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How did you go with the immu Kaz??
MadB we've had the toothpaste type poo's since the zantac (maybe it's not such a zantac thing??). THen when she had her immu they became more frequent and not so thick. But now it's been a good few days since she's had a pooey bott again. I'm expecting one tomorrow she was a bit windy tonight.
Night girls :)
Hi all,
Thanks for your words of support ladies. It has been a helluva week.
MadB, we’ve had her on S26 original for about a month and she was doing really well on it. DH wanted to try her on S26 Gold (gave in to the marketing I guess) and bought a can on special, so I relented and gave it to her for a day. It stank and tasted awful and she clearly hated it, and when I gave it to DH to smell he refused to even taste it, so I said “if you’re not prepared to taste it I’m not prepared to give it to her.” So we switched back to the original. It was days after the switch back that she started getting the reflux, so I don’t know if that was it? God, I hope that wasn’t it… I should just stand my ground on things like that, my philosophy is “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, but DH gets these bees in his bonnet and I have to pick up the pieces if there are consequences. Anyway, she’s now on S26 AR and is doing… okay. Hey, Miri and Millie are within 5mm of each other!
Georgi, all the best with your return to work! I hope it works out for you. One of the women in my mothers’ group had to go back this week – her replacement quit and she had to go train the replacement’s replacement!
EJ, sorry to hear Harper’s reflux is playing up again :( Millie’s awake time varies. She can be up anything from 45 min to 2 hours. She tends to sleep best when she’s been up for 90 minutes but every cycle is different. She generally does wake-feed-play-sleep, but she often wakes up before she’s hungry now and will happily sit and have a play, or a story or something before her feed. It’s nice, particularly given how wretched she’s been after feeds of late.
Jules, sorry Jacob has been refluxy again too. It has been the week for it, hasn’t it!? Hope you’ve had some sleep and he’s settled down again.
Kaz how was Will with his vaccs? Hope he was alright.
We only just submitted our online application for the baby bonus etc. Whoops.
Millie has had more frequent poos since the change in formula – it’s bizarre, everyone has cautioned us that the thickened formula could cause constipation, and she did go one day without pooing, her first no-poo day ever… DH freaked out and went and bought prune juice, but I really did hold my ground on that one, as of course I would have been the one changing the explosive nappies. I knew from you guys that a poo-free day does not a constipated baby make, and decided to wait, and sure enough… at least 2 poos daily since then. They are a bit firmer (which is actually good as I’m experimenting with cloth and they’re easier to shake off into the loo!) but she’s not straining at all.
So we’ve stopped giving her infant gaviscon – she took it for a couple of days but I then read the really fine print on the box and it said not to give it with thickened formula. Whoops! So took her off the gaviscon and the AR formula alone seems to be helping. The idea is that it thickens in the stomach (it’s got a bit of cornstarch in it) and holds it down. We just keep her upright after feeds and she’s doing fairly well.
She’s been in a right mood the last few days though, I guess because it has been a yucky week. She put on such a show at yoga yesterday that I had to leave. It was my one thing I wanted to do for myself this week, as I had missed Zumba, the mums and bubs movie etc because of her reflux, but noooo… I walked out in tears and this very kind lady (total stranger, she was just out to get coffee) walked with me back to my car and told me how she was exactly the same with her first, but it gets better etc. My yoga teacher called me later as well to make sure I was okay too. People can be so kind, it’s nice :) I’m doing okay, I’m just exhausted this week as Millie has also stopped sleeping through from 8pm – 2am – 6am - she now wakes at midnight, 4 and 5 also. And you know what gets me? DH had no idea until I told him about it last night. He does not hear her at all at night. It drives me crazy. Not that I want him to be exhausted as well, but I just wish he registered how difficult this is. He offered to take over today, which I HUGELY appreciate, and I got a bit of a sleep in as he did her breakfast feed. I feel quite a bit better for the extra sleep. I have a day off tomorrow – a friend is having a working bee in her garden as she bought a house with a huge yard near bushland in the north of Sydney and it is possessed by weeds! So DH is looking after Millie and I’m off in my raggies, sunhat and leather gloves to hack into a garden :)
A bit of a win today – I got the result for my first assignment (I’m doing a proofreading and copy editing course by correspondence) and I got a distinction! Pretty happy about that.
