Babies Born August 1st ~ 15th 2008 #7

**squidipa** · February 12th, 2009, 02:38 PM

becka i hope grace is alright Big hugs sweet!!

**beckoes** · February 12th, 2009, 06:00 PM

i think she might be constipated...this is the second full day she hasnt been and even then in was the morning of that day before that! not sure what i should do if it is that, i guess abit of prune juice in her lunch.
if its not that maybe teething? She has been pretty wingy and out of sorts today. and put up a big fuss at bed time! the only other time she cries like that is when she has her needles!

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**nagromeyk** · February 13th, 2009, 06:43 AM

Morning all, quick one from me as I have to head out in a minute.

Kye had a much better sleep last night, still woke up twice - 930pm and 1030pm but he managed to sleep until 5am this morning - past few morning's its been 4am

so I am feeling a bit less tired. I put a different blanket on his bed last night so I'm thinking the 4:00am wakeup's could of been because he was a bit cold

Well its pouring down raining here, gee I wish Victoria could have some of this, they so desperately need it!

MT - re: the chargers we have a few LOL I'll hunt em down when I get a chance and send them to you!

Anyways gotta go, be back later!

**squidipa** · February 13th, 2009, 12:20 PM

for all the restless babies i sill havnt had a full night sleep through but tis k

**squidipa** · February 13th, 2009, 12:22 PM

i think she might be constipated...this is the second full day she hasnt been and even then in was the morning of that day before that! not sure what i should do if it is that, i guess abit of prune juice in her lunch.
if its not that maybe teething? She has been pretty wingy and out of sorts today. and put up a big fuss at bed time! the only other time she cries like that is when she has her needles!

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if ur worried just give some corn or something like that to make her go joshie has not been for like 9 days i think now he is like clock work 9.30ish am

**beckoes** · February 15th, 2009, 08:16 AM

well, by the lack of acivity on here yesterday im guessing everyone had a nice valentines day.we didnt do anything, not really in to it. plus cant really afford extra gifts etc at the mo.
Grace is now saying mama...although doesnt realise why i get so excited. she is also up on her hands and knees rocking. and NOT SLEEPING in the day...its killing me i try everything and she just wont sleep, im frustrated and my patients is shortening by the day, she is still up three times most nights and is wingy and 'tired' all the time and impossible to make happy. she has started throwing tanties at most situations...going in the pram, sitting in her bumbo, laying on the bed, tummy time, not being held, being held, sleeping, not sleeping. i hope its something like teeth and i hope it hurries up. I havent done house work in three days and i cant leave her for a second and by the time i FINALY get her to sleep in the evenings its 7.30...i have dinner and go to bed otherwise i wouldnt get more that a few hours sleep. DH is working 8am till 7pm most days and all he can say about the situation is ''well thats just kids for you'' or ''well ive been at work for 11 hours today'' great help. i guess hes right.

Well, im sorry to have such a boring winge...especially when there is so much going on in the world that make my day seem like heaven but sometimes i just have to get it out. Grace is trying to type now so its getting difficult.

hi to all

**Arimeh** · February 15th, 2009, 08:27 AM

Hi everyone

Beck - I think its the age mate. They are just discovering so much of the world - who wants sleep!!! I just let Miss M dictate it - but its easy for me, cos she is happy all the time and only really cracks it when I try to get her to sleep. So usually if I can't get her to self settle, I'll get her up, try again in 15 minutes, and if it doesn't work and she's happy to stay up - I'll keep her up until her next bottle and then she'll go to sleep whilst on that. Not the most perfect solution, but if she's happy - I'm happy!!!

Just a quick pop in from me anyway - got lots to do today!!! *mwah* to all.
xx

**beckoes** · February 15th, 2009, 09:36 AM

Guess your right Mel, DH always says she is like me, i hate when i think im missing out on something.
finally got her to sleep...but she has been up since 5am so youd think shed be exhuasted! i tried at 8am but was having none of it so got her up and we had a swim. i wish she would self settle in the day..im fact she has stopped doing it in the evening too, but i have no idea how to stop feeding her to sleep, where do you start, or do i even bother trying...is it really that big a problem....well, it clearly is if i cant put her down in the cot once she is asleep. is it possible that im trying to put her down too soon in the mornings, normally two-two 1/2 hours would be how long she would have between waking from the night and going back down, but i know they change all the time. i think il have to stop trying to double guess myself and take a step back...just relax and go with the flow, not think that i know whats going on!!

Jeez i just read that back and i sound like a crazy person!! lol .

Ok, im going to sort my life out before she wakes up again so im not stressing about things that need to be done!!

**MummyTummy** · February 15th, 2009, 12:05 PM

Awww big hugs Bec. I agree with Mel, she's just discovering the world, and sounds like she's quite independant and wants to do it in her own time on her own terms.

Jett is the same, there is no routine (except for poo on Mondays and Thursdays

) but I have noticed how much he is changed, how much he wants to constantly see and do new things and it is exhausting. I can't stay home now, he's seen all that and is bored, so we go for walks or to the shops and check out new things there. He also reaches out now so I know what he has his focus on and let him touch and play with it before we move on. Impossible to get much done, but as your DH says - that's kids for you. I'm sure it won't last forever, but you'll just have to forgive yourself for not getting things done, but Grace is your top priority atm.

Congratulations on the grand opening Mel!!

ETA: Oh and we didn't do anything for Valentines Day either. Never have, but kind of even slipped our minds that it was even on with all the fire stuff.

**thepixie** · February 15th, 2009, 12:02 PM

Beck

babe.... its impossible isn't it. Sometimes DD can hardly stay awake for 2.5 hours and other times she can be awake for 5 or 6.
Friday night I was woken every hour either by Beth grizzling or by the Bear snoring. We both have a pretty horrible cold and after no sleep on Friday night we were total zombies yesterday. Didn't help that Beth is doing the 'sleep is for the weak' routine too. The only way we got her down yesterday was to take her for a 45 minute drive in the car because we just knew she wouldn't sleep otherwise. Then she was only down for an hour. Although Friday being such a dreadful night sleepwise really made me appreciate only being woken up once last night! The Bear kept saying "it's the best Valentines' Day ever" which ended up being pretty comical because he is feeling so ill, and we were both so knackered we could hardly see and Beth was refusing to sleep so we couldn't take a nap either. I pretty much have to feed her to sleep too or put her to sleep in the car seat or pram these days. She very rarely self-settles any more and cracks it when I put her in the hammock if she's awake. She did get a tooth through the other day so maybe that is something to do with it

But hey at least you know we weren't all out being wined and dined and bathing in rose petals while you were desperately trying to get G to sleep - I think we're all a bit in the same boat!