i think we wake each other up, she has a really yucky ear - behind it, it is on the side where she sleeps, so obviously she spits up milk and it runs down there, it is quite weepy and crusty, so i keep washing and making sure it is dry - am going to drs on tuesday for ds to have his 4yr old injections (that is going to be a nightmare) so i will ask dr then. lani has stopped going through to 6am, knew it was to good to be true - she wakes around 3 or 4am whether or not i give her a rolloever feed at 10pm (so i don't now) i just feed her and she goes back to around 8am so it is ok, last night was great cause sienfeld was on lol, hopefully when she is in her cot she will sleep better cause when she is in our room i tend to pick her up when she just cries out so she does not start crying full on and waking dh as well - he does a lot of driving during the day and i really do worry about him getting enough sleep - as it is he doesn't sleep to well.
anyway gotta go - getting ready to set up the christmas tree for tommorrow ds is sooooooooo excited.
sorry for the epic.
see ya
Hi girls
Spiddles I can't so a prob with the shower, as long as bubs is clean I don't think it matters how they get that way. I used to do it with my first sometimes as it wasn't always convenient to run the bath.
Mooshie- hope you both have a lovely time at the party, it will prob be hard for DH. Have you noticed a big change in your DH when he is on medication. We had a friend on anti depressents and he turned so quiet and withdrawn it was sad.
Hope Lani goes well in her cot. We won't be moving Jessica out anytime soon, her room isn't even finished yet. Instead it has all these mini Harley motorbikes in there which DH is selling, he said today "I can't do anything till the bikes are gone!" Hmm! Yeah isn't he glad about that.
I can't wait to put our tree up, but we will get one on the 1st Dec. We have a real tree because we love the smell.
Anyway see ya better do something, I have been brushing our dog (a super fluffy samoyd) and I stink like him.
Cheers Michelle
Hi Girls,
I have been meaning to post in here for a while, but it seemed there has been one thing after the other.
Its great to hear all the bubbas are doing well and sleeping well. The last few nights Alana has been sleeping from 7pm thru to 2am (has a feed) and then thru to about 7am. Woo Hoo!!!I think now that she is on her meds, she is feeling better and is able to sleep better. Now all I have to do is work out how to stop the 2am feed!!!!
She has a weigh in at Maternal Health tomorrow. I know that she hasn't put on much weight so I won't be surprised. Most people who see Alana are surprised when I tell them she is 9 weeks. They think she only about 4 or 5 weeks. I personally don't think she looks that small. It happened several times shopping yesterday. I just smile. Anyway, it will be the next weigh that will be interesting as she would have been on her meds for few weeks.
Well I have finished the Christmas shopping, so I feel stress free in regards to Christmas. I have even wrapped them all, so they can go under the tree on Wednesday. I love present giving, especially at christmas. How everyone else going?
Okay well thats enough from me. See Ya!
Hi all hope you had a good weekend!!
We we had our party last night. Only 6 showed up. One of my friends bought Liam a pooh playgym. She was so upset when she found out he already had a playgym. I told her not to worry as this one is bigger as my 1 year old neice just bearly fits under his old one and this has more room. Was so mad at DH made all this food and goes and orders pizza GRRRRRRR!. By 8:30 I had the worst miagrane (donno if it was the alcohol or not as dint drink that much) so went to bed and tried to get some sleep. They all took off and went to the pub and left me with Liam. By 11:30 was in agony labour was less painful than this and my boobs were so sore I couldnt get up to express. Went to get my mobile and it was flat. Went to get the home phone and DH had umplugged it to put his puter in the kitchen for ****tail recipies and was flat so am staggering around looking for my charger. Finally found it and called DH who was on his way home anyway. Luckly Liam slept the whole time as I donno what I would have done. Drank more water and took some more panadol at 12:30 and still no better and was sobbing in the toilet for over an hour. Liam woke about 2, one of my friends that stayed over gave him a bottle and a nappy change and went back to bed as I dont think I could have coped. By the 5 oclock feed was fine and have been feeling good all day and house is nearly clean. But what a night. NEVER again!!!
Spiddles - I always showered with Marisa from about 2 weeks and I have done the same with Elijah. They both love it. :)
Oh spiddles what a yuck night!! I'm glad to hear you are feeling better!
Iris, YAY on Alana sleeping better!! Those enzymes should help heaps!
