well house may be sold so off to port lincoln we go. no country Christmas this year - but should be moving around 22/1/10. Cannot wait. it's a dream come true.
lachlan is still sleeping a bit average. i'm going with it despite MIL saying 'let him cry it out... he doesn't need night bottle'. well that's great but i can't cope with his crying and he only has 3 in 24hours - hes hungry at night! so i've been saying i'm doin it but i'm not LOL. he'll drop it when he's ready!
received our years supply of babylove nappies .....16 BOXES OF THEM!! 4 packs in each box and each pack has 36 nappies in them. i calculated around 2000 nappies. awesome.
lach is at my mums today while i catch up on things here and have 'me' time. gonna be soooo excellent actualy having lunch at lunchtime! woah!
lachlan is eating HEAPS. he did start around 4months and i know some people say that's wrong, but he was looking for it and loved it the minute he started. he is 9kg!!! he eats, mashed roast and vegs, potato, pumpkin, broccoli, beans, carrot, muesli, custard, yoghurt, toast and vegemite, weetbix, fruit purees. i put grated cheese in his veg and also a teens of vegemite and he LOVES it.
Oooh I hope Ollie keeps sleeping like that lol I know what you mean about the hair. Elijah's just goes all sticky uppy... it's so adorably cute and yep looks so funny and wrong if it gets patted down, like sometimes if you pull a shirt over his head it flattens it if it's a bit damp... but I rough it up then ahahaha cos it's not right! Yep, on FB... Cassandra Hoffmann. Has pic of the boys as profile pic Re: finger foods... I give Elijah chunks of things that he can't fit in his mouth completely... so like big bit of bread roll, big chunk chicken, cruskits, arrowroot biscuits (although he has choked a little on them cos he bit a piece off) ummmm raisin toast, normal toast, spaghetti, baked beans (kinda mushed a bit so they weren't a whole bean) etc. I have those mesh bags too, let me tell you this...lol do NOT do what I did with Oskar and put banana in it... OMG baaaahahahaha the mess!! Elijah has had apple and grapes in it. I cut the grapes in half so they mush easier and he gets the juice.
Hey Sach, sometimes it's just better to let the MIL or "well meaning" others just think you're doing what makesn them happy or what they believe is right! YAY on the house selling, will be awesome to be moving so soon and so very exciting too! "me" time... what is that strange thing you speak of?? lol... kidding, hope you loved and enjoyed it. I'm craving some majorly!! Like you wouldn't believe! Ah well, all good things come to those that wait right?
I agree Sach, sometimes it is easier to just smile and nod, keeps them happy and you can go on doing what works for you.
Cass, your boys are adorable! So so cute.
I was thinking about putting banana in the mesh bag too, so glad I waited, thanks! Ollie likes mango in it, I tried to give him a piece of mango but it slides straight out of his hand, so the bag works well.
The sleeping went back to being up every few hours again, and then last night he slept from 8pm - 5.40am, I almost did a little dance when I woke up and saw the sun coming up. Who knows what tonight will bring. I think he might be getting cold during the night and that wakes him up. I stopped putting him in his sleeping bag because it's really thick with long sleeves, and he seemed to be getting too hot, last night I tried it again and we had a great night so I'll try again. I need to get an in between one i think.
Quick question, do you feed your babies until they don't want anymore? That's what the mchn said but I think Ollie would eat the entire batch of food. He'll just keep eating...
Sarah, they do stop eating eventually. My boys , especially Byron, eat like you would believe. If they want more food I give them more food. I just gave Edward spag bol last night as that was what we were eating and he ate a massive amount, more than you would think would fit into a baby. Byron has eaten almost as much as me from the time he started eating adult food. You just might end up having lots of poos to deal with though. It is a better problem to have than a baby that doesn't eat.
Sacha, way to go on selling your house. It must be really exciting to know you are making such a big move. I am excited enough about the prospect of getting the carpets ripped up and floorboards polished. But to be honest, I hate moving, so I am glad it is you.
Cass, I still have a bald baby. A lady at the shops yesterday commented on how cute my little bald baby was. Byron didn't get any hair to speak of until after he turned 1 so i am not holding my breath for sticky uppy hair just yet.
We haven't been getting any consistent sleep here either. Edward had conjunctivitis last week and has a cold this week so things have been better. He is happy enough during the day, he just is waking up for feeds as he can't breathe through his nose... poor little thing.
We put out xmas tree up on the weekend because we go up to Cairns in a couple of weeks. I wanted our house to be a bit christmassy, but not for only a few day before we leave. I can't belive how fast the year has gone!!
I don't seem to be getting emails all the time to say there's a new post which is why I keep going MIA!
