Heaven - So happy that you have worked out your feeding, there is nothing worse than having an unsettled baby after they have been fed!!!!
Kaz - i hope things are settling down for you, i just got a script for motillum to boost my supply!!
det - glad to hear the funeral went well and your eulogy. i would have been a mess trying to read something! you wont know what to do with yourself now that the twins are back at school!!!
meg - i think its just a jelously thing, i am going through the same kind of stuff with DS. dont feel guilty, you are not 'getting rid of him' you are allowed to have a break every now and then what is the white noise?
Ali - LOL @ the foot tapping, i find myself rocking or swaying even when im not holding bella!!! hows ashlyns rash?? what things are you concerned about? that photo of ash is gorgeous! yay for getting your hair done!!! make sure you post a photo!! bella is still in 0000 clothes apart from her bodysuits they are 000. and nappies - the next lot i will be buyin infant ones although i went to aldi and bought the newborn ones and i think she will be in those for a while!
shell - woohoo for DF's party, thats so good that em slept for you! im happy to hear that the wind and stuff is starting to settle down! lol god they are cheeky sometimes, you really want them to go to sleep but they are soo cute when they talk to you! ash does have a pretty good imagination!
Holly - i would have been so angry at DP. making you worrried that whole time. i swear men dont have a brain sometimes!
Ellie - hello! yeah men have it so hard dont they
tarkine - HAHA hairy nipple.... do you wrap alex? i have found that bella only settles (at night time) wrapped tight and i have to hold her in the same position as i breastfeed so she is close to my boob. KWIM?
OP - good to hear from you!!! sorry that your going through a rough patch
AJP - im having trouble getting bella to have sleeps during the day. today was the worst so far she was awake from about 3pm till 9:30pm and only had 2 10-15 min power naps. i dont know why she wont sleep!
Nai - woot for miss J!! shes so clever!
im sorry if i have missed anything or anyone!!!! i tried really hard!!!
AFM - i went to the funeral today it was so sad. My cousin was a mess and as soon as i hugged her i lost it as well. She lived in a flat with her dad and she said to me "i dont know what to do, i dont want to stay there but i don want to move as there are so many memories..." i didnt know what to say to her.
i made mini quiche's for tea they were soo yummy!!!
Bella is doing ok we are still BF and FF. she is not sleeping very well during the day but she does make up for it at night time (9 or 10 till about 8 or 9.)
I have just signed up to be a girl guides leader and my first meeting is wednesday night im pretty excited.
I had an awesome night on saturday night.. it was good to get out and have a FEW drinks lol
Ali- Ok, I think all the feeding at night is a growth spurt. OMG. She usually feeds every 3-3.5hrs. Yesterday it was every 2 hrs, and then last night every 2-3hrs. And she was feeding for AGES too. I feel asleep one time and woke up later and she had been on that side for 40mins!! My poor nipples are a bit tender this morning. I can't imagine how much milk I'm going to have now when my boobs catch up, I already had heaps. I tried co-sleeping after the first time she woke up last night to see if I got more sleep and I think it was easier. She settled heaps easier coz she just fed and then I didn't have to move her she just fell asleep. Except for one time when I had to change her nappy, that woke her up Bugger. But it would have leaked if I didn't change it.
tarkine- I agree, atm I'm just doing what works wrt sleep. If she wants to only sleep in the sling during the day I don't care as long as she sleeps! lol. I have a vision of carrying an 8 yr old child around in a sling non stop, pmsl.
meg- DH has been really good so far at looking after her but he hasn't been in charge of feeding before as you can imagine, lol, so that freaked him out I think, it was funny.
shell- Oh bummer about the cold, I hope it's not too bad!
det- Yay for the peace and quiet! I bet you don't know what to do with yourself now! Tell me your secret, how do you get levi to sleep so much at night?? I'm so tired!! Is it just a growth spurt and she will suddenly sleep more?? I need some hope, lol. The last 2 nights were not good!
laura- I don't get it, why don't they want to sleep in the day? When they're clearly tired!! DD seems to fight sleep. She gets tired and I try and put her to sleep and it's like everytime she realises she's closed her eyes and almost fallen asleep she cries again. I don't understand, seems simple, if you're tired, SLEEP!!!!!!!!! lol. Hope you have a better day today.
