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oh kristie: mason is the same! he has been grizzling and whinging all evening. He has wanted to feed constantly but now has finally passed out! If all goes well...he should be asleep for a few hours like the last few nights :crossfingers:
im finally off to the hairdressers tomorrow! Time for a change :D
Kristie, Luke's the same at the moment as well. And then he is grizzly in the morn from his 5am feed to his next.
Last night i had him with me in the study while i was tidying it up and paying bills, i was singing to one of my cd's and he was sitting there laughing at me.
Danni, I've been meaning to book into my hairdressers for the last couple of weeks - my hair is way overdue for a cut and colour.
Mason is back to 3 hourly night feeds again grr!
But last night I slept with him on my chest (without the carrier!) and was much more comfortable. Except each time I do this I wake with a shocking headache. I wonder if its the way Im propped up?
I am now breastfeeding him much more and giving less ebm. Although I do prefer giving him the EBM during the night.
Cindy gave me some great advice about letting him drain one breast fully rather than offering the next and it seems to be satisfying him :D
OMG Danni - so is Dylan!!!!! They are twins I swear!! hehehe. He had 2 night feeds last night and just seem so unsettled through the day - well expecially in the arvo/night.
Cheeky bubbas. Just when you're in a nice routine they mix it all up and you have to start again! I remember that with Louis soooo well. You'd be happy with something and before the week was out they would want it all different! hehehe.
HI all,
I hear you all on the unsettled bubbas. Lily is so up in the air at the moment! She has no idea what she wants, though I seem to be the order of the day when it comes to cuddles and settling! She will not settle for anyone else other than me, last night she stayed with mum while we did some shopping and she was tired, fed, and dry when we left and I assumed she'd sleep the whole time we were gone. We got back three hours later and she was still awake! I gave her a cuddle for about 5mins and she was asleep. Mum said 'I've been doing the for hours!'. She slept until 11pm so we were stuck at mums until then! Oh well... Then this morning she was awake at 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 and finally at 6:30, when she just wouldn't sleep anymore. I got her up gave her a bottle and had a play put her back to bed where she slept for about 20mins, got her up had a bit more of a play, gave her a bath, put her to bed where she slept for about 40 mins.....and so on until we are here 5hrs later and she's awake again after another 40 mins! She's done this for a few days now. She's just such a monkey!
Danni, oh how I'd love to see a hairdresser! My hair is horrendous at the moment but we can't afford it.... :( I wish I could sleep with Lily, but I am too scared to. I'm paranoid that I'll squish her or something. My bed isn't made for co sleeping!
Disgirl, sounds like you are doing well! I left Lily for the first time a few days ago and it gets easier! Though I messaged DH every hour while I was out!
DH and I dtd yesterday, almost seven weeks later, everthing still works ... wooohooo! Though I will have to keep up with the pelvic floor exercises, hehe. It was a little uncomfortable, though nothing too bad.
We're going to my nephews 7th birthday today...at macca's I can't wait for ice cream cake, LOL!!! But other than that a quiet weekend.
Happy Saturday everyone.
Kel.
Hi everyone,
lots to catch up on so don't know if I'll be able to do full personals but glad to hear that all is pretty good with all of you, apart from some unsettled bubbas! Don't know if it's just a 6 week thing or if it's a full moon but Mimi has been a little like that this week to - she's 4 weeks today. crying a bit at the breast and really only wanting one side - and only for about 8 minutes. Then I get paranoid that she won't get enough and won't sleep, but she seems to, so who knows. She woke at 2 this morning and that happened and it was so frustrating - I wrapped her back up and put her back to bed and she then slept through til 6- after only about 8 minutes solid suckling.....anyway, will see how she goes tonight. the old night feeds sure catch up with you though. I am finding that the bath in the evening is a great way to relax her for a nice sleep. Thank goodness DH was here this morning to help with Ella's breakfast before we went to the market.
Apart from that, not much to tell. have Mimi's 4 week check on Tuesday so will be interested to see if she is catching up to all of your babies!
