Sorry I haven't been around today, been out visiting my sister & doing the food shopping. Picked up a bargain at Retrovision, a 5.5L slow cooker for $55! It's all the girls on the Slow Cooker chatter....I've been dying to buy once since reading about some of the recipes, plus it'll help with arsenic hour if dinner is already simmering away.
Hope you all have a terrific night, it's 10pm and Maddy is in bed. Just pottering around neatening up and wondering whether she'll wake up at 11pm for a feed, although she did just feed for an hour. *L* Here's hoping she sleeps through til at least 3am. 5am, nay, 7am would be even better! hehe
Beck, CLASSIC< Im off to get my Slow Cooker this morning!! I've been reading the threads too!! Im sooo glad you posted, Im now going to check out retravision. I couldn't find one bigger than 3.5litres, and it was more expensive, so hoping my retravision has one for that price. Even so, i will see what they've got, and if it's big enough, I'll get one regardless. Im so looking forward to using it. Im going to do lamb shanks first up!! (tilly's dad arrives from london on monday and is staying the night, so I thought he'd like lamb shanks..)!
Sarajo, glad Abby went well with her injections! Coco still seems ok, last night I thought she might have temp, but she didn't. She's just got a big lump where needle went in. I think she fidgeted and the needle pulled a bit. Thank god it's over for another 6 months, that's all I can say. Im sick of immunisations!!!
The sleep was ok last night. She woke at 3.30am but went straigth back to sleep then fed at 5.15am. i wouldn't have fed her, and just let her resettle, but Tim has an exam today, so I let him sleep and decided from tonight NO MORE night feeds at all. We pretty much made it through though, so I think it will be achievable. Saying that though, she seems to have gone off my vegies....gggrrr.
dani, I hope Jett stopped crying and went straight to sleep!!
By the way, my friend just did a week at Tresillian (sleep school) and the routine was quite interesting. Firstly she said the babies were fed a fair bit of food (prob the amount coco eats, ALOT), so after about 6 weeks on solids, they should be eating quite alot. Also she was told to milk feed at 7am, solids at 8am, sleep 9-11am (of course they may not, but leave in cot for 1.5 hours) Solids at 12 midday followed by milk, snack at 3 pm (fruit, although I give milk) and then 5pm solids and 6.15pm milk. I almost follow it, but I give a milk feed just before 5pm solids.
Just an idea for anyone looking for some kind of routine. I know tilly was on this after tresillian and it worked a treat.
They also say bubs do not need night feeds after 6 months (unless of course you want to continue).
sorry about the massive post. Have a great day, we're off to buy SC and a HIGHCHAIR...oh the excitement!!!! oxoxoxoxo
Meg - I checked at another Retrovision today and the SC I got (Breville 5.5L) is on sale at $59...the girl gave us $5 off as Mum and I each bought one! *L* Its the white one. Hope you found one you like and the highchair too.
Sara - great to hear that Abby went so well with her needles! Must have been such a relief for you!
John finally heard back from that law firm he interviewed with. Would you believe they LOVED him and we're practically all ready to offer him the job when they had a head/lead programmer resign so now the position John applied for (which is a newly created position within the IT department) is on the backburner until they get a replacement for the lead developer! ARGGGHHHH!!! They told him they'll be getting back in contact in a month's time but John already has another interview lined up for Wednesday afternoon. So the big question will be whether he accepts another position in the meanwhile as that law firm hasn't given us any formal offer as yet!
Beck, bummer about the job for Johnathon, it sounds similar to when Tim was looking!!
Went to chatswood, go to retravision adn it's GONE!! Ended up having to go to Myer and got a 5.5litre one for $62. so not really too much more, but still, was quite annoyed.
I also got the cheapest highchair I could find. Does nothing, just a seat with a little padding!! Was $69. I had the same for tilly and it did the job!! There's so much fancy stuff out there, they certainly know how to rip parents off. lucky I have no money and can't be swayed!!
