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That's what I thought Marcia...I mean a photo is nice but a movie would be even nicer since I wouldn't be seeing some rellies for Chrissy....What I did was took the movie with the digital camera, uploaded ito computer. If you have XP there is a Windows Movie Maker in accessories. Open it in that and edit it and add things. It also has a function to compress it and save as email format. Original was 8 mb and got down to less than 1!! Hope that helps if you plan to do one yourself!!
Oh, so many posts!
Dachlostar, you made me laugh, though I can imagine you must have been quite mad at DH kicking the clean laundry around in frustration...
Lara - it's frustrating when people won't listen to what you say, isn't it. People can be very selfish I find. Monkey also sometimes does that and it makes me very angry (like blowing on bubs when he's supposed to sleep or holding him when bubs is happy and I really want him to learn to be on his own for a while etc.) I don't think they mean to do harm, they just don't think past their own desire to play with the baby.
How old is that neighbour? Does she have kids? Maybe she just had no idea? I remember I once let a 5 months old of a friend grab my water glass and so offered him a sip and my friend told me off. I just wasn't aware that bubs wasn't allowed non-sterilised water.
People, I have a bit of a dilemma and need some advice: I was going to drive to my parents' place for Chrissy and new years and my brother was coming with his family from Japan as well. His little daughter (3 months) has bronchitis for a week now and I heard via my mom today that the whole family is now sick. I am wondering if it's so wise to expose Wolf at this age to bronchitis?! I am tempted not to go for fear of giving my little baby bronchitis. Am I being paranoid? What would you do? I haven't seen my brother in 10 months, so of course I'd love to see him and my nephew, SIL and their new baby but am wondering how much a risk it would be for Wolf?!? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Snowy
Hi girls, I hope you're all well.
Our dryer is finally on the wall not the floor so we have an extra bit of space in our laundry and access to the cuboard under the sink. yay!! I'm still a bit scared that the wall isn't strong enough to hold it so I throw the laundry in from a distance and then turn it on at arms length so that it can't fall on me.
At the moment I'm in stress city. AF arrived yesterday and then vanished again. Usually I get a sore back before she arrives and some cramping but there was no sign of either this time. We BD'd a couple of times without any contraception #-o so I'm a bit worried that it may be an implantation bleed. I geuss that the smartest thing to do would be to go and buy a pg test but I'm kind of hoping that my cycles just a bit wonky and that AF will arrive properly tomorrow. I wanted another baby one day but not now..... please not now... [-o<
Snowy, I don't know if bronchitis is communicable but if it is I would tend to be very careful. One of my friends babies had bronchitis this winter when he was only 5 weeks old and he had to go hospital for a while and his breathing was really rattlely and laboured for over a month afterwards so he didn't sleep well. As you can imagine the poor woman went through hell. If you decide to go maybe you could ask that they don't hold Wolf and be really strict about everyone who does hold him washing thier hands before and stuff.
Its really time I got a digital camera. The problem is that I'm so attached to my old camera. Its 10 years old now but its never had a problem and works like new so I hate to retire it.
YAY!! After a while of rolling onto his side then pushing himself over- so almost rolling- Ryley finally did it in one fluid motion today!! I am so proud of my little boy but- uh-oh no more leaving him on the bed!!!
=D> =D> =D> =D> =D> :D :D :D :D :D
WTG Riley!!!!! =D>
Snowy - IMO I dont think you are being paranoid at all to not want to take little Wolf into a house full of sick people...
I myself have turned guests away from visiting when I knew that they were sick...
I hope you are able to work something out so that all parties are happy...
Snowy I probably would be a bit worried too... but saying that I am paranoid as well...
HI girls
My gosh everyone types so fast, just took 1/2 an hour to catch up.
Snowy, when are you going to leave if you go. Is there a chance that they may be better by the time you get together? I would be worried about Wolf getting it to, but it would be sad to miss out on seeing everyone. Maybe they will be not so sick by the time you get there! I'd prob go anyway and just keep theie contact to a minimum if they are still bad.
