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I'm so bad at replying to personals atm.. sorry.
Alls good in camp Olivia, for the past 2 ights she has done the most wonderful thing... slept through. And I mean slept right through. I put her down around 9pm and she has woken up about 830am. Isnt it funny how they just decide that they can do it. Its great:) Hopefully this will remain. I actually dont mind getting up once during the night, but the 2 hourly feeds I dont miss!
Olivia is doing well without the harness on. She hasnt found her feet yet, but shes quickly worked out how to push her bed covers off in the morning. Tummy time is getting much better and this morning she managed 5 minutes without screaming!!! Hopefully that means we can work more on her flat head.
Kristie, sorry to hear Louis is sick. Hope he is feeling better.
Erin, I know what you mean about the swimming lessons, I cant wait.
Kellie, hope Lilys teeth dont cause to much grief. Loads of cuddles is fun. I love Olivias chuckle, its so deep and hearty. Shes been doing it for a few weeks now, the first time she did it was when I dropped her at mums for the day. My dad was talking about it, I had no idea.... its soooo cute. Enjoy.
Adele, welcome
Caro- how was the Christening?
Danni, hows the migraine? Nothing worse hey? Hope you are feeling better. Hows Mason?
Hey Deb, how you doing? Settled back into things after your trip??
Hellow to everyone else... sorry I havent written peronals to everyone, but I hope you are all doing well.
Sounds like olivias pushing one out for Mummy!!! Better get it before it goes everywhere, like yesterdays effort!!!
Take care
Love Melissa
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Hi all,
Well we had another topsy-turvey few nights. Lily has been waking 3hrly and is up no later than 6am. Mummy is not a happy camper! I just want to sleep ;) Hopefully she'll remember the 9hour sleep she did for me soon and have a repeat performance. Her day sleeps are getting better. Some days were even managing 3 hours once a day, and at least 45min at a time. She's usually down by 8.30pm too so at least I get that time for me and time with DH.
Ok the little monkey is calling....
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Hey it is super quiet in here!! we must all be busy Mumma's - I must admitt I am not sure where the day goes sometimes, my Mum calls babies little time wasters (he,he) - good time wasters that is!
Well our sleep is all over the place, we now are feeding twice overnight which we haven't done in ages - I was stressed about it at first & would try & settle rather than feed & that just resulted in getting up & down more & being up for way too long - so now I am just feeding & we are all back in bed quicker & much happier.
Charlie has been sleeping in a grobag the past few nights (borrowed from a friend, it's pink LOL!!!!) so he looks like a little girl. Have still had to wrap his arms as he wakes himself up other wise but the grobag is fantastic. He doesn't get chilly whilste feeding & no more kicking blankets off - I also found a website that often has them on special ATM they have a couple selling for $40.
Melissa yes it's very funny how all of a sudden something just clicks & they do it. I'm still waiting for Charlie to realise he can sleep all night, soon I hope. No doubt his sleeping will be great this week as DH finishes night shift!!
Well must go, I'm getting nothing else done.
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Erin.
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Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone.
Melissa- I'm insanely jealous of you! I can't wait to have Logan sleep through! We co-sleep, so it'll probably be a long time for us as it's so easy for him to just wriggle over and prod me when he wants a snack! He's slept through (9 hours) once about a month ago but I think it was a fluke. Our regular pattern has been 1 waking a night around 2.30 but we went on holidays for 9 days and slept in 4 different beds in that period of time and I think the whole thing muddled up his rhythm and now it's 2 wakings and sometimes 3.
I have a couple of fellow new mum friends who are BFing every 2 hours around the clock still, so I really can't complain!
I think I make myself more tired than I need be. I'm a card carrying 'B-person'. I'm useless in the morning and perky at 10-11pm, so I usually go to bed at midnight because I think I should rather than I want to. I really should try to go to bed earlier but you try getting a leopard to change his spots!
It's lovely that you all see me as so relaxed..quite the opposite really. I have a lot of experience and that, no doubt, makes a lot of the new-mum trials easier but I had a pretty tough time emotionally over the last few months and had a mini-breakdown at about 5 weeks after he was born. Thomas works in Norway and is home 7 days then away 7 days and it was tough going without sleep in the early days, plus I'm the type of person who tends to have unreachably high standards for myself and inevitably, I ended up feeling dissapointed in myself and had trouble bonding with my perfect, little baby. I've been seeing a psychologist who has helped a lot and has in a nutshell told me to stop being so tough on myself and accept that I'm doing a great job...she's right...but it's just the way I am!!
If you like baby giggles, go to youtube and do a search for baby laughing and you'll get some brilliant hits...you can sit and watch them all day and not get tired of it.
I've got my own 'baby laugh clip' on webshots if you wanna check out my bub...
http://family.webshots.com/album/559951323GpXoyy
It's from about a month ago.
