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Hello everyone,
Everyone is sick in my house. All three kids are running temperatures and noses - very unwell and not sleeping well. And as a result DH and I are really run down and starting to feel unwell ourselves. And to top it off I start back at work tomorrow night and I have been told I need to do all this stuff which really should have been done before I returned.
Sorry everyone, it seems that I only ever come in here lately to complain. Hope everyone else is feeling better then we are here.
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Hi everyone! I'm going to be slack and not post personals, sorry :redface:. I have read everyone's posts, but I don't have enough time to sit down long enough atm.
Alana is now crawling around everywhere, I have to be on my toes and make sure the boys have put away things she could swallow! She can also sit up now and is on solids twice a day. Her day naps have been heaps longer since having solids, it's great! She has two longish naps (usually over an hour) and one cat nap later in the day. She's doing pretty well overnight, she goes to bed at 7pm (she self settles now, woohoo!), has a dreamfeed at 9pm and wakes for another feed around 4:30am, then sleeps until 7 - 7:30am. She sometimes wakes up in between and just needs a dummy. But the last two nights as I was putting her to bed I told her, "If you wake up, just close your eyes and go back to sleep" and funnily enough she has been LOL! I hear her wake up because she gives a little cry, but by the time I've sat up in bed she's gone quiet. It seems she understands me haha! I'll have to try it every night :rofl:.
Well, I'd better get back to it. I've started up my Round N Round business properly again after giving myself 6 months mat. leave so I'm a bit busier these days!
Hope you're all well :D
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Willow - yeah not looking forward to when time comes to wean DS off his dummy!! He certainly looooves his "golly" :lol: Hope your boys are feeling better. How are you going with not wrapping?
Tippy - yay for teeth :dance:
Saffi - sorry to hear first day of DC didn't go too well, how did she go the next time with you there? Well done on the teeth!!
Issy - I know, they're so happy to see you in the morning you can't help but grin back!! Hope you get some more sleep ins soon. Maybe he's sleeping too late in the arvo? I find if DS sleeps after 4pm it's a struggle to get him down for the night, so sometimes I have to keep him up or just give him a powernap so he is ready for bed at the usual time.
Koru - hi there!!
Megsmum - sorry to hear E is now refusing to eat solids. Would she prefer finger foods to play around with herself?
Misty - hi, hope you're all feeling better. How did work go?
Trish - wow crawling, eeek!! Sounds like Alana is doing really well.
As for us DS has another tooth coming up on the bottom. That'll make 3, he's also had a back molar poking up out of the gum for months!! He is being just fantastic lately so I'm really enjoying him at the moment.
I'm starting to think about work...not due back til July but not really sure what I'll do. Big decisions!!
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Hey Lovlies,
Hope you are all well.... it's been rather quiet in here.
AFU - I have been really sick with cold/flu/ear infection/tonsilitis thing!!!:wall: It has been terrible, but I think I turned the corner today. On a good note Eli is not sick :clap: also he has been sleeping through, only getting up once around 4:00 for a feed. I am loving this new pattern - it has been about 5 nights I think. Here is hoping it is his new sleep routine! Apart from that I am trying to get work and mum and I are busy planning his christening! (big fat greek christening :lol:)
willow & misty - how are the boys going?
saffi - how was DC this time? :hug:
trish - yay for SS!! She sounds like she is a very busy girl indeed!
issy - missed you this week!
megsmum - OMG :o Sounds like E is going crazy with the teeth! WOW! Hope you have more luck with solids soon!
Must go Eli is a calling! :grouphug:
Rach xx
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TT - So happy to hear that your little man is sleeping through, you must be so stoked! No such luck here I'm afraid. Starting to get over it real fast (again). I have had a huge weekend with family here (we had 10 house guests on Friday night :o) so I am dead on my feet this afternoon.
Did you change anything with your settling etc or did he just start sleeping through? Starting to get disheartened again. He was SUCH a good sleeper for the first 4-5 months I was so confident he'd be sleeping through by now. So frustrating.
He is over the worst of his croup etc but still has a bit of a rattle in his chest and a slight cough. If he's no better in the next few days, I'll take him back to the GP.
Anyway, I'm tired and whinging so better go. BBL.
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Hi Ladies,
Willow - I hear ya! Lochie has been so good for so long, so to have him suddenly change is pretty disheartening. I keep thinking, what am I doing wrong? what have i changed?
