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G'day.
All good here. We are having a lazy day today, still in PJs and I'm not actually going to leave the house at all, so nice! Little Miss Hazel has gone back to 2 night feeds again. It's a bit of a bummer but I guess she needs them. Might try a dream feed before I go to sleep. I tried it a while back but she still woke up at 2, but might be worth a try now that she's waking at 1. W e had a great weekend and had a big family barby on sunday. It's been so beautiful here through the day- like a nice English summer's day lol!
Melissa- I'm so glad you're feeling better- there are probably still lots of hormones flowing around our bodies and even with our bubbas settling down a bit we're still not exactly getting proper sleep IYKWIM!! Hope some retail therapy makes you smile :D
Kris- Glad you had fun at the snow.. We would love a trip to NZ as we're both snowboarders but it will have to wait til next winter I think due to finances and a certain little girl! DH will have her on a board before she can even walk if he has his way lol! Sounds like Dylan and Hazel are going through a similar stage!
Erin- Sounds like you guys have a very happening social life! Yay on your great night- the teat must be doing the trick
Kellie- Sorry to hear you've had some bad nights and I bet it is the 12 week storm. At least you know (in theory) that it shouldn't last too long!
Kaz- good to hear from you and you sound really well and happy! Glad you are enjoying your Mother's Group- I'm really looking forward to starting mine in August. I took Hazel to the nursery rhymes session at the library a few weeks back and she slept the whole time! She is enjoying me reading to her though and thet do say it's never too early!
Danni- sorry to hear you're having some unsettled nights with Mason. Hopefully he'll be back on track soon.
Well, I am going to make some toast and keep on searching ebay for a battery powered baby swing thing. The lady at the gym creche puts Hazel in one and she goes to sleep in it without fail so I figured one could come in very handy at home! She is still the worlds' worst day time sleeper!
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Hi everyone. It has been so long since I posted in here. Everything is just a bit crazy at the moment. Iggy has started getting a little reflux. I went to the Dr today as I suspected that and she confirmed it was but said it is mild and as it has started so late that it should resolve quickly. I hope she is right. I dont want to put him on meds yet. I really just wanted a diagnosis so I can try some different things (like keeping him more upright etc) but will go back if it gets worse.
Luckily he is still packing on the weight like a little chubster. He now weighs 7.55kg and is 67cm long. No wonder I can't hold him in one arm and have trouble feeding without my pillows!
We had three nights last week where he slept through from 10-6. We thought woo hoo but it was shortlived and we are back to one feed overnight. Oh well. One is fine. Two just kills me.
When I went to the doctors today she told me that he was too cold (he wasn't) and made me feel really bad and I just burst into tears. Isn't it annoying when you try so hard and someone can undermine that with just a little comment. We also had a run in with another mother over a parking space of all things so it wasn't a good morning. I have my mothers group this afternoon so hopefully the day will improve.
Well good to see you are all going well. I will try and catch up on all the news and do personals next time.
xoxo
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Hi everyone,
I wondered if it would be okay for me to join this group? I know you've all been communicating for quite some time now, so if the group is already established, I completely understand. But if not, it would be rea
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really cool to join, as I had my baby, a little boy called Zayd, in April this year, and it would be fun to have some other mums to chat with whose babies are my son's age. I also have a little girl, Aisha, who is 4. I'm not sure what else to say about myself or my kids, so I'll leave it there, and if it IS okay for me to join in, then if you want my boring bio, I can provide it then :)
look forward to hearing back from you.
Cheers,
Susan
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Hey Susan,
Welcome to BB. And congrats on the birth of your son. You're most welcome to join. Tell us a bit about yourself.
Hope all is well with everyone. I made an appointment to see my GP, but its not until next Tuesday. What a busy day that will be for me. We have gp in the morning, then Olivia has physio and her ultrasound and then am catching up with some of the girls I met in my antenal class, cant wait. Oh and that leaves us with 2 weeks until Olivia sees the specialist. Hopefully the harness will come off, but not holding my breath this time. I gave her a bath last night. Shes already grown since we got the new bath and her head and feet almost touch at the same time. I cant believe how much she loves the water. I pop her on her tummy and she almost swims and doesnt mind her head/face getting wet. Shes been sleeping ok since her first all nighter on Saturday (cant believe it took 14 weeks). Last night she slept from 1030 til 5am then went back down til 930. Makes for a more saner me!!!