Hope you've all had a good weekend...
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Can't talk now but Adele I just watched your video - HOW GORGEOUS!!! He is just beautiful!!! Wow - we haven't got laughs that easily! hehehe.
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G'day all!
Well everyone's been so busy!
My computer blew up today so I'm on my DF's puter. Grrr.
At least he got to be at home during a long-term blackout today, so now he knows why I feel quite helpless when we lose power - a major problem when you can't breastfeed!
Melissa - I missed when Olivia came off her harness, is it off permamently now? Congrats either way!
Patrick's going through a "if mummy's not in sight the world has ended" phase which is sorta frustrating (but oh-so-cute when his daddy is holding him). Its coinciding with his not-sleeping-through-the-night thing - 1am and 4am and 6:30 feeds the last couple of days. I think that's cause his daddy is thinking that Patrick doesn't need to finish his bottle if he doesn't want to ... if only his Daddy did all the waking up!
Anyhows, gotta go and check up on the fisher-price recall, see if we're affected.
Dream pretty everyone!
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Hi girls I'm back...
Glad to see some more action going on here!
Well we have the joys of teething to deal with again and of course DH is on nigh shift.... another sleepless night I guess :( .
Erin, yeah I'm glad I didn't have to have a c/s. It would have been so much more traumatic. As it was I was induced and labour for almost 24hrs and pushing for 3 1/2 hrs! Lily had a big head (take after daddy, hehehe) and got stuck twice. I ended up with a huge epesiotomy. But like you,I'm feeling like I can do it all again too. I thought I wouldn't feel like this after having Lily, but now I want to do it again and hopefully do it all differently and how I want it done!
Melissa, lucky you with Olivia sleeping so well. Ooohh what I'd give for a better nights sleep....
Hang on I think Lily is waking.....................
Ok I'm back, Lily just woke for an hour after going down at 7.30, grrrr...I think it will be a loong night. I had planned on an early night, but I still need to wash up, fold clothes and tidy, don't think an early night will be happening!
Ok gonna go, will finish posting tomorrow!
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Adele, Logan is georgeous. He looks like such a happy baby.
Kaz, Olivia is able to have her harness off during the day, but has to sleep with it overnight. i just felt her hip clunk when I put her to bed, it makes me a bit nervous.... only time will tell I guess.
I just had a quick question/comment... does anyones bub prefer them to their daddy for bottle time/going to sleep? Olivia has become a little choosey in the last few days, particularly at night. She will only feed from me and will only fall asleep with me. She gives Adam a hard time, especially when i go have a shower....
Anyway, lets hope my moo moo will do her sleep through the night thing again!
Good night,
Love Melissa
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Hi!
Urgghh another shocker of a night...Dylan woke every 1 - 1 1/2 all night!! He wanted an extra feed at 11pm and then kept waking so I brought him into bed with me and he then fed at about 5.30pm again...I was putting back in his bed and then Louis decided it was time to get up - NOOOO! I tried to get him to sleep with me but he wouldn't have it so I put the t.v on for him and just as I was starting to doze Dylan decides to wake up for the day...I'm sooo tired!!! Luckily Dh is home today after a weekend away working so hopefully I can get an early night! So all up Dylan fed 7 times yesterday!!! If he keeps this up longer than a week (meaning it's not just a growth spurt and he needs more milk) I'm definitely starting him on solids soon! I've still got heaps of milk but he's just a hungry hippo! He'll probably have a high metabolism like his dad - he's tall and skinny and can eat whatever he likes without putting on weight! It will be interesting to see what his weight gain will be at his next check up...I think it's really slowed down but I think he looks like he's grown a lot longer!
Anyway...
Melissa - I'm sooo jealous - I hope she keeps up the great sleeps for you! Thats fantastic! Yeah about the harness as well! I think it's pretty common for bubbas to want mummy!! It will probably only get worse before it gets better as well. I don't have too much drama with Dylan but then again I basically do everything with him anyway (dh deals with Louis more)
Kel - hope your getting some better sleep!
Erin - Oh yeah - super timewasters! hehe. Sometimes I just don't get anything done in a day!!
Adele - Having a baby should snap you out of it - LOL!! You'll probably settle when he gets a bit older (or you have another one - then you really don't have a choice - LOL)
Kaz - Bugger about your computer! Geez thats bad that you're having so many blackouts...hope it gets fixed up soon! Hope Patrick settles for you soon...
Better go - chat later!
