im jealous of Dylan and his dummy! If Mason is hungry the dummy WILL NOT deter him. He will suck it for 2 seconds, realise no milk comes out, and scream again!
Thanks for your kind words.Have pretty much stopped beating myself up about it and am thinking it is good that it happened when it did, with help nearby, nice cool day and a sleeping bubba, and I will NEVER do it again. Keys firmly in hand before locking door.
Hazel had her vaccinations this morning which wasn't too bad. She did cry but not for too long. She's a bit grizzly now and wanting constant cuddles and suckling, only to fall asleep at the breast then wake up minutes later crying. Think I will give her some baby panadol soon and curl up in bed with her. It's raining and grey here so perfect for bed snuggling.
Kellie- I'm a nanny and am thinking of going back to work as soon as Hazel is a bit less full-on, but I am hoping to find a position where I can take her with me. I don't really want to work at all, but it makes sense and we'll be so much better off financially even if I just work part time. There seems to be a big demand for in home child care in Brissy, I'm sure it would be the same in Sydney? It does seem crazy to pay for childcare while providing it for someone else! With your qualifications maybe you could find something where you can take Lily too?
Hope everyone else is really well, and bubbas are happy, smiley little people!
Kristie, 6 hours is good, but I guess it would be hard with 2. Olivia, slept from 11pm til 1am, then awake at 4am then again at 6 and finally at 8am. She is so tired but seems to be fighting it. I wish she would sleep through again, I know she can do it, even though its only been a few times!!!
Kel, I would be kicking DH out of bed too, you are supposed to be getting a sleep in, not if you are getting up!! Arent men funny!!!
Another day and I didnt get out of my pjs til mid day, but my mum came over and looked after Livy while I went to the supermarket
We are doing bath tonight, her knees are getting stinky (unfortunately all her creases get stinky in the harness if we are not careful, lol) Its terrible, just letting you know she doesnt stink and I do sponge her often, but it gets sweaty and.... anyway I think you can get my drift!!!!!
Hope you are all well. Must go and keep an eye on my mum, lol!!
Chat soon
Melissa
Kellie I know exactly what you mean with DH & taking baby to him. I have to do the same as he would sleep through anything. Makes me wonder what would happen if I ever had to leave him to look after Charlie late at night!!! I'm sure he'd wake without my help Though I can't be too mad at him as he works 7day shifts, 12hr days - only helps with feeds when he's on his days off.
We had story time at the Library this morning, it's great to get out and about and sing & read to the kids. Even though Charlie usually sleeps through it, prob becuase I'm holding him the entire time. Though I'm sure he'll start to get something out of it soon.
Danni I know just what you mean with the Dummy. When we first started Charlie on it things were great. Would give it to him whilst changing him before a feed so he wouldn't scream the house down. Now as soon as he realises there's not milk, instead of spitting it out he starts crying.
Hehe - just realised there were heaps more posts...
Kaz - thanks! Hope you enjoyed mothers group!
Christy - Poor Hazel having her needles...hope she stays ok...How good would it be if you could combine work and looking after Hazel!! Perfect!!
Melissa - It would be great if I got 6 hours! LOL! He often wakes a lot and needs resettling though so it's not that great iykwim? I'm sure he'll settle soon...although it took Louis until 9 months before he slept through! Have fun with her bath tonight!
Erin - Good on you for getting out and about...I didn't take Louis to the library until a few months ago and he just loves it!
Last edited by Krisvee; June 26th, 2007 at 05:11 PM.
Morning. Am skipping my bubacise class this morning as Mother and Baby are totally knackered after possibly THE worst night we've had since Hazel arrived! She went down ok at 7pm as usual but was then up at 10, 12, 2, 4, 6 then awake for the day at 8. Each time for at least 40 mins but sometimes an hour which equals very little sleep. tried some more panadol at 2am thinking it might knock her out, but not our Hazel! She is very grizzly and clingy today although I'm not sure that's still the after effects of the vaccinations or just complete over tiredness, maybe a bit of both. Poor little chicken.
Jen- so great to hear from you! Good luck finding child care- sounds pretty stressful. As Kellie said maybe you would be better off finding a home day care carer? Less expensive and more homely too?
Well, hope you all had better nights sleep than us! Little girl has just dozed off and I might try to get a load of washing on- it's blowing a gale here today, perfect weather for drying as my Nanna would say! x
Christy you poor thing, you should go get some sleep while the washing is on and bubs is asleep. Its blowing a gale here to, so am frantically washing, just hoping the airs not to cold.
I just have a quick question. Olivias left eye keeps watering and is a bit red. Is this the start of conjunctivitis? Should I just clean it with salt water and see how it goes or do I need to take her to the gp????
Hope you are all well.
Love Melissa
Sounds like we've had some very unsettled bubs lately .
We are mostly back to normal with sleeps here, except that she didn't go down til 10.30 last night after trying since 7.30! I gave up for a while and she sat in her rocker and laughed at the tv. I had a bit of a breakdown again....I think just from being tired and thinking about my bf. I had her on the breast most of the day yesterday trying to increase my milk more, I think it worked, we have gone all morning today without a bottle....wooohoooo!!! I'm very excited. Last night she wouldn't take a bottle, shaking her head and screaming. Poor little monkey, she was so hungry, but I had so little milk for her. I ended up putting her on the bb then when she was half asleep, I slipped a bottle in her mouth.