Hope you have a relaxing holiday kelly and enjoy your return to work. I too am a Peim Teacher and I am taking my 7 yrs family leave, I have 5 left. I worked fulltime when my dd was 5 and my ds was 13 wks and didn't stop working until 2003, when I had dd Jemma (the others were 9 and 4 then) and it is tough, but you cope bc you have to. I understand the not getting time to get online, it's hard enough when you're not working, so have a great xmas and new year and hope all goes well for your family in the coming year.
Oh Christy, graduating already! How sad for us, what's even sadder is all of us will be there before we know it.
Marcia, poor Hudson, hope you come to a happy medium with his feeding/reflux/constipation. Are there are thickeners that you can try, maybe it is just that type that isn't any good!
Michelle, lani and Jessica are pretty similar in size by the sound of it. How old is Lani now? Jessica is 3 and a half months. Rellys keep saying "Look how big you are!" but she isn't big, 50th percentile for height and weight, I don't really care though, sometimes I think people say things about weight cause they don't know what else to say.
Grr at your FIL Lara, some people can't take a hint, and you would think they could understand, but looks like you will have to spell things oput for him or he just won't get it. What did Frank say about the incident?
I am going to ask about sterilising my next Health centre visit. I will still prob sterilise bottles till jessica is 1 though, I've always done that so I don't mind, but I'm interested in what she has to say about it.
Woo Hoo for Ryley! Clever thing he is. Jessica was thinking about a back to tummy roll the other day until thge kids got excited and distracted her.
I have got all the Santa pressies, picked the last up Thurs night, and now just have to wrap it all at Mum's then pick it up on Xmas eve.
Hope you are all ready to enjoy xmas, esp those who have their first bub and first xmas with them. Although first xmas' are usually a little boring, 2nd xmas' are better!
I am getting exicted. mum and Dad are giving us a digital camera with printer dock, and I am trying to convince Dad to give it to me so I can take photos xmas morning.
Anyway, we are all well at the moment here, I am waiting for test results on my stomach, to see if I have a tummy bug, and back on meds, just ion time too as acid is burning my throat again. To hav the gastroscopy I have to be off meds for 1 month, that won't be good.
Catch up again soon, sorry to those I missed Spiddles and anyone else,
Best wishes Michelle
Snowy - sorry I just read your post.... I wouldn't expose Wolf to bronchitis myself... just with Matilda I know I avoided things over the first 3 months because I wanted to be sure her immune system was well built up first. So...that my opinion... I just felt like she had enough to deal with at first, and when they seem a bit more hearty than I wouldn't be so concerned...but kids always seem to NEED to touch babies too...so its really hard to keep them separate!
Oh! & my neighbour has two kids and babysits friends babies all the time!! But then again her closest friend who has a 10 month old started feeding all her children (4) solids at 6 weeks including crushed up arrowroot biscuits in whole milk...so I guess its just a different world for different mums...
WOW Pee Ryley is going really well!!
dachlostar - I had heaps of cramping two weeks before AF was came... it was when I ovulated apparently.... :-k stress can't help either....
Michelle thats great about the digital camera...I took pictures today of Matilda crawling & got it on the webpage in 5 minutes....YAY!!
Wow- Matilda is such a cutie Christy!!
I love digi cameras too!!
=D> =D> gold star for Ryley.
Michelle, I hope that the test results for your tummy come back ok and you don't have to have a gastroscopy.
YAY Ryley!!! Not to steal his linelight but Liam is rolling too and I caught it on cmaera!!! Did it about 5 times while having dinner so got the camera out and caught it!!! If anyone is interested can watch the movie from his website...clic on Liam's Movies (is only about 1 mb) and only there for 3 days though. Damn Bigpond took my 10mb free away and now expect you to pay GRRR!!!
Liam is busy cutting his 2 bottom teeth and have the bruises to prove it. Yesterday one minute he would be fine and the next would turn bright red and cry real tears. Poor little guy. Nver usually does this. Last time I say him do it was when he was immunised.
Aw matilda is georgous!! YAY for Crawling!!
Hope you con con them to giving you the Camera earlier Michelle...would be great for Christmas and hoping that there isnt anything to serious with you.