Well, i have figured out that Lochie doesnt sleep well on the nights that I bring him into our bed to feed. It seems that when I do this, we wakes only 2 hours later (at the most!). But, when i feed him in the dark in his own room, on our rocking chair, he seems to go back to sleep for longer periods and only needs the one feed, or so it seems. Last night, he woke at 2am, fed for 10 mins in his room, then went back to sleep until 6am, and had a cuddle in our bed before getting up at 7am. This is a perfect night for us! I think what is happening is, when i bring him into our bed, i fall asleep whilst feeding, which means he dozes between sides, and this brings him out of his deep sleep. He doesnt get the full feed in one go and therefore doesnt go back to sleep properly. When he was sleeping in our room, right from birth, i always fed him bed but never laying down, i always sat up, made sure he had both sides, then put him back to bed quietly. Since we have moved him into his own room, i havent been sitting up to feed, and this seems to have been when he started getting usettled during the night. I suppose he responded well cause everynight was the same, and then suddenly it changed, and so did he. So...back to the old ways now, and hopefully back to old habits. Fingers crossed!
will bbl, housecleaning is calling...
issy
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Hey Willow,
With Eli's settling, I must admit I usually feed him to sleep, although sometimes I don't. If he is really tired I can just put him straight down whilst he is awake - he puts his thumb in and boom he is asleep (like this morning!). Other times he needs boob to send him off. I am not fighting it - BUT I may pay later :wall:
Because he was sleeping so poorly and I was exhausted I put him in our bed for 3 nights and found he woke up maybe twice, but went back to sleep on his own. Then by the 3rd night he didn't wake at all, except for the one feed around 4ish. Then for the last 3 nights I put him to bed in his cot as usual around 8:30 then fed him in bed laying down with me around 4, then put him back into his own cot. That is all I can think of. Just co-slept for a few days then he was fine. Maybe try if possible? Poor thing I know it is so hard, hopefully he will just switch soon!!!! Maybe it is also his croup?? Just wanting comfort all the time and to be close to you???
Hope you cna catch some zzzz's soon :hug:
Okay I'll BBL too! ;)Rach xx
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Hi all,
Sorry for no persies, we have had a few really bad nights here. Last night was a shocker, she wouldn't settle until almost 1am :o The rest of the night was OKish though at least, and she is having a snooze now. I just had one with her and since I woke up I feel like cr@p! Anyway, we had needles last week and a horrible nurse that did the needles, I got in trouble for doing everything wrong! Fair dinkum, I'm surprised that she is still alive the amount of stuff I'm doing wrong :rolleyes: Should be giving her the swine flu vax, should be brushing her teeth, should be getting her to eat heaps of solids - she even suggested that maybe I'm not using the right spoon LOL, and she's not putting on enough weight - 200g in the last month - well maybe being sick had something to do with it! Man, I was so annoyed when I left that appt - damn me for being too polite to tell her to blow it out her ear! LOL
Whoops, just heard a little cry, better run! Hope you're all having a nice day.
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pfft.... I hate nurses like that! You are doing great megsmum :hug:
Rach xx
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LOL thanks Rach :) You are right about some of these nurses, that's why I have avoided them this time around - I heard it all with DD1 :rolleyes: Too bad I couldn't avoid this one! Although I have a plan to avoid her at our 12 months needles ;)
Oh and I forgot to say, she was absolutely horrified when I said we were givng her finger food :wall: I hope you're supervising she said - well no I put it all in front of her and leave her to go it alone while I soak in the tub or something! :rolleyes: what a PITA. As if I'd leave her alone to eat, that's the whole idea of it, so she can join us at meal time.
I've got her on the boob now and looks like she's going back to sleep - wish me luck! Poor little thing is tuckered out after last night I think.
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MM,
Follow your gut hun, you know your baby - she doesn't! Hope she is catching some zzz's now and you have a great night tonight.
Now, just remember before you put her to sleep she'll need a bath, make sure the water isn't too hot and you'll need to hold her up in the bath too, best not to leave her unsupervised, she'll need a clean nappy and suitable clothes and don't for heavens sake forget to tuck her in................:lol: :lol: :lol:. HAVE YOU GOT THAT???????????;)
Sending you a :hug: Rach xx
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hi everyone
just a quick update as i havent been on in a while...( trying to get organised to move back to canberra :juggle: )
ds is doing great, loves his food were on 2-3 feeds a day, talks all day, can now say dad :) ( no signs of him saying mum though), sleeping has been ok we go to sleep at 6-7 sometimes wake up aroung 8:30-9 then back to sleep at 10 and usually sleep till 7.
he can roll onto his tummy in an instant but still cant get back onto his back (its funny to watch though) and no teeth yet....hopefully one will cut through inb the next few days cause its driving me crazy:wall:
oh also my sis is due in september and will be finding out what the sex is in 3 weeks :leap: i cant wait :excited:
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Hiya everyone,
Just a quick post as we're in the throws of packing (moving day is next Monday :o ).
