Babies Born December 2010

Last night was crap :( The wrap just kept getting in such a mess (which is why i gave it away months ago) and she woke as she normally would. As you said georgi at least i got a good nights sleep the other night, a bit of a recharge.

I'm slowly getting through the book and i'm about to the part where she's going to tell me what to do. Am i crazy for wanting to think this book will solve all my problems? I'm just a little lost. She said something along the lines of only doing this if it's what you want to do, not because other people think your baby should be sleeping longer... this has nothing to do with anyone else other than me wanting more sleep for the two of us. I'm feeding her in her room every time she wakes so DH is pretty much getting a full nights sleep.

I'm wondering if i should buy another sleeping bag?? She has grown out of the two she has but don't want to be just throwing $40 away if it's going to do nothing.

That's really interesting about the signing girls, i've never had much to do with it at all. Georgi i hope you don't mind me asking but is it just coincidental that both of your parents are deaf?

MadB so frustrating when you get conflicting advice from dr's. I hope the new ab help and kick in really quickly.

Audax Elli is a Star, that's quite a few words!! :)

Oh georgi 4:30 is torture, harper woke at 6:30 and was chatting away but the boys were still sound asleep so i fed her and she went back to sleep for another hour.

Better go get organised for the day. Hope all is good with everyone xoox

Miri was dreadful last night too - cried and cried and hardly slept. Maybe it's teeth again? I dunno.
EJ, getting up to her must mean you get almost no sleep at all. Can you bring her to bed with you instead? That would at least maximise the sleep you can get in between wakeups. On nights like last night I also hand over to DH at around 2-3am and go get a few hours sleep on my own. Would die otherwise I think

Yeah, watch out for those blabbermouths.... I think we're hoping Miri will be quiet :lol:

That's great all the signing babies :) Miri seems a little less motivated to sign than Ari was, but I think it's partly because she's starting to talk already. Ari dropped his signs once he got the hang of talking.

Ok girls, you must be laughing at me surely.... I know we've been talking about signing and i understand the purpose of all of that but i took your singing class for SINGING CLASS the other day MadB.... God i'm loosing it :redface: :rofl: Please excuse me ladies :wall:

MadB the thought of harper in my bed is sooooooo nice, i love snuggling with her. I wonder how it would go just one night... It would be interesting to see how much sleep we both get doing that :dunno: I'd love to pass her to DH but it just wouldn't work, she won't have him and he doesn't have the patience to perservere.

Go for it EJ. You'll get more sleep, even if she still wakes as often. And who knows, she might sleep better having you right there.

Bedsharing doesn't work for us anymore. But when it was good, it was sooooooo good. It is much more restful, because you're not getting up. Nowadays we only bring Nellie into bed if the sun is "up" So any time from 4:30 onwards. She will sleep well if it's just the two of us, but when DH is in the bed too it's not so great.

We've been doing a fairly clockwork hour and fifteen sleep at 8-9ish, then a 40 minute sleep at about one, but camping this weekend, then off to see mum for a week from Wednesday. And swimming on Monday. So between all that, I think I might throw the routine out the window a little. For the most part, it suits our life really well, but there's always gotta be a speed hump somewhere to mix things up!

I am knitting a blanket for Eleanor. Just making squares to sew together in some colours I like. 6 squares down. 64 to go!

ah well, just kick DH out then :)

EJ - You really need to do whats best for you and constant night wakings really can't be good for you when you have 3 kids to look after. I hope the book does help resolve things. It has worked for some people and might just work for you too. I would still be holding on to hope. Please let me know if there is a section on helping babies stay asleep till LONGER THAN 4.30AM GRRRRR. Another early rising this morning. I must admit that I was awake anyway cause of the stupid 4am singing choir of the stupid birds out my window. No I don't mind you asking anything about me and my family..... There is a very large deaf community out there. Back in my parents schooling day there were special schools for deaf children so they all went to school together. Well there were separate schools for boys and girls. So the deaf always marry deaf. These days is different though, especially with cochlear implants. I think majority of children born deaf nowadays get the implant. Though there is alot less deaf than my parents generation as rebella is now immunised against. My grandma had german measles when she was pregnant was mum though it is hereditary in my dad's family. We were lucky our children aren't deaf as it skips generations

AUDAX - We're going camping too! We're leaving around 10am today & should be back by lunch time Sunday. It's the first time we've ever gone camping. Have a great time

MADB - Yep, Byron threw out the signing once he started talking too

My boys have never slept in our bed :( They just won't. If I take them in our bed in the early mornings, they just play around and annoy us so there's no point. It's both of them too so I must've done something wrong there. Eden was in bed with me for two weeks when he was 3 weeks old when I had mastitis as I was too sick to get up. But that was it.