Sorry for those who I have missed but should really be in bed
Hello girls,
thanks for everyone's feedback re. the bronchitis. I am seeing a pediatrician tomorrow for his 4-6 week check up (or "U3" as they call it here, U1 (at birth) and U2 (3 days old) were done in hospital). So I am curious to meet this pediatrician. She was recommended to me by two people independently. I will also ask her about the bronchitis and see what she says. If she says it's too much of a risk, I will just go for 2 days, before my brother arrives so at least I can see my parents for Christmas. Well, I hope everyone is better before they come (although I think I read somewhere that bronchitis lasts for 3 weeks, so it might be a close call).
Dachlostar, you had me in stitches re. the dryer. Don't quite trust your DH's craftsmanship, eh? lol
Wow re. all tha babies rolling and crawling and all that... I can't believe our little guy will be there some day next year... so scary. I just watched some little movies from our digi camera which we took the first week and the change from then to now is just HUGE! He is a different person now to the little, skinny, big-eyed munchkin he was at birth.
Michelle, I hope all is well with the test results too. Gastroscopy does not sound very appealing to have!
DH and I have our 1 year wedding anniversary today (and Wolf is 4 weeks today) so we went out for dinner. Wolf screamed before the food arrived and after we were finished, so pretty good timing really, yet I still was quite embarassed. Luckily the restaurant was quite empty (however that made his screams even more noticable with no real background noise). I got a bit ****ty with DH when he ordered a Latte after dinner which meant we had Wolf screaming another 10 mins... I told him he was being selfish and he said I was being selfish with my modesty thing and that I should have just popped out a boob and fed him in the restaurant. Sorry, I'm just not there yet. I feel self conscious enough at the moment without a boob exposed. Maybe in a few weeks I'll be able to just whip out a boob at the dinner table, but just not yet.
Anyways, I actually have some work to do for our business, * sigh * I so don't feel like it...
Snowy
I never quite got there at the dinner table Snowy...LOL! I often did it on a toilet in the loo though during dinner...just popped in for a top up for her so she would be quiet for 20 minutes...
woo hoo!!! a gold star for Liam too and Spiddles congratulations for catching it on camera.
Snowy, Happy Anniversary. My SIL gave me a cape for feeding in public. Its goes over the shoulder and does up with bit of velco so you can use only one hand and its got a little mesh panel at the top so you can see what you're doing. You can check it out here *edited by moderator*. I'm sure that you will be able to find something similar in Germany.
I took Yasin to the shops today during his sleepy time so now I'm paying for it. Typing with one hand and rocking with the other ](*,) I did a pg test this morning and got a BFN. So I'm just saying woohoo very quietly so none of the TTC girls hear me. Even though it would be really inconvenient I was just a tiny bit disappointed. what a doofus!!!
dachlostar sorry I had to take the link out as the only links allowed are with our advertisers... you can check it out in the forum guidelines. Otherwise you can put a post up talking about the products & giving the company name in Recommend a product...
BTW I had a look and it is a great idea...
Snowy the company is discreetdining... HTH
ooops sorry :oops:
No worries at all :)
Michelle Frank didn't say anything at the time. GRRRR!!!!! That was just as annoying. But we have discussed it. Well....I discussed it with him! LOL! I bascially told him that I don't trust his Father with regards to Alana and feel that he would not respect our wishes when looking after her. So basically I feel that at this stage I don't believe that it would be a good idea to have his parents babysit. Strangely he didn't argue or disagree. He didn't say much at all, but he was not at all angry or upset. I got the feeling he agreed with me. I feel kinda awful about the situation, but I just can't help the way I feel.
Congrats to Ryley and Liam. I hope its not to far of for Alana!
Happy 1st Anniversary Snowy! I didn't BF for very long, but I would not have been able to BF in public. Give it time and do it when you feel comfortable.
I have had a few bad days with Alana. We have had to change her medication again as the Zantac was not working. Friday Alana was beside herself with tummy pains. Basically its due to malabsorption. She screamed for 2/3 hours solid. She was in so much pain. So now her enzymes have been doubled. She has been on the new meds for nearly 3 days and I was starting to think that this is also not working, but I am sure that I have noticed a change in the look of her poo and the last 3 feeds she hasn't pooed straight after. Which means her food isn't going straight through her. Woo Hoo!!! I think we might be on a winner!!! We've done another poo test so we should get the results back on the amount of fat in it tomorrow or Wednesday. Fingers crossed.
Sorry for the epic!
