bit tired here, bit migrainey. Pip looks like he's getting over his cold, maybe its cause he eats lots of mandarins - demands them. About 2-3 tiny ones / day!
Kel - in a way, good then she was her normal self around your mum. Hopefully you can get a bit more help! Erk re the rug too
Jen - ummm he was more drooley, but just more generally unsettled. Pulled his ears a lot, hit his head behind his ears a bit too. Now his top jaw is thickening up. cuddle teddy is cute!
Kris - it will work out when the time is right *hugs*
Thankyou all for your kind and reassuring words, I feel like such a whinger lately! All I do is moan and whine about how I feel....I hate being like this. Anyway...
Kris, yeah, I have issues with my mum and the fact she doesn't come here much, though lately she seems to be making a bit more of an effort. There's other issues too, but it's all a looong story, too long for now
No we haven't been to sleep school. I seriously considered it a few weeks/months ago, but never made the call. I don't think I could do it. I can't stand to hear Lil cry, especially now being soooo overly emotional. It would all be too traumatic for me, not to mention her, with a new baby and new routine, kwim? I know when the baby comes I will be even more desperate for sleep, but I will deal with that when it happens I guess. If I am struggling then, then I will consider sleep school again. The last two nights she has been sleeping better. Only two wake ups and going straight to sleep after a bottle. DH has 5 days off soon and we are going to try giving her water instead of milk for those days to see how we go. Maybe she'll decide it's not worth waking for?? Wishful thinking maybe, but its worth a try! This morning she woke up at 7.45. It was sooo devine to sleep in a bit, with DH in bed too!
Disgirl, sorry you are feeling yuck. Hopefully it won't last too long. How lovely you got such beautiful cuddles with Ben though. Lil won't lay in bed with me anymore. She will snuggle next to me on the lounge sitting up, but not laying in bed.
Jen, thanks for your advice too. We are going to try to get her off the bottles at night when DH has more than a few days off. Maybe that will trigger her to sleep through...who knows! We have had some loud night road works happening outside, some nights literally outside our units. And I swear some of our neighbours are soo inconsiderate and the noise they make all echoes around in her room and our hallway. I think sometimes that's what wake her.
I'm glad to hear that Beau was being better bahaved today. I think Lily might be teething again too. She does the head hitting and head butting thing too and she also bites everything- the lounge, her soft toys, towels, clothes, me....anything that is soft and spongey gets seriously chomped on! She's also got a rash around her mouth and is drooling like nothing else. THough I cna't see any red or swollen gums...maybe her teeth are just moving.
Kaz, glad to hear Pip is better now. And Lily LUUURRRVES mandarines too. My mum has a tree in her yard and Lily just picks them off and chomps on them, sometimes skin and all if your not quick enough to peel it!!
Well for us, we had a much better day today. Lily slept well, well it was good for her! Two wake ups and sleeping in til 7.45! Then she was in such a great mood all day. Mum had her for a few hours while DH and I went to the movies (saw the second Narnia movie) and had lunch together just us. It was really nice to spend time together it's been waaay too long! And Lily loves it at mums where she can run free in her yard and play with my neice. She was so cute when she came home too, every time DH and I had a cuddle or a kiss, she came in between us and held her arms up to get some lovin too. Just too precious. Then we made a bit of a game of it, DH kissed me and Lily made kiss sounds so I had to kiss her, then DH then her.... Then she was just making kissy sounds to me all night to kiss her. Ugh, she knows how to melt my heart!! (And drive me insane....)
She's only had one sleep today, so I am hoping that maybe that might make her sleep more tonight. She's still sleeping twice a day most days, only not sleeping twoce if we're out or if she's very involved in her playing, like with my neice and nephew, or friends. Maybe she's sleeping badly at night cause she's sleeping too much in the day? Though she only usually sleeps 40mins then anywhere between 40min-1 1/2 hrs for her second sleep, so not much more than two hours a day on any day if that. Which is pretty normal from what I can gather.
Anyway, going to have a shower and go to bed, night all, hope it's a good one!!
Hey All,
Wow I am tired today, Beau had party time tat 1am - wanted to ride his car and push his very loud cement truck in the pitch black room....I want to go back to bed! Got my tax cheque and cannot face the massive walk up to the bank...ick!
Kel - You sound better after having some normal time with DH - maybe when the new bub comes Lil will be forced to cry a little bit too when DH isnt there and you cant attend to her every second IYKWIM? It might sort itself out. Thats so cute with her kissing!
Kaz - Beau just squishes the mandarin so the juice comes out and makes picasso pictures on the floorboards with it....pip sounds like a good fruit eater - I wish Beau was cause I do worry!
Kris - No we havnt bought the house we like on the lake - its still there tho - taunting us! We dropped the price on our house yesterday so fingers crossed that lures them in a bit more!
Ok Beau has had enough of me passing him boks while I am on here - he is rubbing his eyes like mad! So am I - little bugger he was up a 6am too.....
byex
Jen, Ben and Beau must have been on the same wavelength the other night. 3am was party time in our house! Urgh! Always on a school night!!!!
Which lake are you wanting to buy on?
Kris, three bubs in a 2br unit? Now that would be interesting! It must be hard having people traipsing through your house all the time. We're in our first home so we've never experienced that.
