Babies born April 2008 #4

[Sharon19270]

Fire thank you, you are a wealth of knowledge, as usual, may try some Zinc.
sarah phew! wouldn't want anyone to think I was going to 'top myself' lol. as for being a yummy mummy, I think I was well on my way, but I have now taken to eating everything in sight, and that everything all seems to be bad for me, if i'm not careful I will put all my weight (and then some) back on.
Zennie I use the Johnsons bedtime bath, and I was his (and our) clothes in Omo Sensitive, but I have been told by a paediatrician that you don't need to use soap to clean babies. I do bath him everyday though as he really enjoys it.
mgm I know exactly how you feel, I think at this point in time if friends of mine called and cancelled anything that involved me I would be shattered, and would probably end up crying uncontrollably.
Nettie I tend to have my shower at night too, it is just easier, although on the days that I want one in the morning, if there is no one home to listen out for Oliver, or he is awake and we are the only ones home, I put him in his bouncer at the bathroom door so he can see me and he is fine.

Oliver had a check up today, and in 2 weeks he has put on 400g so he is now 6.5kg and grown 4cm which means he is 62cm, his HC has also increased another .5cm to 40.3cm so no wonder he finally outgrew the rest of his 000's so I officially listed all his outrgrown clothes on eBay today.

Oh, and we have had to change back to our 'Jane' pram (exactly the same as the Emuljungas only cheaper) as we where using the Jeep Liberty Limited 3 wheel jogger but he hated not being able to see me when we where out, he is now happier while we are out shopping/walking.

Oh, and I also forgot to add that I went and saw a friend the other day and her 1 day old little man, and she had the newer version of the Angel Care sound and movement monitor (it is a digital one) and it was fantastic, no static and you can set it up so that it only comes on when noise is detected in babies room, it also has built in thermometer that displays temp in babies room on the parents handset, the parents handset recharges when it is in its cradle, so when I told DH about it he told me to buy one, and it was fantastic getting a non-static interrupted sleep, would highly recommend this product.

[Fire]

I bath Ci in just water. Mostly it is a bath with me at night and a few drops of lavender oil, and about once a week he showers with daddy. We skip the occasional night but I was using it as a nighttime cue so we bathed regardless for a while there.

Regarding maids, did you know that Europe kicks a$$ in the post birth department? One of them has a $28000 baby bonus (and no, that extra zero was not a mistake), France has a maid for six weeks post partum... there are so many things we should get from our gov't since we're a socialist country basically. Oh well, one day when they realise the importance of the mother in the future of our nation. The movie Sicko is really good for health comparisons actually.

All you people going to bed so late, I envy you. I am still in bed at 7pm and may be for some time yet because he feeds every hour after midnight. I hear cosleeping breastfed babies do that until weaned and it freaks me out so I'm just taking it a day at a time at the moment so it doesn't do my head in.

Toni, apparently breast milk is digested in an hour, better on their bellies but not so good on mama! It was (here I go again ) apparently designed by nature to keep mothers and babies together constantly, but I wish evolution would catch up cos the likelihood of DS being eaten by wild lions now is rather slim so we don't need all these built in bios anymore!

Seriously wishing I could change the all night feeding thing here, but unwilling at such a young age. I thought six months would be ok but apparently forcing anything onto them before a year is a no-go. I hear the No Cry Sleep Solution can be started at 9 months, but even that sounds so far away. Ugh. I haven't had a stretch of sleep longer than 3 hours in three months. Most of my sleep is in hourly chunks, I think I had a couple of three hour stretches total when he did a five hour stint a couple of times. But that's all pre-midnight. After that, the buffet is open, apparently.

Le sigh.

[Sharon19270]

Fire to you, I would be in an even bigger mess if I wasn't getting a decent sleep at night, you poor thing, hope things get better for you soon.