Take care and rug up
Love Melissa
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Hi Susan, you are very, very welcome in the April Baby Buddies! Would love to hear all about little Zayd, great name by the way!
Hi Krysalyss- don't let anyone bring you down- you are doing a fantastic job and Iggy's obviously thriving! IKWYM about 2 night feeds, one is a walk in the park but 2 and I'm knackered. It also seems to take longer to get back to sleep lately.....
I have been so utterly lazy today and I love it!! Just been lying/ sitting around drinking tea and feeding and cuddling and talking important baby business with Hazel!
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Melissa- Hi, just missed your post. Great news on your long sleep and fingers crossed about the harness. You have done a great job coping with it all and how wonderful it will be for both of you when that harness comes off! :D
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G'day Susan, welcome! I haven't been around for absolute ages, and its a very welcoming group!
Krys - MEH on the Dr. I know that Pip gets hot if I put him in too many layers - he's all sweaty if I put him in jeans over his wondersuit, but others in our group, their babies cry from the cold if they don't. So horses for courses. If his tummy's warm, then its all good, don't rely on hands for the temps.
Christy - I want your day! I'm trying to work out our budget for the next financial year atm, so that's pretty sucky. But at least the bub's here asleep behind me.
Kristy - you go girl! You really are an inspiration to me.
Danni - I feel for you, last night Pip cried all night, and kept pushing with his legs, I'm sure its a tummy thing too. Grrr.
Well today we haven't lost power, I was dozing on the recliner with Pip when DF woke up, and he filled a thermos with boiling water for me, in case we lose power with the severe winds we're having. Unfortunately the severe winds mean I didn't walk down the hill to the library, I just don't trust the trees around here.
Have a great day all, I'm back to wrestle with spreadsheets.
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Hi girls,
Well we had another restless night (for me that is!!).I was up 4 times last night. Only twice to feed, but I still had to get up to settle little miss back to sleep the other times. Then we were up at 6.30 for the day :( . And it was sssoooooo freezing last night! I had the heater on low all night, which is something I never do, but when it came to bed time I was still cold and heard the temp was going to drop to -1, OMG!!! I was even cold in bed. Lily had on so many layers- singlet, spencer, jumpsuit, socks on hands and feet, hehe. She looked like the michelin man (or should I say baby...). Then there was the thousand layers of blankets on her. I'm lucky she can't move much yet. I was even cold in bed, I ended up putting on DH jumper since Lily spewed over my dressing gown...
nice.
Kristie, great idea to put the toys into seperate bags. Then the kids don't get bored of their toys and they get to use all of them. We did a similar thing at work with some general toys, especially for the little ones, they get bored of things quite easily.
Lily isn't rolling or grabbing anything yet. She doesn't even seem to be trying, Lazy little monkey! She's probably too chubby for her to get over to roll! She's still content to lay on the floor and chatter away, (she's such a chatter box) and look around.
Danii, Sorry to hear you have a migrane. I've got a headache today for the first time in ages, probably from a few days of little sleep. I'm not good with so little sleep and broken sleep.
Lily's been screaming out in her sleep too. I get so worried when she does it. She usually doesn't wake or anything, but just kind of screams/cries and then nothing??!! I always rush in thinking she must be hurting or something but there's nothing wrong. Just when I thought I had her figured out.....
Christy, arent lazy days nice? I love just sitting on the lounge and playing with bub.I love a good lazy day, just enjoying Lily, rather that runnign around like a headless chicken!If this is what the weather is like in England, I would hate it there! I hate winter, I think I'd freeze in England, LOL! I'm definately a warm weather girl.
