Jols twice would be delightful........... :p
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Jols twice would be delightful........... :p
Ali thats fantastic!
We had a crappola night. Woke 11:45pm for feed then wanting a bottle again at 4. Plus all the crying inbetween, she just wakes really upset! I don't want to get in the habit of feeds at night cause she mucks around in the day and won't finish her bottles then expects all nigfht, no way. Might give more solids she seems to be finishing off what I give her now and she can still look around and watch everything while I feed. i don't mind giving 1 bottle at night which is what she generally has but not increasing it!
im with you shell once is ok twice is stretching the friendship :lol:
op how many times are you feeding?
Miss E is being a velcro baby today. Just been so unsettled the past week or so.
Yay Ali -
I agree once a night is OK, but more than that....... I am like OP I generally ignore unless she is upset.
During the day I seem to be feeding every 2 - 3 hours atm. She just seems to need it. Started her on solids. She is not a fan. Get about 2 spoons worth (not even a full spoon) She will maybe eat a tiny bit if doing BLS, but not much better...
We're trying to do rollover feed at 10.30pm, then push the next feed out as long as possible... the MCHN said she really shouldn't be feeding overnight anymore, she shouldn't need to, esp with all the solids she chews thru!
Please don't all jump on the MCHN, she is lovely and only offered that advice because I asked for her opinion.
Anyway we're now trying not to feed overnight... and it seems right, that she doesn't NEED to feed, because although she wakes and calls out, she goes back to sleep. It is just that she wakes some time between 2am and 4am, then calls out every 10-30mins, until I feed her around 5 or 6am.
I say "calls out" because she doesn't really cry and she goes back to sleep in between yells... but it is loud enough to wake me up! She just sort of yells a few times, wriggles around and zonks out again.
:dunno:
Yay!!! Ali- that's fantastic!!!!
Lewis woke twice last night!! 11pm amd 4am I was happy with that but maybe I need to reconsider, mix in with that I had DD up at 3am too!!!
Oh well, never count the hours sleep, that's my motto, then I won't feel tired!!!
Yay Ali!!! It didn't take as long as you thought :D I usually wake up because of my engorged bb's before Miss J wakes for a feed.
Shell - how many bottles do your give Emily during the day with her solids? Will she drink more? I try to give Miss J 3 full solids meals plus at least 5 BF's a day and that seems to keep her going through the night.
OP - I ignore Miss J if she is "chatting" and wriggling around in her cot at night. I only get up and feed if she really cries. It is hard because she does wake me (and she is right next to me in the bedroom) but I just stick my head up, check she is ok and then try to go back to sleep (like DP does ;) )
Miss J slept from 6.30pm to 5am had a feed and then slept until 8.30!! Unheard of! But then she did have her injections yesterday so that could be why.
Sorry I missed a few personals there (selfish me!)!
Meg - Isabel is fairly grumpy at the moment too, she's not happy playing on the floor anymore and just wants cuddles during the day. And funnily enough she's feeding 2-3hrly as well, even with lots of solids!
Shell - Sorry about the crapola night last night! I keep pushing the solids in until she turns her head away, no idea how much she consumes in volume but if I make up some farex and she wolfs it down, I'll go make up some more, see if she wants a bit more.
Pinny, that sounds pretty good to me!!
Nai, maybe I should try and add in another BF in the arvo... but actually yesterday she had 3 BFs between 2pm and 6pm... hmm. I do try and ignore her "yells" and only get up when she has escalated but it is frustrating being woken so frequently. DH sleeps through it and then comments how good she was last night :rolleyes:
OP - Get some earplugs. I guarentee if she is upset you will still her her with the earplugs in.
Yay Ali :leap: Fantastic news darl! You must feel like a new woman!
Shell - Em sounds like a kid who knows what she wants! lol.
Meg - Hope E settles for you soon hun. Jacob was like that last week. I hope you're feeling better soon too.
Nai - 8kg is great! You've re-inspired me to keep going. I stopped ww a while ago as I found counting the points got annoying so now I'm sort of following CSIRO menus. I've lost 6kg since I started trying back at the end of May but I need to kick start again as I haven't lost anything for over a month now. Want to lose another 10kg :o
Hi to everyone else.
