Babies Born February 2007 #6

[~Jayne~]

Hey Kym - I have to admit, I'm one brown cow to my DH at the moment. He leaves to work in China on Sunday night & I'm terrified of beign without him, jealous that he won't have to be woken 600 times overnight, scared that he's going to miss all the girls milestones, really jacked he's going to miss Jessica's birthday & all of the emotions rolled into 1! LOL. I have 'lost' it loads of times, never at Claudia, more at DH because he doesn't help me at all. I honestly think that Claudia wakes because she is used to doing that when she has been sick with her ear infections & now I have to try & break the habit. I'm going to see the Child Health Nurse hopefully on Thursday to get some tips on what I can do. She wakes every single hour or every second hour, absolutely to the MINUTE & I CAN pat her to sleep, but that takes up to 15 minutes, if I pick her up I struggle with her until I pop her on my boob & she sucks about 5 times (doesn't even swallow), sits back up, & I lie her back down & she goes back to sleep. It's the 'process' of putting her to sleep that I"m struggling with. SO now during the day I have stopped feeding her right before nap time. She's awake about 4 hours at a time, so I feed her just as she wakes & then about 2 hours later because always in between there she has some type of solid food, so I know it's not hunger that's waking her. Thanks about her name, we've had mixed reactions about her name, especially the middle name - Scarlett, but I don't care!! LOL, I like it so that's all that matters! Took a while for Jessica to say Claudia though, first it was Cordial & then Cordia but now she's very good at Claudia. I have no advice on what to say about your Cheeky Monkey because as you can see, my little rabbit is terrible at the sleeping game! I will say though that I'm jealous because Claudia is starting to drop her 2nd day sleep, not her 3rd, so we are almost at only 1 sleep per day & that's only 35 minutes!

IMPATIENT _ How did swimming lessons start? We start in 2 weeks time. I can't wait to hear all about it. Did you have to go buy some really cute swimmers? How adorable, I bet she loved it!!!

KIRSTEND _ LOL @ Quinn jumping. Do you have a jolly jumper? I have found since Claudia has learned to jump in hers, she jumps on our laps all the time too, it's a good workout!

WELCOME CHRISTIE & TASHIE!!! Lovely to meet you both, look forward to hearing & learning more about you both!

ME _ Well, another really crappy night, however, I did get a 3 hour stint out of her which was nice. DH has redeemed himself, he's just taken Jessica & Claudia to the shops for some ingredients on a dish he is making tonight. I"m meant to be doing the washing, but I'm sick of washing! I've washed continually for almost a week because Jessica has wet her bed 4 nights in a row. Thankfully she was dry last night! Claudia is such a happy girl during the day, only grizzles for a bf, food or a sleep so I can't complain, I just can't figure out night time. Everybody tells me it's beacuse she can't self-settle but she DOES put herself to sleep, it's like she just re-creates the scenario in which she was put to sleep. I have less than a week before Alan leaves for China. He's started an overseas job. 6 weeks on, 12 days home. I'm lucky I have family nearby because gosh I'm going to need them!

Love Jayne xox

[Impatient]

Welcome Tashie! Good to see our group keeps growing I reckon! I look forward to sharing stories with you!

Kirsten - Third term of swimming already! We're slack! I've waited this long because I can't stand being in togs when it's cold - and I'm in Queensland! lol

Kym - Can't help you with the sleeps. It looks like the day sleeps are nicely spread out. That's what my problem was at first - not spreading the day feeds out enough, but once we spread them out she was sleeping through again.

Jayne - I just wanna come over there and give you a HUGE hug! You sound like you need one!!! Does Claudia use a dummy at all? I'm not a fan of them, but when it came to the crunch, it was a lifesaver with both of my girls. Bri was easy to wean too - I just threw them out and pretended I didn't know where they were. We had one night of grizzles and she was fine, so no drama there! I really don't know how I'd go if DH was away 6 weeks at a time. Is that a permanent arrangement?? Remember we're here if you need to vent ok!!??

Us - Swimming lessons start tomorrow, so I'll let you all know how we went! My new togs are washed and ready for action, and so are Isabella's! She's got two pairs. Her lesson pair is for when we're undercover out of the sun. It's a two piece for easy nappy-changing action and is pink with little frills - very cute! The other is a full body thing for when she's in our pool.

Better go - I have a web page to create! Have a good night everyone!

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Hi Christie and Tashie! Welcome to our gang - we have all the best babies in here.

