Babies Born August 1st - 15th 2008 #4

[thepixie]

Hey folks
just a quick hi, DD is finally asleep! I'm going to quickly do the bathroom floors while she's out.
Mel and Beckoes, hope your DD's are better soon... MM bummer about the allergy... hope you can figure out what caused it!
Leash - good to see you back and great to hear that Jazz doesn't have craniostenosis!
hmm off to mop bathrooms... BBL

[squidipa]

to much going on and so hard for me to keep up,

sasha i hope you nan is o.k BIG hugs :hugs:

Becka: do u mind if i call you that seems like it rolls of my tongue or fingers in this case my sister i call her becka so it comes naturally to type and say that. let me know your thoughts??? I still wrap joshie he likes it Joshie startles hims elf way to easily and wakes all the time. At moment we arnt even get sleep through the nights he is feeding at 11pm and 2.30 and then either 4.40 or 5.30 then normally every 1.5 hours. HECKTIC!!!

Leasha....BIG hugs i hope she falls into a consistent routine that works for both of you!! I hear ya about the regular feeds Josiah's been doing it for weeks now. The last two days i have cried just because i have been so exauhsted my body is doing that stupid shut own thing and its getting worse like i get so tired i cant talk right words are slired like i have just woken up. I have burst into tears say just take him for 1 hour i NEED to sleep. and last night josiah spewed up the whole formula feed. Think it was my fault as i kept falling asleep and eh was getting air he burped and the whole lot came up.

MM you need a referral to a children's hospital and they do it there i am waiting for an appointment for DS3.

big wave to everyone else

Today i said to hubbie can you take the bottle as we were going out the door and he replied i have josh i replied i a already carrying my bag his blankets and 2 bottles on tap(my breast) hubbie cracked him self laughing

[squidipa]

i know i know double post but i just wanted to say yay i got a new laptop but unsure if i should be calling it that as technically its a notebook but its as large as a laptop 15 inch screan and a propper keyboard to boot. thank you tax man lol!!

and finally installed the new dvd drive in to pc for hubbie it was an early bday gift and i had to clean the pc out anyhow as it was filled with dust as ya do. i also got round to doing the printer installing that i got the one on special the other week at kmart for 49 dollars and 20 cash back. its got fax printer an scaner and copier. i also scored a digital photo frame cheap too for 29 the otehr week but havnt had the time to open that yet.

to much spending and not enouh comming in oh well what eva makes me happy at the time yay. also i won a oztion auction today for 2.65 a compact mirror with a picture of a victorian ladie and man on the outside right up my all my sorta thing. Oh yeah free post. i talked hubbie up at the shops as a new daycare place is opening and the director her self was there and said send us a resume so lets hope that works out anyhow hbbie has job inetrview on saturday. last week we went sizzlers did i tell ya and this week we are going again with the ribe for early bday.

well thats my bragging sorry ahhhh nope not realy :roflol: only joking.

[thepixie]

hmmmm I seem to be channeling martha stewart... tonight I have baked a sultana teacake and made marmalade.... what am I thinking? must be bed time!

[MummyTummy]

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick one! Off to bed now - it's late!

Leash - Glad to hear about the docs diagnosis. And sorry to hear about the feeding/sleep frustrations. Don't feel bad if you need to cry along with Jazz, and don't feel weird about it either. It is perfectly normal, quite therapeutic and you are only expressing the way you are feeling! I have done it on many an occasion when Jett has cried and screamed and I have no idea why! It is heartbreaking to hear and when you are suffering from a lack of sleep yourself it ain't easy to stay strong and not breakdown.

Pixie - You have way too much motivation today! Can I have some? My house really needs the once over but I just don't have the energy (or inclination! )

Squidipa - Yay for hubbies interview. Goodluck, I hope it goes well. And congratulations on Joshie's weight gain. Fantastic news!!

Mel - Poo for DD not feeling well! I hope she feels better soon.

MM - Oooh yay for the house hunting! Getting exciting! I thought you went to GP for allergy testing referral? Sounds nasty - poor darling. Must have been awful.

Bec - Jett is still being wrapped too. I have experimented a little with trying to train him out of being wrapped. We were told to start wrapping with one arm out, followed by both arms out and then wrapping loosely until they are used to that and from there no wrap!! I have tried all three but he just kept waking up about an hour earlier than normal. Although the one arm out didn't seem to bother him too much. I could have persisted with it, but he isn't showing any signs of rolling in bed yet so I figure I will try again when that all starts to happen. I think if she isn't showing signs of rolling yet to not stress about teaching her to sleep unwrapped, but maybe try a bigger wrap so you can get the ends tucked in easier, or perhaps try a ready made swaddle, they type that all you have to do is put them in it and velcro it shut! They are made to be inescapable! Jett has a miracle blanket and a swaddleme wrap. I have tried using a standard wrap but there just isn't enough tail ends to wrap well and he gets out really easily.

