Just a quick one from me - woke up at 3am this morn and went "oh *****, I haven't heard Luke woke up' asked mark if he had feed him while i was sleeping and he said no. Luke slept from 8-8:30ish to 5am. Fingers crossed that this becomes a regular thing.
Off to the hairdressers today for much needed colour and cut!! (last one was 3 months ago)
All good here! Had our 6 week check up today which went well. Although the dr thinks that Dylans little rash is actually eczema. We got some cream prescribed but I'm hoping copious amounts of sorbolene cream will help. Dylan slept really well last night but he's sooo unsettled tonight...I hope he calms down soon because I really want to go to sleep! Last night he fed at 6.40pm/1.10am and then 6.45am!! I couldn't believe it.
Iona - Wow - what a huge sleep - how good would that be every night!! Have fun at the hairdressers!
Danni - Dylan doesn't sleep for long through the day either it doesn't seem...Occasionally he'll have a huge one but most of the time it's just naps. I think that seems to happen when they have big sleeps at night. Poor Mason having his needles. Dylans booked in for a couple of weeks away. So not nice...
Danni & Kristie, I know what you mean about not sleeping during the day - Luke does the same. Except if I go shopping he will sleep.
Well Luke slept thru his midnight feed again, so it may look like he has dropped that feed. I hope so for the moment as I've come down with the cold and mark is up at noosa for work until friday and then off to melb for the long weekend, so I need some much needed rest!
Danni - oh poor Mason on getting his needles already - Luke is booked in for next Thursday and am dreading it.
Hi All,
Tis very quiet in here. Danni, am hearing you on the needles. Olivia had hers yesterday too, I just cried, she only screamed breifly, but has some big bruises on her little legs. Then we had to go to physio to get her harness adjusted coz she grew so much in 2 weeks, her knees were up around her chest. Now shes much more comfy. Only 2 weeks left til the specialist appointment and hopefully we can get this thing off. Then maybe she will sleep some more
Iona, would be great if you could come down and we could all catch up. There are a few of us in here from melbourne, we should start our own catch up group
I have mothers group again today, I think we are doing baby massage.
Should go and eat some breakfast. I hope you are all well and bubs are all well.
Love Melissa
Hi All,
Good to hear everyone is well. I have been having some frustrations with Bf'ing as posted in a different section but apart from that everything is good. I was getting worried that Iggy was holding his head up enough during tummy time but he has improved over the last couple of days. I have been thinking that he hates tummy time and have realised that by coincidence (or just not being used to it) he has been going to the toilet we I put him down. If I do it straight after a nappy change he is a lot happier.
I bought a new activity centre (the ones that they lie under) and he is in it now. He loves it! He can hit all of the toys and kicks his legs about. I can hear him doing his little airy laugh.
He is now officially into 00. Mostly just because he is so tall. 000 are still loose on him width wise but his legs pull them off his shoulders.
He has been doing a lot of day sleeping lately. Two nights ago he slept from about 1pm until 6 am the next day (apart from feeds of course). Yesterday he slept from about 6pm until 8 am. I wonder if he is fighting off a bit of a cold as I have had one and DH has been quite sick. Iggy seems very bright today though with only a few sneezes and hasn't been too grumpy so hopefully he won't get it and the long sleeps were enough.
Ooh - needles. I am dreading it. I don't really like the thought of needles as I do think we over-vaccinate but you really get given the guilts about not doing it. We do want to take him to day care and playgroup as we aren't planning to have more than one little bub and he will need the interaction so we are going to have to do it anyway. We chose not to get the birth hep B vaccination and have had big lectures from our gp everytime we have been there.
How many nappies are you guys doing now? Sometimes we do 20! Before having a baby I never would have believed it. Speaking of.....here comes another. Better go.
Bye!
We ended up having a great nights sleep! After being unsettled he eventually dozed off and slept until 3am and then again until 8.15am (well after I brought him in with me at 6.30am).
