Babies Born December 2007 #6

***Ali*** · February 1st, 2008, 11:54 AM

I have been a bit AWOL this week so havent had a chance to catch up on everyone's news, but we have been having a tough time of it latley. Liam doesnt sleep AT ALL from about 3-9 in the evening( I think he has colic) so life just gets turnd upside down.
We are actualley supposed to be away for a couple of days but realised last night when we were in a small caravan with a hyper toddler a screaming baby and 2 very stressed parents that the best thing to do was just pack up and come home (which we did last night) and cut our loses. I also have had breakdown about BF over the last couple of days and have been very close to chucking it in. However, I got up this morning feeling less stressed because we were home and Liam has probably had the 2 best feeds he has had in weeks (ie no pulling off, fussing etc) so I am just going to push on for now.

Anyway I hope everyone is well, I had best go and unpack everything I spent Weds night packing and enjoy the peace of a sleeping baby.

**BekZ** · February 1st, 2008, 12:32 PM

Ali - Huge hugs to you. I know what you are going through, except Lorens whitching hours are between 9pm and midnight. I have come close the chucking bfing too for the very same reasons. Loren pulls off and bobs constantly and then at night (when the rest of the family are sleeping) she becomes so fidgety and hyper that I just can't settle her except to sleep with her in the sling. When I am totally exhausted and I have had enough of Loren's on again/off again business I formula feed.

Buzzie - A snuggle bed is like a tetra bed. Basically a small material bassinett type thing that goes in the cot or in bed with you.

Nic - DH has taken on looking after Sara a lot and he really does not spend much time with Loren. I really think the jump from 1 child to 2 has hit him big time.

**Harri** · February 1st, 2008, 02:32 PM

Afternoon ladies..

Sorry for no personals... been real busy today and can't seem to catch up! I have read your posts though...!

Hope those of you who had a bad one are now having a good one!! and woohooo to everyone that has had a good one!

Welcome Kewarra!!

we had a great day out at Highpoint today.. Chrissie behaved

except when it was time for FOOD!! hehehe... bought some hair dye and an outfit to make myself feel more human!

Chrissie fusses at the breast sometimes too... and it gets REALLY frustrating! Sometimes i wish she was on formula as well!....i reckon she would be by now, but DH keeps me motivated.. the darling!...Mostly she's pretty good.... she's just been doing this "clicking" thing lately... really annoying me!!

xxx

**aussienic** · February 1st, 2008, 03:17 PM

Just let you know Ethans ride home went heaps better

and I feel refreshed cus I left the house with just Isaac

.. ah I feel prepared for the night ahead.. Olivia is asleep and has been for just over 2 hours ...

Ali: Sorry your getaway wasn't what you expected..

hope things start to improve soon

**alicia** · February 1st, 2008, 09:27 PM

Quiet day in here...

I had a facial today - it was heaven! I felt so much more relaxed when I got home. I am trying to sell it to DH that way, saying I will be much less cranky if I can go regularly ;-)

Tonight we watching The Golden Compass and boy was it awful, both very glad we didn't pay to see it at the movies.

Sleep vibes to all.

**aussienic** · February 1st, 2008, 09:36 PM

oo I'm jealous Alicia.. Any sort of pampering would be nice right now

glad you had a nice time

Here is my latest pic of me and my Princess
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...621/ppuser/752

**TeenaRose** · February 1st, 2008, 09:53 PM

Hi all

Well finally had Olivia weighed when she was 6 weeks and sheweighs 3.9kg... Will get other measurements done when I have my CHN appointment as I finally got one...

I think Olivia is suffering from croup does anyone know how to help her through this?

Seriously I can't keep up in here with everyone but I do hope everyone is well and there bubba's are being good for there parents...

Anyway must go
Take care all

**BekZ** · February 2nd, 2008, 07:07 AM

Hi Teena - Good to hear from you. Poor little Olivia. No idea how to help croup except for a vapouriser in her room at night and keep her elevated. Maybe some baby vick smeared on a face washer and put under the sheet of her cot

ok I can do a woohoo now I think:

Loren slept from 10.30pm til 2.30am then went back down around 3.30 and slept (on and off) till 6.30am...this is a really good night for her.oh yeah and I have lasted 8weeks breast feeding.