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If he keeps this up longer than a week (meaning it's not just a growth spurt and he needs more milk) I'm definitely starting him on solids soon! I've still got heaps of milk but he's just a hungry hippo! to want mummy!! It will probably only get worse before it gets better as well. I don't have too much drama with Dylan but then again I basically do everything with him anyway (dh deals with Louis more)
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Ditto to that!!!! Charlie has been up for 2 drinks or more everynight for the past 2weeks, meaning he's having heaps of feeds each day too. This worries me a little as he is FF & he is a big boy. Haven't had him weighed for a while as the CHN had to head back to England to tend to her sick Mum....so will ring Doc's today & see if I can just get him weighed. Was thinking about just giving him a bottle of the hungry baby formula before bed & see how that goes. Otherwise we might head down the solids path.....I know this doesn't make them sleep through & so on but it may aid to cut out too many bottles each day.
Last night was a shocker...I've been up since 4.30am, ahhhhhhh. Was just getting back to sleep @ 6am when DH arrives home from night shift & comes in to talk to me to tell me he lost his ph. Then the kind person who found it RANG @ 6am in the Morning!!!!!!!!!!!!! so we've been up ever since. Oh well it was DH last shift for 3days, so when he gets up I'm having a nap.
Yeah since DH works 12hrs a day 7days a week & so on, Charlie is very much a Mummy's boy. It's a cracker the way he looks at DH when he's just woken up & there is this guy standing there that he doesn't often see - it's like "WTF & who are you" LOL!! Poor guy.
Have any of you thought of or taken bubs to a Chiro or Physio? I hear it can make a real difference if their back or something is out from birth, especially if it was a traumatic one. Someone here has done it & said she has a totally diffent bubs. Often when I pick Charlie up his back clicks & that worries me.
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hey guys...been busy and not feeling 100% here. Lots of headaches...I wonder if AF is about to return from her fantastic LONG holiday? :crying:
Mason decided all week that he wouldnt sleep through anymore, and would wake once or twice a night, then get up between 5-7am :( Thank god thats over now, and the last 3 nights he has slept through.
We still have trouble getting him to sleep well during the days though. He seems to sleep a lot every 2nd day iykwim?
He refuses to put himself to sleep which is really bothering me. Ive tried everything :(
He is just starting to learn to play on his own which is fantastic, and he laughed for the first time this week!
Hope everyone else is doing well xxx
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Good Afternoon!
God where has the morning gone?
Me and Beau -
He laughed for the first time on Friday - all those weeks of kissing bellies and necks finally pays off! We have just got back from the shops where he stayed awake in his pram for 11/2 hours without making a peep! He is So curious now...I am still expressing every feed and bottling him - I am working one day a week (so far) and am paying a friend to mind him. This week it will be Friday I think and DH is playing golf EARLY Saturday - so that will make for a tired Saturday for me...wonder if I can convince DH to get up and do the 5-6am feed?
Erin - I tried using the thicker formula for Beau's comp feeds and ordered Y teats online - but he cried the house down - I think the flow was too fast for him. I think now that is the same prob with him on my boobs - its too fast after the bottle for so long. If you tell me which ones (teats) you want I will happily buy them from woolies (I am there everyday almost) for you here and post them to you if it helps you out.
Kel - sorry to hear Lily has been so unsettled - but you got a giggle! good with the bad huh? I am trying to get Beau to roll every tummy time too...
Sammy - Fiji? Awesome! We went there on our honeymoon - Lomalagi resort. It was amazing...you are very brave - but im sure everything will be beautiful! Its super humid so not a lot of clothes required and you need a good bug spray for night time. If I think of anything else Ill let you know...
Kris - Sorry to hear Louis has been sick - god who hosted the BBQ? They must feel awful! we went out to Chinatown on Saturday for lunch and if anyone coughed I crossed the street with him basically!
Christy - I am really interested in how you are trying to wean Hazel from wrapping - Beau cries everytime he gets wrapped now - he seems to hate being constricted! Keep updating ok? I am going to try too once it warms up.
Mel - Congratulations on the harness part time removal on Olivia- enjoy every kick in the belly she gives you!
Adele - Logan sounds like our cheeky one - he smiles even when he is getting upset sometimes...you do sound like you have it all together - I know what you mean about high expectations of yourself - I try and be super woman too - but I feel much better about everything now I have quit work - I try and focus on Beau and I, it did take a little longer for us to bond too so I understand what you are saying - I think its pretty common.
Kaz - Sorry Patrick is unsettled - cuddles to you.
Danni - Hope your headaches arent too dibilitating (sp?) there is nothing harder than trying to look after bubba with a bad one...take care of yourself.
Anyone else I have missed? It has taken me a few days to scroll through all the posts I have missed - but I am fully caught up now!
ps I started this post at 12:30!:clap:
xxx
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g'day all :D
Well DF has bought me a new HDD and is currently formatting it, and loading up Vista. Unfortunately I've lost all the stuff in "my documents" which included our budgets and some edited photos of Patrick. But the originals are with DF still, so that's OK.