Danni - that's disappointing about your check up - I agree it's not quite right....sounds like Mason and Dylan are really in sync!
Kel - sounds like you have a little monkey on your hands! it's hard when they seem to wake on the hour every hour isn't it? I have started getting worried that Mimi might be a little cold in the middle of the night so have put a slightly heavier blanket on her at nighttime now. seems to have helped a little but who knows?
Disgirl - that's great re Ben's neck control and strength! It's amazing to see them develop so quickly isn't it.
Kristie - hope that Dylan settles down a little - I am sure he will....
Darn - better go - someone's at the door. will check in again later! enjoy your saturdays everyone...
Gigi
g'day g'day,
Looks like everyone's doing well, which is good.
Patrick was unsettled this week as well, but I think he had a HUGE growth spurt, as he no longer fits into 4 outfits! One of them, that he was wearing last week OK, only comes to his knees if I lay it on his body from his shoulders! Plus he's been demanding food every 2.5 hours instead of the usual 4 hours or so.
Disgirl - Patrick sounds about the same as Ben (and today he was given his first Swans football - albeit a knitted soft one!)
Melissa - had a look at Olivia's photos, she's just gorgeous! Love your sheets too, they are so colourful!
Gigi - I've been giving Patrick sleepy time baths and massage oil, not sure if that's actually helping or just the massage and bath is :) But when he's all grizzly, sometimes the only way I can get him to sleep is skin on skin ... a couple of times DH has been waking in the morning to find me in the armchair with Patrick on my chest, and me grizzly instead !
anyhows, as has just been pointed out to me, its past 1am! night all!
My 6-week checkup is on the 14th (it'll be more like 7 weeks, but hey) and I keep meaning to get some condoms or something to try to DTD before then.
Hi everyone,
I'm having a nice quiet morning with Lily asleep again already...she only woke at 6:45. It's good though I have alot to do around here. I'm amazed at how the mess mounts up these days, I feel like all i do is tidy up, LOL!
I got to catch up on some sleep yesterday, thank goodness...I was sooo tired after so many days of such broken sleep. I can cope with two or three wake ups during the night but 5 or 6 is a few too many! Mum and DH gave me a break yesterday taking Lil for a while and I slept in mums bed -for 5 1/2 hrs (I luuuurrrrvvee her bed it's so comfy, hehe!)!! I went to sleep at 4:30pm and thought I'd sleep for a hour or so, but woke at 10:00! Luckily Lily slept for most of that time too and DH watched the soccer. She then went to bad again (about 11:00) when we got home and slept until 2am! Then woke at 6:45. So we had a good night. I managed to sleep at 12:30 again too, I thought I'd be up all night...
Gigi, maybe mimi has gotten the sucking thing down so well she only needs to be at the breast for a little while?
I don't think Lily is cold at night sometimes when she wakes she is sweaty and all she has over her is one thickish blanket as well as being wrapped in a flanelette (sp?) wrap, with a thickish all in one suit and singlet. Our place is pretty warm, but I have a doona on me with flanalette pj's, so I don't know....
Kaz, they're growing so fast aren't they, I can't believe it was almost 7 weeks ago that we were all whinging about how horrible we felt being pg! Now were all sleep deprived with our beautiful bundles in our arms. How things change...we had no idea! I didn't anyhow, LOL!
Ok gotta go Lily's awake and its time for a bath....
Happy Sunday everyone.
Kel :)
Dannie - I hear on the EBM at night it is so much easier and quicker to feed Luke it especially now that the night's are getting cooler.
Luke slept for 6 hors from 8:30 - 2:30 and then woke for his 5:30 feed
Hi All,
Just a quick one as I dont know how long my little munchkin will sleep for this time... five minutes or 2 hours... go figure. Shes better now, yay, no more spewing and normal poos!!! Yay, I really cant believe I am so excited to see normal, green poo:) Olivia is growing so quickly. She is reponding to us, smiling when we see her, having a chuckle and talking. Her cry is different, not sure if I can explain it but its not always a "I'm awake now change me and feed me" cry, theres also a "i'm awake just letting you know, so I'll just lay here and practice mytalking/crying" Its really cute.