Hello girls,
Lara, I feel so sorry for you and poor Alana. Hope things are getting better now. It's terrible when they sound like they are in pain, isn't it?! It breaks my heart when Wolf breaks out into these sobbing cries ... :(
Dachlostar, thanks for the info on the cape. Looked at the website. It looks really cool! Will have a look around for it when we're back in Oz in Feb.
Thanks for all the wishes for our wedding anniversary. My own parents forgot... doh! Told my dad today and he was very embarassed. (not a big deal really - i constantly forget theirs too)
Well, today we went to the pediatrician for Wolf's "U3" - the 1-month check up.
Now hold on to your seats girls: My little boy has gained 1.1kg since birth (or 1.3kg since day 3, bringing it to 4.4kg). Isn't that incredible? The pediatrician said you basically couldn't gain much more in 4 weeks, lol. He also grew 6cm and now measures 55cm and his head grew 4cm to 40cm circumference! I am amazed at how much my little baby has grown! (if he continues at this rate, he will be tall like mommy! yeah!)
Snowy
YAY for Wolf's weight gain! Thats great! Matilda actually lost some weight this week... but I'm sure its due to crawling!!!
Lara...I hope the increase helps! Thats great that her poo's getting better, I've got everything crossed for you!
=D> For Wolf- What a champ!!
Woo Hoo! Wolf! Fantastic news.
Well, Alana's poo test came back and great news, theres not as much fat in her poo. So the new meds are working. I am so happy. Its just great to see things starting to get better for her. And her terrible nappy rash and thrush is heaps better. I would say in a few days it should be cleared up. So you will all be glad to not hear me go on about Alana's poo!!LOL!!
So now we need to concentrate on her putting on weight. She gets weighed Wednesday week. If she doesn't put on enough weight then her dietition will changed the concentration of her formula.
Got to go Alana's woken up and she wants to be fed!
=D> =D> wow!! I'm handing out gold stars left, right and center!!!!
Lara, I'm so glad to hear that Alana's poo passed its test and her rash is clearing up. It really sounds like she's turned a corner. It must be such a relief for you to have the meds right.
Snowy and Wolf, congratulations on the excellent weight gain! You can tell that they're growing because of the way that they outgrow thier cloths but its still lovely to have it confirmed isn't it.
I'm trying to get Yasin to sleep in his cot for his daytime naps from now on. One of my friends has had to go to Tressilian because her baby will only sleep if she's rocked to sleep and I don't want to end up in her situation. It took him longer than normal to fall asleep today but he got there in the end.
I'm feeling a bit peeved because I have been looking into schools and the ones we like all have waiting lists as long as your arm (for kindy in 2009!!!) and some of them want a bond :-s :evil: . The school that I really wanted him to go to only has 90 places for kindy and most of them go to kids with siblings at the school and inside contacts. I geuss that I've got 4 years to figure it out but I think that its just a little insane that it is so hard to enrol a child in kindergarden.
hi girls
wow for liam and ryley and woohoo for crawling matilda.
wow on the weightgain for wolf snowy, he is nearly up to lani's weight at 3mths lol. i used to be very self consious of breast feeding in public but now i don't care, i just flop it out wherever and if anyone dare say anything to me well let me just say they will get a piece of my mind lol. not that i have had any problems yet. don't get me wrong i don't sit there in all my glory and make it look obvious but if i am out and she is hungry then i discreetly feed her whilst continuing with me food or conversation etc.
and a big congratulations for alana and lara in getting those meds sorted.
sorry if i have forgotton anyone on there achievements but there has been just so many in the last few days.
as for us, lani is now in her cot for all sleeps including night and i have taken all the bedding out of the bassinet in our room boo hoo, but she loves her cot can stretch out and has lots of room to move. the other night she slept from 8pm to 8am and when i went in to check her (i was to scared to go in for an hour) she was just laying there awake checking out her room lol. she usually sleeps from 8pm to around 6 or 7am so am pretty happy with that.
if i don't get on before hand i just wish everyone a happy christmas and a safe new year - don't spoil those bubs to much lol. it is hard for us at christmas without our daughter, our last christmas with her was in 2001 and she was very sick and was still having chemo so all our last christmas photos of her have her without her hair but she still had a beautiful smile. we have a candle we light on special days and i have a lovely christmas ball with the details of her last christmas on it, and we also have a photo displayed and the fairy dress she wore on her last christmas so she is still part of the family and lani just always looks at it and coos - i swear it is like she knows already bless her.
take care
Hi all
Wow Snowy that's great growth for Wolf!