Grace still fits into some 0000 clothes but also 000. I really have no idea bc there's so much variation between brands!! No idea how she's even fitting into some 0000 coz she's a porker! Most of the things she wears though say for 3 months, lol. She's using the newborn ALDI nappies because they are pretty huge! But wouldn't fit into a newborn huggies anymore, she needs the infant size.
Shell, that's scary that your DP had a massive bruise! Yeah DP doesn't know how to drink in moderation either The tummy tub sounds really good - we are using a baby bath with the sling/hammock attachment. DS loves his baths but I always have to keep pouring warm water over his chest and arms and putting a facewasher on him to keep him warm. It would be good to get the tummy tub so he wasn't as exposed.
Heaven, DS isn't a fantastic sleeper either. At mothers group yesterday, all the mums were saying how their bub's are sleeping for like 6-7 hours over night! Here I am thinking a 3 hour sleep is great... he usually has one decent sleep over night (the first one), which is about 3-4 hours. During the day though, he will sleep for maybe an hour at a time and that's only in the HAB! Oh and we're co sleeping, otherwise if he were in his cot there's no way I'd get that 3 hour sleep from him...
Nai, that's great that DD was settled while you went away. Hope it continues!
Ali, yeah you shouldn't have a problem exchanging the nappies, I've done it without receipt. L has graduated from newborns into infants! Still haven't gotten around to using cloth...lol I've got a whole stash but the thought of all that laundry really isn't appealing right now. L is wearing mostly 00's and still some 000's but only just. Lol at tapping your foot! Umm I'm guilty of rocking the pram when L isn't even in it! LOL
Det, have a good time at pilates! If I was more coordinated I would try something like that, but I'd probably make an idiot of myself!
Laura, have fun with the girl guides! Glad that the feeding is settling.
Hi to everyone else!
AFM, L has his 8 week check tomorrow. Keen to see how much he's put on this time! Will organise to get his 2 month jabs next week, but he's not having all of them. He'll have the DTP, Hib and rota virus and that's it! Hep b, polio and pnuemoccol can wait for now...
Hi All, Miss J has been great since her vaccinations - they don't seem to have affected her at all which is good.
Ali, she is in 000 now for clothes. She wears the infant 4-8kg size nappy when I use a sposie but she is mainly in cloth so I don't use that many.
Like most of the other bubs Miss J is not a great daytime sleeper and I am lucky to get 45min out of her in her bassinette however if she is in the pram or sling or on me she can go 2 hours at a time. She must wake after 1 sleep cycle in the bassinette. She sleeps all night in it though! She will do anything from 4 - 9 hours straight in it so not sure what the story is with day sleeps
Holly, good luck tomorrow with the check up!
Laura, good on you for being a GG leader! I hope it's fun.
Det, enjoy pilates - I love going to mum & bub exercise class
Holly- DD has her vaccinations soon too and I'm still undecided what to do about it. How did you decide which ones to have? I don't like the idea of vaccinations (esp MMR) but I know there are some I should get her. Def not Hep B, she is not at risk of catching that for a while!
Nai- I don't get it either, DD will sleep fine in her bassinette at night but not during the day!! Doesn't make sense!! OMG how do you get her to sleep so long at night!! Maybe after this crazy growth spurt DD will surprise me and sleep better at night. Hey, I can hope.
Heaven, don't despair! As they get bigger they tend to sleep longer. She has only been doing it a few weeks. Anyway, she has just made a liar out of me - she has been asleep in her bassinette now for 2 hours!!
I decided to have all the vaccinations done with Miss J - mainly because DD1 is at childcare and mixes with a lot of other people so she could be bringing anything home with her. DD1 is vaccinated but quite a few of the kids there aren't so it is a bigger risk for us. I guess you have to look at all the risks and weigh up what you are comfortable with.
what is the white noise?
Bugger. But it would have leaked if I didn't change it.
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