Danni - sorry to hear you're still getting the migraines / headaches. Are you able to take the strong meds for the migraines since you're b/fing? I hated not being able to take anything strong during the pregnancy. I saw somewhere on teev that they use botox to help with migraines - wonder if that could help you?
Ack - I have to give DF his puter back so he can fix mine. Dream pretty all!
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Urgh Danni - I feel for you. I get a bad migraine about twice a year and when they hit I just want to cut my head off. The last one I had I was so sick that I spent most of my time with my head over a bucket but didn't actually chuck. I ended up having to take a Mersyndol and sleeping on the couch. Thankfully Thomas was home so he warmed up a bottle of EBM and fed Logan for me in the middle of the night cos I didn't want to feed him with drugs in my system and there was no way I could have toughed it out.
Kazbah - Our computer has the flu too! The power unit burnt out last week (smelt like popcorn just before the screen turned to 'swarming ants'), the harddrives (we have 2) refused to communicate with each other the week before that and we seem to be getting a lot of Trojan Horse attacks...hmmmm.
JenSam - Yaaaaay for the laughs! They're sooo cute when they give their 1st giggles...and selfishly, it's a bit of an affirmation that you're doing something they like! Logan is mega-curious too. He won't lay down in the stroller anymore, he has to be propped up and inspecting his world all the time!
When are all of you planning on introducing tastes and solids? I plan to bring in a couple of ½ teaspoon tastes each day from about 4 months and work it up to meals by 5½-6 months. What first foods are you going to pick and why?
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unfortunately its just panadol for me :( yuck yuck yuck! my headaches have eased but now i have the runs. Sorry TMI. im just allergic to so many foods i reckon
Im gunna try and wait till 6 months before introducing solids. when i do im gunna start with vegies. Potato, then zucchini, then pumpkin then carrot. (in that order) Then after a cople of weeks I will introduce some fruits :)
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Hi guys- I have been absent on here for a bit, sick kids, bad back blah blah blah....
Erin - i was just reading that you cant get your hands on #3 teats where you are, would you like me to get you some and post them to you??
On the solids debate - i have got charlotte on 2 solid feeds a day alrady and have had for the past month, not coz she was unsettled or anything like that but because she was showing interest in my food when i am eating and making all the right mouthing motions, my MCHN said to go for it and so i did, as she said, every baby is different and will progress with diff things at diff paces! I have a 21 monther that didnt want anything mut breat milk untill she was about 12 months old and i tell you that was a stress!
Charlotte LOVES!! Her food, her face lights up when she sees the spoon, her fav food at the moment is avocado closely followed by banana and rice cereal! I am still exclusively breast feeding but have added in the two solid feeds around lunch time and around dinner, but she gets it after her breast feed! Some days she will eat what i have to offer and others she is just not interested so i am going with the flow as directed by the boss (charlotte)
sory for the rambling on there!!
Can you believe how fast they are all growing and changing? I forgot how it all happens without you realising it, i truly cant get out of my head that she was only born 4 months ago! Also that she will be my last....I'm not sure i am truly ready to close that door!
Best be off!!
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Good Morning,
Yes veg definately to start with - I am going to have to fight to keep DH out of the kitchen on that one - he cant wait to feed bubba solids (DH is a bit of a gourmet) - but he does have his whole life to eat them! I am just taking every day at a time with it...and will see what happens - he is very curious watching us eat now which is funny...
I use these fantastic Dr Brown bottles that I got off the net for wind (they have a special tube inside) since Beau was about 4 weeks (he hasnt had wind since - god love em!) and you cant screw the cap down when you heat the bottle up other wise the milk comes up the tube - so last night (1am) I was feeding beau and started feeling wet....I hadnt screwed the lid down to feed - 200ml had leaked out of the side while i was feeding him and covered us both! Sometimes I feel like I am loosing my mind!!!
Have a great day - gotta go express before he wakes up.
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Howdy. Boy it's been busy in here! I've been absent , had a weekend on the Gold Coast to celebrate her 30th birthday. She had an apartment at Q1 (the tallest residential building in the southern hemisphere!) so we all stayed there with her and had a really great, decadent and fun weekend. Consequently Hazel's sleep patterns got completely mucked up and I think she got sensory overload too. Really though, she was an angel and has lots of new admirers! I think she is glad to be home though and has been so happy just lying on the rug and chatting to Kevin Rudd on the news!
I have picked up the stomach bug that's been going around and have been as prolific with my pooing and spewing as a baby! I am feeling a little bit better now but have had a rough 24 hours. Thankfully Hazel seems to be ok, hopefully my milk is providing her with protection. Am hoping to feel better by tommorow as I'm meant to be meeting up with my new employer to go through the details and figure out where everything is etc.
Sorry for no personals, hope all is well with everyone x