Lara - I'm so glad to hear things are looking better for Alana, it must be a relief for her and you.
Dachlostar - I can't believe there are such long waiting lists! I haven't even thought about schools yet for either of my munchkins. I had no trouble getting Harry into daycare though, when he went.
Re sleeping, it does make life easier if they settle on their own but I don't have a problem rocking Grace if she needs it. Harry was really good at settling on his own until a few months ago when he started getting really upset at bedtime if I left him. Now I have to sit with him until he goes to sleep, but I don't mind, I figure he needs the reassurance of having me there. I think Grace is too young for things like controlled crying and Harry is too old, because he can open the door to his room!
Grace had her first immunizations today, she was fine, had a little cry but soon got over it and has had no reaction at all which is good. I gave her one dose of panadol soon after having them but she hasn't needed any more.
Only 4 sleeps to go! There are heaps of sales going on at the moment. Stephen went to kmart yesterday and got Harry this big megablok castle - it was marked down from $99 to $30 and they were selling them off auction style. He was all proud of himself for getting a bargain. I'm hoping I can avoid the shops now that all the present buying is done, it gets too crazy this time of year!
Bon
Wow! I've missed so much again, but it sounds like everyones bubbas are doing really well! =D> for all the rollers, and a big =D> for Alanas meds working!
Have been busy with lots of family stuff here, with lots of DH's family arriving for xmas from overseas and interstate. And lots of family dramas on my side #-o . Always the way at xmas time. Not doing great with the whole reflux/constipation thing atm. Hudson is back on the regular formula, but the vomiting is back with a vengance too. I actually forgot how bad all the vomiting was, so the thickened feeds must have been working well even though he was still bringing up a bit. I want to start him on solids soon too, but his appetite seems to be diminishing instead of increasing. I'm starting to get a bit worried about it, as he is not a big bub to start with, so we don't have a lot of room to move with weight gain. We are also thinking about taking him to see a chiropractor to see if they can help his reflux. We have been avoiding it really as DH and I both thought it sounded a bit unrealistic that they could fix it, but at this point we are at out wits end and willing to give anything a go! I'll be smacking myself in the head if it does the trick lol! Think I might try to get an appointment with the CYH nurse after xmas just to weigh him and put my mind at ease. Being a bit of a paranoid mummy at the moment and worrying that there is something drastic wrong that is making him vomit and not eat much. Probably is nothing, but I just can't help but worry atm :roll:
HI girls
we are really busy getting oganised for xmas here, but also very excited.
Lara, at least Frank is agreeing with you about hem not looking after Alana, and excellent news on her meds etc. Hope the weight gain comes next.
I have lost track of everything everyone has said so sorry there isn't many personals.
Hope Hudsons probs clear up soon Marcia, anything is worth trying though, if it helps, so fingers crossed.
ANyway must go and get ready, have to drive 30mins to pick up the santa photo. Jessica and Joshua sat on his knees and Jordan and Jemma sat on the floor, almost didn't get Jemma in it as she was so scared.
Best wishes michelle
Hello
I thought that I should post to let you know that I am still alive and kicking - I have no idea where my days go!!!
Congratulations to all of the babies who have reached milestones, rolling, crawling and less fat in the poo!!!
Luke was weighed on Friday and he is now 5.9kg and 61cm - his weight gain has slowed and he has started waking more in the night so I am going back to 3-3.5 hourly feeds during the day rather than 4 hourly to see if that helps.
Re: b/f in public - I never thought that I would be able to but I just whip it out now since I figure that my priority is Luke and if he is hungry then I would rather oblige than put up with the screaming. I find that people tend to be pretty good and D/h says you can't see anything becuase Luke's head is in the way (LOL!!)
Take care everyone, sorry that there are no personals but I have missed too much.
I will try and post before Christmas but have a great time if I don't get chance.
Carmen
=D> =D> for all the milestones!! WOW!!
