:hug: Janine... I think you'll find some things to help you in NCSS, but like you've already figured out - it's hard work in the beginning but it does work.
Wish you were closer so I could help you...
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:hug: Janine... I think you'll find some things to help you in NCSS, but like you've already figured out - it's hard work in the beginning but it does work.
Wish you were closer so I could help you...
Janine, I wish there was something I could do to help you. If you happen to think of anything let me know. I live in Brisbane southside.
We're fine. Nothing of much interest to report. Im working two or three days a week. Today DH had her and was broken of his bad habit of leaving her in the pram with no straps. He was pottering around with her outside when she started screaming and he turned and saw her face down on the concrete patio. She's fine though, he's still really upset. She's been growling lately, its really cute. Much cuter than the high pitched shrieking.
My milk supply is still pretty low from the flu, but its slowly building back up. I just got a new sewing machine- very pleased. Now if Lila would just let me have some sewing time....
Thanks Steph and Toni. Things are actually much better. Hoping for it to be long term and not just a fluke. But we've made some changes and it's working out. He likes the chair settles now, I think they're like a goldfish, short term memory and he doesn't remember the fitball. :lol: So that's a huge relief, no more bouncing! I am putting him in the cot awake at night and resettling instead of feeding unless it's been over two hours. We pick him up if he cries and resettle in the chair, otherwise he is settled in the cot. He cosleeps with me now after his second feed, which has been between 1 and 3.30am. This is what it looks like now, for a couple of days:
6.30 - feed
6.45 - stories on the big bed (DD joins in)
7.00 - bedtime (rocking chair to sleepy, into cot)
10.00 - wake, feed
12.30 - wake, DH resettles
2.30 - wake, resettled self!
3.30 - wake, feed, into bed with mama
4.30 - wake, I turned him onto tummy, sleep
5.30 - wake, feed, fitful sleep
6.30 - wake, snack feeds until up at 7am
So, that's much better. I can live with that. I could do that until he is a year old, but I think he's only going to start stretching his sleeps even further now.
He is teething, btw. Big time.
I'm losing masses of hair, to go back to a previous discussion. Yup. It happened with DD too but much sooner. I haven't got AF either, but I don't think I'll get that until he isn't feeding as frequently. I'm hoping to not have it for this whole year, but at least I'll get my sex drive back if I do get it - maybe?
Steph, that must have been pretty bloody scary what happened with Lila and the pram! Dh is putting our little swing chair on ebay now because DS is leaning forward in it, even with the straps on. It's an awkward age, not quite sitting, not quite happily floor laying. It's hard to keep him entertained I'm finding. He has rolled over though, but won't do it again. I can't wait until he is crawling, so I can just put him down and he'll go for his life. Instead of squirming and whining on me cos he can't do anything.
Have your babes changed their routines yet? Ci has been dropping his morning little kip for a couple of weeks, another awkward transition where he was too tired to go to 9am but too awake to sleep at 8am. (I have to take dd to school at 8.30) But now he goes to 9am from his wake time but yesterday cat napped and was up again at 10 until 12.30. I'm hoping that he'll last this morning until 11.00 and then it will resemble his next six months routine, with the next nap at about 1pm. Is that what yours are doing, something like that yet?
Anyway, better run. Got my assignment to do while I have a minute.
Routine wise Bj has been set in stone for a while (other than bringing his bedtime forward by an hour)
Wake between 7 and 8 (bottle)
Cereal at about 8:15
Bed (rest of bottle) 9
up between 11 and 12 (bottle)
plays
Bed (bottle first) 1:30pm
Wake between 4 and 4:30 (bottle)
Cereal (now sweet potato) 5-5:15ish
5:30 Bath
6pm into room (bottle)
in bed and asleep by 6:30
Some nights he goes right through, others he may wake before midnight for a feed, some its 3am.
Hey girls!