Better go, I need to check the RSVPs for Millie’s baptism next weekend. Take care, all!
xox
PP i really hope Millie settles and is a little happier when things sort themselves out. Just as you'd expect from us the uncomfortableness really does put them in a bad mood and they can get quite tricky to deal with.
*Hugs* you're doing so well, it's all trial and error (as your DH is learning too) and when it comes to bub i defiantely think 'if it ain't broke..." It's just a matter of finding what works and sticking to it. We were having troubles with Harper of an evening (you might remember me talking about them) when she was so tricky to get to sleep even when it was quite clear she wasn't refluxy or windy. I'd spend hours in her room trying to settle her when i'd just had a day of her going to sleep like an angel. So i was trying to figure out what it could possibly be and do you know what i think it was!?!? I think it was the sleeping bag!! What i was doing was wrapping Harper in a wrap during the day and putting her in her sleeping bag during the night and i think it was the sleeping bag that was effecting her going off to sleep. I think!?! It could all just be coincedence but she seems to be settling much easier. My idea of what i was doing was because i didn't want her to be only able to sleep in the sleeping bag but in doing that it looks as i may have creaated a sleep association where she'll only sleep wrapped. Which is fine with my but i loved that little sleeping bag!! She may grow out of that sleep association and i may get to use it again but for now i'm loving her evenings being a little less grumping and having her settle without out too much effort.
Yay on the distinction!! You're a clever little cookie :) And enjoy your gardening that sounds great!!
All is good here, i had a party here today. A lady who makes beautiful handmade nursery wear (which she sells at markets) also does a bit of a party plan and i had her come today and invited a few girlfriends over. I got Harper some beautiful things for her bedroom and i'm thinking i might have to have another one later in the year because i couldn't afford to buy everything i wanted. Then Harper and I are off to the Mathilda Market tomorrow. DH and the boys have gone away for the weekend i have had some quiet time with my little girl and some ever quieter time when she's sleeping
Hope you're enjoying your weekend ladies xo
If try nan formula. Not ha stuff just plain.
heys ladies -
EJ, that's sucky about the sleeping bag, she's still young. I put Will in his sleeping bag (with arms!) but then I tuck a sheet around him firmly so he has the comfort of the pressure, but not as firm as a wrap? That nursery wear sounds interesting, can you PM me a link?
PP - I'm so sorry your yoga didn't go as planned, but yay on the lovely stranger. Somehow this has reminded me of EJ's photo, of all 3 kids doing everything "wrong" with her and her hubby looking serene in the middle of it all. I do hope her reflux settles down for you - boo on DH buying a different formula!!!! My DH bought a different formula too (silver lid, not gold lid) and we had a very unsettled Will here! Mind you, some mothers in my old mothers' group just chopped & changed with whatever was on special, but then they were also jealous at my bub who slept long .. hmmm :thinking:
I also strongly recommend gardening - the satisfaction of pulling weeds and seeing the difference is great! I now take Will into the garden with me, him in his rocker, while I potter around relaxing. MEH on your DH sleeping through though, that sux.
Yay on the results!!! well done, that's a HUGE achievement!!!
AFM - well, he's very unsettled. have been having to rock and wear him to settle him. DH has been wanting to look at houses, so wore him while traipsing around the property etc, and it was the only feed that he settled nicely after. He's very engaged with us, big smiles. We're also seeing him wake up a bit before needing a feed too, and I swear he is recognising Pip!!! but his poor little legs have huge bruises from the injections, but no side-effects that I can see. I think it's a week until any reaction from the oral vaccine though?
