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Chantal, that's so sad Sorry about your Nan. Yes, I truly believe babies can pick up on our moods. Natalie is always fidgety when I am upset, and she is always most unsettled when I am tense and/or angry. Hoping you have a much better night tonight.
What a refreshing look at night-waking, Jo Yes, I suppose the late-night party is sort of amusing and you're both right, it is a whole lot cuter than crying! We had a great night last night - Natalie did 5 hours in a row... I can't remember the last time that happened. She was wide awake after the 3:30am feed, but I just cuddled her til the eyelids drooped and wacko - back to sleepybyes. So, I got a decent sleep, and I got a lovely cuddle to boot! I'm a happy mummy today.
Chon big ; it is tough losing a grandparent, thoughts are with you. I agree with Snacks baby can pick up on your moods.
Charly had a good sleep last night, but I couldn't sleep even though I was exhausted . Hopefully will be better tonight. Charly is starting to turn around in circle on her tummy, also trying to lift herself up if she can use something as leveage.
Agh, don't you hate that, Charly'smum? You are lying there in bed telling yourself, 'go to sleep! go to sleep!' which of course makes it even harder to relax and fall asleep, LOL. Hopefully tonight is a better night for you. Oo, sounds like Charly's on the move!
I'm prepared for not as good a night tonight, as Natalie really didn't sleep well today. She has already woken once since I put her to bed
Chon big hugs to you . Sorry to hear about your Nan.
Sorry I have been MIA but DH is away so I haven't had much time. I will catch up soon.
Issy has started sitting by herself in the last fews days. It's so hard, they are moving in leaps and bounds at this age and DH isn't here to witness it.
Chat more soon
Gee they are growing fast, what a great photo of Isabella.
Had a really good sleep last night after stirring at 9.30 didn't hear anything till 4.30. Gave her some panadol because when I was feeding her she kept biting, not good those gums are very hard.
When to the shops yesterday and lost one of her favourite toys, one minutes it was there then gone. Back tracked couldn't find it, asked the stores nothing handed in rang the shopping centre nobody handed anything in. Very annoying.
Have a mothers group today and tomorrow so hopefully it will tire her out.
chon, thats not good about your nan, big hugs..
shezze, congrates izzy sitting thats great, it all happens so fast doesnt it..
charly, hopefully you can find the toy or get a replacement...
i lie there for hours telling my self i better get some sleep before he wakes, then spend the rest of the night waiting for him to wake.. never ending cycle...
we had a pretty good night, down at 7, up at 10 BF, through till 4 resettle, up at 7.30 that is good for us, had a little breakfast, yogurt and fruit, now back down for a nap..
whereas i am about to run around the house to clean like a headless chook as have mothersgroup here today..
Hi
Thankfully Maya slept all the way through last night. So I am convinced she was picking up on my vibes the night before.
Off to my Nan's house today to help with the sorting, I have to do something as I sort of feel in limbo at the moment.
Thanks everyone for your kind words, its always good to be able to talk things out through the healing process.
Maya is crawling everywhere! Of course she goes to the kitchen door as you can see through to the backyard where the dog is, so we have to get a gate for between the lounge and kitchen doorway. Our kitchen has a slate floor so I don't want her crawling on that just yet.....very cold!! and I can't be bothered mopping it right now
Hi girls.
We've had a couple of CRAPPO days here, so I'm not the happiest of mummies atm.
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Hope y'all have a great weekend xx
Linz that what Charly has been like the last few days, until you said about the cold didn't make the connection. She is sleeping in the car at the moment have the doors and window down in the garage so can hear & see her.
Charly seems to be off her food at the moment so I am going back to pumpkin and peaches for a while as I know she likes them.
We had first swimming lesson today, Charly loved it wtih the exception of the drink water part. Find out they put us in the wrong class, the kids are a lot older and have been going for a while. When I rang I was sure they said a 10.30 class when I got the info in mail it was 10 just thought I heard it wrong, the class she should be in is at 10.30. They say it is full but got DH to sort it out while I was with Charly and hopefully will be the 10.30 next week, they will need to move someone.
Noticed one of Charly fingers(ring finger left hand) not working properly she keeps it bent (like a hook), she lets me straight and pull on it out with no complaining, going to see if can get the doctor to check it just in case. Must have happened yesterday, just not sure how or what happened.
i hope the finger is ok as well, i would love to start swiming lessons, but we are a little cash straped at the moment so it not going to happen oh well...
we had an ok night, down at 7 up at 8.30 for another feed, resettle at 9.30, feed at 2.30 then through to 7 which is pretty good,
and he has been a happy chappy lately which is good,..
sorry for all those with colds we have had a few here and they are so not fun.. hopefully will get better soon..
Thanks Linz for your kind words, and everyone else of course. Things are in limbo at the moment as they have to do tests to find out what happened with my Nan, its taking forever. I just want the funeral over with now. Everyone is starting to get touchy, she had 4 children so there is a bit of family politics going on there and two live interstate, which makes it even more frustrating. I just can't get over the fact they arent even here yet! If my Mum died and I lived interstate I would be over there quick smart! They are just leaving it all up to my Mum and her sister to organise, selfish!!
