Babies Born December 2007 #4

[*Ali*]

Why oh why has Tori decided 4am is get up time? Especially as Liam is sleeping so well. After a really unsettled afternoon/ evening (he really cried for the first time in 4 weeks) he slept from just after 9-3:30 and then again from just after 4-7. I feel human again today after some decent sleep, Poor DH has been up with Tori since just after 4 though.

Alicia- Sounds like the littlest thing to a 'normal person' but getting out for Lunch with a little baby is such a treat isnt it. I enjoyed my alone time yesterday, I had lunch out on my own and read a magazine (more than 5 words uninteruppted :P )

Quiet weekend for us, lots of sleep to catch up on here, and we are going to try and get Tori back into her normal sleeping routine. I hope everyone has a nice relaxing weekend.

[~Belinda~]

does anyone know if it's ok to start doing exercises on tummy muscles already, or are we supposed to wait? i had some separation of the muscles down the middle of my belly (the big ridge sticking up whenever i engaged them) and i'm dying to try out some moves on my gym ball. but not if it makes it worse. all the physio said was swimmng and biking were ok, no running for a year. pilates and yoga are fine, but what about sit ups? dayl maybe you know....

Hey Lara, my physio at hospital said to give it 6 weeks after a Bub for sit ups, that's a natural birth anyway...I am looking forward to doing them again soon!

Hi to everyone else! Madeleine had a yukky night, woke at 2am for a feed and then couldn't get her down until 4am...she was really crying, she may have had wind???? I am using Infacol Wind Drops, perhaps I should switch to Infants Friend, what do you all think?

[Deltadawn]

Hi Xtml - I've been doing my sit ups every night since a week after the birth. I didnt have any problems with muscle separation during pregnancy though so I'm not sure if that is a factor in your case. I started slowly for the first few nights and there was no unusual pain or anything or I increased the reps to what I was doing pre-pregnancy. I dont know if it is recommended to wait a certain amount of time though but I needed to get back into my exercise for my own sanity and I feel a lot better for it. I say if you feel good, do it.

Bindy - Hey, Fraser was up last night from 2-4am too !!! Maybe it is the Brisbane weather????

[~Belinda~]

Dayl, you and I have so many of the same things going on! Are we twins?! Hey, will have to visit you soon. Yes, I am not sure why she was a screaming Bub this morning? She has been so good so far and you feel so helpless when they are crying like that, poor little Madeleine...

[Deltadawn]

Bindy - Luckily the 2am shift belonged to Tony this morning so I didnt even know until he came back to bed at 4am. I got the 6am shift though and he was up for another hour. I think it might be the heat because he is sleeping soundly now as I have put the a/c on in his room. Let us know next time you visit your sister as I'd love to meet my Mummy twin!!!

We have our first real family outing tonight (an Aunty's 50th) so we get to show him off to all the family who havent already seen him. Looking forward to it. He is always so good when we go out so they will all fall in love with him too, I'm sure.

[QueenMab]

Oops, I almost wrote 'good morning' but oohparently it's afternoon already... & here I am still in my pjs... oh well!!

Bindy/Dayl - I had the opposite problem to you guys last night, Scally went down like a dream about 2.30 & then it was ME who couldn't get back to sleep! :P

Lara(xtml) - I think it was a post I read yesterday from you asking how Mummies with more than 2 babies could cope.... I have been thinking I don't know how anybody copes with more than 1!! So you are doing great & anybody with more kids is an absoloute legend in my book lol. I must be a sook though as Scally has been perfect... what would I do if she wouldn't settle or cried for no obvious reason...?! Collapse in a heap probably.

DP's Mum is coming over tomorrow, so is a friend of mine, then another on monday afternoon & I just got a call from my stepdad, the whole clan (parents, 2 brothers & sister) are coming down for the long weekend.... why can't we live in switzerland or somewhere equally remote...? I don't want to have to get dressed & be nice to anyone but DP & my little pumpkin!!

[Harri]

Hi ladies!

We had a great night here!! slept from 11:30 until 4am and then woke again around 8am!!

However since 11am we have only really slept 1 hr!!... Chrissie is asleep again now so we will see how long it lasts!! Feeding wise we had the same thing happening today as did yesterday... food every 1.5-2 hrs from 11am!! WT?!?!

Glad to hear the rest of you are doing well!! and no need to apologise for selfish posts! We all do it!.. sometimes we just don't have the time to reply to everyones posts.. doesn't mean that we don't read them!

have to go do the ironing while the little miss is sleeping! Will try and get back later..
xxx

[Liz]

Well, Kayla has been fussing on and off the boob for the last couple of days. And she had wind again last night (i'm in denial that it's chocolate doing this to her LOL). But I think the fussing is because AF might be rearing her ugly head. I got AF 3 months after having Tallon, and I've been suspicious of CM I've had lately.. and this morning I got a bit of blood streaking in it (sorry TMI) so we'll see if it becomes anything.

Haroula - all that feeding through the day is probably so she can sleep longer at night. I wouldn't complain if I were you hehehe.