Re the not wanting to eat... after talking with girls here & the CHN & friends I've found that a lot of babies go through phases where they don't want to eat as much for a few days and then they are back to normal, sometimes its them being tired & fussy & sometimes its their teeth moving around in their gums which cause them to not want to have a bottle in their mouths... :-k all I know is on those days I just get what I can into her & not worry too much... HTH!
Re: Not wanting to eat....agree with you there Christy....Liam went off his food for a few days but is back to normal. (think because of teething. He would scream at a bottle but would feed from breast but I worked out if I put bonjella on gums around half an hour before a feed he would take the bottle like that.
Weighed Liam at the chemist on Monday was 7.76kh (with a nappy on) so am guessing around the 7kg mark and 68 cm long. He is very tall and lanky.
I hope everyone and their families have a wonderful christmas and a safe new year. Remember to take care on the roads and always buckle up!! Am not looking forward to going back to work in the new year. For one I will miss Liam and 2 the car accidents I will have to deal with can get a bit emotional and depressing especially over the new year.
Hello girls,
Christmas wishes to all of you. We will be heading to my parents' place on Saturday (530km) ... arrg.. but I'm sure Wolf will be asleep.
Yeah on Alana's poo-results (people should hear us talk.. the stuff we get excited about, hey?)
Wolf slept for 6 hours last night! I couldn't believe it - I ended up waking him because my boob was exploding. Unfortunately it was from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. and I could't sleep, even though I tried ... doh! There was an opportunity and I couldn't use it.. :roll:
I finally received the books i ordered: Kid Wrangling, Baby Love and How NOT to be a perfect mother. I adore Baby Love - it's so encouraging!
I also have Baby Wise and it's just not for us I have decided. Leaving Wolf to cry himself to sleep does not work at all. Instead, he works himself up to being totally incosolable. If I actually feed him instead (even though the 2.5 - 3 hours Baby Wise suggests haven't past) he actually falls asleep after a few minutes of happy wake time. Forcing a routine on a 5 week old is just not working for us... maybe later in life..
What's everyone's strategy with sleeping/feeding? Do you demand-feed? Control crying? Parent Directed Feeding?
Snowy
Oh, PS I finally updated my websites, so for those who want to see photos:
www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/snowmonkey
(click on the Photo Gallery to get to my Yahoo website with oodles of pictures)
HI girls
Glad to hear you are fine Carmen and hope you have a great xmas.
Spiddles, what do you do at work?
I had all these other things in my head to say and have been in the 3rd tri forum and lost my train of thought.
2 more sleeps, how exciting, Arron and I are having a bit of friction lately, something to do with, him being tired and grumpy, alcohol and acting maturely etc etc. Why do I have to listen to him whinge when it is xmas?
I will pop in tomorrow but if nobody else does,
i wish everyone a lovely xmas and hope Santa is good to us all.
Best wishes Michelle
Snowy I had such a hard time figuring out what was best for Matilda... I really wanted to do attachment parenting but she so didn't respond. In fact she would scream for hours and nothing I could do would help settle her. I wound up going to a sleep school program which did a sort of control crying, yet they didn't encourage really doing it until they were older than 4 months... but I have sort of twisted it to work for us as I wasn't happy with leaving her to cry for even 2 minutes.... I decided when we went that if I totally disagreed with what they did then I wouldn't stay, and then if I didn't totally disagree I would give it a good go. And it did wonders for getting us into a routine, building my confidence and just our time together... now as for letting her cry... She would settle heaps quicker if I didn't go near her, but I couldn't stand to hear her cry, so I gave her the dummy & that worked wonders. Now I actually go to her room when she shows tired signs, read her a book on the rocking chair, give her a cuddle for a song on her cd and then put her in the cot and say see you later my little love... and then if she fusses at all I go back and pat her bottom & see if she wants the dummy or not and just stay with her for a few minutes & leave again... next time if she fusses I wait a minute and then go back in... and do it over again... usually I only have to go in twice & with the story & cuddle it lets her know that its settle down time & mummy with be there with her through that... not just leaving her to settle completely on her own...this is what makes both of us happy now & where she used to never fall asleep in my arms, she only screamed...now she does. & I love it!
Michelle - I work in insurance claims for an insurance company. So when you have a car accident or your house floods I deal with it.....can be very heartbraking and emotional at times. When I was PG was very stressful and tiring. Could always tell if I had a bad call and people kept telling me to breathe as they didnt want to add midwife to their job discription *lol* In the end they ended up moving me and put my desk as close to the toilets as possible because I was going about 3 times an hour.