Anyway vent over
Amy, whats going on? Is it sleeping still (or not sleeping). Really hope it gets better.
Charlysmum, strange about her finger, hope its okay.
Maya's teething is getting quite bad now, she constantly has her fingers on her gums and doing a lot of crying out for attention cries and sometimes a pained cry
I have been giving her rusks first then when she gets bored with that I put Bonjela on her gums(if she lets me, its always a bit of a struggle), then if she is still crying I resort to a dose of Infant Nurofen. She loves the taste of the Nurofen. I just did all of that then and she is finally asleep.
Has anyone else noticed their bubs sleeping more with teething??
i wanted to take Maya to swimming lessons this month but too many bills, so I am looking at either August or September, as long as its before Summer.
Anyway I should try and do something while she is asleep, although I probably won't
Sorry about your nana Chantal.
Hope Charly's finger is feeling better and all the other little munchkins are over their colds and whatnot.
And oh to whoever asked, I wish Noah slept more with teething! I can't remember if I said or not, but he's got one tooth through and I can see another 2 almost ready to break through. When it rains it pours I guess!
I have decided he is just bloody lazy!
He can and has rolled over (started at around 3 1/2 months) but he hardly ever actually does. BUT if I put a toy he wants just out of reach, he's flipped over quick as lightening to get it!
He shows absolutely no interest in crawling, but God help me if I try to sit him down and he wants to stand up! He just refuses to bend his legs!
He's also just started waving and responding to his name, I thought that was never going to happen. Is everyone else's bubs responding to their name now? Noah only seems to do it if he's not completely distracted with something else.
Eeek sorry for the double post but I have to vent! I'm feeling so guilty! I just sent SO out to MIL's place with stepson and Noah. It's the first time he's had them both together "by himself", and only the second time ever he's had Noah by himself (the other time I was in surgery!). He (SO) was annoying me so much this morning that I decided it could be punishment (Noah tends to scream if SO so much as holds him...), but now I'm feeling guilty that poor Noah's been all upset the whole time.
Also I'm such a spaz, the first time in ages I've had any time to myself and I've vacuumed upstairs and downstairs, cleaned all the counters, cleaned and mopped both bathrooms and the kitchen, done two loads of washing and generally tidied everything up. And now I'm feeling guilty about sitting here on the net!
I hope my poor boy's not too upset. SO called before to say they'd be home soon as Noah had just fallen asleep (an hour later than normal) and he didn't want to wake him. Hopefully he didn't cry himself to sleep.
I know this sounds like I don't think he can survive without me and that's not it at all. My mum can take him no problems, so can my 20 yr old sis and her bf, but the second Danny takes him he screams and wails for me. I don't know if it's because Danny's so worried that Noah's going to cry that he picks up on it but whatever it is it's very tiring.
Know the feeling Lauren, I haven't sent DH & Charly out together yet but have hinted planty of time the he sure go to the park or take her out for a few hour. Think I would be doing the housework to because it has been so long since been able to just do everything and not have to worry about it for a while.
Mum is coming over to look after Charly while I have my hair done tomorrow, this will be a first just hope it goes well. Charly is very clingy at the moment so shall be interesting.
I really wouldn't beat yourself up about it because it has to happen sometimes, there are going to be times where you need him to take Noah, so the more time alone he gets (or practice) the better. Its really a learning curb for both of them.
As with your other questions, Maya is responding to her name, but there are times when she doesnt as she is watching TV or something. Don't worry about the crawling or rolling thing, in my parents group there are 9 babies altogether and only two are crawling, half still aren't rolling over frequently and only about 4 are sitting up by themselves. So as you can see he is not behind or anything, they are all varied.
Take care and don't stress (look whos talking...lol)
BTW, Maya can blow kisses now, its so incredibly cute! I have been working on her doing this for weeks!!!
Thanks guys! Apparently he wasn't too bad, I'm sure it helped that MIL and SIL were there too! Might have been a different story if he was stuck here with the both of them alone!
OMG blowing kisses sounds adorable!
SO= Significant Other. Can't call him DH coz we're not married.
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Sorry about your Nan. Yes, I truly believe babies can pick up on our moods. Natalie is always fidgety when I am upset, and she is always most unsettled when I am tense and/or angry. Hoping you have a much better night tonight.
Yes, I suppose the late-night party is sort of amusing and you're both right, it is a whole lot cuter than crying! We had a great night last night - Natalie did 5 hours in a row... I can't remember the last time that happened. She was wide awake after the 3:30am feed, but I just cuddled her til the eyelids drooped and wacko - back to sleepybyes. So, I got a decent sleep, and I got a lovely cuddle to boot! I'm a happy mummy today.
; it is tough losing a grandparent, thoughts are with you. I agree with Snacks baby can pick up on your moods. 
. Hopefully will be better tonight. Charly is starting to turn around in circle on her tummy, also trying to lift herself up if she can use something as leveage.
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