Ok, not much to report here, had a day out today and Jett was very very good. Was a bit grizzly when we got home and wouldn't go to sleep, but of course he eventually dropped off! Another day out again tomorrow, followed by some friends over for dinner.

Ok, bed time

Mwah!

[squidipa]

haha i had it i woke hubbie up to yes get a cricket out of our room it was large and green and making noises and after 3 nights already i was not up for night 4. Now just one moth thats bugging me but thats not as noisey.

pixie where do u find the energy oh man i so wouldnt mind a bit of it hehe.

MT thanks.... i usethose huggues wraps i got the newborn huggies box and they are largeand great for these hot sticky nights for josh...Do you own any becka???

oh man all that walking today i am buggered. i know what im getting for christmas yay. arnt i lucky.

i am in love with this lappy of myn i soooo am not sharing with hubbie altho thik illl have to hunt down a spare mouse for it to make it easier. josh is in bed hubbies checking something online and em welll im ahh in my pj's if ya can call it thsat sorry TMI laying on the bed HA!!!!! i found that darn moth. Its so darn sticky tonight.

The weeks since joshies birth has just passed lightening fAst its scary its like blink and a week is over .

GUESS WHAT??????
Joshie is NO longer fitting into newborns nappies as he is over 5 kilo yay. mind you he was in 5-8 kilo target ones. gee there real good, but today i noticd the huggies sizing and i felt an over whelming amount of happyness to think finally he has DONE IT!

todaY hubbie made me breaky and dinner eggs bancon toast and scetti. Tea he said what do u wnat and yep i picked it Pancakes again heheheh. yummo yeah we eat loads of that
well good night all,

[nagromeyk]

Jett is still being wrapped too. I have experimented a little with trying to train him out of being wrapped.

No need for us to do that here, K has just done it himself LOL! The past two nights I have put him in this Ralph Lauren long sleeve suit which has no legs (like a sleeping bag with just elastic round the bottom) and he has slept the usual 8:30pm ish through till 5-5:30am.

I think around the 4 month mark they are learning that they want to do their own thing. K was a little bugger yesterday morning, just would not go to sleep no matter what I did. Evenutually after his 2pm feed he slept for 2 and a half hours! After reading some of your posts about the troubles you are having with sleeping I think I am very lucky that he is sleeping is as good as it is!

He didnt drink that much yesterday, I think the total was around 750mls and he still slept through the night, was really surprised as I was sure I was going to have to get up to him to do a feed. Weigh in day again today, looking forward to seeing if him having this cold will make a diffrerence to his gain, I wont be surprised if it doesnt LOL but yeah last few days he hasnt had his full quota of milk so there IS hope for a gain LESS than 200 grams hehe

Leasha - are you referring to the back of Jazz's head? K's head is very flat at the back. I try to change his sleeping position every now and then - I have changed his cot around three times already since he was born. I've moved the mattress so he lies both ways. I asked the nurse about it and she said it is completely normal at this age and that in time it will 'pop' out. Sometimes I find myself looking at other babies though just to get reassurance that yes it is normal, makes me feel better PMSL

Anyways tummy is rumbling, gonna get brekky while the man is still asleep!

BBL to let ya know the verdict (K's gain)

[squidipa]

sasha i wish i had the same type of sleeping as you with kye. Altho i was more alert last night making me able to wrap josh he did skip his 2 am feed. yay.

BTW dunno if i replied to you vic but josh has started to fuzz at the boob. and for the time being i am keeping ff and bfing up and on wednesday we will take things from there as it is our next pead appointment. But dont mean to be an atention seeker here but have you or anyone wondered if josh is on 300ml of formula a day now and gaining those amounts would i be right in asuming he could double those figures when he goes on formula permanetly???
180 ml 5 times day the tin says.... altho to be honest i think he will drink more or at least want more formula throughout day. at moment we are watering down the 300 ml total as it is making a 120 botle go to 140 and the 180 bottle to 200mls.

we reweighed josh mind you i did not see the scales hubbie did it so hoping done right but as you would know vic its hard to go wrong with the scales we own. since wednesday josh has gained a further190 grams. every day i weigh him i never see a decrease just a slight increase so no real fluctuation. So there fore i have to take it as real weight.

Any how what are your thought everyone!!!!

on a side note i got peeded on in bed as hubbie did the nappy last night and the wee went all down the front of me like as tho i wee'ed my self ewwl i know then he peeded as hubbie put him on scales too much for him to hold on hehe obviously needed to go.