Liam doesnt really have a set routine. It seems to work best for him. He knows that in the morning when he wakes up has a feed play then shower or bath then nap. From then on if he wants to sleep 3 hours straight during the day I let him otherwise he will get cranky plus gives me time to get things done. He is really good at settling himself. Usually if he is tired will fall asleep (will be on the playmat happy gurggling away next minute passed out) or will grizzle a bit and rub his eyes and if you give him a cuddle will go to sleep. When he is hungry he looks like a gold hish and will puff his checks out and open and close his mouth. Of a night will usually fall asleep anywhere between 7:30 and 9:30 which I dont mind as am usually awake untill 10:30 - 11 anways. Of a night if he is wqide awakew and wont sleep I put him in his cit with the aqaurim going and his mobile bouncing. Tuck him in give him a kiss and say mummy will come and check on you in 5 minutes. If your not asleep can come back out with mummy and daddy. Usually within the 5 mins he is asleep. He hardly ever cries (hs probably done it twice this week because of teeth but bonjela fixed that) only grizzles I don't think it has kicked in how great a child we have. (now that I say this he will prolly start playing up *lol*)
Hi. I hope bubs and mums are all well.
I wrote a long post this morning and then Yasin woke up and by the time I got back to the computer I had been logged out and I lost it :( so now I have to write a new one.
Mooshie, I bet you miss having Lani in your room. I know I will miss Yasin when its time to move him. He's about to grow out of his bassinet so it won't be long now :( . DH thinks that we should just move him into our bed until he sleeps through but although I bring him in in the morning and for a nap every now and then I don't sleep so well when he is in the bed, also I'm not sure that he will be so easy to move back out of it. I'm thinking of getting a hammock for him. Does anyone have a hammock? How does your baby like it? Which brand is it?
Bon, I'm glad to hear that Grace got through her first immunisation OK. Yasin is due for his straight after christmas. ouchy. How is Harry? I hope his leg isn't bothering him too much. What a bummer of a time to have a broken leg but then again I geuss that christmas is a good distraction.
Marcia, I hope you get Hudson's reflux/constipation sorted out soon. I've heard of some people getting great results from a chiro so maybe its not so whack as it sounds.
Spiddles, Yuk at having to go back to work. Will you be full time or part time?
Snowy, I have BabyLove and Kid Wrangling too. I think that they're both great books because niether of them have unrealistic ideas about what babies should be doing and they are a bit more humane than some. I agree that leaving a little baby to cry is a bit mean, after all if an adult was screaming for help you wouldn't ignore it would you. I'm not saying that I'd never try controlled comforting if Yasin has sleep problems later but for now I think he's a bit young.
With feeding I demand feed. I eat and drink if I'm hungry or thirsty so I think that Yasin should be able to too.
My strategy with sleep is to get as much as possible :). For Yasin I try to follow a feed, play, wind-down, sleep routine. At night I cut out the play and he doesn't usually need the wind down. At the moment, during the day, I usually put him down to sleep about two hours after he wakes unless I see tired signs first and then I put him to sleep asap. It usually works but of course some days are more restless than others. I try to do things outside the home when he's more alert.
I have just started giving him a bath at night in the hopes that it will encourage a longer sleep and work as a sleep trigger as he gets older. Also we've been getting into a bit of baby massage. He loves it, especially on his feet. He gets a big cheesy grin which is really cute.
Snowy I have let Alana work out her own routine. So far it has worked out really well for the both of us. I let her wake when she wants and go to sleep when she wants. I can tell the signs when she's tired when she rubs her eyes etc. I try to get Alana to bed before she falls asleep, as I think if she wakes up later she's not shocked to be somewhere else. I'm lucky with Alana that she can fall asleep by herself in her cot. She doesn't need to be rocked, have her dummie etc.
I never allow Alana to cry for any longer then it takes for me to get to her room. Most of the time I don't pick her up, but I console her by rubbing her tummy or her forehead, or maybe give her the dummie or play music for her. Do you wrap Wolf when he goes to bed? I have found this to be the best way to put Alana to bed.