I have loved reading about all the toddler exploits in here. I feel busy just with one, that I couldn't imagine having a toddler running around as well!! We are TTC though (only because it took so long the first time), so who knows what may happen!
Sleep here isn't great, but it's not terrible. We've been co-sleeping so I can just roll over to feed him when he wakes which is once, sometimes twice over night. There is the odd night where he will wake 4-5 times and is just really unsettled. We were on a roll with day sleeps. In the morning he would sleep for 2 hours, and now all of a sudden he's gone back to half hour cat naps. I wish we could have some kind of routine in the morning, but it just doesn't seem to for him. Does everyone here get up around the same time each morning? Maybe that's what I need to try. sometimes it's 7am, sometimes it's 9 or anywhere in between.
Food is going well ...we're doing BLS and he's eating quite a bit now. He loves spag bol, avocado, banana and toast. Tried scrambled egg this week which he thought was pretty good too! lol He's still having about 6 feeds a day from me as well. The MCHN told me that was too many, yet she told me I should be demand feeding him?! I am demand feeding him, and he's demanding it that many times in a day. It doesn't bother me, so I don't really see what the problem is! Dont know why I bother going - she frustrates me!
I can't believe Noah is going to be 8 months next week.
I was putting together a photo book for some christmas presents, and I got a bit teary looking at his newborn photos. He was so small. His 0000 suits were swimming on him and now he's in 0's, sitting, rolling everywhere, babbling and giggling all the time. Time goes way too quickly.
Megan, stop going to see the MCHN if she is giving you grief. I am not sure what her theory is with demand feeding? Maybe you only demand feed until it gets to 4 feeds, then he can wait till tomorrow? That is rubbish, especially when it has been hot. Babies get thirsty aswell as hungry. I don't really keep track of his milk feeds but Edward would be having about 6 feeds a day. I am pretty sure Byron would have been having 5 feeds a day until about 9 or 10 months when he started cutting back himself and drinking lots of water with his solid feeds.
Oh and regarding routines... if there is one thing I have learnt, it is routines never last very long with children. Teeth, illness, weather, visitors all stuff routines so try to be flexible.
Goodluck with TTC. I hope you find it easier the second time round. Sometimes I wish I had had mine closer together so Byron hadn't hit the terrible 2s before Edward arrived, but I think it is hard no matter when the second comes along. Very joyful and rewarding too, of course. We are trying to decide when we want to start TTCF number 3. Big gap or small gap? not quite sure yet.
I think I will stop going to see her. I don't listen to anything she says and do my own thing anyway. She just seemed to be contradicting herself withe demand feeding thing and it didn't make any sense to me. Didn't even bother going down the BLS discussion path with her. Noah's happy, growing, alert and all that good stuff so I won't bother going back. With the feeds, he seems to be having 4-5 during the day and then probably 2 overnight (sometimes more). He's drinking anywhere between 50-150mls of water each day as well. I offer it to him at each meal time in a sippy cup and he gulps it down.
I thought you might say that about routines!! lol A girl can dream!
I agree on midwifes contradicting themselves - or at least the CYH do. I phone them every so often when i need advice (mainly sleeping/ eating) and one said wrapping him in a cot sheet was fine and to stop doing it very soon as 1. it's getting hot and 2. he's VERY mobile (he gets out anyway and has done since birth and he rolls when in the wrap anyhow).... i rang at 5am this morn and the lady said NO to co-sleeping, MUST wrap in a single bed sheet, MUST keep him on his back to sleep 100% of the time .... well.... i'm not going in there to check 24/7 ... he rolls to sleep on his side anyway - am i going to wake him when i roll him to his back? NO F-ing way!
I'm serously deliriious ATM .... i've had 2 hours sleep in over 24 hours and i feel like I have the worst hangover ever and I didn't drink last night. EAUGH!.
Lach was more than a bit difficult last night .... 2 hours TOTAL!!!
Screaming his head off ... slept 1 hour on my shoulder and then criied and cried and cried (i cried too)... even woke DP and he snores like nothing else. I have no idea what it was about. Did everything ... change nappy, bonjella, unwrapped, wrapped, panadol... i was going out of my mind. he's happy as today and i'm stuffed.
no teeth yet but his top ones u can see in the gum??? my MIL said that anyway. but she also said it could be colic as he was VERY colicky as a newborn.... so starting on brauer colic again tonight. i can't survive like that again. anyone got any hints ... or had same thing? i know our babies are all diff but... they're at the same stage and I'm seriously NOT thinking straight... i can't ever remember his last feed time or how much or if he's pooed today!!!???
hope you're all good ... EEEK to xmas 3 weeks away. am v excited for his 1st xmas.