Issy - please don't beat yourself up about DS sleeping patterns - so many of the bubs in my Mum's group IRL have gone from sleeping through at an early age to being total nightmares at 6 months - it seems to be a developmental thing and many factors can worsen or ease the situation - just keep doing as you are, figure out what works for you and he'll come right again :)
Megsmum - what an AWFUL health nurse you have! I've herad of some real shockers out there! Luckily ours, while a bit vague and ditsy with her advice is at least non-judgemental and kind. Even so I've been taking Orla to our GP vax nurse for her shots - over and done with in a flash, minimal fuss and no unwanted advice!
AFU, Orla's had a horrible snotty cold and we've held off the 6 months shots til later this week. Her snottiness has made for a few crappy night's sleep too :( Seems to be coming right now tho....OK gotta keep packing!
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Mad4e - maybe we can catch up sometime when you have settle in Canberra :) I have made a couple of good friends IRL from BB here in canberra.
Megsmum - At least you know better then to take what the nurses spout as gospel. I hate seeing new mums who are so upset and worried after being berrated by a so-called health professional who is spouting complete crap anyway.
Koru - that horrible snotty cold is doing the rounds. We still aren't completely over it all in this house, but at least no-one is running temperatures anymore.
AFU - Baz will refuse anything offered on a spoon. He is quite happy to eat anything he can hold himself, but not be fed by anyone else. grrrr. why did I get an independant baby :lol: So now I am scratching my head trying to figure out what 'healthy' substantive foods I can give him to feed himself - particularly when we are out and about.
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Hello!
megs - I've avoided the child health nurses this time around too! I figure anything they can tell me that I don't know I'd probably be seeing a Dr about or get it from another source (like BB).
issy - I agree with you about the co-sleeping/feeding thing. I've noticed M sleeps better if I hold her when feeding and then put her down, even if it is in our bed.
mad4e/koru - good luck with the moves.
hello to everyone else
Things are good here. M is now in her second week of daycare and is slowly settling in. She is getting used to it and while she is a bit hard to settle and doesn't sleep for long she generally appears to be content. The carers are happy with her progress. Her sleeps have been shocking the last few nights. I try to dreamfeed her before I go to bed but haven't for the last few nights and as a result been up and down to her. Tonight I must do that feed. DS has been a bit unsettled the last few nights too, so if its not one calling out its the other. Hopefully today I can get a bit of rest while they are both at daycare.
Three weeks until I go back to work. Attended a work related course yesterday so made the trip into the City. Actually surprised myself that I was able to concentrate for so long. While I was out did a bit of shopping to get work clothes.
Anyway, might see about having a nap.
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busy busy busy will BBL but just had to say quickly KORU, YOUR ORLA IS JUST GORGEOUS!rach xx
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Girls, you are all too right about these nurses. I had it all with DD1 as a new mum and trusted them instead of myself and DD, this time around I know better! You are so right about these nurses and new mums Misty, I hate that too. Anyway, onwards and upwards :)
We are sick today blahhhhhh. Snotty cold like Orla has Koru, I feel your pain :( Although E seems quite happy, now I know why I felt so awful yesterday cause I feel even worse today! DH is off to the US and Canada for work next week though, so at least I should be over it before he goes, crossfingers.
And Rach, good one :rofl:
Hope you're all having a good day :)
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Hey all.
Sorry to hear about the sick mums and bubs, hope everyone is better soon :hug:
I took D back to the GP this afternoon because he is still very chesty after his sickness last week. He has bronchiolitis (sp?) but there's nothing we can do for it but wait for it to pass. Bascially he needs to cough up all the stuff on his chest but doesn't know how to. He seems quite happy though, doesn't seem to be bothering him.
I haven't taken D to a MCH nurse, ever. Not once! Because he was in special care and then admitted back to hossy when he was 3 weeks old we've just always seen his paed.
