I finally had a night out last night with my friends husband while DP looked after the girls We went to the footy in the vice presidents club at the dome. Friend's DH and I both barrack for North Melb so we always go tot he footy together and another friend has the membership to the VPclub which we got to use. We had yummy food and free drinks so that was good. What wasn't good is that we lost
sorry no time forpersonals. Just letting you know I'm still here but can't get on as often as I'd like! Things aren't going great...not sure what to do anymore as I've tried everything to try and settle L and help his reflux amd colic. He will sleep maybe 2 hours max during the night and then he will grunt and strain and whinge between broken sleep for the rest of the night. During the day...well it's nice to even get him to sleep for 20 minutes.
Also really depressed about my body, speaking of which...
Just want to lose all the baby fat and fit back into my old clothes
To top off the week, we've had a death in the family which was sort of unexpected. Well he was sick for ages but stable sick if that makes sense...and then he just declined so rapidly and all of a sudden he was tranfered to pallative care and put on morphine and the next day he was gone...
Anyway, hope to pop in again soon. I hope all the bubbas are being good for their mummas! xox
Nai- Not only did you lose you lost to Richmond, lol. Sounds like great night out tho. Lol, I don't mind if they play up a little for DF cause I want him to see realistically what we deal with!
AJP- I'm guessing your a bombers girl then? So is my Df, I'm a sains supporter so our issue is the girls! We always agreed one each, I have Ash and already taught her to say 'Go Saints, Bombers crap".
You girls should've joined the footy tipping comp on here, there is a footy chat in the mens section go join in.
We had good night, Em went til 2 before a feed then 6:30 and got up at 8:50 and Ash is still in bed! I'm thinking I should go get her up. She woke at 7 crying and went back to sleep!
Holly- Sorry to hear about your friend, it is a shock when it suddenly happens quickly like that. Big hugs to you. I wish there was some advice to help you with L. Have you tried a sling in the day? You've prolly tried everything. Maybe having him upright will help him sleep better?
Fun stuff first - go Bombers! Another red and black fan here. We were at my parent's house and from about half time my dad had DD on his chest as she was sleeping, he's a Pies supporter so he kept yelling things and I'd be glaring at him saying "Dad, the baby!" but she kept on sleeping... and then with the last 4 minutes we all started yelling, I was screaming and then we remembered DD and we all looked at her and she's still sleeping! Amazing
Now the not fun stuff - We had a pretty shocking night last night. Plan was to get DD down at 7pm like we've been trying to do, stay at mum and dad's for a bit then head home, rollover feed and then bed.
All went well - we did bath boob bed, she was down by 7pm and quiet for about 15 mins then started crying. And didn't stop until 1am.
Every time we tried to put her down she would scream, with real tears. We tried rocking, holding, cuddling, everything. She'd calm down if someone was holding her, then as soon as we tried to put her down it'd start again. Even the car ride home didn't help.
In the end I stood holding her and rocking, patting and singing lullabyes. It was about 1.15am when I successfully got her down without waking. And then she woke at 4am, fed and back to sleep, then woke at 6am, I told DH she shouldn't need a feed but she had wet thru... so we're changing bedding and nappies, I fed her again and back to sleep. Then she woke again at 7.15 so in desperation we brought her into bed with us, she slept for a bit then woke at 8, more feeding, then DH took her out so I could rest. She wet right through again ( ) so more changing clothes and bedding and then had a sleep at about 10.
I don't know what to do. Surely a growth spurt wouldn't last this long and surely the immunisations would have settled by now? Sigh, I don't know. What do I do? Do we just keep going??
Sorry for lack of personals, I am too tired to focus.
OP - It sounds like she is having an unsettled period in the evening and feeding every 2-3 hours overnight? Is that about right? That sounds a lot like J. Not sure it's growth spurt behaviour but just maybe normal baby behaviour? I know Isabel prolly had a different routine earlier on but they change it up all the time! So going down at 7pm is not really suiting her anymore, much as you'd like her to! You've probably read this as well but babies can have 1-2 unsettled periods a day, 1-2 unsettled days a week and one unsettled week a month I've also been told that when they're unsettled (and not hungry or anything else - so crying without obvious cause), it's their way of seeking interaction with you and the world.
I rang the ABA yesterday about J and was told that it can take 12 weeks for babies to settle into a feeding routine (not the 6 you read about!). What we have tried here recently - last few days - is after the last feed of the night (which is usually between 10-11pm) we top him up with 40-60ml EBM as well. You run the risk of them wetting through, but he has been sleeping until 4-5am and going down straight away. The other thing we do is put him in the sling between the evening feeds whenever he starts to look unsettled or won't go down in his basinette. He doesn't always sleep as well as he does in his basinette (I don't think) but he is settled and dozing at least and DP and I can hold a conversation and get dinner organised.
Look after yourself darl! Try to sleep during the day when she does and rest as much as you can. I find my afternoon nana naps are crucial! They really shorten my days which I don't like but I can't function without them.
Sorry for lack of personals for everyone else - J is waking for a feed but Hi!! Hope you're all having good weekends - bloody freezing here! Will try to BBL for more personals.
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We went to the footy in the vice presidents club at the dome. Friend's DH and I both barrack for North Melb so we always go tot he footy together and another friend has the membership to the VPclub which we got to use. We had yummy food and free drinks so that was good. What wasn't good is that we lost
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I'm thinking I should go get her up. She woke at 7 crying and went back to sleep!
Try to sleep during the day when she does and rest as much as you can. I find my afternoon nana naps are crucial! They really shorten my days which I don't like but I can't function without them.
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