Anyhows, I'd best get going, but before I do, is everyone feeling OK in themselves? I know it's a bit weird with either first bub or additional ones, but please, take that time to just be *you* for a little while. I did that today by baking (lactation cookies!) while doing loads of washing. So very nice to just take the time while Will was asleep to have silence ...
Hey girls.. My return to work was a little difficult, only due to the lack of sleep. Of course the two nights that I worked, Eden woke at 3.30 & 4.15am for a feed. I didn't work Friday night but he still woke at 4.40am. Thankfully he was back to 5.30am this morning. I have another appointment today at lunch time then I can't see clients at all next week cause DH is on night shift. I won't leave Eden with a babysitter, he's just too young. I have to go into the office a couple of days next week but they are happy for me to take the kids. I guess they have to be considering they've called me back prematurely.
Otherwise everything else is going fine. Eden doesn't sleep as well as he use to. He's getting into the habit of sleeping only one sleep cycle. He has his good days & his bad. I guess they all do. Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to read through so I'm not sure what you're babies are doing and if they're all the same.
Oh, and I have a woohoo... Eden is rolling! Just from front to back. It's making tummy time very difficult as he won't stay on his tummy. He just did it for the first time yesterday.
Wow on the rolling Georgi!!! Harper doesn't get a whole lot of tummy time as the second she's on the floor her brothers are all over her:lol: I'm finding that sometimes Harper sleeps a good few hours and others she's only doing 1 sleep cycle. Lately when i've gone in with the intention to try and resettle her she's so wide awake and looking around for me that i just know it's not going to happen. Yesterday she had about 3 little sleeps then we went out for about an hour and then i put her down for another sleep at 5:30pm. I considered doing her pj's and night nappy but thought it was too early but the cheeky girl ended up sleeping until about 10pm. So i very quickly without too much fuss changed her bott and put pj's on then and she fed and went back to bed fine. So what i was getting at is i always attempt a resettle from a short sleep but sometimes you just know it's not going to happen. I know she can do it when she wants so for now i'm going with that.
Yes Kaz with Aidan i used the sleeping bag with arms but Charlie boy was an angel wrapped bub and i couldn't get him out of that until after he was 12 months old. Which is what i'm doing with Harper right now. Kaz especially when Harper is only having a short sleep she is often not wanting a feed for some time after being up either. I think we've got to now settle into having a bub who wants to be a little more social and figuring out a new feeding and sleeping patter to fit in with that. Kaz i 'think' i'm ok within myself. When things are tough they are really tough but when they are good they are so amazingly fantastic. I handle the good much better (as you would) but when things aren't going the way i'd like i know i put a lot of unnecessary pressure on myself, as in i'm failing in my duties as a parent. I know i'm my own worst enemy at times and i'm constantly trying to analyse what went wrong and how to change it next time. This weekend has involved some much needed 'me' time which i know is so important but difficult to achieve. I'm living in jeans when out because my legs are so hairy as i've had not chance to get a wax (i like to go to my gf who has a business about 1/2 an hour from here) since Harper arrived. And same with my hair, it's desperate for some attention but it's trying to fit it in. They are the two 'me' things that i need to try and fit in in the next few weeks.
PP i forgot to mention to you the anger i also feel when i'm up feeding and DH is snoring away next to me. If he only knew the thoughts that were going through my head :lol: I make him get up and get Harper so i can feed her but he's back asleep within minutes and has no idea when she's back in bed.
Kaz i'll put a link to her website in fb for you :) She has a page which then takes you to Madeit where she has her items for sale but all of what you see can be made to order in the colours and styles you like.
It's a rainy sunday here :)
Thanks for the link EJ - I like the chocolate stuff!!!! Her website is very cool!