Oooh, now I've changed page and can't recall everything I wanted to reply to, so I'll just do a general ramble and hope you find something useful in here.

Sleeping... well, Liebs still doesn't get on well with dairy so that's cut out again. He loves his cheese and yoghurt so I offer every now and then, but think I won't for quite a bit now. He now has a snack around 10am and solids with his 4pm feed and is still waking twice at night - up at 6am this morning so just lay on my chest while I patted him for another hour and a half until he woke up in a good mood!

DH is a real annoyance: I won't feed DS constantly all day because then he won't sleep, so he just kept telling me to feed him to shut him up else he'd leave. Well, good, I would rather him leave than be such a pr!ck. He's annoying me so much, whinging if I make washing up in the evening (because he's just started doing it again so I cook him pumpkin pie and cakes). Ooooh, so hard to wash up a knife and a chopping board because I wanted cheese and biscuits! Anyway, no more whinging, that's what he does!

We still aren't doing swimming lessons. I hate swimming, I so don't have the figure for it, and DS didn't like the pool the one time I tried him in an unheated outdoor one.

Jayne, your nights sound awful. I wish I could offer some help, but even refusing to feed DS to sleep at his 8.30 wake-up he is still waking up a month on. Timed day feeds and cutting out dairy helped a bit.

He did 20 minutes in creche today, I was so chuffed! Everyone was amazed at his walking, but he isn't crawling or any other baby methods of locomotion, so it's not so strange.

gtg, hugs to all!

[ChristieN]

Thanks for the welcomes

I think being a part of this group has already helped me. My DS Tyler normally sleeps from about 6 to 6 with one feed through the night. After reading Kim, Michelle & Ryn's schedules and reading up on "Regular Naps Improve Night time Sleep" I'm going to try to reduce his daytime naps to 2 in an effort to cut out this middle of the night feed. Who knows maybe I'll finally feel well rested

[Tashie]

Ok…I thought that I might tell you a bit about us and where Tobi is etc.

Tobi and I were in a routine at 4months, but that went out the window as DH was on holidays for 2.5months and we were flying and driving all over the place and never in the one spot for more than five nights in a row. This resulted in Tobi waking up four times a night for a feed. Then we moved from Brisbane to Sydney (not as bad as I thought it would be!!) and I couldn’t stand the lack of sleep any longer. So I downloaded this book off the net and I had Tobi sleeping through for 11hours in six nights and haven’t been waking up during the night since. So if any of you are having trouble, I really recommend it. It has worked for other friends that have tried it too.

Tobi’s routine now is:
7-7.30am Wake Up and Bf
8.30am Breakfast
9.30-10am Sleep
11.30-12pm Wake Up and Bf
1pm Lunch
3-3.30pm Sleep
4-4.30pm Wake Up and Bf
6pm Dinner
7pm Bath and Story time
7.30-8pm Bed

Tobi was really into eating solids a few weeks ago, but isn’t interested any more. I have been trying to make sure I only give him the boobie at meal times, to try and encourage him to eat the food I prepare, but eat up upsetting him as doesn’t want it. I don’t know whether this means he might be teething soon???? I take it he would complain if he was hungry, but I was hoping that I would be able to wean soon. He hates the bottle and plays with the sipper cup, although will drink from it if you persist. Is anyone else having problems with solids??

Tobi is born at the end of February, so he will probably be a little behind all your bubs, but how is everyone going with rolling over. Tobi loves to roll over and trying to get him to stay on his back to change his nappy isn’t easy, but he only rolls to his left and doesn’t roll from his belly to his back. Should I be worried? All I can think about is that guy from Zoolander that could only turn to the left!!!! He sits up no problems and drags himself around trying to get at things, but not up on all fours etc (I am happy to wait).

Jayne… I understand how you feel with DH going away to work. My Dh is in the Defence Force and is away a lot. He was actually away from about 4 months pregnant till Tobi was 3.5months old. He was luckily able to come home for the birth though (8days), so he didn’t miss out on that. It can be really difficult having them away, but strangely good as well (I think you get used to it). I have always found the lead up to them leaving the worst. You can’t stop thinking about how hard it is going to be. When I think I am a lot more organised when it is just bub and me. I only have one bub though, so having other monkeys is going to be harder…can Jessica help you out at all? Get her own drinks etc??? Missing out on milestones is hard too. How does your DH feel about it? I know my DH was devastated about the whole thing. Let me know if you want to talk about it…I am always here.