Steph something similar happened with me yesterday, I put isabell in her rocker infront of the tele so i could go for a shower, i had strapped her in. When i got out the shower i walked past to go to the kitchen, and i saw no baby in the rocker! I panicked that some one had stolen her, only to find her laying on the floor behind the rocker. Im guessing she somehow got her foot out from its supposed area, and put it with her other leg, and then slid down and fell on the floor?? And then some how shuffled herself from the front of the rocker to the back of the rocker?? Either that or Bens playing tricks one me, which i doubt. She wasnt crying, and hadnt cried, so she didnt hurt herself *Thank gawd* but i felt so guilty!! Its so horrible isnt it. Oh well, plenty more to come!!
The only way i can get isabell asleep now is if i give her a bottle in the cot. Which works out ok for me, coz she actually sleeps. When its dark though i can wrap her and feed her, then put her in her cot and she will go to sleep, usually. I know its probably a bad habbit to get her into, but its the only thing that is working for me atm. Id be in a padded cell otherwise.
Although the past 3 nights at about 6pm she has cried and been really clingy til about 8pm when i am able to settle her and get her to sleep...either arsenic hour, or teething maybe?? In this period when she is crying i can have her on my lap and she will bundle my jumper sleeve in her tiny lil hands, and will chew on it, but get frustrated in the process and kinda rub it on her mouth as if to try and get it all in her mouth or something?? SO maybe the softness of the jumper isnt giving her the satisfaction of chewing on it..
Isabell has also started growling now lol, its so cute!! And giggling. She has been rolling, but she hasnt rolled for a few days now, she can roll back to tummy and tummy to back. And she shuffles on the floor when she is laying on her back.
Well i think thats all for now. I havent really caught up, but i promise ill visit this thread more often and keep up.
Sorry - am MIA for now as I'm doing the Great Down Under Nappy Hunt! It's taking up a lot of my internet/computer time so I haven't had time to post...
All going well here. Liam sometimes only gets up for one night feed now which means DH & I debate over who's turn it is! ;)
I go back to work on 15th Sept although I have a 2 day conference next week to start me off... DH is starting to get a bit nervous about being full-time carer but I know he'll be fine.
Will come back in when I get some time. Hope you're all well :hello:
Janine- so glad to hear you're coping better, I hope that soon you can get some good sleep on a regular basis. Its so important to do so, I know I'm absolutely worthless and mean when I haven't had enough. We've been finding it kind of tricky to keep Lila occupied, too. Part of me protests that she needs to learn to entertain herself rather than being constantly stimulated from the outside, but another part of me laughs and says she's just a wee baby after all. That said, she seems pretty happy when I put her down on her play mat. Its got brightly colored giraffes on it and mirrors and crackly bits and rattly bits. She'll play there by herself for half an hour or so at a time in the mornings. Teething... How exciting. I don't see or feel it happening with Lila but she will chew on anything she can get into her mouth.. heh...
BW- that must be so nice that he goes to bed at such a decent hour. I wish Lila would do that, she goes down between nine and ten and up again anywhere from six to eight. Am trying for more consistency but is just not in the cards. I've resigned myself to just accepting that when she's asleep she's asleep and when she's awake, she's awake...
Meg- I LOVE the growling, its so cute. hehe. We've had rolling and creeping around, too. She crams cloth in her mouth too, her favorite seems to be a towelling burp rag. I guess cause its thick and has a rough texture. The other thing is we give her sticks of carrot to gnaw on. I don't think she's teething as such and she's not really on solids either but she enjoys the gnawing stick. I doubt she makes any connection that its food...
We're going to the ILs farm this weekend, that should be fun. SIL and her husband and baby will be there too. Baby is 10 weeks younger than Lila, she's still all floppy which freaks me out when I'm holding her. Doesn't sleep through the night yet either so MIL and I have volunteered to get up with her and let SIL sleep. If SIL can't express enough milk for the night feeds (has trouble with it) I offered to feed her myself since I've got milk on tap and all. We'll see. What do you mummies think of that- sharing the breastfeeding? I'm of the opinion that if a baby is hungry and someone has the means to feed her then so much the better but I know other people feel waaay differently.