I went to the gym this morning so the kids went into creche for an hour. They both did really well so thats good!
Dylan wants to stand up heaps now. When I sit him up on my legs he wants to stand up and he's sooo strong!
Iona - Hope your cold passes quickly...
Melissa - Hopefully the next 2 weeks go super quick for you and you can get the harness off. It will be so nice...
If you're interested Cindy and I are meeting up at the play centre at Forest Hill tomorrow (for the older babies of course) but you can sit there and have a coffee etc as well. We're meeting at around 10-10.30am...
Have fun at mothers group!
Krysalyss - Hope you bf dramas get better soon (I haven't read your thread yet) The play gyms are great!! I sit Dylan in the bouncer underneath it so he's a bit higher up! Wow at Iggy being in 00's. I think Dylan will be as well in a couple more weeks!!
20 Nappies??? Wow!!! I just change Dylans each time I feed...(unless he poo's of course!!)
Both my boys are asleep which is so nice - but I'm getting visitors...grrr! hehehe.
It really has been quiet in here hasn't it? We must all be busy with our bubbas... I know I am! Lily has been keeping me on my toes with a new routine everyday....so much for the regular routine. We have been waking a 5:30am everyday for a week- I am NOT a mornign person, Lily seems to be though as she's all smiles when she gets up. She's lucky she's so cute. She has also acquired the no day sleep syndrome so many of our bubs seem to have. She sleeps for no longer than 45mins at a time and will not resettle. At night she won't go to sleep until 9ish- she is soooo not getting enough sleep! Neither am I (like the rest of you... )
I have been thinking about tryinr to get Lily back on the breast now that I am in a better frame of mind. I have stopped bf feeding her at all about 4 days ago, and she now has a cold and is a bit miserable, my bbs have been leaking whenever she touches them, she roots around alot and I just miss it, i think she does too.... I can't help but think that she's sick because she's no longer getting any breast milk, even though she wasn't getting much before, at least it was some.
I have looked at the ABA website and researched it a little and I am wondering if I have the persistence and staying power to do it... I'm so confused! I have begun pumping after she has a feed and getting 20mls(total) in about 10mins, so not much at all but at least it's some I guess. I will go to the dr to try decide and maybe to get some motilium again. I am trying to increase my milk a bit my self with oats and acktivite and might get some fenugreek and/or other things to help.
Iona, you lucky thing with such big sleeps I have forgotten what it's like to sleep more than 4hrs! Hope you feel better, it's hard when your alone with bubs, my DH works 12-15hrs a day for 4 days at a time, then pretty much eats and sleeps when he's not working, so it feels like I'm home alone for four days every week, I hang out for when he's home, for the first day he's home, she's all his! I do the house work and try to catch up on sleep. Take it easy.
Danni, your lucky too getting such good sleeps at night. Lily seems to have gotten into the routine of not sleeping in the day too, she was going soo well before then one day she just decided to stop day sleeping for some reason!
I'm not looking forward to immunisations. I still have to book Lily in I keep on putting it off!
Kristie, another person getting half decent sleeps from your bub! Lil still wakes/ eats 3hrly (if I'm lucky, 4hrly at night) and she's formula fed, I thought they were supposed to feel more full on formula?!
Lily's getting really strong too and standing on our legs when we hold her she like to try to bounce too, she tries to giggle when she does it, it's very funny!
Melissa, I hope Olivia feels better in her harness and I hope she can have it removed sooner than later. Have fun at mothers group.
Krysalyss, I hear you on the bf troubles, I am so torn as to what to do.
I think Lil will be in 00's soon too. She's getting soo big already. She has the chubbiest cheeks, rolls on her thighs and a triple chin! She's such a pig...
Another good sleeper, I'm so jealous! I can't believe you go through 20 nappies a day, is that cloth nappies?! I go through about 7 or so, depending on how many poo's we get...but no more than about 8 or 9.