Anyway, that is enough from me for now, my munchkin just woke up.
Hope everyone is well and happy
Tash

PS. How is everyone going with losing their baby weight??

[Tashie]

How do you entertain your baby? I want to limit the TV watching my 7 month boy does, but I run out of ideas on how to entertain him. He does play well alone for short periods of time but I want to play together too. We go for a walk every afternoon and he enjoys that, but I want some ideas on activities we can do in the mornings at home. DH has the car, so we can't go to the shops etc.

[Impatient]

Hi again everyone

Tashie - I do lots of different things with Bella. What I found is that she LOVES being outside, so we go and sit in the shade somewhere and she tries to eat grass and leaves. Noice! Also, we read books together, we play with her toys (she likes it when I bang them together then she copies), we play tickle games (we have a special monster called the ticky monster who comes to tickle her and yes, I am a total dork!), she goes in the Jolly Jumper for a while, and sometimes I just hand her the latest catalogues to browse through, whilst trying to keep them out of her mouth.

As for weight loss, I've been below my pre preg weight for quite a while now. I go to the gym, but don't do a lot of cardio. My biggest problem is that I have a little bit of loose skin - caused by age unfortunately, so I reckon it'll take a while to shrink back, although I know I'll get there. It only looks bad when I lean forward anyway, so here's to a great posture! lol

What was in that book? What kind of techniques did they talk about? I don't have any problems with Bella sleeping anymore, but you never know - she might regress again!

Christie - I hope that reducing Tyler's daytime naps means a sleep-through night! Let us know how it goes!

Ryn - Yay for creche! Sounds like he had a great time! I'd love to see how your DH would cope being left with Leibling for an entire day/night....! Maybe it would make him realise just how much you do! Back when Bella was only a couple of months old I had a weekend course to go to, coming home at night. It was that weekend that turned my DH into the DH from heaven (he wasn't that bad to start off with, but could have used some adjustments..!). It really made him realise just how hard it is to amuse a little bub all day and how tiring it can be. Since then, he has been absolutely wonderful around the house and helps me every chance he gets!

Us - Isabella had her first swimming lesson today. She was very excited to be there and clapped her hands on occasion while laughing and smiling at everyone who walked past. And THEN we hopped into the pool! She looked at me like "Uh, Mum, WHERE are we going??" and then was fine up until I had to put her in the "swimming" position. Then she cried. Then she was fine again. Then we did back stroke. That made her cry too. We then did hanging onto the wall. That made her cry too. Then we did pretend falling into the pool then climbing out again. That also made her cry! lol It was FUN! Afterwards, she had a nice big bottle and then came home and slept for nearly three hours! lol She woke up at 12pm. I gave her lunch, we had a play and now she's back in bed AGAIN! Wierd. It must've worn her out!

Better go and write my sister's job application now (she owes me BIG time!). See ya!

[Tashie]

Lisa,
I am very sorry to her about little wing. Please know that I am and I am sure everyone else is thinking about you and your family.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Michelle, pmsl at Bella's swimming - in the summer I look Lieby to a pool and he was just the same so we stopped. He was OK with toes in the water, but his mate Dan (3m older) had loved swimming with his Mummy so I thought I'd try it. Nup. But if it wears babies out I'll shave my legs and take DS for another swim!

Tashie, meine kleiner Liebling has already done the Look from Zoolander - it was in the middle of a photo session and is so funny. It's on his photowebsite (link in my siggy). Oooh, I must update that, actually. Anyway, did make me laugh. DS can roll back-to-tum but doesn't want to, so won't. I've seen him do it then straight back onto the back. He only rolls to the left too. Oooh, I have a male model in the making! Maybe he will start a school for kids who can't read good and want to learn how to do other stuff good too. Oh, that film is so funny, why doesn't DH get it?

