Melissa, thay would be awesome if you could email that chart! cheers x my address is christy_suzy at hotmail dot com
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Melissa, thay would be awesome if you could email that chart! cheers x my address is christy_suzy at hotmail dot com
kristie: Yes ill be at cindys on thursday! Ive arranged to see tracey while im over that neck of the woods too! big day out for us :D
just dropped Mason off at mums so dh and i can clean this house properly. Did a huge supermarket shop and dh is cooking lunch now. Better get onto it. xx
Just wrote down emails but wont be able to scan today... we have a 30th bday to go to, with an "S" theme... Adam and I are dressing up in our school uniforms and going as school kids... very kinky lol!!! Olivia is going just a herself... sweet, sleeping (hopefully) and lots of other s things!!!
Have a good one and if anyone else wants that chart just let me know:)
Melissa
Melissa - I would also be interested in a copy of the chart. aidt at privat dot dk thanks for offering to send it around.
Matt had his vaccinations yesterday and seemed to have recovered well. He had a spew this morning which is very unusual, so it may be a bit of a delayed reaction I guess.
We are alternating between bath one night shower with me the next with Matt. This is because we have a bit of a problem with Al being afraid of the shower and hair washing now and he was a bath boy from the start. So we hope to bypass that with Matt by getting him used to having his head under the shower regularly. Matt certainly enjoys his showers at the moment too so we'll keep it up.
Well better start packing, 2 more sleeps!
Deb - how do you gauge the shower temp? I'd love to take Patrick in the shower, but I've always had scorching showers. Hope Matt's feeling better.
Melissa - any chance you could also send that chart to karyn at aanet dot com dot au? Have a great time at the party!
Must say, I'm paranoid about the lights in Patrick's eyes - DF loves downlights, so that's all we have, and they have no dimmers. So its either way too bright, or dark in the house (also no natural light due to the verandahs etc)
Kris - Dylan sounds so cute, talking to his mobile!
Took the 2 dogs and Patrick for a walk today wtih DF. I ended up pushing an empty pram and DF was wearing the bub - must have looked weird! But he loves his walks (I think) apart from the indignity of beanies etc. Very interested in the world. And he's just started talking / making sounds!
2 more sleeps until mothers' group!
Hello everyone!
My, my we have been busy writing today! Now that I'm all caught up.....
We had a very quiet day today, Lil and I. Lily had a great sleep last night, sleeping from 8.00-2.00 then til 6.00 and then I managed to get her to sleep til 7.30 again. I was excited that she sisn't wake at 5.00 let alone sleeping again til 7, LOL!! Then she went back to bed at 10.30 stirred at 11 but I got her back to sleep, and didn't wake til 1.30, had a feed and went back to sleep til 5.00!!! And she's back in bed now, since 9.00! OMG she hasn't slept like that since she was a few weeks old. I hope she sleeps properly tonight. I didn't know what to do with myself, I had the house clean within an hour thinking she'd be awake soon, hehehe... so I made up a photo album with all of her photos and cards etc... from hospital and when we first came home. (It's amazing how she's changed in such a short time.) Then I did all of the stuff I normally don't get to do, like wipe the cupboards and clean the microwave!
Melissa, I'm glad to hear Olivia is sleeping better again. Too bad she has to be in her harness for so long. At least you can give her a bath now and have some skin to skin contact a bit. I love my cuddles with Lil when she's a nudie!
If you don't mind, I'd like a copy of the chart too. My email is kellieem at hotmail dot com. Thanks.
Kristie, it's so cute when they talk to themselves isn't it? Lily doe it when she's on her change mat. I can leave her there for ages and she natters away. She love her change mat for some strange reason!
Danii, I thought I'd have to leave Lily with mum to clean too, but after todays marathon sleeps, I got everything done, I even cleaned the glass in the shower! LOL...
Deb, glad to hear Mat's vaccinations went ok. Although she wasn't grumpy or anything, I found that Lily was a bit more spewy than usual the few days after hers too.
I'm too scared to have Lily in the shower, she's so slippery in the bath, I'm scared of dropping her in the shower. At least in the bath she'll just get dunked if I let go of her. She actually did it to her self to day, she was squirming around and turned her head too far and put it into the water...the look on her face was like 'oh, s**t, what happened!!!'