Toni- my DH was so scared about me going to work and him being the carer that it sort of caused a spate of anxiety attacks and I had to postpone working. i left him alone with her for an afternoon before I started working, with plenty of backup (calling me, the neighbor lady next door, etc) and contingency plans, and wouldn't you know they were just fine. Now he's got heaps of confidence and is just fine with her. Its like we know they'll be fine but they need to build up the confidence or something. Anyway hope it goes well for them.
I think that if she is fine with it, and your fine with it, then thats all that matters and go for gold :) I think its a nice thing that you are offering to get up to your niece for your SIL. Id kill for that sort of offer way back in the beginning. Of course now Isabell sleeps right through, so atm id kill for a sleep in!!! Good on you hun!:
I offered to feed her myself since I've got milk on tap and all.
Steph - I think my DH has had a few moments like that, but he's been proactive and we've had a few trial runs to build up his confidence. I know he'll be fine and now he's starting to think he will be too...
And I agree with Meg - breastfeeding is a beautiful thing and if you can share it with another mother, why not? Go for it. She's lucky to have you!
Wow Steph, you should be bottled! It's funny how people will scoff at sharing different human's milk but not as different species milk. Go forth, I say.
A reality check for my DH - how many of you have full time partners at home? Or even if they only work part time? And how many "house-husbands" where the female works? My DH got ****y recently cos I was complaining about some things and he reminded me how good I have it, most men don't take six months off work or cook and get up with the baby and do 50% of the work. I said in today's climate, they are actually doing that more often. I thought just on our thread I could illustrate that.
I have my plan all written out now, from the NCSS. I find the hardest part of it is after the second night wake. This happens at between 1.30 and 3am, and I'm so zonked, I don't even get out of bed, I just pull him into my bed and think, "I gotta put him back in after this feed, I gotta..." and then think, "Ahhh, bugger it." and leave him there. And this is not helping. :lol: It's just, he always needs settling when he goes back into his cot and if I manage to strike up enough gusto, I take SO long to fall back asleep that usually he's at his next wake when I do.
I have to test if his hourly wakings would still happen if he's in the cot, I think they would. But I'm not feeding him for every wake now, I wait for every second wake, which is two hours or more. This will help stretch his ability to go overnight with less milk.
I'm excited about solids. :lol: So excited in fact that I gave him a taste of banana. I won't do that again though cos his cheeks flushed, oops. Still an immature baby gut, and I should listen to the experts, silly girl.
well we have started solids...
I waited until she showed me she is ready, and she in the last 4 days has... she is opening her mouth when i am eating, trying to grab the spoon out of my hand and out it into her mouth. so i went with her and we are on day 3 of solids. we have cereal mixed with home made puree at around 5ish.
sleep wise... not sleeping through her at all. last night was the best night in ages.. slept 7-11pm feed then sleep from 12pm- 6am so not too bad and now she is off to sleep
Well being its Fathers Day I have to take the girls to see him...
Steph- thats a great view you have.. well done
hi all
beatrix glad you're going well with solids. i'm one of the conservative ones with that - won't be starting til at least 6 months. not in any hurry to get on to it, plus i still need to lose some weight from breastfeeding!!
fire sounds like your plan of stretching between-feeds is a good one - i'm going to try to do much the same thing. but that said, last night dd stayed in her cot (and didn't feed) from 11-4.30. i've been putting her in there for the first part of the night til i get to bed. she woke up a few times but miraculously got herself back to sleep :dance:. this is unheard-of and i'm sure it was a complete fluke but still... of course i still woke up constantly and had to check she was ok. i know exactly what you mean about re-settling when you're exhausted - then the pressure to get back to sleep because oh god you'll be woken again shortly... hey, what sort of assignment are you working on?
well father's day today so i've (reluctantly, grudgingly) allowed dh to sleep in. then i'm going to make him a special brunch. i have a really sore neck and back and am not very well so this will be a major effort!
will do more personals next time - but in the meantime, hope you all have a good day.
hehe remember Mj is the Nanna of the group!!! So is actually 5 1/2 mths (she was born in March)
i forgot that beatrix! my dd watches when i eat and appears to find it hilarious. luckily my constant snacking gives her constant entertainment!
now to go prepare that father's day breakfast...