We have had a pretty relaxed weekend, just hanging out & DH was once again a star, I got home from work & he fed me & put me to bed for few hours nap & then made me dinner...watched Harry Potter & then back in bed... I feel so much better today after all that sleep!
hi girls
had a great time at the party, the house we were at is like being on a resort in bali, gazebo, pool 1/2 acre, huge mansion of a house. it was a blast - whatever ****tail in the world you could think of, karoke (sp?) etc - it was great to mingle. dh still drank but not as much as he had to work today, we were home by 1.30am but i wanted to stay i was having such a good time and lani was good she was in her pram most of the time awake but just chilling out and taking it all in. she is going well now touch wood, i put her down to sleep awake and i have not had to go in a pat her etc etc, and she seems to be resettling herself when she wakes hooray - hope it lasts.
spiddles - sounds like a bummer of a night, just watch yourself though you said you weren't feeling good and your boobs were sore - maybe you might be getting mastitis - if you are feeling fluey and your boobs are rock hard and lumpy get to the doc for antibiotics asap as mastitis is shocking ahhhhhh.
michelle - lani will be going into her cot maybe this week - have washed her cotton sheets (she has been sleeping on the flannelette ones during the day) and it is now warming up, but i am finding it a little difficult to make the move iykwim, i love waking up in the morning and peering into the bassinet to be greeted with a huge smile and little legs going like crazy ahhhh.
our christmas tree is up - it is huge, i too loooove the smell of the real ones, however the year jessie was dx with cancer we spent $450 on a tree and decorations it is all done in blue and silver, it looks like a myers tree so lovely (if i do say so myself lol) we have a personalised ball for jessie and one for jay hanging on the tree, and i also have the little fairy outfit jessie wore on her last christmas with us, set up alongside the tree, now just to get dh outside to do the lights out there, i am right into decorating especially since jessie got sick it is sort of a ritual for me now as it was the only christmas i will remember forever with such a mix of happy and sad emotions ahh.
christy - dh sounds so divine lol letting you sleep and cooking for you, my dh idea of cooking is getting take out. very nice to be able to relax and recupirate (ah sp? again)
iris - glad to hear alana is sleeping well, she will drop that 2am feed soon. good to see her hopefully stacking on the weight, she is doing well.
sorry if i missed anyone - i guess this forum will be filling up soon with all the new bubbies been born - i think there was 3 in a week wow.
catch ya
Yep...but in a few weeks we'll be graduating to 6mths!! WOW!!! So exciting!
Matilda was a star last night we went out & instead of sleeping like she usually does, she slept an hour & woke up but then she just hung out with us & laughed and was really easy going & then rubbed her eyes, we put her in the pram & whoschka...straight back to sleep, no kicking/screaming/grumbling at all! So we enjoyed our dinner & got to hang out wiht close friends & have Matilda with us which was really nice...
Had a scary moment yesterday though when we were out at the markets & Matilda was in the sun for a little while & when I got her out of the car at home her cheeks were bright red... but I've put it down to teething as they went normal after a sleep...
Well I finally got Liam's photo with Santa...Didnt turn out too bad considering he had the hiccups at the time...has a half smile. Got 3 photo/cards for $20. Will keep one and send the other to his grandmother and great grandmother. My mum said she would be happy with just a scanned copy so once we get our printer can scan it and print her out a copy.
Went and visited the other day care sentre I can get him into if I cant get him into the original one. Is $7 cheaper a day but dont supply nappies, formula or food but seems like a pretty nice place. If you bring in cloth nappies they will even use those and soak them for you. Will have to way up options.
Had Liam weighed today. Is 12 weeks on thursday and now weighs 7.1kgs and 64cm long so has well and trully doubled his birthweight of 3.38kgs. He was too long for the scales and kepted kicking them so took a while to get accurate reading.
He is getting way too long for his pram. looks so cramped when lying down and is starting to roll.
Am so surprised how many of you give your babies showers!! Have still been giving him a bath in the mornings but a shower at night.
Mooshie - Now that you mention it I do have a runny nose. No temp though. My boobs are kinda sore but not lumpy anymore. Will keep an eye on it. Might go to the doctors anyway. I really dont know what to do as going back to work in Jan and cant really express at work so was thinking of fomula feeding and letting my milk dry up. Everyone I have talked to says its painful and I thought would be better to do while I was at home and you can get tablets to help do this but then am thinking of money we could save right now. You would go through a tin of forumla a week at this age???
Hope everyone is well!!