Has anyone heard from Tarkine lately? Last she posted there was a fair bit going on with her DH. Hope you're doing ok Tarkine.
AFM - No AF here yet thank god. Not looking forward to that at all! Jacob had a good night last night - fed at 8pm, didn't go to sleep until 9:30pm, fed at 2am and then at 7am and got up at 9am. He's hardly slept since though but is much less grumbly which is good.
Miss E is playing up still, not much sleep today, asleep now but took 30mins of screaming first. Seriously no more kids for me please! Not unless I am guarenteed a great sleeper.
Kaz- 6kg loss is fantstic, even tho you've not lost more for last month as long as you don't put it back on, yeah I could imagine counting points be a pain.
OP- All those wakings tho is so tiring, Em does that will wake up crying, settles fairly quickly (generally) but then I am wide awake constantly. And Df was the same when Ash was a bub used to say how good she was and I'd point out I'd been up x amount of times!
Nai- She has 2 small solids at the moment and 6 bottles within a 24hr period. So getting plenty. Doesn't often finish her bottles in the day tho, too busy looking around!
Meg- E was like that when we started, just last few days really improved, found too she prefered vegies over fruit. I guess just give it time.
Yeah where is Tarkine? I hope all is ok.
Hopefully by a months time all these babies are alot more settled.
Oh I was quite annoyed at the shops yesterday, everyone was saying how cute Em was, thats fine then this lady says, "oh, 2 girls, are you dissapointed?" Of course not I said so she asked if Df was. Just annoys me those sort of questions, why would you ask someone that. I know sometimes ppl are bit dissapointed or hoping for one sex more than another but you don't go ask that to someone.
Shell- How annoying I think that is soooo rude!! Society puts such a big deal on genders, it annoys me so much, the amount of people that have said to me oh one of each you must be happy, my reply is I would of been happy with either sex.... we wanted a baby not a particular sex... Try not to let ppl like that get to you...
Kaz- Well done on the weight loss!!! Reminds me I need to weigh myself, think i wouls have 5 more kilos to loose... want to lose another dress size and tone up....
We started solids today!!! L seemed to like them, just rice cereal to begin with,only a small amount but seemed to tolerate them well.
pinny we've started too! avocado with EBM is on the menu for a few days then we'll try pumpkin! still pulling faces but opening mouth
BBL...
Thanks girls :grouphug: She has gone down well tonight. We will see what the night brings. She has really taken to her solids the last 2 days. She is having pumpkin & apple mixed together and then she munches on some banana making a big mess but she loves having control of it.
Heaven- I am wondering if the solids is helping the sleeping through. :dunno: I also boiled some water and have it in a bottle as my mum and the mchn said that by offering it to her in the night instead of milk she will soon realise its not worth waking up for. Havent had to use it yet but its good to know we have another back up. How is DD doing on her BLS?
Jols- DD loves loves loves avo! Like her mum and dad! Think I will have to try and buy that book about the avocado baby. Does anyone remember that?
Kaz- that is a great weight loss. My problem is consistency so I am hoping to stay on the band wagon. How was J today? :hug: any better. These little ones sure know how to throw us curve balls hey!
Pinny- DId you get some photos of L having his first solids. THe faces are so funny!
Shell- That is quite rude. I wonder if these people actually have children? Maybe when I was a young teenager I might have thought I would love a boy and then a girl but really in the whole scheme of things, all you want is healthy babies, doesnt matter what gender. I have AF back for afew months even though I have been BF constantly through the night since day dot! Not fair. I have to say that I could never feel any pain around ovulation but now I definitely do!
OP- The engorgement did wake me up, DP said it was like I had a boob job overnight but I didnt leak thank goodness. Actually thinking about it, mine havent leaked in months. Gotta be a good thing. :)
Nai- that is excellent about Miss J's sleep!!!! And how brave she was for injections! Are they over their conjunctivitis?