Georgi - Yay on the rolling over! We don't give Will enough tummy time (nor nappy-free time for that matter) cause of the same reason - Pip!!!!
sorry to hear you're back to short naps, and that your return to work wasn't as smooth as you'd like :hug:
EJ - I have a confession - Will dosn't have PJs, cause I *love* babies in Wondersuits, specially white ones! So he stays in them pretty much 24 hours!!!! I will try to put him in a little outfit if we're going out, but even then they tend to be white!!! Shame about the rainy Sunday, I was planning on taking Pip & Will to Healesville Sanctuary for a couple of hours while DH is working on renos.... I even packed lunches last night and put them in the freezer! Not many animals in the rain - although the platypus should be fine!! Lucky it's Pip's favourite exhibit.
EJ - I hope the time to yourself helps. Try not to judge yourself as a parent by how well your child fits the schedule (or doesn't) - I don't think we have much control over that most of the time.
Rolling already Georgi! Wow. Hope work remains manageable for you - glad to hear they're flexible about the kids.
How'd today go Kaz?
Pixie - if it seems to be doing the trick, then that's good! Congrats on your study. Are you planning on taking up different work? I work as an editor (when working) - it's pretty dull, but then I work for a stock broker so taht's probably why.
Weekends and public holidays = daddy's time to do more (I reckon anyway). With DS, DH and I split the nights between us. Then when I went back to work at 8 weeks, he stayed home for 5 months as carer (I also work from home). So it was totally different to this time round (and necessarily so, I would have gone absolutely bonkers if I'd had to care for DS full time, he was so demanding). The biggest upside, apart from DH's very strong relationship with DS, is that DH totally understands how hard it is to care for a young one all day. I do wonder how his relationship with DD will be since he doesn't spend anywhere near as much time with her...
I wish I could do gardening or anything but it's still so freaking hot. DD has a definite sleep association with the wrap me up suits - which is great except for the heat. She wakes up soaking with sweat. I've ordered another Lite one. She will only do 40 minutes sleeps during the day. Wont' resettle - oh well. I guess it's all relateive - at least she does sleep, which is more than I can say for some :p No rolling here, but Miri is laughing (sort of) - she had a couple of giggle fests today.
No pjs here either - too much wicking from the nappies :)
And no clothes at all, DD only wears a nappy (unless in her wrap me up) - it's just too hot for anything else. Poor love, she doesnt' know anything different.
And she hates tummy time. She'll try and hold herself up when I'm holding her, but on her tummy she just lies there and sucks her fist or cries. Speaking of crying. We stayed at my parents place last night and today went into town to get some food for lunch - I was away for 45 minutes and she was fine when I left, but was crying incolsolibly not long after. Poor mite. Calmed down and fell asleep in my arms once I got home.
Hey girls
I finally have some time!! Mum is holding Jacob at the moment, we're putting him into bed shortly.
I have missed so much, I'll try catch up.
Georgi - Welcome back!! Good luck with the new routine involving work, I hope things go as smooth as possible..wow on the rolling!!! Go Eden!! Jacob rolls onto his side so I've started putting him into the little rolls to keep him from rolling right over in his cot. They are all growing so fast!! Glad the trip away went well, Eden sounds like such a little treasure.
PP - I am SO sorry to hear you're dealing with reflux also, it really is no fun at all. It's so difficult to see the little ones go through it, and having them watch you to tell you to fix it.. :( Sounds like she's doing a little better on the new formula, I hope it continues for you! How did the garden work go? I hope you had a lovely day out, even if you did have to work your butt off!! :) What a lovely friend you are!!
Kaz - How's Will doing? has he settled a little?? I'm glad you had an appointment for yourself to talk things through, how are you feeling? I am sort of having a bit of 'me' time, I finally had a pedicure yesterday, BLISS!!! Mostly I'm too busy with housework and Jacob to get some time for me but I'm doing my best. No PJ's here for us either!!! I just dress him in a little bonds onesie :) I think they are so cute and easy..