Bet you can't wait for your hols!! Hope you have fun ;)
Kaz, the lights probably won't worry Patrick... he'll most likely get quite fascinated by them soon. Lots of babies love lights. Lily does, she's like a radar for lights!
Ok gotta go have a shower!
Happy weekend ladies!
Kellie.
Kellie - I am a bit nervous about holding him too, but we don't lather up with soap really just in the vital spots, so he doesn't get too slippery. It takes some courage, but I do hold him for dear life, I really wouldn't want to drop him under any circumstance. Great that Lily had such a sleepy day, hope she stays down for you tonight. Good 4 u getting all that cleaning done.
Kaz - we have a thermostat on the shower so I can keep it safe. He's been a bit off all day and is in bed now @ 6pm so I hope that he gets a good long deep sleep and wakes up his old happy self in the morning. I'm sure the lights would be fine too. If you were very concerned you could buy lower watt bulbs I suppose, but I haven't heard about lights damaging babies eyes before. LOL at walking the pram. We had a similar scenario yesterday, we were at a shopping centre and I ended up carrying Matt in the baby bjorn and Alex was on Mik's shoulders and we were pushing an empty pram. Put some shopping in it instead lol
Hello Everyone,:hello:
Completely new to all of this so please bare with me. I am a first time Mum to little Charlie, born 16 April. Hubby & I moved to a remote part of WA a few months before having the little one & that's left me with no family/friends support. Thought this may be a good way just to chat about Charlie, get some advice & support:help:
Hi Erin,
Could you see you here! Welcome on board!
Edit: Good to see you here! (doh!)
Hi ladies,
First of all, welcome Erin! You should find lots of support and people who are in similar places as you are here. My bub, Lily was born a day later than yours, on the 17th.
Well it is a cold miserable day here again today and I am feeling uninspired to do anything. Lily hasn't slept like yesterday, I was hoping she would! Although she has done better than normal, with an hour this morning and another 50mins at 11.00, and she's down again now. She's been a bit of a grump though. Bit like me I guess, LOL! She slept like she normally would last night thankfully, waking twice as usual.
All I have done all day is eat comfort food- porridge, soup and crumpets with lots of butter and honey....mmmm I feel like more now, hehehe. There's absolutely nothing on tv and I have no car to get anywhere (can't walk anywhere its drizzling), since DH is at work. And there's nothing to clean since I did all of that yesterday, I have no food to cook anything yummy, we need to go shopping... I'd love to make a yummy chocolate pudding.....hmmm chocolate....oh, hohum!!! I'm bored!!
I hope you are all having a better time than me! LOL.
Kellie.
Hi Everyone,
As I'm new to this you have probably already covered this topic. But just wanted to know how normal it is for a little baby not to sleep during the day :(
Charlie is almost 10weeks & rarely has an afternoon nap, we try everyday. Sometimes we get there, other days we give up! This may sound dumb, but I just presumed little ones slept all the time.
This leaves him very grumpy & in bed tired very early in the evening, meaning he's up very early in the morning. And when we do get him to sleep I'm afraid to move, for I fear I'll wake him up.:confused:
kellie: cleaning the shower!! omg you go girl!
well we got heaps done around here thank goodness. Now the tricky part is keeping it clean!
Welcome erin! My baby does not sleep during the day unless we are in the car, pram or baby carrier (hug a bub). So dont stress. Just keep trying. I thought babies slept a lot too. I was so wrong :(
Well we got the family photos done today. Not as many shots taken as we would have liked as Mason decided to scream for 80% of the time, then flaked it! :( He was very very unsettled today until we went to the rug clearance sale and put him in the HAB! everyone stared at us there hehe
Ok gtg get ready for big brother. I cant wait to tonights double eviction! :D
Hi Erin and welcome. congrats on the birth of Charlie. Olivia sleeps catnaps during the day and sometimes longer. most my problems are her poor sleeping at night:) but in saying that she slet almost 12 hours last night with only 2 quick feeds:)
When i notice she is tired and grumpy i just try and rock her to sleep if i have eliminated everything else...nappy, feed, play... Good luck and i hope you can get some good advice.
to all who have left email addresses i just have to get Adam to help me scan it in tonight and will send it off. Party was good, although i was a little upset when one of our friends asked if i was dressing as a school girl or a s*ut, because i walked in with our baby. grrrrrr
Anyway, take care chat soon
love melissa
Hi!