Fire, My partner works 1 week on, one week off. During both his week on and his week off he will do 99% of the house work. Thats his job, and my job is looking after Isabell, thats what he says :) im ok with that, but there have been times where i have gotten over it, and comaplained about not getting a sleep in, or not getting MY time when i want it and all the usual complaints of a mother (minus housework) and he always reminds me that im lucky that he does all the housework, most women out there have to do both looking after baby (or babies) AND housework..then i go ooh yeah that is true...but still i like my sleep ins and MY time...havent gotten any sleep ins, unless Isabell decides she wants a sleep in. Hmm, dunno if that answered your question in any way but still, my 5c worth :):
A reality check for my DH - how many of you have full time partners at home? Or even if they only work part time? And how many "house-husbands" where the female works?
Ive started Isabell on solids too, id noticed if i was eating or drinking and she was on my lap she would make a grab for my arm and try and pull my arm so the food/drink is aiming for her mouth and not mine, cheeky monkey, and she was also watching us eat and 'chew' while we were chewing etc etc...So just on farex atm will be adding veggie purees soon to give it a bit of a nicer taste, when i give it to her she pulls a face similar to :o and chews verrrry slowly, like she is so unsure of the taste hehe its so cute...
Umm yeah i think thats about all i have to say for now...
oh yeah forgot to comment on the DH thing. mine works full time, longish hours (currently home by 7.30 but it used to be later) and always has work to do at night. he took 8 days off when dd was born - was supposed to be two weeks but he had to go back early. it was not nearly enough time... since then he's taken one day's leave to take ds to the snow. i do all the shopping, cooking, laundry, day-to-day cleaning (not that much gets done) and all the nighttime wakings/feedings/nappy changes - he does the occasional dishwashing and often tidies/cleans on weekend, but he really can't do much more than that because he does ALL the paid work that supports us. i wish i had more help, especially given dd's pathetic half-hour naps, but that's just the way it has to be. fire you are so lucky to have your dh at home! meg yours sounds very helpful too.
ARGH this is driving me insane!!!
Benjamin has a problem that just keeps taking us round and round in circles...
He sleeps on his tummy and has a dummy.
But when going to sleep, he turns his head from side to side (which we call snuffling) and as a result his dummy falls out, gets flung sideways...you name it...
We decided that now (as its getting worse) is a good time to get rid of his dummy, as his day sleeps are getting shorter, and he's getting grumpier by the day I looked up the plantley gentle removal technique as we'd like to avoid the whole controlled crying if we can..however, I can't get him to stay still with his dummy in long enough to be able to implement the gentle removal because he keeps snuffling the dummy out, but gets more upset by the second cause its not there, I end up trying to hold it in place while he frantically turns from side to side, its ridiculous!!
Ive tried letting him sleep with one, or both arms out, but that doesn't help as they randomly flap around and keep him awake.
If I put him to bed wrapped and on his back, 2 things happen...1, he talks to the shadows, the walls, the window, the curtains (and for all I know, the voices in his head) and doesn't sleep, and 2, the dummy falls out and he gets upset!
Any ideas?????
Oh and on the DH thing....my Dh leaves for work about 8am and gets home anywhere from 6pm to 10pm (and sometimes not at all cause of work)....but luckily for me, DH has been working only 3 days a week since BJ was born (mind you, when he IS home he doesn't actually help as such, apart from the occasional nappy change or bottle etc) he has just this week gone back to full time.