Kaz, hope you're feeling better. My migraine last week wiped me out for a good few days. They are not fun at all
Kel, you sound MUCH better after your day with DH. How sweet with Lil and her kisses! We've decided that Ben should try and have just the one nap a day now, but it's hard with us having to leave home at 5:45 in the morning. I think it's those early starts that make him want to have a morning nap.
Us, well I'm feeling....okay! I had to think about that for a second because I felt rotten when I first got to work, but obviously sitting on my butt agrees with me!
Yesterday I was told that I'd missed out on the case-load program for this baby after the woman I initially booked my first appointment with said I didn't have to put my name down until my first appt - WRONG! So I was put on a waiting list - of seven people! I was devastated (tears at work - never good!) because I really loved the program when I was pg with Ben. Anyway, somehow my name must have been passed on to my midwife and she called me yesterday afternoon to tell me she was going to try to fit me in somehow. Nothing definate yet, but I have my fingers crossed.
Ben slept really well last night. He woke up with a cough though - I guess this super-cold weather is finally getting him. His face is a mess, all rashy from dribble. I can't wait til his two other molars come in!
It's cold but SUNNY today and that makes a big difference IMO Have a good one!
Hi Girls,
I am back at work in a new position and having no time to jump on the net
Well, Olivia has been yuck over the past 2 nights and ended up in bed with us. Hopefully it will be over soon, just thinks she knows that I am working again!!! Her face is really clear and shes beautiful, but drives me insane at winging at everything...eheh eh eh. Everything is eh eh eh. Shes decided my toothbrush is the go atm and constantly has it in her mouth. At least I see her trying to brush....so cute. What else...I am getting fatter by the minute,lol but feeling ok. Last night I had a migrane, with that fuzzy line over my vision...just think I am tired.
Kel- big hugs to you. i wish I was closer to be able to give you a hand. I think once we stopped bottles overnight, then the cosleeping, things started to slowly get better, but every now and then, she reverts
jen, kristie, kaz, Mel, erin...hello. I have to go and do some work, but hope youre all well.
Everything looked good so we're very excited!! Gosh I'm going to have my hands full thats for sure - hehe. I'm sure they'll all be the best of buddies though! His name is Ethan Michael....
Kel - Good luck getting Lily's sleeping under control...I'm sure it will help when dh is home for a bit...
LOl at the kisses...
Jen - Oh..that's lucky then! At least you don't have that extra pressure - that would be awful. We got an offer in on our house today but it was too low....dodgy people - LOL!
Sorry to hear that Beau was up last night - Oh that would absolutely do my head in if that happened - hehe!
Disgirl - Yeah...I hope it doesn't happen but we'll have to deal if it does! Yes it's extremely frustrating having people come through - although I'm in a pretty good routine keeping it clean now but it's hard on the kids because I'm forever putting they're toys away and none of us can really just relax! It has to be done however!
Good luck with the midwives! I hope Ben doesn't get too sick...
Melissa - Sorry to hear Olivias been a handful! Hope she settles down soon! Wow you mustn't have long until your scan??
Congrats kristie, another boy. Thats fantastic and love the name. My scan is on 14th July...cant wait, although we wont have any names picked out.
Am so tired today and Olivia is still awake in her cot. Shes been in there for an hour. Why wont she go to sleep. At least shes not screaming the house down, so I shouldnt complain. anyway, I'm going to brush my fangs and hopefully hit the sack.
Morning All!
Congratulations Kristie! A beautiful boy! Love his name too!
Looks like your hair will be going grey sooner than you thought with all the testosterone in your house! I have three brothers and its lovely watching them with all their families now they are older too - they are great mates and all work together LOL!
Mel - Glad Olivia's face is nice and clear now - hope she settled for you last night eventually.
Dis - Dont people annoy you like that? Its so super important to you but they are so hopeless! Hope they sort it out for you but - hope its sunny there today again! Yay dry washing!
Us- Ithink beau woke in the night but he settled himself thankgod - I was so tired I didnt really even wake up - he was up at his usual 6am of course, but he is quite happy, he got an xylaphone yesterday and he loves it! Still a whinger of course but not on the grand scale. Did I mention I havn't taken him for his 1yr shots? Im not going to either - or delaying them, i just feel funny about having it done.
Ok better get dressed!
x
Mel, I'm sure that Liv knows you are back at work and that's the prob. Ben went a bit haywire when I went back - it's not easy.
GL with your scan on the 17th - are you going to find out the gender?
Congrats on you new little man Kris!!! Love the name. Y'know, I always thought I'd have three boys! I have a good friend from school who has three boys and they're spaced out about the same as your boys will be. They are the most delightful kids
Jen, yup, it's annoying when people are so blase about things that are really important to you! Grrrr, well hopefully it will all end up okay.
I read in another thread that you weren't getting Beau his 1yr shots. I can totally understand why you wouldn't. I really debated whether or not to get Ben his, but in the end I decided to. I really struggled with the decision though and was really uneasy for about a month afterwards. There's just so much they don't know.
How cute with his little xylaphone! Ben loves anything that makes a noise - of course!
Us, we had an alright night last night. He was awake at 3am, but I think he was cold. I brought him into bed with me and turned his heater on in his room. Put him back to bed in half an hour and he was fine until 6am (making us late again!). Geez it was cold this morning though - 3 degrees when I left for work - brrrrr!
My sister might be having her baby today!!! She has been up all night with bad pains and was going to the hospital this morning. I'm so excited!! She was due yesterday and has been miserable for about a week. I really hope bubba decides to come and meet us all today
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