BabyWrangler oh, well, at least you tried. Oliver doesn't really have his dummy much, he will have it for his day sleeps, and then when he goes to bed at night, after his sneaky feed he doesn't have it at all, and I very rarely have to get up to give it to him so I am happy with how things are for the moment. Oliver also won't sleep with his arms out, and has to be wrapped nice and tight, he also likes the sheets on his cot tucked in nice a tight as well. Sarah I hope your horse is doing better today, and that DH didn't blame you for what happened, after all, accidents happen. Shoegal if we are going to be out all day I will also wrap Oliver in his pram for his sleeps too, otherwise they are usually just short 20 min sleeps. Thanks for the tip regarding the red eye and cataracts, I was severely short sighted from the age of 5 and wore glasses/contacts for many years, lucky for me, my DH thought it would be a good idea for me to get laser surgery on my eyes, I have been glasses free now for 4 years and love it, although very occaisionally I will still reach to take my 'non existent' glasses off when I get in the shower, old habits can be hard to break, although I will NEVER be a 20/20 because of my nystagmas (sp?) it is good enough to pass the RTA eyesight test LOL, we are lucky that the bad eyesight only seems to affect the females on both sides of my family, I have to get checked for glaucoma every year as my grandmother had it and my mother is 'developing' it. Oh, and nice to meet you 'Brady' alittlegrubi I think with the sleeping thing, you need to do what 'works' for you guys, especially when you go back to work and need as much sleep as you can get.
Went to see the community nurse today, there where 4 people in front of me with someone already in with nurse, it was 40 mins before she came out, and then the next person was still in there 40 mins later, I gave up and came home, and will try and go again on either Monday arvo or next Friday.
Horse is doing better, thats. Just needed to very about that.
Wyatt as been unsettled of a night. He is waking up twice a night now, once around 1-2am then again at 4-5am. It's starting to bug me. So will really try and top him up and then put him to bed in his cot tonight. It's now or never if I don't move him over to his cot of a night time. If he still wakes up then DH and I have agreed we need to try some food.
What are people starting there babies on foods???
Well got to run, million this to do, But I will be back later.
Grubi: How are you feeling now? And better? Did you get pain relif?
Sarah the pain is improving, it's more bearable and only need 1 nurofen every 7-8 hours now, much better than the 4 hour round about of panadol ans nurofen. I didn't get anything with codine as apparently it causes constipation and didn't want it to affect Greer.
BW/Sharon I know what you're saying about what works for me, but I don't want to end up with a 2nd child who refuses to sleep without Mummy. There is a part of me that wants to go back to sleeping with DH, although atm I am so over him too.
I know I said in a previous post that the best thing is to get over it, the fact that DH's are different and always will be and to focus on over aspects of the relationship to help them blossom and get back what was there before the kids came along, but I am finding it really hard to do ATM. Mainly because when he asks "what time are you going to bed?" or "are you going to bed soon?" even though I would be going to bed soon, I feel like he is forcing me to go to bed when the kids do so that he can go out and have a life. Like last night he said "are you going to bed when this (dvd) finishes? It's just that I was going to Jason's for a few beers." I didn't bite at all, but then in the morning he it comes out that he not only went to Jason's (workmate) but also went out to another friends' place afterwards. Just feeling left out. He says he wants to spend time with me, but everything is without me. Then on the otherhand I doubt I'd want to go where he goes. I really must get over it!
Started getting my maternity clothes cleaned out of the wardrobe and photographed ready to ebay, now just to find the time to do the listings. . It was so liberating to actually clean out my wardrobe of all those clothes that no longer fit me. Some I passed on to friends, some went to goodwill and others for ebay. The plan is to clean out the bar/games room and make my space for me to start doing crafty project work and force DH to have the kids every now and then for me to have my time.
I'm finally back to pre-pregnancy number 2 weight, 3 kilos more would be nice. So I'm trying to look after myself. Getting my hair done in a few weeks to inspire me.
Have a grizzler and can't work out what is wrong so GTG.
Grubi have you tried putting something under (or over, or beside) Greer that smells like you?
We had a little on at child care a couple of years ago that just would not settle without mum, and one day mum left her jumper behind by accident, I put it in the cot with bubby, and we got a 4 hour sleep...from that day on she had a t-shirt that mum slept with in the cot (mum would bring in a fresh one every few days!), eventually she got over it, but it was great for the transition.
I don't know...might be worth a shot?!
Well, my boyo has proven to us that he is a dummy boy through and through, last night he went to bed at 6pm, had a bottle at 11pm, a dummy return at 2am, and 5am, then up at 7.
Back in bed at 8:30, asleep at 8:35, up at 12, in bed at 1:45, asleep at 1:50, up at 3:30, into bed at 5:55, and asleep at 5:59....
If we ever needed proof...today was it!!
Well it has been really busy around here lately. Dh and i decided that Russell was just getting to big for his bassinett so 2 weeks ago we transferred him to his cot in his own room. he had been sleeping in it during the day every few days and also some play time so he has transistioned really well. no problems at all excep for his ability to wwiggle out of his sleeping bag past the safety pilllows spin aruund and stick his legs out through the bars without waking me . hes so quiet and content in the mornings till he gets himself stuck or staarts laughing at his mischief. he is sleeping quite well generally 8:30 - 4:30. spits his dummy out after about 20 min asleep. some nights goes to bed earlier and wakes ( barley) for bottle at 8:30pm. he dost sleep much through the day most i get is a 2 hour stint.