Ok gotta go we have a MCHN appt soon to weigh and measure my piggy Lil!
Kel - I think the easiest way to get more milk is just to feed more...although the other things help as well I'm sure. Remember also that bubba will always take more from you than you can express as well. The more milk baby takes the more you'll make....Good Luck! Don't they just have the cutest faces when they're standing up!! It's like they're really proud of themselves! hehe.
Have fun at your appt! It's always fun to see how much they've grown. I'm hanging out for Dylans appt next week. He hasn't been weighted/measures since his 4 week check up!
I was right. Little Iggy has a big cold. We had a scare today when he was napping next to me and then he started frothing mucus and could hardly breathe. The dr thinks its just a cold but they have taken a mucus sample to test for bacteria. Poor little duck. DH & i were going to go to the movies tomorrow night and my mum was going to b the first 2 babysit him 4 a few hours but if he still feels like this we won't b going. He keeps giving me looks as if 2 check I am still there. Well better go bath him b 4 it gets 2 late.
Bye!!
hey Kristie,
thanks for the offer for tomorrow, but have something else on, maybe next time... just need a little bit of notice!lol
Mothers group was good, did baby massage. its just good to see other people.
Does anyone know how i can get Olivia to stop sleeping so much during the day and not at night. rrrrr i need some good sleep.
cheers melissa
My lifesaver at night is my tomy nightlight. At night (around 9 or 10) we put him in bed when he is calm (usually after a feed) and i give him some slow belly rubs and put the tomy nightlight on. it plays a lullaby and projects a moving image on the roof. If he starts to cry properly then I pick him up but usually he is tired by then and he just groans and makes a few whingy noises. By the time we have played the nightlight twice (10 mins each time) we are both asleep. Until this time, I intermittantly stroke his belly and chest so he knows I am not going anywhere. I dont stand there looking at him but will walk around the room chatting quietly to DH (or myself) so he isn't getting a lot of attention to keep him awake but knows I am there, and then I will come back and give a few gentle belly strokes. He sleeps next to me in his cot and I think he is a lot more settled for it as he can hear us there. After feeds sometimes he is really awake but I do the same things and by the second play of the nightlight we are both out again.
It might not work for you but you might as well give it a go. We also make sure we don't pick him straight up if he makes a noise. If he is actually getting upset and you know he will cry then pick him up, but if he is just groaning about he may be just trying to settle. Iggy is really good at self-settling now and we don't have any problems getting him back to sleep after night feeds.
Caro - How are things going with Michael?? Well I hope!
Melissa - No worries! The only things I did to let Dylan know it's night is to not talk with him or play with him...keep the lights really dim...change his bum before his feed so he can fall back asleep on the boob - if I change his bum at all...That's all! And in saying that he's having a huge sleep now so I assume at some point in the night he'll be up! LOL! It's really hard when they're this little and aren't in a great routine yet!
Oh and I also shove the dummy in his mouth through the night so if he's just waking up unsettled he gets the dummy and when he doesn't take it thats when I feed him...So he doesn't get fed to settle iykwim??
Krysalyss - sounds like you've got a great routine happening!
I will try the dummy thing. I just put her bottles back up to 180mls of formula. Shes taking most of it, but I seem to be feeding her just as much?! as before. I have the lights dim, I dont talk to her and if I do, its softly. Today, shes basically been asleep since lunch time, bar the time shes up for feeds and a bit at mothers group. I just wish she was like this at night time. Its so hard to keep them awake at this age. Am just tired, thats all, but at least tonight she has given me a chance to put a rinse in my hair (didnt turn out) have a shower and surf the net. Shouldnt complain.
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to everyone. It has been awfully quiet in here.
. Then we had to go to physio to get her harness adjusted coz she grew so much in 2 weeks, her knees were up around her chest. Now shes much more comfy. Only 2 weeks left til the specialist appointment and hopefully we can get this thing off. Then maybe she will sleep some more
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