Hello everyone
I don't know where the days go but I have missed lots of posts again.
I am glad that everyone is well and babies are doing good things - Spiddles, I agree that you should go to the doctor since people at mother and baby group keep saying how nasty mastitis is if you don't get antibiotics.
We were told something interesting at our group by the nurse and I wanted to share it with you - if your baby is grisly and won't stop crying then it is ok to give them camomile tea (so long as it is pure camomile so buy it from the health food section rather than the tea section). We all looked at the nurse as if she was mad but she said make up 110ml and leave it to cool down to a warm temp, don't jiggle the tea bag too much so that you don;t get bits. After checking with a couple of people, we found out that it was very common in Europe, I bought some tea.
Luke must have known and had a cryinig fit for no reason that afternoon - I gave him the tea, he drank all of it then had a feed (it was time for feeding by the time it had cooled down) and then slept for 3 hours which he never does during the day.
Thanks for the info about the showers, I think that I will try it or get DH to try it.
Sorry that I haven't had personals but I missed too many posts.
PS I am not sure if I asked earlier if any of the Melbourne mums are coming to the meet and greet?
Take care
Carmen
Spiddles ... have you thought of feeding morning and night and just formula feeding while you are at work? This is what I am doing with Asha and I did it sucsessfully with Jack until he was 10 months old. It works so well for us and I always suggest it to peope who are returning to work if they cant express (I only had the toilet to express in and all I can think of is YUK!!!).
I had my return date sorted and planned her formula feeds to introduce them slowly so that I didn't get sore boobs or become engorged! Here is what we did (based on 5 feeds a day).
Week 1
Breastfeed
Bottle
Breastfeed
Breastfeed
Breastfeed
Week2
Breastfeed
Bottle
Breastfeed
Bottle
Breastfeed
Week 3 (and continuing)
Breastfeed
Bottle
Bottle
Bottle
Breastfeed
Asha is almost 6 months now and also has breakfast and dinner (breakfast after breastfeed and dinner before breastfeed). I also feed her during the night if she needs it but I feed at a last resort during the night!
HTH
Cheers
Hello girls,
I thought I'd best make my intro here ... I can't believe I'm a mom! Oh and I enjoy it so much (so much indeed that I've told DH I won't be contributing to our work much for the rest of the year). I could just spend all day looking at my little man, but I know I have to get a grip on it and do other stuff as well (like posting on BB :D).
re. the tea: that's true, it is quite common here. Mostly fennel tea though (cause that helps with belly aches / colics). Considering how warm it is in Oz at the moment, giving your baby some extra fluids might actually be a good idea, huh? I feel soooooooooo clueless when it comes to my baby. I have read all the pregnancy books but somehow forgot to look past the birth ... doh, I know.. I ordered 3 books online (Kid Wrangling, Baby Love and third one that I think was called 'how to be an imperfect mother' or something like that).
Wolf has been really good so far, but I think all babies are quite easy in the first 2 weeks, aren't they? He has maybe 2 waking / play hours a day, the rest is feeding and sleeping... so plenty of time for me to catch up on sleep when he's asleep (though I'm feeling very tired, got basically no sleep the first days in hospital). Last night he got quite grizzly and wouldn't stop crying. He kept on doing the searching moves but after having breastfed him twice within 2 hours, I decided he couldn't possibly be hungry. He would suck on DH's finger for hours, so I decided to pop open that pack of dummies and gave him one. He loved it and fell asleep after 15 mins... I felt like such a loser though.. I thought I could do without props.. especially this early on...
DH and I went to get some DVDs while his sister watched our boy and I cried and cried and cried in the car because I felt like such a klutz and loser and bad mother. I hate to see him cry and I can't help him, yet at the same time I don't want to be one of those overprotective moms who pick their kids up at every peep... oh God, it's so hard to keep the balance... the nurses at the hospital said that you can't spoil a baby at this age ... so that's been my motto so far, but I guess I will have to hold him less and get him used to sleeping in his own bed (currently sleeping between DH and I).
Sorry for all the rambling girls, I guess I am just hoping for someone to tell me that this is all normal and that I'll feel more in charge soon...