So it has been quiet in here. For some reason all my notifications have disappeared so I am going through and finding the ones I actually want to know about again.
I hope you are all well.
Sacha, are you getting any more sleep yet? I haven't had colicky babies so I don't know what to do with them. Sorry.
We are off to Cairns again tomorrow for 2 weeks. I really am going to try to get some rest time in and not just run around trying to keep all the gransparents happy. I still have to pack for the boys and myself. DH can pack for himself later.
The boys are well. Edward has now got his top 2 teeth through. Byron got the 2nd top ones before the middle ones and looked like a total goober for a little while, but Edward is doing things the right way. He has started letting go of whatever he is holding on to and standing up on his own for a few seconds at a time. He also reaches out and leans until he can grab a different piece of furniture so he can walk across between things. I am not ready for 2 walking children just yet!
Oh and he claps at everything. It is soooo cute... he just grins at you and claps his hands.
He is doing really well with his eating too. I have mostly just been giving him what we are eating or pieces of fruit or sandwiches etc. I don't think he has refused anything yet. He doesn't seem to want to BF for very long at a time during the day ATM. I think it is because it is too hot to really want to be that close for very long. Morning and Evening feeds are still good long feeds so I am not concerned, it just messes my poor boobs around a bit.
We have also been getting some decent sleep again since the teeth cut. He is sleeping from about 7.30 through to 4am. I generally just take him in with me and feed him back to sleep then. That gets us through till about 6.30.
Anyway, better get onto that packing.
Have a Merry Christmas (just in case I don't get back on before then).
I hope you're getting some more sleep now Sacha, we've had a few nights like that lately too with this cold that just won't leave us.
Megan, your routine sounds exactly like ours
Ollie is getting really brave, too brave, I try and be there to catch him but it doesn't always happen. Poor little guy needs a stack hat! I feel so bad, luckily we have carpet I guess. He's standing up at every opportunity, with whatever he can reach to pull himself up.
We've started swimming lessons now, can't remember if I said that before. He loves it! He's smiling the entire time.
I hope everyone's enjoying the lead up to Christmas!
Getting a little more sleep. spoke to a lovely midwife at CYH who came up with plan of attack, worked well for a few days (one night he slept through until 7.30am!!!) but ... he now has an infection of the nose... first doctor I went to was a bulk billed local dr who's indian (not racist but found they don't care as they see soooo many ppl a day) and he refused antibiotics. I couldn't cope with more crap sleep so i took to my 'regular' dr on other side of town who gave lach some antibiotics and he's a bit better. but the GOOD dr said that his teeth are days away so possibly bad sleep from that too. I've also got a viral infection so am on antibiotics too.
Have also changed lachlan to lactose free formula (i'm lactose intolerant) and he doesn't perk at all BARELY.... before he was doing it hours after feeds. so i think that's half of it.
we've sold the house and going to port lincoln mid january. can't wait!!! ah PARADISE.
Berrme - you lucky duck going to cairns. Enjoy your holiday! and I can't believe your little man has teeth AND holds self up. clever boy! lach sits great now, and gets on his knees and rocks - very cute. have caught him pulling cords out of sockets now a lot! freaks me out.
Sarebear - augh! sick babies are the pits. hope gets better soon.
If i don't talk before Xmas - hope you all have a GREAT one and new years!
lol I know what you mean about the hair. Elijah's just goes all sticky uppy... it's so adorably cute and yep looks so funny and wrong if it gets patted down, like sometimes if you pull a shirt over his head it flattens it if it's a bit damp... but I rough it up then ahahaha cos it's not right! Yep, on FB... Cassandra Hoffmann. Has pic of the boys as profile pic
Re: finger foods... I give Elijah chunks of things that he can't fit in his mouth completely... so like big bit of bread roll, big chunk chicken, cruskits, arrowroot biscuits (although he has choked a little on them cos he bit a piece off) ummmm raisin toast, normal toast, spaghetti, baked beans (kinda mushed a bit so they weren't a whole bean) etc. I have those mesh bags too, let me tell you this...lol do NOT do what I did with Oskar and put banana in it... OMG baaaahahahaha the mess!! Elijah has had apple and grapes in it. I cut the grapes in half so they mush easier and he gets the juice.
My boys , especially Byron, eat like you would believe. If they want more food I give them more food. I just gave Edward spag bol last night as that was what we were eating and he ate a massive amount, more than you would think would fit into a baby. 
Byron has eaten almost as much as me from the time he started eating adult food. You just might end up having lots of poos to deal with though. It is a better problem to have than a baby that doesn't eat.
not quite sure yet.
I am not ready for 2 walking children just yet!
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