Christy, I have thought of doing nannying, not sure how to go about getting a job though. I don't think agencies would let me take Lily with me if I got a job with one!! LOL. I'd love to do it, but never have, and have always thought I would love it. Tho I'm not too sure how to get something, other than through agencies.
I hope you and Olivia get some rest today!
Melissa, DH is usually still awake for the first feed, so he doesn't hear her cause he's in the lounge room, the next feed he gets up, but it takes him ages to hear her. I try to kick him out of bed...
Well, if it makes you feel better I didn't get out of my pj's at all yesterday, til I had a bath at about 7.30, after my mini breakdown...I just didn't see the use since I was on the lounge all day with Lily attached to me. Pj's are so much easier to feed in than clothes, hehehe!
With the eye thing I had the same problem a few weeks ago. I have heard that a drop of bm in her eye is good for it and tried it. It seemed to work for us, it went away that day.
Erin, my DH is the same. He works 12+ hr shifts but helps out when he can. He's pretty good and I'm lucky he doesn't need much sleep, unlike me!!
Hey kellie
i dont have any bm to squeeze in, but i rang up the gp and made an appointment, just to be safe.bm is wonderful for so many things!!! While i am ther i wil get the doc to check out her head coz its a funny shape. we have a hard time doing tummy time with the harness, plus shes always tended to look to one side...
cheers
melissa
Melissa, Lil did this too! The dr told me to try to make things more interesting on the other side, eg use toys on the other side, etc... and to get her to turn her head on that side to sleep, ie on her back but with her head turned. It seems to have worked. I think i figured out why her head was a funny shape- it's the way we hold her to feed her. My DH and I both hold her on our left arm and thats the side that was funny shaped.
Dylans just so unsettled overnight...he seems to be spending more time sleeping with me than in his bassinette. I didn't really want to get in in the habit but I sooo need my sleep! I gave him a dream feed last night at 9.30 and it worked quite well because he didn't feed again until 4am (but woke a lot in that time) He's been pretty good today though!!
Christy - I'm with you on the night wakings! It's so hard...I'm a bit worried because Louis did this until he was 9 months old!!! AAAGGGHHH! Hope you get a rest today!
Melissa - It's miserable in Melb today! I'm already over winter! hehe. I knew it wouldn't take long! Dylans had a bit of a weepy eye...I think it's just cos he's got the sniffles at the moment though...Hope she's ok! Re her head shape- It's called plagiocephaly (??) and it's from spending too much time in the one spot. Louis got it a bit bad before we noticed and I took him to the physio and she stretched his neck out. With Dylan I've just changed his Bassinette to face the other way because he looks out to me - just be conscious to change the way she looks all the time...It's easily corrected!!
Kel - I do that too - if bubs won't settle put them in the bouncer in front of the tv for a while...There's no point driving yourself insane!
Big hugs - you're doing an amazing job building up your milk! I know it's hard sometimes but it will all be worth it! Good for you not getting out of your pj's! If you don't have to why bother?? hehe.
Kel it's great to hear you are really trying very hard to keep you bm up. I had trouble, ended up going to the doc for some tablets only to be given the wrong ones. Got sick on them & lost my milk completely - i'm convinced Charlie's less contented on formula.
Having said that I hate to say it but with Dad home the past 3days he's been an absolute Each nap we've put him down for he's just gone off to sleep, no protesting & last night he did a 7.5hr stretch!!!
Have just finished reading "save our sleep" & wish someone had told me about this book b4 he was born. Just realised how to get him on a proper routine so he's feeding same time each day, that's got to make going to Library, mum's group etc much easier.
Have any of you thought about trying your bubs on solids (ie. farex) earlier to see if they sleep better at night?
See you tomorrow Danni - With nights like that I can't feel sorry for you through the day - LOL!!!
Erin - Don't you hate it when they're better for other people! Just remember with routines that they won't always go to plan and if bubs is screaming for a feed early then you just have to go along with what they want.
Re: solids...I started Louis at 4 months - he was showing all the signs that he was ready - he was already sitting up, could swallow b milk off a spoon and when we did give him solids swallowed them like a pro- never pushed it back out with his tongue etc...so for us it worked really well. In saying that it didn't do anything for his night sleeping as such and to begin with he was on just as much milk as before...The one thing I do find it helps with though is the routine. So you can go bf, brekky, bf, lunch, bf, dinner,bath, bf, bed, dream bf, and it seems to work really well...I know they say to wait 6 months but I think you need to understand what your baby wants...
On an extra note...Louis hasn't had any allergies or problems with eating...in fact he's a fantastic eater... but for those that have babies prone to allergies it's not meant to be a good idea at all...
Caro - Yeah on Michael turning 3 months!! Woohoo!! Thats great that he's a lot more settled. I hope that happens with Dylan because I'm about to go insane!!!
Congrats on the house!
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Though I can't be too mad at him as he works 7day shifts, 12hr days - only helps with feeds when he's on his days off.
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Each nap we've put him down for he's just gone off to sleep, no protesting & last night he did a 7.5hr stretch!!!
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