Pinny- I dont count hours sleep either. All I know is last night was the best night sleep in 6 months!! Hope you have a better night tonight :hug:
Megie- How are you feeling :hug: I had a quick read of your other thread. SOunds like some immature people trying to stir the pot. :hug: DOnt be down on yourself. You ahve done nothing wrong and I dont think your DS has either. He is just being a normal 3 yr old.
Det- how you feeling? Has L got back into his sleep routine?
:hello: to anyone I have missed.
I apologise for not remembering what else.
Hey girls - quick post, just have to share. PIL arrived about an hour ago - MIL was holding Jacob, and had been wandering around and talking. She sat down for a bit. Anyway he did a massive poo, it came all out the back of his nappy (and he was in a sposie!) went all over her jeans and onto the floor under her chair :rofl: Amazingly, NONE of the poo got on his own clothes - WTF?? It was like his own personal way of welcoming Grandma to the house.
Shell - That is too rude. Tells you a lot about the person asking the question I reckon. Such a dumb thing to ask, esp of a stranger.
Everyone's on solids!! Yay!! Reckon it'll be like giving birth tho, Jacob will prolly be lucky last again :p
:rofl: kaz!!!
Kaz- PMSL!!! I bet you did as well or tried really hard not to! :rofl:
Kaz I would of been in fits of laughter!!! How funny!!!! Have fun with the PIL
AJP- Yay on the avacado!!! Abbey loved Avocado too! still does!!! The small ones you can get at the moment are perfect size too!
Ali- Thanks for the support re sleep, L went down at 8pm quite well, lets hope we have a good night, but I did get a Nanna nap this afternoon as DH was home....was sooooo nice bedroom all to myself, no one tcuddling me or needing a cuddle just me and the bed!!!! I was in heaven!!
Hi to everyone else!! Hope you all have a good weekend!!! Think i might go to the movies tomorrow night benn expressing all day so i have milk in supply, going to leave kids with DH, need to have some Me time!!!
i love avocado too!! DH bought a few the other day so figured may as well start her on that!!
i must go to bed, swimming at 8am for sophie in the morning and inlaws are coming..yay :rolleyes:
AJP- Have fun with the in laws!! Sounds exciting!! Are they staying with you???
Just jumping in quickly to say I just got back from visiting my little niece. She is just beautiful and so TINY (E was about 600g smaller at birth mind you!) Anyway I have posted on facebook, so check them out. (or you can add me to facebook PM me and I will tell you my "real" name.
Hello everyone!
Haven't had time to post as my poor little girl has been sick for the first time!! Stupid DH gave us both a cold!! It wasn't too bad thank God but one night she was up all night!! Well, we were. She would sleep in our arms but every time we put her down she wouldn't be able to breath through her nose and wake up. So sad :( But she's definately on the mend now. And omg last night a miracle happened!!!!! She self-settled during the night for the first time EVER!!!!!! I think she might have actually done it twice!! The first time I heard her wake up and she cried and then stopped and I just said 'shh' and I could hear her moving around but then silence and I fell back asleep. The second time she had had a feed and was lying in bed next to me rolling around and escaping from her wrap and kicking and whatever else then all of a sudden she just stopped moving and started snoring!!!!!!!!!!! wtf!!!!!!!!!! Wish she would keep it up!! She woke up a lot though :( She was probably just buggered.
Sounds like we have a lot of unsettled babies in here atm!!
meg- DD doesn't eat much either, plays alot. Last night DH was having mashed potato for dinner so I gave her some to try and she gagged and coughed and spluttered worse than with the finger foods! Weird. So I guess we're sticking with the BLS even though she doesn't eat much. Wish she would eat more and sleep longer though! LOL. Oh how cute, I can't wait til I have nieces and nephews!!
OP- I don't know if DD needs to feed over night but I'm too lazy and it's the fastest way to get her back to sleep. When she's better we're going to try and cut down though.
Pinny- LOL, waking twice a night sounds good to me too, I would be so happy with that hahaha, omg, this is what it has come to. Yay on starting solids!
Nai- :p Bring Miss J over here to teach Grace how to sleep!