Coco is totally refusing all vegies. I do not know what has gone wrong. 5 weeks of loving them, and now not interested at all. I just force fed her (prob bad, but had no other option). I;'ve also had alot of trouble getting her to sleep today. Maybe it's the injections still annoying her. I am so tired though and just want a rest.
We are going to the inlaws for arvo tea, so won't get to rest, but at least I can pass her to someone else!!
hope everyone's having a good day
lxxoxoox
Morning Ladies,
Thank goodness Jett went to sleep last night, I was going mental. He woke about 5 times before I went to bed at 10pm, hope it is teeth cause I am going mad trying to work out what has made him revert to his old sleeping habits. After so much hard work at sleep school I don’t want it to be a waste of time.
Sarajo – good to hear that Abby did well with her needles, how many did she get?
Meg – that is so helpful, I wasn’t told anything like that. My sleep school was more about getting him to go to sleep unassisted. I haven’t rocked and patted him to sleep since I came home from the hospital. Yeah for me!!!
I pretty much following that pattern, it depends on what time he is getting up. I love it when he gets up at the same time cause the routine really works well then.
Bottle 7 to 8am, depending on what time he gets up
Breaky (2 ice cube of pears and rice cereal) 8:30am
Sleep 9am – 11am
Bottle 12am
Lunch (Jarred Baby Food) 1pm
Sleep 2pm – 3:30pm
Bottle 4pm
Sleep 5pm – 5:30pm
Dinner (home made veggies, 3 ice cubes) 6pm
Bath 6:30pm
Bottle 7:00pm
Bed 7:30pm
What is an SC???
God My neighbours have to be the nosiest in the whole of Vic. Both sides of me arrrh. This house is so close you can here Everything!!!
One is always renovating banging and drilling. The other is always having band practice and singing in the shower next to Jett’s room. God I can’t wait till we move, hopefully it won’t be long…
Oh and my bloody dogs, why oh why do they have to bark when Jett is sleeping, never when he is awake.
Betta go of to my mum's for birthday drinks for her
Dani, SC is a slow cooker!! I bought one yesterday. If you go to the recipes thread there is a slow cooker chatter thread!! I saw all these delicious (and EASY ) recipes on there so I had to buy one. Beck bought one too!!
I hope Jett slept welll for you. One thing my friend was told at tresillian, is to not let bub sleep after 4pm. Generally the rule I have is that she can have a nap at 4.30pm if she's been awake for over two hours, but I wake her by 5pm. She then goes to bed at 7pm. Maybe Jett is not tired enough at bedtime. Could you try not letting him sleep after 4pm. I think also you would've been at sleep school when he was alot younger, and I think from 6 months on, they can just hvae two sleeps a day, so if he's waking from his second sleep after 2pm, I would probably just keep him up. My friend was told to leave them in the cot for 1.5-2 hours at each sleep (9-11am and then 1-3pm) and they will eventually learn to resettle.
I just find with coco that if she's had two decent sleeps and say wakes at 2.45pm, I wouldn't be giving her another nap.
Just some ideas, it's all so difficult to know what to do, but maybe some of that may help you.
I know my friend said that one woman as she was leaving sleep school last week, was told "your bub is on three sleeps a day because he is 5 months 2 weeks, but in two weeks, he'll be on two sleeps a day". She was annoyed as she wouldve just come two weeks later if she'd known that!
Coco slept ok last night. Woke a couple of times (think Tim coughing woke her) but I didn't feed until 6.15am...YEY!!
hope everyone has a good day. sorry for my mammoth post...
xoxoxo
Edited to add: Sarajo, it's fathers day here in september! We have mothers day in May.. I got Tim a massage voucher for fathers day last year!! Also for mothers day the lazy sod made me a card that said 20 free massages from him. So doesn't cost money, but is still pretty thoughtful (damn good for him I have to say)!!!
Weird that American bubs get a needle at 9months!! What is it for? xoxo
It's all the girls on the Slow Cooker chatter....I've been dying to buy once since reading about some of the recipes, plus it'll help with arsenic hour if dinner is already simmering away.
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