I'm not sure about the dummy thing, BW. Ci would do that also if he had one cos he is a tummy sleeper who moves his head side to side. does yours get a blocked/snuffly nose from tummy sleeping? This is causing drama here cos I can't let him sleep on his tummy all night because of it. It's the main reason I take him into bed with me, to sleep him on his side and back. Back to the dummy, can he fall asleep on your lap with the dummy and rocking and then teach him to fall sleep without it there with the Pantley pull off, then start putting him into the bed again to reteach him that way? It would take much longer, but there would be no tears. That's where we're at. He can put himself to sleep without feeding most of the time unless really wired and upset. But still with pats from me if he's in the cot, which we'll eventually phase out when he's ready.
I've forgotten to comment on something...
Oh yeah, solids. Don't you find that they're grabbing at everything and putting it into their mouth though, not just food? I don't think that's DSs sign of readiness to eat yet, cos it doesn't seem to matter if it's food or the newspaper. :lol: Although, he does seem to like sipping on my glass of water occasionally, and seems to know what he's doing when he does, too. Is there another sign of readiness I can watch for?
This teething thing is horrendous. He's a dribbling mess, just slobbering everywhere. He pukes more and is biting down on everythign. He seems totally preoccupied with it all.
On the DH thing - My DH will be the primary carer when I return to work (2 days this week, then full-time from next week :( ). He also helps out with the washing, dishes, floors, etc PLUS does most of the night feeds. We're sort of a reverse set here ;)
He doesn't always remember to do obscure things like clean the toilet or wash the floors unless they are most obviously filthy, but I can live with that flaw!
When I return to work, I intend to help out a lot with the housework so that I don't fall into the trap most dad's do (as primary work away from home parent) - but time will tell!
Went to 'Cleft clinic' today and they just asked about his feeding etc and we were told that we could try him on solids from 5 months but to make it quite runny to begin with (especially because of the cleft). We're going back in December to schedule the surgery for March-ish... Liam was fabulous again today - he's a real trooper, even when he's overtired, overstimilated and generally stuffed around with. What a little man!
Fire- yes they are grabbing at everything and everything goes into thier mouths... but its thw hole chewing while you chew and MJ also makes the lip smacking sound.
Dummy wise- mj is too fussed some times uses it, sometimes doesnt so i cant help sorry
and fire- yes i think you are very lucky to have any help at home!!! it wasnt til i was truly on my own i realised that even the small help matters
Hey girlies haven't been in for ages just haven't had the energy LOL... Um... trying to think of updates. Ava is now 6.60 kilo, teething full on, squeeling LOTS, can stand up against furniture. And has started solids. She absolutely loves them. She has rice porridge with some puree fruit mixed in it, in the morning with a bottle, then at night has vegies and a bottle. Hope we are all well and our babies are nice and healthy :D
Fire BJ doesn't get blocked up with his snuffling at all (Im happy about that!!), its just the turning from side to side.
If I can't get the plately technique to work in the next week Im leaning towards the whole complete and utter routine change.
Such as instead of wrapping, giving a bottle, putting into bed on tummy with dummy I'll totally switch to
Sleeping bag/gro bag, arms out, bottle still, bed on back arms out, no dummy (but maybe with is taggie as I'm more that happy for him to have them, they are big and he can find them himself!
I know thats a lot of change all at once, but we'll see!
fire re signs of needing solids, this is from an article here on bellybelly:
The full article is here: http://https://www.bellybelly.com.au/baby/starting-solids-when-is-my-baby-ready:
How can parents recognise the right time to offer other foods to their breastfed baby?
At around six months, or possibly later, your baby will let you know when she is ready for extra foods. She may seem unsatisfied even after a few days of more frequent breastfeeds. She may try to grasp food from your plate (or somebody else?s), or show an interest in eating when you do. Keep in mind though, that babies of this age (and earlier) often try to grab everything, and put things in their mouths. If this is the only indicator, you may like to wait a little longer. Let your baby take time to learn new skills. Some babies obviously relish the opportunity to try new foods. Others are very fussy and indicate their disapproval at being given food that isn?t breastmilk. If your baby does not show interest in family foods, wait a week or two before offering them again. Some babies are seven or eight months old before they begin solid foods.
that said, i don't recall seeing any real 'signs' with ds - i just waited til about 6 months, then offered him tastes of things. this time round i want to avoid all the constipating foods (rice cereal, banana, cooked apple), or at least balance them out with more loosening foods.
babywrangler that sounds a difficult problem. i guess you might as well go with a long-term solution and eliminate the dummy completely... good luck!
hi also to nettie, kirstylee and beatrix :)
apple is constipating?