Sarah- i wuld have done the same thing , or have tied the horse to the car if she ewas happy to follow. hope he gets better soon. we started Russell on plain farex and slowely introduced other foods once he got the farex down pat only took a few days.
Grubi - we have always held Russell till he was asleep before putting him to bed . he knows that he sleeps in his own space and dosnt freak out waking up in his cot even though it is in the next room. if he wakes when we put him down and wont resettle we pick him up but generally he just drifts back off. on the note of the dummy, Russell spits, throws, turfs his and most ngihts will drift off without it. i reckon when greer is ready she'll ssstart doing the same thing. have you tried placing a hand on her or somehing to soothe her through the night when shes not really awake.
BW- part of me wants you day sleeps so can get **** done. loll
Grubi - congrats on weight-loss!! I am trying hard but not really getting anywhere. I only have about 2kgs to get back to pre-preg weight but then so many more to get to goal weight. The thing is, I know if I don't do it now, it will never happen - I have perfect situation with being home all day to cook/eat healthy and go to gym - just have to make it happen!!
Zennie - yay for such good sleeping!! I find it funny when I hear about babies wiggling around in cot. Charlotte stays absolutely still all night - in the mornings I find her exactly where I left her!
Sarah - glad everything worked out ok!
Hi to everyone else too.
My wrapping dilemma!!!
Charlotte will only sleep soundly if she is wrapped up nice and tight. The last month or so I have been using a cot sheet to wrap her (cause she is too big for the other wraps and always seems to get herself undone in those). I had started to wonder how things were going to go in summer - but thought that if we were still wrapping her, she could probably go to bed in just a singlet and nappy and still get wrapped and have no blankets.
Well, Miss C is definitely teething at the moment and yesterday in Brisbane it was quite warm (mid to high 20s at a guess) and she woke from her lunchtime sleep with a fever of 38.6. So I unwrapped and undressed her and 10 mins later it was 38.8!! I gave her some panadol and she had a lukewarm bath and it came down no worries. Then last night (about 2am), it was back up to 38.3 so I undressed her and gave her some more panadol but in order to get her back to sleep, I had to wrap her. It was nearly impossible for me to get back to sleep knowing that she had a fever and was still wrapped up and possibly just getting hotter. Needless to say, the panadol did the trick and 30 minutes later it was down to 37.2, so I went back to sleep. But I just don't think I am going to be able to keep wrapping her when we have summer & teething to deal with (we don't have air-con in her room).
Any suggestions for ending the wrapping addiction??
Odd....I posted a reply before then when I logged back in, it was gone!
Oh well, all I said was Tarnee how does she respond to you just wrapping her arms (as in fold the wrap up so its a strip about 20cm wide, and wrap only her arms and torso).
Also you can buy extra large muslin wraps off ebay quite cheaply, and you can buy muslin by the metre at spotlight, maybe you can make some BIG wraps for her that way which will be cooler than a sheet.
Benjamin is currently down for his first sleep with an arm out...so far so good!
Tarnee: I can't really help, as all my children have been wrapped up TIGHT until they were nearly 12 months old.
*In summer time I used a muslin wrap. However I went to spotlight and brought the material and made it nice and big, then just put him in a singlet and a grow suit that buttons up at the crock. And a thermal blanket. I remember waking up one night and Landon had wiggled out, and was near stone cold. Ever since then I did wondersuits, with no singlet.
Zennie: Good to hear your transistion went really wel. have only just started Wyatt last night. He as sleeping in his cots for day naps, for last 1 and 1/2. So is quite used to it.
Grubi: You must be feeling unloved/single parent at the moment. I know I am feeling that way. My DH is just working a lot more so then when he was at the farm full time. But I guess I can go and see him when he at farm.
DH used to go and see mate with DS1 and it didn't faze me, until that started talking about stuff that happened when I was around. Or when DH didn't come home when he told me. So I would set alarm for 20 after time, then sit up and wait for him, if he wasn't home.
BW: Ge, you keep a good eye on BJ's sleep patten. It good to see. I don't have the time, and my life/children/DH are just to busy. I wish I could take more notice and sum days I do but I am only really concerned with at the early mornings, and bed time at night time. If he naps during those times, good.
So quick update
Went to motro cross kids were riding, yay. Was four season in one day yesterday. Wyatt was in his ergo all day, and ge I felt pregnant by the end of the day.
Put Wyatt in his COT last night for the FIRST time. And slept until 5am, however I got up 3 times just to make sure he was ok. He didn't like going in there away for bed time. He normally get a cuddle/boobie until he passed out then into bed. But day naps are in cot awake and he falls alseep. Anyway I was happy with it.
Well not much else to report. Got to fold so much washing up have been putting it off and off all week, and not it has come back to bit me. It's been raining all week, and it seem that when it does rain I have so much washin to do... Anyone else feel like that???
Well I better get too it, oter wise DH will ask what have I been doing all day....
. It was so liberating to actually clean out my wardrobe of all those clothes that no longer fit me. Some I passed on to friends, some went to goodwill and others for ebay. The plan is to clean out the bar/games room and make my space for me to start doing crafty project work and force DH to have the kids every now and then for me to have my time.
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