OK.. gotta go. Be back later no doubt

[boo]

The infants friend everyone is talking about does that help with wind? Sometimes i just can't seem to get Jye's wind up for some reason.
After a bit of a rough day yesterday when Jye just would not sleep no matter what i tried i was worried he'd be overtired and not sleep at night but he slept for 6 1/2 hours straight! After a feed he then went back down for another 4hours typical for him to do this when DH volunteered to get up to him and give me the night off!

[*Ali*]

Just popping in to say I have added some new pics into the gallery

[Harri]

Liz - i sure hope so!!!! i don';t mind if it means a longer stint at night!!

boo - well that's a great sleep!!!

Ali - just so cute!!!!! love the one in the overalls!! hehehe how much does Liam weigh now..!!?? he looks like he's grown so much!!


well another afternoon the the same shenanigans as yesterday!! She's finally been asleep for more than 10min!! we'll see how long this lasts!! I feel like all i am is one of those dairy cows on a milk machine!!

[Harri]

ok ladies, have uploaded some new pics of Chrissie!

[suse]

Awesome pics Ali & Haroula - you all have such cute bubbas!! That reminds me that I'll have to upload some new shots to my gallery - haven't done any for yonks!

[aussienic]

gosh I am just to tired to try do personals tonight... Ali and haroula Great pics

Liz: lol I refuse to believe choc effects any baby.. It would simply be to cruel

Great day Olivia was fantastic.. She seems to have left the yuckiness of yesterday behind... We left here about 7:30 and got home at 5 and the only time she cried or really should say grizzle was when she wanted a feed or nappy change and we got the biggest smiles.. She has decided she hates her sling tho but thats ok... I had to run with her when I went down to the beach cus my god I burnt my feet on the sand lol.. ouch... Little miss in bed sound asleep.. oh I lay her on her tummy in the bath tonight and held her head up and she lifted her legs up under her and pushed herself up on her arms.. I was amazed...

Ok off for a while.. Will be back later no doubt once the boys are in bed

[shell_belle]

Right,,, in the right place this time!
Hi everyone, sorry I have not been online at all lately... Our internet company disconnected our phone line and internet and it has taken months for them to fix it properly, luckily all done now! To all those who dont know me hi! To all those who do I will read your posts and catch up in the next few days.

Caitlin is doing really well, settling into a routine and thanks to the dreamfeed sleeping through 8 hours at night alteast. Woo Hoo that = happy mummy and daddy!

DF has finally been accepted into the fire brigade so we are just chuffed. All in all its been a great few weeks. Gotta run Caitlin is stirring. Will check in tomorrow. Hope all you new families are doing great!

[aussienic]

Hi Shell ya on 8 hours.. I am soooo jealous of that right now lol...

terrible night here. Olivia went to bed at 6pm woke 10:30 was back in bed at 11:30 but grunted and farted her way till 3:30 when I got the poops and got her up cus I wasn't sleeping anyway.. she finally fell asleep again at 5:40 but woke at 6 and is now layiny on me grunting away..... sigh and of course dh is working today...

had some lovely smiles tho this morning

[Trish]

HI Girls, I have been lurking, reading but too overwhelmed by all the post's to respond. LOL, sad hey. This group is seriously huge. I'd love to have a big count up and see just how many we have in here.

Abbey has been a grumpy bum the past couple of days. Not like her at all really.

So yesterday when I was bathing her I noticed some yuck on the outside of her right ear. looked like her ear had been running. When I was drying her I dried her ears and she started to scream. I looked in the right ear and it waas gunky and smelt !! Called the Dr and she saw us straight away.

Poor Abbey has infection in her ear canal. Apparently it's caused by water, chuck you name it getting trapped in their ears and causes it to inflame. So she is now on ear drops to help with the infection and I grabbed her some panadol for the pain too.

Moral to the story girls, don't let your baby get too much water in their ears when bathing them. Too damn hard I tell ya.

Shell, fantastic news about DH getting into the FB.

Nic, funny that it was so hot there yesterday. It was p!ssing down here all day, has been for the last 4 days. I am seriously over it now.

Liz, AF came back for me a week or so ago, but only spotting, enough for a liner. Give me the craps, I never got it back until Tehya was 10 months old. I guess this is the downside to a baby that sleeps good overnight. I am organising another meetup too, come into the member's meet ups and check it out. Would be great to see you.

Gorgeous pics of your babies girls. One day I will upload some more of Abbey too.

ETA, sorry Nic was posting at the same time. Buggar about your night. I know this is pushing it, but I hope you can get a rest sometime today.

[Liz]

Trish - baby that sleeps well overnight? what's that?? LOL. AF hasn't quite shown up.. i've got all the cramping, but nothing has eventuated just yet. Perhaps this is O, and AF will return in a couple of weeks.. smack bang on 3 months again. But I'm feeding 2 at the moment.. so the theory of less frequent feeds doesn't apply to me LOL. I'll go look for that thread later

Oh Nic - have a pj's day today Have you got a hugabub or something? You could wear her in it and sleep in a recliner of some sort. Then you might both get some sleep. Altho, you've got other kiddies to watch - aah well. Lock em in a safe room