As for entertainment, we have books (the touchy-feely ones like Where's my bunny and Where's my dragon are top!), I tell stories (like Bad Sir Brian and Jabberwocky - anything where I can eat DS or blip him on the head he seems to love), sing songs (like My Grandfather's Clock and The Grand Old Duke Of York - he loves the tossing him in the air on the "up" bits). He holds my hands and walks around the rooms. He sits on the kitchen counter as I cook and watches me - he has his own wooden spoon (for biting) and plays with that to "help". We go out every morning too; sometimes to my coffee mornings, sometimes to his playgroup, sometimes to visit PiL, sometimes to the park, although now it's colder that's stopping. Actually, I'd rather do the park than the PiL, poor Lieby gets too stressed by MiL trying to be in his face all the time and I am sick of MiL comparing DS to his cousin, who is 14m older but she compares them now or whenever he does anything tells me she remembers Niece doing that. So sick of it! We also have little conversations as Liebs is a very social baby, he likes to chat. He doesn't roll around or crawl much, in fact at playgroup he has a little disdainful look on his face when other babies do that. He walks instead. Oh, he just cracks me up with his little faces!

Food. Well, I had made a broccoli bake last night. DS loves potato and broccoli. Wouldn't touch them. I had to get him a rusk instead. He did eat some potato and mushroom, suck some bacon to death and nibble on broccoli, but that was it.

Oh crap, he just rolled onto his tum and started crying because he hates the tummy. Best go and get his breakfast ready as it has gone 8 now. Byeeeeeeeee!

eta: I know I'm a swot/teacher's pet here, but just to warn our newcomers that you get told off and infraction points for posting links external to BellyBelly - you may want to edit them out before you're caught! You can give names of books or how to google a site, but not a link. Sorry for being a geek!

[Tashie]

Hi Michelle,
The sleep training book taught you how to settle your bub during the night, so that they could then learn to do it themselves. The idea is, keep the room dark and quiet. Don't look or talk to them. Just pat them softly on their chests until they stop crying. If they start crying again, count to 30 and pat them again. The first night it took me 30 minutes to get Tobi off to sleep, but each time he got better and on the 6th night he slept through. I knew that he wasn't waking up because he was hungry, but every time I picked him up, he smelt the milk and thats what he wanted. I just needed that hint on how to settle him back to sleep and it worked. Makes sense to me now, but when I was sleep deprived, do you think I could have thought of doing it!!!!

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Tashie, I've been doing the Pantley stuff since DS was 7 weeks old! I keep trying the Baby Whisperer stuff too so can pat DS back to sleep now. I am yet to find something that works properly though!

[smylie]

woooooo hoooooooooo
i slept through last night!
jemima and benji and the dogs didnt but i did heheheeh
jem woke at 3ish apparently and benji said it only took about 10mins and he cuddled her back to sleep i woke at 6am to no baby in bed and hearing her talking in her cot!
(the dogs had woken benji up coz they LOVE the rain and lightening and thunder and were very excited)
I broke my car yesterday arvo and had a big afternoon so i was exhausted i guess and fighting the flu

but yes very exciting seems i have been spoiling the girl with a night time feed maybe... so will see how tonight goes EXCEPT she just spewed up EVERYTHING SHE HAS EATEN TODDAY!!!! it was so gross it was just after her bath and we were sitting have last night time feed and she stopped midway and let it rip, projectile everywhere I am HOPING it was the egg custard i gave her for dessert! oh yeah did i mention after her bath before i dressed her she piddled all over me too! love being a mummy

ryn - walking babies are funny to watch, jemima does it too, she looks so funny coz she is so small, she is tall but kinda skinny so it just looks wrong there is a youtube video of jemima walking a couple of weeks ago, it is fun to let her to but frustrating when that is all she wants to do! she is making progress though in the crawling i think it helps we are making friends with an older bub for her to watch....

really pety question........... what is cleverer drinking from sipper cup with lid and no handles or from cup with a lid and a straw sticking out (but it has handles)??? i think that jemima drinking out of a straw is pretty clever having to suck differently, but she can do the sippercup thing really really good too, just wondering which cup to bring with me to next mothers group.... silly and competitive I KNOW but honest opinionswould be good, she can drink from cup with no lid as well but messy on the put down sometimes!

she is all better we walked to the doc today (coz of broken car) and got the all clear.......... BUT she has allergic reaction to insect bites... they start off a dot, the next day they the size of 20cent piece (ryn that is about 3cm or just oveer half an inch in diameter! then the next day it starts to go down..... it is weird and i am buying some cream to help, it doesnt seem to bother her but it looks so funny
coz she is be4tter we finally get swimming lessons again tomorrow, cant wait jemima loves it so so so much i know she has missed it, now she can high five i think and wave i think (she has dohne both a couple of times so will see) to the instructor which she couldnt do before she was sick

i just realised this post was jemima jemima jemima whoops!!!

i gotta go be house wifey

welcome all the newbies!