EJ - How's Harper doing with her new dosage? From what I read and remember she's doing much better, I'm so relieved for you. I of all people know how hard it is to watch them go through it. I can't believe how alike her and Jacob are!!! :lol: it's unbelieveable. Thank goodness for you or I'd still be scratching my head trying to figure things out. How are the boys doing? Still doting on their beautiful baby sister? I can understand how you and PP feel about your DH's when you are up feeding and they are busy sleeping....my DH sleeps in a seperate room and I do ALLLLLL the feeds and settling etc. I love doing it cause I love being a mum but what annoys me is when he only works four or five days at a time and then has four or five days off and he complains HE'S tired and yet he will come home from afternoon shift at 10pm and wake me to tell me he's going out for a few beers and then come home and wake me at 12am to tell me he's home. I get so frustrated that it's just SO easy for him to do what he wants when he wants. Luckily Jacob is such a little sweetie and I love nothing more than being at home with him. But that's beside the point sometimes!
MadB - Gosh you poor thing with the heat!! I don't know how you deal with it. I bought Jacob a wrap me up and I find I'm adjusting the fan and a/c to keep him nice and cool as he is SUCH a hot baby. You are doing so well to be dealing with such heat... Hows the beautiful little Miri doing otherwise? that's gorgeous that she's starting to giggle/laugh, it's the best :)
Sorry for the short personals, I've been keeping up to date with reading about your little ones and I will get on here more often now that things are settling down again! Been thinking of you all though.
Things here have settled down as I said - Jacob got weighed on Friday and he weighs 6370 grams. He's doing so well! The dosage of zantac got increased the other day (I think I told you all) and that VERY night he had his best night ever. He only woke up once!! I was prepared for such a bad night but then I woke up and looked at the time and it was 2.45am!!! I needed to double take! We've had two more of those nights since and one night where he woke twice. He is definately doing so much better, zantac makes such an incredible difference. Jacob is also having only about 40 min naps through the day but has recently started having one nap a day that goes for about 2.5 hours which is very new for us. His day feeds are now between 2.5-4 hours which allows him to have such a lovely big sleep! We are up north at the moment with family, I'm home again on Tuesday so will catch up properly again then, just had to jump on mums computer and say hi to you all. Oh and thank you PP and MadB for the 'wrap me up' idea....best wrap ever!! He no longer struggles to get his arms up and he sleeps more soundly than ever! I'm off tomorrow to buy some more..I've been surviving on one!!
Take care girls! Hugs to all your beautiful bubs xoxo
Hi everyone,
Wow I have been sooo busy with 3 kids at school, homework, cooking dinner, twins at playgroup and the coffees with friends. The days go sooo quickly and Charlie is growing so fast I just want to stop him from growing and for him to stay a bubba for alittle bit longer because before you know it they are 15 and asking you if they can go out on a date. MMMMMM now let me think about that ALEX !!!!! Too young.....
EJ - It's funny how young babies accociate sleep with different things we do, Charlie knows that when I wrap him it's bed time he wiggles and squirms to get his arms out. And he will only sleep in his Hammock at night not during the day.
PP - Yay on your results great work ....
Georgi - I hope work is going well for you? Rolling already WOW...
Kaz - I just love it when the twins are alseep and Charlie. I do the housework without the TV on and just go OHHHHHH NO noise and I just love it.
MabB - charlie is smiling and I just love it when he sees me he just gives me the biggest smile, his also talking.
Jules - I hope your having a wonderful time with your family?
Better Go Charlie boy is awake.
Cathie
Hi all!
EJ, thanks for your support :) I’m glad you sorted out Harper’s sleep association! They’re funny little things… it amazes me that they can be so determined about things from such a young age. The party sounds lovely, and I’m so glad you had some girlie time with your DD :)
Mollycat, I was really happy how she was going on S26 original (d’oh!) and am hoping I can get her back onto it once the reflux settles down… but if that goes pearshaped I’ll give Nan a go!
Kaz, yeah, I’ve had people tell me they just buy whatever’s on special, which economically makes sense and initially I thought it would give her a bit of variety. I could always smell the difference in my BM depending on what I had been eating so I felt kinda sorry for the poor little chook suddenly having the same thing meal after meal when we went to fulltime ff. But switching it up doesn’t seem to work for her.