[sarah_dobbo2]

Morning all,

Well today I was looking forward to heading out early this morning, drop DD and DS off at grannies and go scrappbooking. But now we arn't hearding off until about 10:30. So everyone is already Wyatt sleeping on shoulder bum on computer desk so I can use towo hands. Anyway I will have at least 6hrs without the other two kids. It's going to be so wonderful no fighting.

Have told DH he is taking DS with him to farm for the morning, and I will come and pick him up around 10-11am when ever Wyatt wakes up I want to get my house cleaned tomorrow. Everything has pilled up and would love to get my lawn mowed. That is main goal. Will put Wyatt down leave DD inside to watch TV and she can come and tell me when he wakes up. But normally my lawn only take about an hour front and back. So I should be right after his afternoon nap.

Fire: I no you don't argree with CC, but I am going to swear by it, Wyatt goes to bed around 8-8:30pm, and he used to wake up for a feed at 12 then at 4pm. But since last saturday he has been sleeping until 3-4:30 before he wants his boobie, and even then it's only a quick 5 mintue feed. He back in his bed and me too. So now I get a good 6-7hrs nights sleep it's wonderful.

Sharon19270: LMAO.... I know what you mean about the eating thing. I try and eat healthy but if I see cookies I have to eat them. I noticed after DS was born it was cheesecakes and with Wyatt it has been cookies and milk. (HUMMMMM)

Well I am off, go and spend some time with granny, before I dum and run from kids.

Cheers all. Have a good day...

Sarah

[BabyWrangler]

hi guys...just popping in...not much to report...
Bj's awake times are getting longer now and much more full of play...lots of kicking and talking and laughing etc (a big change from our upset little Zantac man, then upset little UTI man!).
He had a minor nervous breakdown at bed time tonight which I put down to him still being hungry (despite downing 180ml formula), then the time it took for him to drink the other 85 ml, made him overtired!
We are now wrapping with one arm out as he likes to suck his fist sometimes...still got the dummy, but pretty much only ever in bed now which is good.

Im trying to get over my addiction to teddy bear biscuits....ever since Benjamin was born, I've been eating a double pack a week....I can eat 5 or 6 in a sitting...its hideous!

[Beatrix]

Hi everyoone!!!

well its been a very quiet weekend at my house. The older girls are at their dads. I dropped them off on Friday night and will pick them up tomorrow night.
So nice to have a break but now i really miss them!!

On the plus side my sis and I went out to dinner last night, She treated me to the works. Had Chinese.. Prawn ****tails followed by steamed Dim Sims.. and chicken and sweetcorn soup. for the main I had steaming garlic combination seafood and then fried icecream...
MJ was such a angle while we were their, i was getting coments from the other people making jokes about where my naughty baby was cause she didnt even make a peep!! I was very proud mummy.


My only prob with MJ is she HATES the car seat with a passion, will scream most car trips. I cant do anything about it either as I need to go out.


Well the good news is we are still Breast feeding!!!! I am very proud.


Oh and Im going to the circus next weekend with my older two.. they should love it

[BabyWrangler]

Hi Beatrix,
Have you tried going back to the Chiro for MJ?
A friend of ours had the same problem with their daughter, and took her back to the chiro and it turned out that her neck was out.
After about 3 chiro appts (a couple of days apart), she spent her time gurgling happily in the car!! (Sometimes with Chiro, they fix one thing, then a day or 2 later something else shows up and then something else, it can take a series of adjustments to fix the actual problem!)
Also one thing I did with BJ from early on was to put a mirror where he can see himself (also means if I look in the rear view mirror, I can see what he's doing, and where his dummy is!)

Your dnner sounds beautiful!! I miss chinese food...we can't find anywhere good near us, and the best chinese I've eaten is in Geelong (an hour and a half away!) Im glad MJ was an Angel...we tend to be lucky (so far) with BJ, he tends to only have his nervous breakdowns at home!

[Beatrix]

Hey

Yeah we see a chiro regularly for MJ..

This chinese place is the one we have gone to for years and years!!! So very yummy