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Cup - I have decided not to get a handle cup - DS drinks well from a free-flow sippy cup with no handles already, so why buy a handled one? Straws, well, DS figured that out after seeing my have a straw once, so Jem is likely as clever enough to be able to use a straw. I hear you on the mess from a no-lid cup, DS keeps going for my water and what a mess! No lid looks most clever, but not if she spills. No-handles I would say is next cleverest. Straws for juice only to protect teeth. HTH! (and yes, I think like this too lol.)

[~Jayne~]

SMYLIE_ Glad to hear that Jemima has the clean bill of health but YUCK on the spew & the wee! Maybe the egg custard unsettled her tummy or she ate too much of it & that's why she spewed, I hope she's not getting sick again. WOO HOO on the swimming lessons! OMG I can't believe that Jemima is walking also. I thought Claudia was clever with the crawling at 1 day before 7 months. WOW. Yes, I would go the cup with no handles, I think the lid is just going toooo far with a 8 month old. Might look a bit obvious. PMSL. I'm not sure if Claudia can drink from a straw, but Jessica put her box drink with the straw in her mouth the other day & was squirting it into her mouth. She loved it, but I"m not keen on her having juice yet, I allow her to have other things - like hot chips that I'd never have dreamed of giving Jessica at that age, so I'm holding back on the juice. Also, we had a VERY poor start to solids, it was a bleeping nightmare TBH so if she eats something she can have it - within reason of course!

TASHIE _ I have a nearly 3yo so she does lots of entertaining with Claudia. I know this might sound odd, but Jessica was a baby who hated being on the floor & couldn't entertain herself if her life depended on it & would scream blue murder when I left the room so I made sure from an early age that I put Claudia on the floor, left the room, put toys in her reach etc... She plays very well by herself & well with Jessica & now that she is crawling, well she can find her own entertainment, like banging on the grate of the heater so it makes a wicked clunking sound - lucky it hasn't been turned on in weeks. I take the kids to the park, we go to indoor playgrounds a bit, we go shopping of course! & we sit outside on a rug with some toys in the sun while Jessica plays on her swingset. Jessica loved books at this age, but Claudia is too nosey & doesn't really get into them because she is more interested in watching everybody else. I'm glad to hear that Tobie is behaving & sleeping through, would you like to swap him with Claudia? LMAO. It's great this day & age that there is so much literature on how to settle babies, but I'm miffed why our parents never had sleep hassles with us??? Grandparents & parents have both told me that their children never had a problem with sleeping!!! Claudia is at the end of Feb also, so sometimes I feel like she is miles behind everybody elses bub, so I'm glad that you & Tobie are here now!

IMPATIENT _ WTG on waving & the clapping! Yay for Bella in the water. I'm sure next week it won't be so unfamiliar to her & she will enjoy it much more. Was it a nice warm pool? I bet she looked gorge in her swimmers! Did you enjoy yourself too? Claudia starts her swimming lessons on Thursday next week & I can't wait!!! Jessica has been swimming since she was 6 months old & I can proudly say now that she can actually swim on her own & float on her back, I think water safety is one of the most important skills you can teach your child.

CHRISTIE _ Not impressed with you sauntering in here & announcing that you get 12 hours sleep per night. LOL. J/K! Best of luck dropping that day time nap to get him to avoid the night time feed.

ME - Somebody mentioned about weight loss, well I'm here to tell ya that I'm piling it on! LOL. I have put on so much weight int he last couple of months & I swear it's sleep deprivation. I'm just snacking on whatever goes because I'm too tired & busy with the kids to prepare good stuff. Although, Jessica & Claudia eat very well, I should just eat what I'm giving them! I have invested in a treadmill though which I get on for 30 minutes per night & I have also bought this little double-person caravan thingy that goes on the back of my bike & I tow the two of them on the back of my bike. It has a 5 point safety harness in it for the both of them, plus a rain cover & fly net & there is room for toys for them & they have little windows. It's just the best. I got it 2nd hand for $50 & I have been riding a fair distance with them. I have been riding them sometimes of an afternoon so that they both have a little catnap before dinner. It's great. The plan is to ride to swimming lessons with the girls & around town to pick up bread & milk when I need it. So I'm going to get all fit & sexy for DH comes home on his R&R! Lets hope I don't get pregnant again when I'm looking good! LOL.

Love Jayne xox

[ChristieN]

If only I could sleep 12hrs straight through Jayne LOL I'm sure if given the chance I couldn't do it coz I'm so accustomed to one child or another waking me up.