We went to mothers group the other day and its a small group, which is really nice.
Other than that, not alots happening. I manage to do the minimum housework, however, I still havent worked out how to go food shopping with Olivia on my own yet.... thats why we're out of food.
Shes still waking every 2-2.5 hours during the night, but at least its clockwork.
Hope you are all well,
Love Melissa
kristie: how did Dylan go last night? Did he scream for hours for no reason :crying:
Mason had to come into my bed again!!! grrr i really dont like it but I had no choice.
I think he may be coming down with a cold. I really hope not. But today he has slept a lot thank goodness.
off to bed now xx
Hi!
Dylans being so funny at the moment...he's in his bassinett but wide awake and we can here him laughing and making noises! So funny. He's been quite unsettled but he slept from 7-7 (with feeds in the middle and lots of cuddles) so I think he's just not wanting to sleep too much through the day. He's happy sitting in his bouncer under his play gym quite a bit now though which is helpful - especially when I have to do something with Louis. So sometimes he's up around 1 1/2hours....
I went to the gym today! My memberships started up again so mums watching the kids tuesday morning and I've booked them into creche (at the gym) for Thursday. So hopefully I can start shifting this extra weight! I'm going to be soooo sore tomorrow though - I'm so unfit!
Kel - Funny bubbas at the moment! It will be nice when they're in a good routine (when they're 5! hehe) Thats great that you dtd and everythings ok...I'm with you on the pelvic floor exercises though! Thats great you go such a big sleep last night!! Must have been sooo nice!
Gigi - Sounds like your well! Dylan has super quick feeds at night now and only one side. No matter what I try he won't have the other side although he feeds both now during the day...cheeky things!
Kaz - Wow on Patrick growing so much! Dylan seems to want his mummy for cuddles lots as well at the moment. I'm usually bringing him in to bed in the early hours of the morning so that we can both get some sleep.
Iona - Yeah on Luke having a big sleep!
Melissa - Glad you and Olivia are well. Hopefully she starts sleeping longer at night for you soon!
K - I better feed bubba and then I'll be off to bed! How fast is the time going?? I can't believe it's Monday again tomorrow!
Danni - Umm not screaming for hours but very unsettled overnight and wanting booby but just to fall asleep with I think - and no the dummy wouldn't do - LOL! I've been bringing him into bed at times too. Big hugs -hope he sleeps well for you tonight!
Good morning girls :)
Sorry so many of you are having unsettled bubbas, maybe it's a growth spurt? They're all around that age now, so it could be that.
Don't throw things at me, but Ben's having the opposite response to his growth spurt! He's been sleeping for six hours through the night(fri, sat and last night). Unfortunately for me, last night his sleep was between 7:30pm and 1:30am when I expected him to wake at 10:30 for a feed, so I didn't sleep :( Fri and Sat were fantastic though! I felt SO good after all that sleep!
I did alright with leaving him on Sat night. Once I was out I was fine and only called home twice (interuppting a feed once and waking him the other time - oops!). It was the initial leaving that got me all teary.
My cousin just got back from overseas and bought Ben a 'Baby's first Christmas' tree decoration from DisneyWorld. It's SO CUTE!
I'm off to meet with some local mum's at a cafe soon. I'm really excited because I don't know anybody in my area. Geez, I sound so desperate for friends! LOL
Melissa, do you have a sling or carrier? I put Ben in his Hug-a-bub when I do the shopping. He loves it and is normally asleep by aisle three. I guess Olivia might not be able to go in one though? It's a shame if she can't because it makes it all so much easier.
Hi!
I'm having a great day! The boys are being sooo good! and they both went to bed at the same time so I've been able to spend some time catching up on some paperword - I would have preferred to put my feet up but if I did nothing would ever get done! LOL! Dylan went just over 6 hours between feeds last night which was great as well! but he had an unsettled time around 1am ish and then Louis woke up as well...