Ok so off to camping today... Catch you all next week!!

Enjoy georgi!!!!! I hope it's heaps of fun for you guys, i'm sure the boys will love it. You too, i do my best to relax as much as i can when camping. Thanks for explaining about your parents, that's really interesting. I have not had much experience with deafness or signing at all, like you said it's not all that common anymore with the implants and the immunisations. I'll let you know if i find anything about the early wakings in the book. Harper was awake just after 6 again today happy and chatting away, i went in and fed her and put her back to bed asleep but it only lasted maybe 10 min. Somtimes i get another hour out of her.

MadB we kind of tried it but it didn't go so well :)

Harper was in bed by 7ish and awake by 9ish. I fed her but she didn't go back to sleep too well, i fed her again, still no good, then i held her and she fell asleep in my arms but wouldn't go in the cot. At this stage i hadn't had a shower or was even ready to go to bed. I ended up getting a bit frustrated and left her with DH while i had a shower, she played with him till i was done. I went to bed with her and she fed again and tried to fall asleep but she just kept wiggling around, burrying her head and putting her bum up in the air. She'd settle and then i'd try and check where she was situated to know she was safe and then we'd start all over again. In the end i put her in her cot (this would have been after 10pm) and she actually slept until 3am!! We also gave her some panadol as she'd had rosey cheeks all afternoon. She woke and fed happily and like i said to georgi was up just after 6am.

Honestly i'm handling it a lot better than i would have with the boys, i would have gotten much more worked up about all this but i still do have my moments. I'm trying to get through this book but there is so much beforehand that you have to get through before she begins to tell you anything about what to do. I think i'm almost there. I would just skip it all but i figure i do that and i'll have to go back and read it for some reason or another anyway.

Anyway we have to be out of the hosue in an hour. Have a great weekend georgi and audax (and trip to see your mother too).

Talk soon girls :)

This Queensland sun Georgi! It gets up so early! Wouldn't it be hilarious if we were camping at the same place!

Nellie bee had a late arvo nap yesterday, so was really hard to settle at night. I ended up sitting next to her cot in the poang, rocking, and she just lay there and went to sleep by herself. I stayed for a while just to make sure she was truly asleep, and she rolled herself into some mangled looking positions! So cute. She woke at 2:30, cold. I threw her blankie on and she slept until 5, which was nice.

We were at a BFing seminar yesterday and today, just helping out, and she had a great time, waving and blowing kisses and ringing the bell to go in and the food! She just ate and ate and ate. It was a room full of midwives, and she won every heart. Very sweet.

Georgi - Hope you have a great time camping!! I miss camping, I used to go all the time when I was younger. As for weaning, not sure what I'm doing really, Jacob is not quite ready to stop, he's a bit of a boobie man. I think I'll just go with the flow, much to everyone's disgust, I'm just not going to be pushed into weaning when it's the right thing for us at the moment.

PP - Thanks for your wise words, I couldn't agree more. :) Happy Birthday again to your beautiful little girl, I hope she's had a lovely day! Good luck for tomorrow's party in the park, sounds lovely! have a fantastic time! How's work going? You must be close to holidays soon?

EJ - I totally understand you wanting to believe the book will help you out. I have my :crossfingers: that it gives you something to work with. If you find it useful let me know and I'll run out and get it myself. I'm just thankful I only have the one at the moment as I'm not sure I'd handle more kids as well as you are. You're doing awesome lovely lady. I actually sleep in Jacobs room on a mattress with him as it's the best way for us to get some sleep. when he cries out in pain from what I assume is his teeth I only have to reach out and give him a cuddle and he'll fall asleep on my arm in minutes. We still do night feeds though but normally only two or three. Just do what works for you. :hug: Oh and if it makes you feel any better I can't give Jacob to DH either as he hasn't got any patience at all. Can't wait to see pics of Harper's dress!! Go Harper with the crawling!! What a champion! Bet she's loving her new found freedom :)


Audax - That cake sounds fab!! Hehehe to the pap smear, nothing like having your gorgeous little girl there to turn it into something a little more comfortable! The seminar sounded like fun, of course she won hearts, she's a little sweetheart! I miss her photos of FB, are you not on there anymore? Nellie is a good communicator already by the sounds of it!! That sounds so cute.