The lil man didn't sleep through the night as planned but I guess I shouldn't expect too much for the first day on the new schedule. He woke at midnight. I, of course, fed him but after reading Tashie comments about patting them back to sleep I guess tonight I'll try that tactic. Although he's my 2nd child we didn't have any problems with getting DD to sleep through the night. She did it all on her own around 3mo. I didn't know how spoilt I was until now. And cry ... DD didn't know how to cry in comparison to DS. WOW does he have a set of lungs on him!

Thanks for the warning re: links Ryn. I've edited them out. Wouldn't wanna get in bellybelly trouble

Well time to feed the lil wriggle worm. Enjoy your days

[Lil_Aussie]

Hii girls

Long time, no see,, just been so frazzled and off my feet to stop and think for ages now.

How are all your precious bubbas?

We are doing great here,,,, and finally after months of problems,,, and with a little help from motilium,, we finally have DS looking good and putting on weight.
He is on 3 meals a day,, and is up to eating toast
He is rocking on hands and knees too,, sitting well etc,, but that does not stop him getting places,, he just rolls and snipers around lol. He is also still as gummy as he was the day he was born,, which considering he is a booby baby,, I am not complaining hehe.

Only a few more days of the school holidays here,, and i can slowly regain my sanity!! All these storms and hypo kids inside fighting and being noisy enough that my little man can never sleep anymore are driving me batty!!.

Lisa - :hugs: I am so sorry hun for your loss,,,, My thoughts are with you and your family.

To everyone else,, big kisses to all your bubbas

Will cathc you all later,, Griffen is hollering
Lil

[~Jayne~]

LIL AUSSIE _ Wow, sounds like you've been having a tough time of it. Glad to hear that Griffen is now thriving & putting some meat onto his bones. I"m sorry to hear it's been tough for you. WTG on the toast Griffen! What a clever boy you are! Hope you can get your sanity back Lil Aussie when the kids go back to school!

CHRISTIE _ I'm sorry, I mis-read your post! I know the feeling, Claudia has slept well the past two nights & I've woken every hour like I'm used to! I feed Claudia during the night to get her back to the land of nod as well & I am slowly, slowly, slowly getting out of it. I found by making sure I didn't feed her right before bed during the day, it has made it easier to avoid the feed at night time. I can usually tell in the first 30 seconds if I can get her back down during the night without the boob.

ME _ We had an appt with the Child Health Nurse today. She said Claudia's game of waking constantly stems from her ear infections putting everything out of sync & now she's got into a habit of it. She also said all the things I were doing - patting to sleep, only offering the boob as last resort over night, not feeding right before naptime during the day, etc... were the things that she would suggest & I just have to keep doing what I"m doing. The last two nights have been a HUGE improvement though. MY DH Leaves for China on Sunday, he won't be home until 11 November. It's going to be tough, the first stint was only meant to be 2 weeks so 4 weeks is a shock. He'll be home 11 days & then back to China until 23 December. I"m busy throwing myself into organising a party for Jessica's 3rd birthday party for early December. Oh, Claudia is 67cm long & 8.9kg. She has actually slowed right down in her height & weight because she was on the top of the chart for both, but is now right on average for her height & a little bit above average for her weight.

HOpe you all have a great night. I'm off to the in-laws for a yummy roast dinner as soon as the girls wake. it's heaven they are both asleep at the same time!

Love Jayne

[Tashie]

Hi all,
Tobi still isn't eating. Saw the health nurse yesterday and she suggested just giving him finger foods, but he isn't fussed on that either. He just starts throwing a tantrum and crying as soon as food comes near him. So I took Tobi to the doctor today to make sure he doesn't have a sore throat or anything to explain why he has gone off his food, but everything is fine. I am a putting his tantrums and not eating down to teething, even though I can't feel any teeth coming through.
Jayne, I think that our parents all stayed in hospital a lot longer and had a lot more help with nurses and midwives back then. Babies used to go the nursery at night and a lot of mum's stayed in hospital for up to 3 weeks, so a lot of babies were already in a routine before they even got home. Now, we have to figure it all out ourselves....I love the idea of those baby caravans, and for $50 too, that's a bargain. I really want to get one. I keep telling Dh that he is getting one for Christmas. They aren't too difficult to ride around with?
Bub is awake, so I'll talk to you all again later.
Tash