Kaz- oooh I haven't heard from tarkine either, wonder how she is. Good night for Jacob! WTG on the weight loss! pmsl @ the poo explosion.
shell- how rude of that woman!! I'm actually thinking another girl would be good next time! I never had a sister and I want DD to have one and I love this little girl so much how could I not want another?
AJP- DD has only had solids a few times but it's so amazing how quick she is 'getting it'!
Ali- Grace is doing ok on her solids, didn't have any for a couple of days coz she was sick but I gave her some last night. She doesn't eat much though, can't wait til she does and am hoping it might help her sleep too!
det- :hello:
Hmm...avacado, DH and I don't like it but maybe DD will. I've heard lots of bubs like it on toast.
Does everyone have eachother on FB except me??????
Guess what?? Maybe my hard work is paying off as DD slept really well again last night.
She went down at 7pm, woke at 1:30am because the dogs barked and barked as there were people hanging around outside our house being noisy but then went straight back to sleep until 7:30am!
I loaded her up on solids again at 5:30pm and then milk. She is nly having one solids meal a day at the moment and I am giving it at 5:30pm as soon as she wakes up from her last nap.
She will move to 2 meals a day in a weeks time and will have an added snack of puee appple or pear in the arvo just to get her through until I get home from work to feed her.
Heaven- I hope Miss G is feeling better soon :hug: Ash had a snuffly nose last week too. Poor little poppets. I'll PM you my FB details. I think I have almost everyone in our groups FB details that have FB.
Megie- the photos are gorgeous! You forget how tiny they are. We have ha a new bub join our mums and bubs group as she said the women in her group were really clicky and bichy so it is nice seeinga little bubba again.
Jols- Hope you survive the in laws. Mine want to come over tomorrow and I told them that I am busy so they can only stay an hour even though I am not :redface: LOL!
Pinny- Love nana naps here as well! Glad you got to have one on your own. SOunds lush! How did L end up going last night?
Kaz- DId you survive the night with the in laws?
Good news Ali. I hope she keeps it up~
Heaven - Nope don't have many on FB. I think Ali, Shell and Det. Anyone else want to be my friend :P
Pinny - Glad you got a nanna nap!
AJP - A few people have started calling E Milly, so sounds like she has the same name - Milly Rose!!!
E has to get her vax tomorrow Boo Hoo - Takinbg her to the doctors to get them as J seems to have an ear infection. He has up for 2 hours last night very upset saying his ears were sore. (At my mums house, not hrere - I am picking him up this arvo) I hope he is ok. DH is on night shift tonight, so if he is upset, he will just have to sleep in with me! Might be crowded if I end up with both kids in the bed!
Megie - just added you (at least I hope it's you Hahaha)
Ali- Thanks, I got your PM. The reason I was asking was coz I was wondering if everyone added ppl from BB to FB. I have a few ppl but I'm always scared that someone from BB will say something on my page about BB or something and I'll be sprung. Then I will have no privacy to b!tch about family and friends when they're stupid, pmsl. Well, maybe I will just add you all anyway and hopefully no one says anything coz I want to check out all the photos of your cute bubbas!! LOL. Wow, that's awesome about the sleeping!! DD isn't eating much so solids aren't helping, damn it!! But she ate more this morning, she likes pear apparently!
Meg- DD will be sleeping with me again tonight coz DH is working late!! Hope the little dude is better soon!!
Heaven - I've kind of been the same with FB - worried that BB would get mentioned but it's so tempting to see the pics of the bubbas and show off Jacob. Maybe I should just bite the bullet too?
Pinny - Glad you got some much needed rest!
Ali - Thats an excellent sleeper you have there! Sounds like solids have done the trick.
Meg - I hope J is ok and that E survives the shots tomorrow. I don't have many FB friends either - I'll pm you.
OP - meant to say before when you mentioned Mr. Men. I've got nearly all of their books so now I'm onto collecting Grug. I loved Grug when I was little and used to steal my brothers to read lol!