I'm recovering well from the Caesarean, tomorrow my midwife will come by for the first time, pull the stitches and hopefully give me some good advice on a trillion issues I am having. Breastfeeding has been quite easy with my left boob. My right boob is on strike (I had a tumor in it 14 years ago and first they thought it might have something to do with it, but according to all the doctors - saw another specialist today - it all looks fine). At the hospital, my right boob went the size of a watermelon (and the firmness too) - I thought my nipple would fly off, but we calmed it down with cold wraps and massages. I haven't tried to b/f from my right boob in a while now and it has shrunk a fair bit (I am feeling a bit lopsided, with my one huge milk boob, lol)
Gosh, look at me rambling on... sorry girls. It's just all so confusing atm.
Snowy
Good to see you back Snowy!! Well done on so soon too!!! I for one would like to say you sound like you are doing fantastic!! Like you said you just wanted some reassurance... IKWYM!! I had no idea what to do with Matilda when we got home & I've been a nanny before!! Just when their yours and your responsibility its so hard. I used our first dummy at 5 days... I had just breastfed for 4 hours and was in so much pain and so tired I couldn't do it anymore and I cried and cried & finally put the dummy (which I was convinced we were never going to use...)in her mouth & she happily sucked it for a few minutes... then spit it out but now she uses it to sleep....
Its really hard to keep a balance on when your "spoiling" or being over protective etc etc... I feel (these are just my feelings) that you can't spoil a newborn... especially within the first 8 weeks. Matilda slept with us for the first 8 weeks as well.... and now sleeps in her cot which she prefers to our bed in her own room. So they gradually change as they get older and I really felt like it was important the first few weeks of life to be with Matilda... I really found Pinky McKay's books a help too with crying etc... although I was doing a lot of what she suggested I felt reassured too!
This has turned into an epic!! But I read your post and felt so similar to you that I just sat here remembering Matilda's first month... so have no fear you are completely normal!! LOL!!
Welcome Snowy!!! So glad to have you here!!!
Thanks for the info Kel!! I will definatly give it a try.....Am clueless when it comes to things like that. Thought if I did that my milk my dry up *lol* My mum had no idea when I asked her. My brother and sister are adopted. When she bought them home they we fed cows milk watered down with vitamins (I guess thats what they did 30 years ago) and gave up breastfeeding me at 6 weeks when one of her breasts dried up as I would only feed from one side so I then had the same as my borther and sister.
So much for Aa sleep in this morning. DH bought Liam in at 7 and well he made up for his poo that he hadnt done in a day and a half and dribbled down his legs all over the sheets GRRRRRRRR! so up I got and done another load of washing YAY!!
Even though Liam is breastfed I still offer him cooled boiled water because it has been so hot here too!!
Next week am gonna test DH. When I go back to work in Jan he is looking after Liam every wednesday so I said will start what Kelly said tomorrow but next wednesday from 9 to 5 you are looking after him. Bathing, feeding nappy changes etc and I wont go near him. He told me I should go to my mothers for the day. I said well the longest I have been away is 30 mins from him. This time I will stay and next time you can do it on your own as am not sure how he will cope.
As for spoiling...My friends say I am bad at that because everytime he cries I go and check and see whats wrong. They keep telling me to just leave him but I just cant!!
I wouldnt feel so bad about the dummy Snowy...First night home Lianm had one as wouldnt stop crying. I now never use it. He spits it out. Out shopping he sometimes takes it but thats it. I guess thats a good thing no weening off dumbies.
Hopefully it wont be too hotter day for everyone!!
Hi everyone, I hope that you and your babies are all well.
The forecast for today is 42 degrees so I've shut up the house, put the aircon on and I'm not budging until after the sun goes down.
I shower with Yasin sometimes and he seems to like it. After he peed in his bath its my prefered option. I hate to think of the cleanup job if it had been a poo.
Snowy, I was a bit freaked out for the first few weeks too. I still am sometimes. It doesn't help being so tired and full of hormones. I think it helps to have a good sook every now and then because bottling it up just makes you tense. I didn't want to use a dummy but DH talked me into it one night when Yasin just wouldn't settle and now we keep it for emergencies when nothing else works. Unless he's quite unsettled he just spits it out anyway.
DH is hanging out to have a day alone with his baby but I want to wait until he is a bit older befor trying to give him bottles of expressed milk. Does anyone know if they refuse the bottle if its left to long?
Yasin has a milk/hormone rash and it still hasn't cleared up. I thought that they went in a few weeks but I geuss I was wrong. He has been sleeping much better through the night for the last week which is a relief. For about a fortnight he went through a phase where he woke up every two hours on the dot between 11 pm and 8am and had longer sleeps in the day but now he seems to be reversing the pattern again. =D>