Disgirl - Dylan was asleep last night as well when I wanted to go to bed so I just go him up and fed him so I knew I'd get a big stretch...Sometimes doing a dream feed in that circumstance can be really handy! Glad you had a good time on Sat night!
The chrissy decoration sounds cute! Hope you have a good time getting out of the house today!!
Goodmorning ladies,
Well we had a horrible day yesterday!! Lily just would not sleep and she was sooo tired. We had a loong night with her waking every 2 1/2- 3hrs on the dot....then she woke up at 5:30am. Then she would only cat nap for 15- 20mins, and POP her eyes would open like she was saying 'no I wasn't asleep!'. Even in my arms she slept for no longer than 30mins all day. Then she didn't go down until 9:30.....I was falling asleep where I stood.
Luckily my DH stayed up late last night and took the first feed so I slept for a good 6hrs. Then he got up with her this morning at 6:30 and I slept for an extra hour, well dozed really not sleep, but still I didn't have to get up in the cold. Now she's asleep but we'll see for how long....
Kristie, lucky you for having such a lovely morning. It's so nice when things go how you want them to. And you can get things done. I haven't swept vacuumed or mopped my floors for a week, I will have to do them today now that DH is home for the day (he's on night shift).
Sorry for no other personals, but I really should do some house work while my monkey is sleeping! I hope you all have a wonderful day.
Kel.
Hello! Long time no post for me. Had a few days at my parents and managed to get in some much needed rest whilst my Mum and sister doted on Hazel. It was so nice to catch up on sleep and recharge my batteries, feel like a new person! Have also been car hunting so that is taking up my precious spare time for now. I've managed without one since we got back from the UK but am feeling the need for some independence and being able to get out and about more.
Little girl has been lovely and is smiling!! Only for me at the mo though. She barely sleeps through the day unless she's literally on me, either lying down or in her sling. Fortunately it means that by 7pm she is absolutely sound asleep and only wakes for her a feed, poo, another feed then back to sleep soundly again, so I guess I shouldn't complain. The last few days I have put on a CD pretty loudly and I sing and do daggy dancing while I make dinner and DH's lunch and Hazel watches on with amusement from her rocker. Has the added bonus of me doing some excercise (of sorts!). She's also happy lying in her cot for about 20 minutes looking at her mobile and lying in her rocker while I vaccuum. If I leave the vaccuum on I can even go and put a load of washing on/ hang it out/ put the bin out etc etc.
We've got our six week checkup on Thursday, and I'm very interested to find out how much weight this gutsy girl has put on as she's getting chubby and long!!
Sorry to hear some of you have unsettled Bubbas, hopefully you will all get some rest and they will settle down soon :pray:
Hi!
All good things must come to an end....LOL! Dylans a bit unsettled today but it's fine...
I went to the gym this morning and did a class...aaahhh - so unfit! I can feel my muscles are going to be soo sore tomorrow.
Kel - Sorry you had a rough day - sounds like you go some sleep in overnight though which is great! My floors are feral at the moment...I really need to get it done but I keep putting it off. When I finally get a minute to myself I just like to chill out...(which is all of about 1min a day! LOL!)
Christy - I've very jealous of your few days of rest -as such! Good luck buying a car! Sounds like she's being a gorgeous little girl. They're so cute at the moment now their little personalities are starting to grow! Those smiles can melt all our frustrations away!
Wow - its quite in here - anyone would think you've all got demanding little babies to look after! LOL!
Kristie, good on you going to the gym! I'm hoping to join our local little gym, but I know I'll feel guilty that I should be running with the dog instead!
Cristy, what kind of car are you thinking about? DH and I are looking at Commodore wagons at the moment. My little mazda is just too little. Don't you just love those smiles?
Kel, sorry you had a bad day with Lil. Hopefully she'll be good for you tonight.
Ben has been awake ALL day. Hopefully that means he'll sleep all night tonight, but I'm not betting on it!