Babies Born August 2007 #3

[KirstenFleur]

Hi all!
A quick one and hopefully I'll be able to do personals later...

Laura had her vaccinations yesterday, along with what seemed like the entire population of Mitcham. I felt like the world's most horrible mother when she screamed and howled and wailed, but the 15 mins waiting time was completely taken up by bfing as though her life depended on it. Then she was grizzly and grumpy and refused to sleep anywhere except on me, and wanted to sleep rather a lot, which meant I had to cancel a visit out to her godmother. I was looking forward to that too.
And she slept for 10 hours last night and is snoozing again! Good grief.
Hope all is going well, see you again later,
Kirsten

[neuri]

YAY!! sorry i'm so relieved just had to come on to make a post. After a week of dodgy breast feeding and bottle refusal, Willa has FINALLY TAKEN A BOTTLE.

I'm such a silly mummy but after she did it I was thanking God and the universe and everyone in it haha. I'm too tired to do happy dance so will settle for a happy post.

No idea what clicked with her but i guess the hunger and fatigue finally won out and after chewing on the teat and refusing it for 10 mins, she had a suck and that was it. I couldn't have pried it out of her mouth after that. Previously I rang up MIL and asked what on earth she did to the bottle to make Willa take it and she said she warmed it up more than what was recommended. I did the same. Maybe that's the trick. Hopefully, we can make it happen again.

Also, the crankiness from the immunisations yesterday would have helped I think. KirstenF, Laura was the same as Willa. It was actually a little scary. I put her to bed at 7pm as per usual and she woke way too early at 10.40pm with a very strange cry and she was grunting and squirming and looked like she felt awful. No temp tho, until about 5am when she had a low fever, so gave her panadol and she slept until her usual wake up at 7am. No 10 hr sleeps for us, no matter what the situation, it seems. Just as well tho cos I'm trying to keep up my bb supply overnight.

so yep, good news on my end. am glad all our bubs are doing a-ok.

sonia

[alioops]

I take it your pump is your best friend at the moment Sonia!! lol!

I swam with Sarah this week in the advanced waterbabies class, and she is so different in the older class! Things that would have made her cry in the beginners class were making her all excited today!

I think Em is going thru another spurt! she is taking close to 150 ml 2 hourly! I can't hold her out at all coz she is screaming thru the dummy.

Both girls will have shots on friday. I won't b doing that alone! Sarah is going first, then DH will take her out of the room, so Emma shots don't traumatise her. Em is going next, and DH will give her a bottle to settle her, Then it will b time for my checkup. I had the implanon put in on the 4th and the bruise is halfway healed but every1 that has seen it was horrified by the size of it.

It is way too hot this weekend! 33 today and 35 tomorrow! Our house is double brick so it is really nice inside at the moment and should b nice n warm by the colder days forecast this week. keeping an eye out for snakes at the moment tho! that would have to be the biggest problem with living on a farm. we have nothing to do with the farm but we rent the old farmhouse. there is a donkey on the other side of our driveway.

Sarah has a balloon tied to her skirt from a first birthday party today and it has been entertaining her for about 3 hours now. small things...

Anyhow that s enough of my boring rambling....