Babies Born February 2007 #8

Kym, here's what I find helps:

Laughter during the day. Laugher releases the hormone MELATONIN, which regulates sleep. DS is quite serious, so laughter is hard work, but worth it. I don't care how many times I repeat Bad Sir Brian or Jaberwocky now!

ROUTINE, routine, routine. DS knows we go out in the morning, home in the afternoon and he knows about bedtime. He usually enjoys his bath - we sing, splash and giggle there too - and bedroom is lights dimmed, sleeping music on, bedtime story (hungry caterpillar), feed and prayers, sleep.

Day sleeps NOT in bedroom, that was making it worse!

NO feeds overnight so no incentive to wake up. Luckily for me(?) he stopped feeding to sleep so feeding him would just keep me awake an extra 10-15 minutes.

Liebs did two lots of 4.5 hours 2 nights ago and then last night did 6 hours straight! So it does work. He's a sleep-fighter too. I spent almost an hour getting him to try to sleep again at 6am (wanted some time with DH before he got out of bed ;)) but DS wasn't having it.

Jayne, you poor darling with the sleep - is there anything any of us can do to help? I know my help is not going to be too helpful due to geography but if there is anything PLEASE ask.

Kirsten, wow at vampire teeth! I've seen some babies with molars before they get their canines through!

Christmas, we are spending the lunch at PiL's, then round to DH's brother's wife's parents' house (got that? LOL) for finger-food and Boo's (DH's brother's daughter) birthday party. So Boo's other Grandparents' house. Then home, DH unloads and then loads the car while I bathe DS and do his bedtime routine, then into the car and drive to Yorkshire for 3 days. I'm dreading Christmas Day - 2005 MiL told me I'm not family, 2006 she told us we weren't wanted ("we're going to Boo's birthday party so you will have to leave then."). 2004 we were with my parents! 2002 and 2003 were with PiL - I know 2002 MiL called me a dog, maybe 2003 was actually OK! Can't recall anything specific from that one. Still, I suppose I'll laugh about it this year. And this year Boo's other grandma made a point of inviting us as PiL were supposed to tell us we were all invited last year and blatently didn't!

Anyway, enough of my Christmas, is anyone going to get a blissful time just the family or are we all dancing in attendance with our little ones' grandparents?

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Anyway, enough of my Christmas, is anyone going to get a blissful time just the family or are we all dancing in attendance with our little ones' grandparents?

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ditto............ not looking forward to xmas day, or christening on sunday either... just over it all

i have a couple pressies to buy but they can be typical and easy but still requires me to have to find a park in busy shopping centre

i had biggest fight with parents last night, i cant believe jem didnt wake up i was screaming so much.... all stupid stuff (i had asked mum if she was free today as i have hair appointment i'd love babysitter for just to give me little break especially since jemima wants to explore everything and would prob get frustrated by end of appointment... and mum said too busy, NOW i find out she is taking my brother who is up on holidays to byron bay for the day... nice.... that is not really why i was annoyed but it didnt help)
christening is sunday and mum is still making dress and i have to buy food to feed people and ihave no money (both mums are making lots of food but i still have to do drinks and what not) (LUCKILY it just morning tea and not at my house)
and my kitchen not finished....... the kitchen dude left swearing on tuesday and is not coming back so benji will have to finish
ho hum

baby been heaps better sleeping at night though, i think it is to do with food, the more food i get in her during the day the better she sleeps

she was so funny yesterday i was lying on the floor and she was real cute looking at me then she crawled over hoped on top of me and spewed down my neck..... gotta laugh...

Oh you all talk too much and I'm tired... :)

you are always tired cate!!! how are you coping with everything? reading your boo hoo thread sounds like terry is being really good about everything?

KEL _ Are you talking to your mum yet? IMO it's the grandparents role to help in situations like that. My mum is many things, but she most often comes to the party when I ask her to for situations just like you're describing. I think it's the time of year too, everybody is going crazy. I'm still yet to check out Jem on facebook, I can't even believe I'm online atm, but mind you it's almost 11pm.