**xtml** · February 2nd, 2008, 07:45 AM

nic- what a crap night for u, u did well to recognise that u needed time out to calm down - that's gotta be the hardest thing to do, keep calm. I hope you've got enough support at home. i'm not exactly a model of calm/patient behaviour but DH is - he almost never gets angry - and it brings me back down to earth to see him deal with things calmly when my patience is long gone. i want to be able to do that too. i only ever went out with psychopathic guys that lost the plot at the drop of an imaginary hat so i'm eternally grateful i ended up with DH. he's a great father and husband and i love him so much!

**BekZ** · February 2nd, 2008, 08:56 AM

xtml - I was engaged to a "hot head" and I am so glad I did not venture down that path. I am happy with my lovely hubby too

Just uploaded some new pics in my gallery

**aussienic** · February 2nd, 2008, 11:21 AM

Teena: Don't worry about keeping up we are just a chatty bunch!! As for Olivia having croup try the vaporiser or stand in the bathroom when the shower is running. thats what why mum used to do for me. I was older tho not sure what to do with a newborn though

Bek: yay for loren sleeping so well ( so jealous lol) Great Photo's

your girls are gorgeous. I love Sarahs hair.. sweet

Xtml: Thanks. unfortunatly another crap night *sigh* Screaming from 12:45 to 3:30. I can't do this for to much longer as I am exhausted. and its only been 2 nights. My dh is quite calm too until his buttons have been pushed to hard but he rarely yells but the boys sure know they are in trouble.. I was a lot calmer last night. I just dealt with it. and went back to bed when she went down for her morning nap

So does anyone have an solutions for me with Olivia's delightful new night routine?? she is perfect all day and goes down like a dream between 6:30 and 9 depending on when her last sleep was.. she always wakes at 1ish and screams till after 3. Why? She doesn't want to be fed and is farting a lot. does a lot of little burps as well... help?? I am so very tired

We are off to a wedding this afternoon. I decided to go as I was feeling really left out. Simon is going to the reception tho. the boys and I had a great night last night with pizza and movies

So this weekend hasn't turned out to be as horrible as I thought it was going to be...

oh and one more thing. just to vent.. It annoys the crappers out me when dh says he is tired and then dozes on the couch after I have been up with a screaming baby half the night.. then tells me I am snapping at the kids too much.. well Duh einstein!! lol...

**kitten2b** · February 2nd, 2008, 02:25 PM

Nic I think we have the same Hubby, mine picks up a crying Sofia, makes no eye contact with her and doesn't speak to her and then hands her to me 20 seconds later saying he just cannot settle her and she must want boobie.

**aussienic** · February 2nd, 2008, 05:12 PM

All I can say is OMG!!! What a shocking afternoon.. Olivia woke screaming so I fed her and then she screamed and screamed some more

Finally got her to sleep and we had to leave to go to the wedding.. *sigh* She woke up of course in the car but was happy enough but I knew it was only a matter of time before the screaming restarted and of course right on cue.. Get her out of the car and she started within 10 mins wah wah wah wah.. I walked as far away from the wedding as possible missed the whole Bleepin thing and then she fell asleep while they were signing the registry

then it was time to leave again and come home as I am not going to the reception.. I detoured via the shops and spent nearly $10 on a dummy. Came home tried to feed her she wanted nothing to do with it. She hasn't fed since 1:30 just refused it and screamed more. Washed the dummy put in her mouth and BOOM she went to sleep and has been ever since. I held for ages though but nope she stayed asleep but was not letting go of that dummy so she went down with it..

I went and checked her just now and she isn't sucking on it so I though I would try take it out but she has such a grip on it so I don't dare touch it... Is it ok if she stays asleep with it in her mouth like that?? and why would she keep refusing the breast? I know she doesn't take it she isn't hungry but surely after 3 hours with lots of screaming she would want it...

**Kewarra** · February 2nd, 2008, 06:02 PM

Hi BekZ and haroula.