MadB - Signing classes sound like a great idea. I need something like that as I need to be taught also! That's a great idea about me going to an ABA meeting, they do have them here once a month but it always works out that I'm away when they have them. And it's a bit difficult here as I keep a low profile as it can be really clicky and I just don't do 'drama'. Probably be a good thing to go along though, I do need a bit of support with continuing for now.. How's Miri feeling? Hope the new AB's have settled in and you're both getting more sleep.

Cathie - How you feeling?? Hope ms is being kind to you!! I too have a DH that does the sewing :lol: DH was in cadets and can sew my buttons, hem my jeans and mend my tops and dresses! how incredibly handy is it!

All good here, nothing new happening. Going up north next week and having Jacobs first 1st birthday party on the 28th Nov and then his second on his actual birthday the 3rd December. Hope everyone is well!! xox

Go if you can Jules - you might make some great new friends :)

Naw, what a sweetie Audax. It's impossible not to love them when they're like that

Hope you guys enjoy camping! We hope to go somewhere next month. Must get organised, actually, now that I think about it.

My sister flies in tonight - Ari's beloved 'boo boo' :lol: He even had a nap today so he could stay uup and go to the airport to meet her. She's just here for the weekend, but it'll be great to see her as always.

EJ, that's great you got a bit of sleep. Any change you make will take time - if you're trying something new you need to give it a good week or two as it takes time for them to get used to it. Same goes for co-sleeping if it's a new thing. I always found it took 3-4 nights before DS would start to settle into the new 'thing'. Haven't tried anything with DD as it was always ultimately futile with DS. No sooner would something 'work', but he'd get sick, start teething, hit some other developmental leap or something else.
Anyway, having said all that, I think sometimes it's pretty clear very early on when something just isn't going to work :D

You can get books and there are online resources for signing too. Maybe have a look and see.

I think last night was ok... :lol: Can't remember.

So far what i've gotten from the book is the routine side of it, i understand it and it makes sense to me. I thought we had one going but the trouble is it's so hard to stick to. I'm generally on my own trying to get 3 kids organised for bed and DH gets home by bedtime. But depending on the behaviour of all three it can get a little stressfull. So if Harper is tired and then having to listen to me get grumpy at the boys i can't imagine that being much of a peaceful night time routine. But i'm going to work at it.

Yesterday we had music and were at the shops by 11am as i had a couple of things to get, I haven't done it in so long and i won't do it again this year :angry: it's way too stressfull. It took me two or more hours to get to a couple of shops. But as a result of that Haper didn't sleep until 3:30pm and only had an hour anyway. It is really difficult to have a day routine during the week but things like yesterday i could avoid and i just have to try and do that. It's not fair on Harper and i'd rather not get so upset at the kids. It's been a bad week with them anyway :wall:

So Jules what i'm thinking is that we are hoping to get the boys bunk beds (didn't get them the other week) and i'm wondering if somehow i can get Aidan's bed to fit in Harper's room. It's a king single and i want to hold onto it for her it's just that space is a bit of an issue. But if we can manage that i might be able to catch her a little sooner when waking like you and see how that goes.

Oh we have another one almost ready to have a birthday!! Enjoy visiting the family and celebrating your gorgeous little man Jules. I think you're pretty strong and determind to make bfeeding Jabob what you want it to be, you've gotten this far.

MadB enjoy having your sister around. Sounds like the family will love it :)

Audax who could resist your Nellie (finally got that right also :redface:), she's is just too cute. I miss seeing her photos also :)

PP i missed saying Happy Birthday to Millie yesterday!! I hope she had a great day, that the cake turned out perfectly and that the day in the park is heaps of fun.

Talk soon ladies xo

Must got and get my girl to bed.

MadB - Hope you're having fun with your sister! I do have some cards on signing that DH bought while I was pregnant, I must get them out for a look.

EJ - Thanks for the new pics!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the cubby house!! Your DH has done a great job with it :) My DH will love to see the pics, he wants to build one for Jacob already and I'm telling him to give it a little time :lol: That sounds like a great plan for you and Harper Barper, it's nice to hear that you are on track to hopefully getting more sleep.

Hope everyone is well! xox

Hi all!

Wow, it has been an active weekend on bb! Happy and safe travels Audax and Georgi!