What are the loose foods?
hiya Beatrix...my MCHN tells me that Pear is GREAT for loosening up the bowels...
cooked apple is (apparently) at the 'firming' end of the spectrum. raw apple, of course, isn't - and neither is apple juice. something to do with the pectin, i believe? and yes pear is a good loosening one.
Ohh that's interesting, I haven't heard that. I've been giving ava-jayde pureed apple (which has been cooked) in her rice cereal and she still poos the same (unfortuneatly LOL they smell) But tomorrow she's gonna try pear.. and atm her favourite fruit is strawberry! its really funny watching her eat them like they're going out of fashion, then she hits a sour part lol
Just quickly on the DH thing.... if we are talking about the me time and balance etc....
Read this quote:
"The first thing we'd like to say is get over it. Your husband will never see things completely teh way you do. THat's the way it is, and you can go ahead and regard it as a fact of like. There are compromises to be made, treaties to be forged, but there will never be the exact same perspective, especially if one of you - you- is staying home and taking care of the kids and the other - he- is not. There are inherent differences that require understanding and acceptance by both you and your husband....'I remember getting advice from friends of mine who had been married longer. When I was in the first couple of years of marriage, I used to get so angry when my husband didn't understand my perspective on anything...Looking back I realize I was expecting my husband and me to have the same outlook on everything when that was actually an impossible expectation.I also realized I had two choices: I could continue to nag... or I could move on and work on other parts of our relationship. I did the latter and other parts of our relationship blossomed.... Men are different creatures that is just the way it is."
hey guys just thought i would share some pictures
My girls
hi ladies
not much to report here, things with Isabelle going very well. I've moved her into her cot in her room and there were (luckily) no changes to her sleeping routine. she still sleeps 12+ hours at night, last night she went to bed at 6pm and didn't wake up until 8.30 this morning! i had to keep poking my head in her room to check on her :)
I'm not starting solids until 6 months due to concerns over allergies and excema. she already has excema on her face and arms and my husband is allergic to loads of things, luckily james only gets hayfever, no other allergies.
Isabelle had a dummy for about the first two weeks, but then i remembered getting up to james during the night to put it back in, and decided it was better to do without it, shes never needed it anyway.
i absolutely love my grobags, wish i used them for james instead of getting up and tucking hm back in when he'd kick the blankets off, it's amazing how differently i'm doing things with isabelle compared to how i was with james. he'd make the slightest noise and i'd be in there."oh he's awake" but i've been letting her go for a bit longer to see if she really is ready to get up. the other day she woke up after 30 mins and talked to herself for 20 mins before sleeping again for and hour and a half, i wish i'd known this stuff the first time around, would have made life much easier :)
i hope everyone is doing well, no signs of teeth here yet, loads of drool though...and she's finally learned to roll over, and now wont stop!
Jen, I can help with the eczema. We beat it. It can be done. It's not very hard to do either. Are you breastfeeding? Let me know if you'd like some help. It can be really trying if they're itchy. Although, it doesn't sound like it's affecting her sleep! :lol:
Hi everyone
Sorry I've been MIA. I went to Perth for a couple of days, then to my parents to see them after they returned from Beijing. Baxter has a terrible cold and his routine has changed lots...which I am not liking at all!!
He used to have a lovely 2.5 hour nap in the afternoon, now it's only 40 mins! He is tired but having this cold distracts him from putting himself back to sleep. He's also dropped a feed too, so having 5 BF's a day plus 2 comp feeds.
He was 5 months old yesterday and I had a weight check appt. He was 6.240kg. We aren't going to start solids until he is 6 months old. He is sleeping from 9.00pm until 7.00am, but I wish he would sleep more during the day.