I’m glad Will is smiling and interacting with you guys more! I love plain suits too… I feel bad, Millie has so many cute outfits people gave her but she rarely wears anything but rompers or onesies, and then when I think “Oh, I’ll put her in that…” either the weather doesn’t suit or she’s outgrown it!
Georgi, awesome that Eden is rolling! How do they get to figure out to move their arm out of the way? Millie just gets so frustrated. On the one hand I want her to figure it out for herself, but then she gets very cranky and upset about it!
MadB I enrolled in the course because I wanted to start on something I can do from home if I need or want to stay out of teaching – it’s such a full-on, emotionally exhausting career, and I want to have something left for Millie when I get home! Being an English teacher and a bit of a grammar/punctuation nut it seemed a logical step. I’m enjoying the course :)
So glad the wrap me ups are working for everyone – I’ve converted pretty much my entire mother’s group too, heh heh heh :) perhaps my alternative career path could be salesperson for wrap me ups!
OMG Cathie, a DATE???!!! The mind boggles… I had a flick through Amelia’s baby book this morning and saw the picture of us coming home from the hospital… I can’t believe how tiny she was and how BIG she’s getting now!
The gardening on Sunday was awesome, we ripped into the weeds, my friend had been to a bushcare training course and knew which were weeds and which were natives… and get this, her 3.5 year old DD knew too! I had beautiful little Abby toddling along beside me pointing out which ones I should leave and which could be picked out! It looked sensational at the end of the day – such a sense of satisfaction. I was SO glad to get home to my girl though. I feel revived this week. Refreshed.
It helps a lot that Millie’s reflux is settling down, AND (drumroll please) she slept through the night last night!! DH asked this morning when she woke up and I said, “She didn’t.” “Well did you check on her?” “Nuh, I was sleeping.” He dashed out of bed so fast you could have sworn I’d set fire to him… *tsk* So it’s okay for HIM to sleep through the night but not me?! Naturally she was fine, and I feeeeeel sooooo goooood. Totally rejuvenated. Even made chicken and mushroom pie for dinner tonight :)
Best be off! DH will be home soon so I’ll get the pie into the oven like a good little wifey, hahahahahahahaaaaaaa!!
xox
Oh and Jules! What gets me with DHs also - he'll get home from work and not say a lot. Okay, fine, he's tired... he gets on the laptop etc, we talk a little bit over dinner but nothing too much is forthcoming... then we watch tv and he's wrapped up in soccer or whatever... then when we're in bed and I'm fit to pass out with fatigue, and he'll want to chat about his day!!! HOW'S ABOUT WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION 3 HOURS AGO?!
Okay, off to be happy wifey with pie :)
PP, that's great news on the feeling refreshed!!!! It's such a difference getting sleep, and the gardening is just so different to what you're doing normally. Isn't it awful that they've grown out of stuff already! I have a little bag that I'm filling up with too much small stuff, so sad that I won't have another little bub to wear them. But I've chosen a couple of outfits to launder and store in memory boxes.
Jules - Yay on getting some sleep too! I hope it keeps up!!!!!
Cathie - how do you do it? I'm not really coping with just one.
Us - well, today got photos done, just at Myer, (did you know that Portrait Place is Pixie Foto?) and Will is absolutely adorable as always, got some really good shots. Of course, we spent far more than the $20 sitting fee with free 10x8!!! Lots more smiles and interactions, now grabbing at toys too. Time for tea, made lasagne last night, leftovers today!
Leftovers are awesome! None for us - power was out from 4pm yesterday to 1:30 today.... DH is bringing home curry.
Lucky you Pixie - a whole night!!! Because of the power cut, both kids were in bed early (got DS to go to bed early so there'd still be light to read his books) and we sat and had wine by candle light and talked... that was really nice. DH has suggested he sneak out and cut the power every evening...
We got a bit of rain at least, though some damange to the electricity grid as well... can't have everything I spose.
:tmi: cathie - I'm so not ready for talk of teenagers and dating....