Hugs Aussienic.

***Ali*** · February 2nd, 2008, 07:42 PM

Nic- I have no solutions for you, but if it makes you feel any better we are going through exactley the same thing here with Liam, most afternoons are a nightmare here and I am not game to leave he house with him after about 2pm. As for the dummy I would just leave it, if she wants to sleep with it in her mouth then let her, at least she is sleeping right? As for feeding I am sure she will take it when she gets hungry enough, Liam refuses to feed if he is not ready as well.

**aussienic** · February 2nd, 2008, 08:08 PM

Thans kerwarra!

ali: she woke at 8:30 and fed and is now asleep in my arms

I was even greeted with a smile! I decided her sleep was more important then whether she had a dummy or not.. plus she spat it out eventually. Also she slept on her side for the first time in weeks

**Trish** · February 2nd, 2008, 08:23 PM

Hi girls, been having a shocker here too, that's why I haven't really been around. I will say though that Abbey was pretty good for the most part of the day. But come this afternoon/evening all she did was scream. Sounded like a very pained cry though, she was even crying while having boob poor bubba. I gave her a warm bath in the hope of settling her, but it didn't really work. Gave her some Infacol, that didn't work either. I wrapped her, walked, cuddled and eventually she fed and fell to sleep. Not sure what was up with her.

I agree, if baby sleeps with a dummy in it's mouth, then as long as it's happy and asleep, leave it there.

Teena, if Olivia was suffering with croup you'd really hear it. It's a shocking thing to hear. If you think this is the case I'd be taking her to the Dr asap. Hoping this isn't the case for her.

Bek, Abbey has just started the head bobbing, pulling off and on the boob too. I think it is more an age thing - once again. I remember Tehya doing the same thing around this age. Not sure why they do it though. I do know however, that it does stop and they do settle back into feeding properly. Gorgeous pics btw

Welcome Kewarra

Finally had Abbey weighed and measured on Friday. She is 4.8kgs and 60 cms long !! Is anyone elses baby that long ?? She is on the 50th centile for weight but the 90th centile for length. No wonder everyone comments on how long she is. Looks like I'm gonna have another tall child in the house.

Hope everyone has a good night and bubba's behave themself and sleep good for mummy. If not make the daddy's get up with them.... Yeah Right !!

**Liz** · February 3rd, 2008, 12:59 AM

*yawn*

Kayla has been fantastic.. slept from (can't remember exactly LOL) say around 7 (possibly earlier.. even before dinner??) to 1.30am. But Tallon woke up at 1.30 too.. and only JUST went back to sleep. Kayla is asleep again now too.. she wouldn't have been up so long tho if Tallon hadn't woken. *sigh*. We're doing a bit of tough love on Tallon at the moment, trying to get him to stay in bed on his own. I'm tired of it taking up to an hr of me sitting with him waiting for him to fall asleep. It's hard, and he's crying more than I'd like, but even in our bed, he's so obsessed with my hair that he's always choking me with his arm around my throat reaching for my hair, so we're trying to be consistent taking him back to his bed.

Sorry to hear about the screaming bubs. We've had a couple of good days for a change lol. Kayla is fussing on the boob too lately, pulling on and off and shaking her head as if she can't find the nipple. It's so annoying. Often it's coz she needs to burp, other times its just her fussing I think.

Nic - Kayla falls asleep with the dummy, sometimes it stays, sometimes she spits it out. I think at this age it doesn't really matter. I try not to give it to her through the night, she's fairly good at getting back to sleep after a feed without it. I tend to use the dummy more with her day sleeps.

Trish - Kayla was 59.5cm on the 22nd.

I compared my 2 bubs, and Tallon was the same weight at the same age! He was born 2.7kg, and at 11wks was 5.35kg. Kayla, born 3.5kg was 5.5kg at 11wks! So yay - she's averaging out. Altho, she's still a whopper for her corrected age LOL. I can't believe how much Tallon stacked on the weight tho! wow!

Ok, think I'm finally getting sleepy again.. don't you hate waking up too much at this time of night??

Night girls.