I'm doing WW Online and have lost 4.9kg, only 1.6 to get back to pre-preg weight so feeling very proud of myself.
On the DH front - DH's work (our shop) is 100m from home so he leaves at 8.00am, comes home for lunch at 12 noon and is usually in the door at 5.05pm. On Friday nights, he takes Baxter to footy training at the oval, we rug him up nice and warm and DH takes him, I live for those 2.5 hours each week! DH does the dishes and vacuuming and I do all other housework. He basically cares for Baxter from 5.00pm each night, all I do is feed. So I feel I am very lucky. A few times in the beginning he even took Baxter to work when things were really tough for me. I am lucky we own our business and things are flexible like that.
Will try to drop in more.
Brady
xo
Forgot to add, Janine - the Moogoo Infant Scalp cream worked a treat for Baxter's cradle cap.
Brady
xo
Well done on the weight loss!!!!!
I still need to lose heaps grrr....
I had a lightbulb moment, as Oprah would put it....after trying to do the pantley technique thing in BJ's cot...it suddenly clicked as to why you do it in a chair then put him into bed when he's not quite asleep....DUH SHELLEY!
We don't want him associating his dummy with sleep anymore, so why give it to him in is cot....god I'm soooo dumb sometimes!
So from now on, our bed routine has been modified to include cuddles (with dummy) in the chair til he's dopey, take the dummy out as per pantley technique, another minute or two of snuggles, then nice quiet settled boy gets put into bed...I did it tonight, and after 25 minutes (yeah yeah big woop!) not a peep!
We shall see....besides, its a bucket load more comfy from 2-30 til 5-30 in the rocking chair than kneeling on the floor beside the cot!!!
I'll pop back later for personals (least I'll try!)
Geez is there anyone alive in this thread?
I mentioned in the other one that we have abandoned the dummy removal, the patting him to settle him without it was ridiculous, 1 hour patting = 10minute sleep?! I DONT THINK SO!
Since reverting back to the dummy we have had much better sleeps than we were getting without it, a much happier boy and a much more active boy.
We are happy with that!
We are slowly phasing in the move from wrapping to sleeping bag...at this stage most of the time is he wrapped, and in a grobag (to help him get used to the grobag), and slowly (maybe one sleep a day) I'll phase out wrapping, so his morning sleep today he has one arm out....he's asleep, so thats a bonus!
BW - love the new ticker pic! Good luck with the wrapping/grobag transition. I'm not brave enough to try that yet!
For those of you with grizzly babies at the moment - I have a sneaking suspicion that DS is going through a bit of a wonder week. He's been 'off' all week and is now doing new things - like moving around in his cot. Seriously, we used to put him down and he would stay there. Now he rolls over, turns around, gets feet/arms caught in the bars - whatever! I went in there at 3am and he was on his tummy playing! He's also not doing the day nap thing very well at the moment - only has brief naps most of the time.
I start back at work tomorrow - full time. :( And poor DH has gotten a coldy/coughy thing that's making him feel like crap. I did all the night wakings last night (we normally share them) so he could get a good sleep to aid in his recovery and so now I'm feeling buggered today! Ah well, will be heading to bed early tonight anyway!
I had a cleaning frenzy this week too - sorted out the piles of stuff that needed going through and changed the sheets on both our bed & the cot.
Can't think of anything else to say, so :hello: to everyone...
BW the sleep associations thing is a right pain in the butt crack. I hear ya. We have been working on them ourselves, NCSS style. But a big hole appeared in our plan when he started teething. And he is teething horribly. I've had him on panadol for two nights and once during the day today, it's that bad. I mean, I hate medicating, so it's testament to how he's dealing with it. I just wish the teeth would show already. Such a shame as we were doing so well with the sleeping. Had him down to three night wakes! Last night he was up for two hours in the middle of the night, twice. So, this is fun.
Anyway, going to spend some time with DH before I hit the sack early as I don't think much sleep will be had tonight...