We had a brilliant weekend, Millie has been so excited! I'm not sure if she really knew what was going on, but she must have been responding to the energy around her - she was so happy. And this was before we let her have sugar! She got to taste her cake but had lots of fruit (I had kiwi fruit all over me...), sandwiches and meatballs before that. I am just so thrilled to have had a whole year with my little girl - she is so wonderful :) Here's some pictures - the album covers the month so far but there's her actual birthday and the party there. I'm chuffed with her outfit and cake! Oh and you can see the pics of my friend's little boy - sooooo tiny :) The weather was perfect and we are just so blessed. Hoping we'll have another blessing on the way soon too - I'll keep you posted ;)

I had my legs waxed and a full body salt scrub today. It was wonderful!

I'm knackered, I'll try and check in more regularly and keep up with persies properly. Sleep tight, lovely ladies!
xox

love ethe dress!

Thanks Jules, the cubby house has been a work in progress for nearly 1 month now, we're trying to have it finished by Harper's birthday party so all the kids will have something to do. Haha your DH sounds pretty keen, he can maybe start planning it out and make it for Jacob's next birthday. I'm pretty confident it'll give the kids years of fun.

PP thanks for the photo link. Looks like you guys had so much fun and fantastic weather. Thank goodness you weren't in Melbourne, it poured with rain all day saturday. I loved Millie's dress and hat they were gorgeous. And her cake!!!!!! Loved that also. Wow what clever mum!! Look forward to news of more blessings for you guys ;)

I had my stevie concert last night and it was great, completely outdoors so thankfully the rain was saturday and not sunday. DH survived with harper barper, she did her normal performance for him but was asleep when i got home at 10:30pm (in our bed) so i slept on the couch until she decided to wake and then fed her and got her to bed. I'm going to try and get her to have a quick hour before swimming this morning... what's the chances she'll want to sleep longer!!?? Always the way when we have to go somewhere.

If anyone else would like to see some photos from me i can email you since i can't do the facebook thing. Just PM me your email address :)

Hope it's a great week for you all xo

Hi ladies,
All is well my way still :sick: but hey that's what happens when you want to have another bubba.
Well It's Lily's 6th birthday today, I can't believe she is 6 wow. So we will be having a little family party for her tonight, the kids enjoy our parties as we play games have baloons and the bithday child gets there fave Dinner. Lily wants a sausage sizzle. I don't think that's going to go done to well for me :rofl:

Charlie boy let go of the lounge today stood there for a few seconds clapping his hands he had no idea of what he was doing but I was excited...
Hope everyone is well and getting some sleep.....

Cathie

EJ - Byron use to play happily in his cot when he woke in the mornings. It was great cause I could still doze through it until he got over it. Eden just cries and cries and cries until someone comes to get him. With all these birthday's coming up how are we gonna share photo's with you without FB? Perhaps we can email some?

AUDAX - Ha ha... I was thinking to ask where you were going in case it was the same place, but I thought no way... That would just be impossible.. How was it?

JULES - Good on you for not letting people push you into weaning. I feel like I was pushed a little with DS1. DH & his parents saying that I've fed for long enough and shouldn't be putting up with the biting... So I did stop at 10months. Now looking back I wish I pushed through it. This time round is a totally different story though. Actually I'm interested to see what FIL has to say when they come up to stay with us next month. Although I will be in the process of weaning, I'm a not a new mum anymore and dare him to say something to me lol

MADB - I bet you're having a great time with your sister. You're a seasonal camper aren't you? I'm pretty sure I recall you have been camping numerous times

PP - Happy Birthday to Millie!! It sounds like such a special time. So nice to hear. It looks like a beautiful day. The butterfly cake was awesome!

CATHIE - Go Charlie!! Happy Birthday Lilly

We had a wonderful time camping... However my back is stuffed again now... I have to book in to accupuncture to get it sorted as stretching isn't doing it. The boys loved being outdoors. Though the second night Eden woke around 3.30am. Normally at home we let him cry for 5 to 10 mins and he goes back to sleep. Of course we didn't want him to wake up the whole camp site so I fed him and found it really difficult to get him back to sleep. He then woke around 4.45am so I was just exhausted. I didn't sleep a wink both nights. I'm not sure if I could handle a third night though we've decided to try it for 3 nights in February.

It looks like Eden is not far from walking. He's now letting go of furniture and looking at where he wants to go then he looks like he's about to walk when he decides it's not a good idea.

He's been driving us mad this week with his whinging and clingyness. I can't see any new teeth coming through so just don't know what's wrong with him. But I hope it passes soon

We came home with so much washing that I haven't been able to catch up on. Now it's raining :(