Glad to hear that Jacob is doing better Jules.
Must dash...
Hello :hello:
PP - Millie sleeping through the night excellent :leap:
Kaz - What's up Kaz? you can pp me if you want. or facebook me.
Well we had chicken on the BBQ tonight and vegies. Yum YUm I want to lose 5 kgs before we go away. Yes we are going away to Hamilton Island in April we are all very excited. I don't know how I'm going to go on the plane with the 6 kids. :duh:
Cathie
Cathie - he just won't leave Will alone! I try to feed him and he's hanging on me and distracting Will while he feeds. Any ideas?
I wasn't getting notifications so i had a bit to catch up on.
Cathie i could only begin to imagine how busy you are. I don't know how i get through some days with 3. Dates???? Oh no how to approach that one without being the bad guy? Good luck i'm not looking forward to that either. Isn't it strange how the bubs even seem to have day and night sleep associations? They are already cleverer (is that a word?) than we give them credit for :lol: Very exciting about your holiday sounds wonderful.
PP the first night they sleep through is a strange one isn't it!? You wake up and you don't know if you should panic or throw a party.
Kazbah is sad that we're putting clothing away already isn't it? I have a SIL due in April and i'm keeping stuff for her. I know Harper isn't going to wear them again and i won't be having any more but they are still a little difficult to part with. THe photos sound wonderful and Will sounds like he is growing beautifuly.
Jules Harper is heaps better. I love it when she's as she is right now, she's so happy and content. No irritableness at all. I always get a little grumpy at DH when he can just up and go and i can't really do that without a fair bit of preperation. But at the same time when i get a little grumpy i never wish i was away from the kids anyway.
MadB i can not get over the weather you guys have been having. I wish you could send it our way a bit. Today was less than 20 (i think) and it rained, i haven't had enough of summer yet.
Well we are really good here, Harper is seeming to be really happy. She's having little sleeps still up until the late afternoon when she's finally tired and has a really big sleep. Tonight she woke up about 7pm just as we were getting the boys into bed. Her pooey botts are back to being a good few days apart also. We are also getting smiles and talking too, love it so much.
Yesterday i was meant to have the boys in day care but as the morning went on and we were getting ready Aidan started pleading with me to not go. Last week when i dropped him off i left him kicking and scareming and yesterday i wasn't going to let it get to that point again. It's a little tricky as the previous carer he had been with since he was 8 months old. She was so so so fantastic, the boys loved her i never ever had tears at drop off. She was training to be a kindergarten teacher so in a way it was like our kids were at kinder in her home, every day was different and she followed a program each day. I've never had reason to question what the carers are required to do with the kids as i was amazed by what our cared ddi with the kids each day. So now I have a feeling this new lady just doesn't engage the kids as much and it's more of just a bit of a play day for them and i think Aidan's over just going there to play. I think it's a bit to do with his age and he's a pretty busy boy now, always wanting me to do things with him and just being bored there. Charlie picked up on Aidan not wanting to stay and the lady didn't make much of an effort to encourage him to stay (i would have been happy for him to stay if he was happy, i paid for it anyway). Charlie is always happy because Aidan has always been by his side but he will have to get used to being independant also. So anyway i really am leaning towards not sending them back there, i don't think it's going to change. I am now wondering if i should book the boys into a child care centre. I think Aidan will be more stimulated and Charlie will have the opportunity to get used to Aidan not always being by his side. I loved my Mondays but i'm not going to send the boys to somewhere they aren't happy to go. ANyway thanks for listening girls, i think i'm going to go and check out a few places and see how we go.
Better get going i need an early night. Night girls xo
Kaz not sure if i have any ideas that you wouldn't have already tried. TV (it has it's place at times), or setting him up with somes games or toys. Put some toys away and then pull something out he hasn't played with for a week or two, that may keep his attention that little bit longer and allow you to feed in peace. Or sneak away to a different room without him realising that you are feeding Will. A few ideas there, i hope it gets easier xox