Hmm...when the poo happened I just took Jacob and went to his room to change him. Left DP to deal with his mum and the mess on the floor. I did have a little chuckle with Jacob though ;) So far we're surviving. They're here another couple of nights. They are hard work socially but so adore Jacob and spend a lot of time doing their own thing/routines anyway so there's enough down time.
For those of you who know my real name (which is prolly most) I am in FB if you want to search and add me - lots of pics of Jacob. I have a silly profile photo atm pmsl!!!!
ETA - just send a message that you're from BB so I know who you are!
Heaven- think I added you. I dont say anyhting about BB on FB as well and as much as I lov BB I never recommend it to any of my friends as I want it all to myself! (insert evil laugh here!) :)
Kaz- Is your profile pic Mr Potato Head? There are quite a few of you when I searched your name. Good to hear you are getting some down time from the inlaws. I would ave been giving J high fives as well after that. WOuld have been so hard not to crack up laughing!
Megie- :hug: it makes it harder when they are sick but even more so when you are by yourself. DP did a 9pm until 9am shift last Sat night ad I had DD sleep with me as I was lonely by myself! Oh and the dogs as well. I felt safer with us all in the same room.
aarrhhh stop typing so much guys :lol:
kaz gotcha ya!! FB is for BB friends, hospital friends like pinny, and mothers group, my family and other friends dont know im on FB!!
drinking wine again tonight! not too much as we have to be the city at 7.30am tomorrow morning
J is very sick. I am currently in my bed on the laptop with him next to me. He is sweating like crazy, but his temp isn't too bad for the moment. Gave him some panadol and his temp is 37.3. Not great, but not bad either. He keeps waking screaming in terror. He has a GP appt for tomorrow.
I am actually a but teary as I hate seeing them sick. Just a mum thing I think.
Oh and only one of my real lfe friends knows I am on BB, so I never make mention of it on facebook. I don't want to be found on here so I am speak openly.
Megie- Can you pop in a bath with him?? Might help with the sweating :dunno: as it sounds like it is temperature related. Big :hug: to you and little J. I can understand you being teary. :hug:
Kaz- I had to laugh at you being Mr Potato head and Jols being a gingerbread man! GOrgeous pics of your little guy.
JOls- Enjoy your wine. Hope you sleep well tonight. You have got me wanting carrot cake!
Heaven- Miss G is beautiful as well and I loved your preg belly shots all put together. Very clever!
Ikwym Meg, its so awful when they're unwell, just try keep temp down overnight and at least tomor you have the GP booked. You have kids nurofen? I find in times like this it settles them better takes away the pain and helps the temp also.
I hope you both at least get some sleep.
hey girls
still here!
whoot to Ali- well done hun- dont you feel soo much better when you have had some sleep! makes a BIG difference
meggie- Boof had his vac on wednesday - he went fine but man he has two lumps where the injections went it- didnt last time- they arnt bothering him and an upside is that he slept really awesome that nite!!! 7.30pm-7.30am one feed and one settle!!! So lets hope it happens for you as well!! Have you tried J with the Brauer ear drops?? They work well and take the edge off until you go to the docs!!
Kaz- i got you on FB as well now!!! Cant wait to see photos of MR J!! and Heaven I think i found you as well!! it will be cool to put faces to people that i only know through words. I still get spun out about knowing OP IRL now- the OP IRL and the OP on here i forget are the same person lol!!
AJP- you go girl having a Vino- i went out for margies last nite with my besties- a drink everynow and then makes a big difference to the sanity!
Shell-that woman needs a good slap- hugs hun!
Hey Nai, Pinny Mum and OP!
AFM- nothing much- Boof is sleeping so much better here- sleeping and settling really well. Eating 3 solid meals a day and hence dropping a couple of day feeds at the moment- so my hormones are going crazy and got another migrane grr!!!
Things are really messy with my mum and dad- its a bit of a downer- but i just am going to have to ride it out! Thank goodness twins have been ACE and DH is getting better with his glandular fever- he has actually been up for a couple of days without a day sleep - whoot! They are testing me for it as well, but it doesnt matter anyway cause even if i do, i wont be able to rest lol
life is busy but good !
mwah
Kaz - I had to laugh at the MIL and poo story. Hilarious! I have added you on FB too. I have all my friends on there :redface: but I don't mention any forums at all as some of my family are on there and I don't want them finding me on here!!