As for feeding I demand feed. And again this has worked well for the both of us. Alana has about 4-5 feeds a day. Her last feed is at around 4 or 5. She then has her bath and her physio. This usually take a 1 1/2 -2 hours. She goes to bed and then wakes at around 2-2:30am. Apart from these two feeds the others I generally feed, then she plays until I notice her getting tired. This all up would be about 1 1/2 -2 hours (thats feed, play, change nappy).
I have tried directing the feeds on two occasions and it just did not work. I say do what you feel confortable with.
Lara - It sounds like Liam and Alana have the same sort of tempriment.
Dacholstar - I am going back to work full time for the time being (will see how it goes) Can't really afford not to and the childcare centre he is going to doesn't do half days. I usally bring home more than DH with wage and bonuses. DH is on a base wage plus commission. Some months he might tie with me or bring home more. He should do well over Chrissy with all the present buying. We really want to buy a house and get debt free car etc. Think we will start trying for another baby when Liam is about 3 and plan our money so can maybe take a full year off as Liam wouldnt be in school.
hi girls hope you are going well and have finished all that shopping lol.
spiddles - i used to work for zurich insurance way back - i finished up in 1998 and have been a sahm since (i am so lucky my hubby has a good job and we can manage (just)) before zurich, i used to work for a broker. i never did claims (hated that stuff) i used to be an underwriter and also dabbled abit in the accounts.
michelle - your house will be soooooo exciting christmas eve and day with the four - jay is so excited and has been counting down since 1st dec lol - it is certainly helping him to count backwards lol.
dachlostar - i sooo miss lani next to me but she has settled lovely in her cot and she gets to come into bed with me in the mornings which i love.
snowy - if you hunt around in the general discussion board you might find a post i did a while ago re routines which our health nurse gave me.
generally with lani - i demand feed and i don't let her go more than 4hrs, however if i feed her any less than 3hrs she tends to throw it back up. but our day sort of goes awake around 7am and in bed with me she feeds and we both doze off till around 8 or 9am (have to stop that next year with the 8.30 kinder starts) then we get up and i finish off her feed and she sits in her rocker watching abc kids with her big brother whilst i have a shower, buy around 10am she is ready for a sleep and i put her down awake with the dummy however she only sleeps for around 1hr which suits me as i get a bit done and ds gets ready and when she wakes she might have a feed (depending on where and what we need to do) and she just goes with the flow and sleeps in car or pram whenever she wants to. am always home around 3pm which she has a feed then goes down about 3.30 or 4pm and sleeps till around 6.30pm which is great to get dinner done and eaten, when she wakes she gets one boob then she plays whilst i clean up and get bath ready then into bath and a massage, a play and finish off feed with other side, then she gets wrapped up and we have our cuddle till she gets drowsy then down to bed around between 8 and 9pm.
lani's tired signs are redness above the eyes, a high pitched yell and clenched fists held up to her chest waiting to be wrapped up.
i also tried lani on cooled boiled water from a non spill cup today and she loved it.
so there you have it - our day lol so for the epic
merry christmas :)
Hi girls,
well I managed to get back on as Arron wentr over the road to the night racing and I had to check emails, so I'm back.
I do much the same as lara and the other girls, when my babies show tired signs I put them to bed, wrap them and give the dummy and leave, if they cry i go back, put the dummy in maybe pat them if they are crying a little and leave, normally only need to do this once.
I guess they are trained, they don't really like to be held when they are tired but would rather be put to bed. Each baby is different and I guess you learn to read them and do what works.
Did i miss something? Did someone break a leg?
I found out this arvo that Arron's cousin in USA is expecting a baby girl very soon, which is exciting, it is their first and the wifes 3rd. they are going to call her Hannah. Xmas is such an exciting time to have a baby.
Spiddles, we all do what we have to work wise and I think your plan sounds good. It's a good idea to set yourself up by the time the next one comes along.
2 more sleeps, 2 more sleeps! Our house is buzzing Michelle, although Josh is being very naughty so if Santa was going to be any longer by rights he should have no pressies.
Jessica is almost rolling, and I can't believe it. Not fair! SLOW DOWN! is what I say to her.
Anyway must go and check the other forums.
may be on tomorrow but if not have a great xmas day everyone
Best wishes Michelle