Had dinner out last night which went well! The boys behaved although Louis was a little grumpy today! We've put him in his big bed for his day sleep and tonight and all seems to be going well which is handy. That means hopefully in the next week or two I can put Dylan in the cot!
Today's been cruisy...I'm still really sick so we just chilled out at home. Dh gave me a sleep in which was sooo nice.
Dylans feeds are really strange at the moment. He drinks so quickly and he's having huge gaps between feeds...only about 4 through the day and 1 at some stage overnight...Hopefully he's gaining weight. I do think he'll be long and lean though so maybe he just won't gain as quickly as Louis....I mean he's still over 5 kg so growing well anyway...
Danni - Hope you got your house cleaned! I'm sure your photos were gorgeous! Ooh I'm a big brother addict as well this season! hehehe.
Melissa - Hope you had fun at your party last night!!! ...sounds like your friend was a bit harsh...You don't need that!! Hopefully Olivia keeps up the good night sleeping!
Thanks for the chart!!!
Deb - Dylan chucked the day after immunisations as well! Glad he coped well though...Sounds like fun having showers - we still have Louis in the bath...Dylan has one first and then dh just fills it up a bit more and throws Louis in!
Kaz - Dylan doesn't have a mobile! He just chats to himself...he sleeps out in the lounge at the moment cos I can't sleep with him in my room. Or he's talking to down lights - we have them to but we have a dimmer switch so we have them on low all night. The perfect amount of light to just see him and feed him...
Good on you for getting out for a walk! I'm so lazy in the cold weather..
Kel - Glad Lily slept so well for you yesterday...It's so nice when they sleep for longer than you think and you get everything done - It's also nice when you get a chance to sit down and do nothing!
I'm with you on the comfort food - went out for dinner last night and ate bread and dip, ricotta & spinach canneloni and trifle for dessert - oh and a glass of wine and a baileys!! Talk about overdoing it - was soooo good though! hehehe.
Erin - Nice to "meet" you...It certainly is good to chat with other people that are going through exactly what you are!
My first baby was like that - it can be such hard work to get them to sleep that you don't want to spoil it...Luckily I'm managing to settle Dylan a lot easier this time...they do all grow out of it though and end up having a good couple of naps before long...
Chat tomorrow!
Hi Erin, welcome to the group! As the others have said, all babies are so different. Have you tried putting Charlie in the pram and taking him for a walk in the afternoon? Maybe start a routine of doing it everyday and he might just dose for a 45 minute cycle. Should be enough to keep him fresh for bedtime routine.
Matt lilkes his nap about 3ish but I would love him to do it a bit later, like 4. Because of that he is in bed by 6pm these days. He can't keep his eyes open! But he has been a sleepy babe from the start.
Wanted to say thanks Melissa for the chart. There seems to be an awful lot of cloudy and unsettled days there!
ok guys...i didnt want to say anything yesterday but i have to now....
for the past 2 nights, Mason has slept for TEN HOURS at night!!!
After screaming a lotyesterday, he fell asleep at his 6:30pm bottle. I was so sure he wouldnt sleep through the night but I was wrong!
He slept from 6:30 to 4:30am! Then had a 10minute bottle of EBM and slept till 8am! I cant believe his tummy can cope with that lack of milk.
Hi!
Had a rotten night...Dylan woke heaps and I ended up bringing him into bed with me. I think he's got my cold as he sounds or snuffly the poor little monkey...
Danni - Wow - thats fantastic! Hope he continues like that for you. The most Dylan slept is 8 hours and he's only done that a couple of times!
i think its cos he is soooooooo overtired from not sleeping during the day!
When you bring dylan in bed with you, how do you sleep? Do you cuddle him, or just put him next to you/ I cant find a comfy way