Meg - I hope J is better today. Did you get any sleep?
Ali - Glad to hear your nights are getting better.
Det - good to hear your DH is on the mend
Hi everone elese - sorry have wriggly baby on lap. Can't type.
Kaz- I think I added you Mr Potato head, pmsl
meg- Oh no, How is J this morning??
Ali- Thankyou. I was just looking at my preg pics the other day, omg I was bloody huge!!! lol. And the last one was still 2 wks before she was born!! And your DP and my DH have the same name! lol (I assume that's his name in your status).
det- Yep! You found me! Jeez, I hope you don't get GF aswell! Sorry to hear about your parents.
Hi guys,
I've just skimmed through posts (6 or so pages to catch up on!)
Hope you're all well.
OP good luck TTC!
Ali, that's so great that Ash slept through! Hope it continues.
Heaven, sounds like Grace is loving her solids. How are you guys going with BLS? It sounds very convenient I must add! How do you prevent the choking?
Sorry that's all I can recall for now!
Hi to everyone else.
I was thinking about enrolling L into swimming lessons at a school nearby until my mum said all you really do is blow bubbles, pour water on their heads, dunking, etc and I could do it myself at the local pool without the cost. What do you guys think? How do I know when he's ready to advance and learn to "swim"?! lol
L has tried a bit of broccoli in his mesh feeder, but hasn't really had a proper solids feed yet. Probably start this week, although not sure which approach to take. BLS sounds very promising. He'll be 6 months on Tuesday!
What else is news...umm still no teeth, no rolling, no sitting up, no sleeping through (in fact no sleeping longer than 1.5hours day or night)...so this is what it is like to have a permenant newborn!
Anyway, I'll try pop in more often!
xox
Was up pretty much hourly with J last night. Have asked D to take tonight off work and he said no............... :crying:
oh no meg :hug: whens the dr's appt???
holly sophie started at 6 months doing lessons and to be honest yes they do all that stuff but the
first few years are also about survival! sophie could fall into a pool and be able to save herself!
hope leon goes well with solids!!
det glad DH is on the mend!!
will have to go back and read the other page...
AFM we went to the gallery this morning, bright and early..got there at 8am for a work function for DH to see the salvador Dali exhibition!!
Shell- How are all your teams doing this weekend? I am all sported out for the weekend, Last night we flicked between the cricket and the Bledisoe cup! Too much sport for myh liking!
Det- I am sorry to hear about your parents. Good to hear DH is on the mend. I had GF in my first year of uni and didnt even know it until a blood test result came up that I had it! I just thought I was tired and had a bad flu! My mum also had it without knowing it was GF. This was all thanks to my sister getting it.
Nai- :hello: hope your wriggly little baby slept well again last night
Heaven- How funny. I saw your status and had to take a second look when I saw your DH's name. Quite funny as its not an overly common name for guys of their age.
Holly- 1.5hours is really rough :hug: How is his medication going? DO you think its helping at all. Cant belive how much h is growing. He is so adorable!
Megie- How did your doctors appointment go? Is there anyone else to help you if DH has to work? Thinking of you and J. Hope E is being a good girl through all this.
Jols- That is great that swimming lessons have given her that important tool. We will probably start in Summer. We are doing Gymberoo at the moment so that is costly enough but Ash loves it.
AFM- Well I had 2 HOURS sleep last night!!! Ashlyn slept fine. WEnt down at 7pm but I stayed up and then as awatching 2 really scary movies (why I dont know when I hate scary movies) but they were on free tv. It was The Ring and Cabin Fever. Anyway I was so freaked out that I couldnt get to sleep after they finished as I was on edge and then at 4:15 just as I started drifting off Ash woke up and I fed her but she woke again at 6:30 wanting to play! So I have been up since then! Couldnt even have a nap this morning as MIL came over. Maybe an arvo nap will be on the cards!