I'm hoping her sleeping will go back, or improve from before, hehe wishful thinking... I think it is the 12 week storm, even though she's 13 wks.I think she's a week behind the chart thingy though. And no Hazel isn't the worst day sleeper, Lily is, she's had about 60 mins so far today. I don't know how she does it, having such broken sleeps in the night and then hardly sleeping in the day, I know I'm buggered anyway, hehe. But she's happy enough during the day so she seems to manage?!?
Krisalyss, sorry to hear Iggy is getting reflux. Lil had/has it, though now it isn't half as bad as it was. She's vomiting alot less and rarely screams after feeds anymore thank goodness. I hope he gets better soon.
Gee, he's a big boy at 7.5kgs! I haven't had Lily weighed for a while, I should go and do it. She's definately growing though, all of her clothes are getting tighter ;). And my back is killing me from carting her around everywhere.
Sorry to hear your dr made you upset too. My dr upset me a few weeks ago over bf and I sat down and had a really good chat to her and I think she understands a bit better now.
Susan, hi! Of course you can join us... as they say the more the merrier! I have one bub, Lily who is proving herself to be one cheeky little monkey...she take after her father, hehehehe!!
Melissa, I hope Olivia can get her harness off this time. It would be even harder for her to have to wear it in the warmer months, and although it is sooo cold now, it will warm up before we know it!
Kaz, Good luck with the finances, we did ours a few days ago and should get a pretty good retunn this year, wooohoo!
Doesn't the weather suck at the moment. Don't think its any better here in Sydney...it's not, though it soulds like it's windier there. It's been really cold here and a little windy.
Woa, this turned into quite an epic...LOL. That's cause DH is here to watch Lil.
Ok gotta go.
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Thanks Melissa and 'hi' to everyone else. It will be fun to have other mums to chat to with babies Zayd's age, as I was a bit of a mother's group drop-out when my daughter was a baby (long story).
So, a bit about me and my little ones (it's all very unexciting, so feel free to skip it!): I'm 28 years old, and a university lecturer and PhD student at one of the main universities here in Melbourne, however I'm on maternity leave till next year, which is nice. I'm still trying to work out the whole childcare arrangement for my two littlies for next year and, frankly, it's doing my head in, so now I just avoid thinking about it. Avoidance!
Zayd was born on the 20 of April and is doing well. He's a little fatty! He's generally a pretty chilled baby, good sleeper, good eater, etc and would generally be described as 'easy'...until we get into the car. Then he turns into a screaming, hysterical mess. On a good day, we can get to the end of the driveway before he starts to cry. It's awful!! I've tried everything I can think of- changed car seats, extra padding, less padding, hung toys, taken toys away, a window shade, music, holding his hand while I drive (yeah, yeah, very safe, I know). Nothing helps and it makes for very tense, unpleasant driving each and every trip. I hate him being so upset and I get so tense and agitated when he's like that. My husband's cool. He just shrugs and says "What can we do?", which is completely correct, but I can't help being so bothered by it. I grind my teeth and my chest clenches up. Big stress out, basically. It would be nice to avoid going out all together, but the reality is, my 4 year old daughter has things to go to each week, like kinder twice a week, and swimming lessons, that are definitely too far to walk to, and I don't want us all to become hermits. It's a quandry. I only know of one other baby like this. And if one more person tells me "That's so weird! Our baby LOVES the car! We drove across the Nullabor with junior in the carseat the whole way and he never made a sound!" I will scream.
My four year old, Aisha, is fun and a cutey (I may be slightly biased), and was basically the antithesis of Zayd as a baby- awake all the time, waking regularly 5-6 times a night for 15 MONTHS, and just very excitable and highly strung. Even now, she's basically like a puppy. She just needs space to run around and be loud and generally be exuberant about everything!
Anyways, that's about it for us. Thanks for letting me come and board and I look forward to the discussion and cameraderie. I guess I should go back and read the preceeding 8 pages so I can get to know you all and your gorgeous babies!
Cheers,
Susan
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pmsl Caro I am doing it again!!!! :lol:
Time for a new thread ladies...