RYN _ Thanks so much for being a darling. It's nice that I know you guys are hear to vent too. Even if you are all rolling your eyes at me from your chairs, I'm venting, so it's making me feel better. A lot of the wives told me that the last week is the hardest & when you're patience is rock bottom. They are right. Alan is home on Sunday. I know it sounds horrible, I'm not overly jumping out of my skin to see him. Is this bad? I never realised that you're still not getting more than 4hrs sleep per night out of Liebs. How did you stop feeding him overnight, well I know how you stopped, but how did you get him back to sleep? I'm STILL feeding Claudia around 5am every morning, just can't shake it.

KIRSTEND _ I"m so glad that Quinn is being so brave & his blisters are healing up very quickly. IKWYM about getting the pox over & done with now. Oh ouch about all the spots though, that's insane!

KYM _ It sounds as though you're in a good mindset about sorting Monkey's sleeping out. You're doing it bit-by-bit & you know that if it doesn't work, there are other options available to you. I like that! I feel like that about Claudia at times, she is going to be my last baby, so I just tell myself that I won't be doing it again when I'm sitting in the dark at 2am! My issue isn't getting her to sleep, it's keeping her asleep!

TASHIE _ Just e-mailing you know....... 6kg is absolutely awesome! WTG girl, I'm proud of you.

ME/US _ Another action packed day for us, which means action packed cranky kids for me! LOL. Alan is home on Sunday. WOO HOO! I'm talking up Alan coming home on Sunday to Jessica, of course Claudia is oblivious to it. I have booked myself & a gf into the day spa for first thing Monday morning. I can't wait!!! Yay for me!

Jayne, I'd had 2-3 weeks of DS waking up HOURLY, every hour on the half-hour. That was awful! But now is OK, he only did 3-4 hours last night in one go but that's OK. As for not feeding, DS just stopped feeding back to sleep so I was up for an extra 10-15 minutes if I did feed him, so I just stopped. As for how you're feeling about Alan, I feel like that about DH - he should either be here or not, I dislike him going away for a few days. But then, he does leisure not work when he's on a fishing trip. You just get used to it being you and not having to cope with some other demanding person when the little ones are in bed! My dad was in the Navy so I sort of know what you're going through - you want to see him but when he comes back it all changes and it's so unsettling. At least you have the bonus that you want him around, I hated having my dad around within 2-3 days!

Cate, I hope you're settled ok in Brisbane now. I keep thinking of you and El, hope you're both OK and she gets used to her grandparents soon.

Kel, I'd love a break too! My mum has offered when we're up there, but DS doesn't know her well enough to let her look after him. I wish my in-laws were as good to me as they are to their other DiL - but then again, they have said they'll have him 3 days (well, 2 and a half) when I go back to work until there's a creche space for him. Which I'm not too keen on but it's still good of them. Please tell me you didn't pay the kitchen people in advance!

As for us... DS had his first kiss today with his girlfriend! Oh, it was so cute to watch those two baby-kiss each other, lean forwards with little open mouths... it was so cute. I adore his girlfriend and her family (she's 2 weeks older than DS) so he's made a good choice. Just have to keep encouraging it!

Lol Caryn!!!

I'm settling in well, Ellie is just adjusting to the heat. Its like 10 deg hotter here. Yes I'm always tired, when its my brother's computer and I get to go on during the day when El's napping (or I'm making her have a nap) or after he's done with it at night and gone to bed (after 10pm).

Just waiting on Terry to send up the safeTsleep, as we need it to keep El from rolling in the cot so she might actually nap and sleep. So far we've had her napping in the pram so she's strapped in, or in the cot at night, but she's got to be asleep for me to put her in there. Argh. If he didn't post it when I asked yesterday, I'll be mad.

Kym, glad Monkey is starting to settle better.

Tashie and Kirsten, I hope both your boys get well soon!

Jayne, have fun at the Spa! I've never been to a spa, and soon I won't afford to go...

Kel, Terry is being much better. I think the communication over wires is better than face to face.

Michelle, where'd you go???

Kel and Mich, we should get together. And so not at Chermside, took dad over 30 minutes to get a park there last night and even then we did a naughty naughty. So suggest a place and day, and I'll try and work it out. My brother is moving out and of course will have his car, and Dad uses his car to go to work, so we may not have a car much of the time, but I'm close to the train station so can train places and just need to check out the bus timetables about pram-friendly ones. Let me know girls!

cate, i'm so sorry i didnt realise you moved to qld!!! i thought you were in sydney still...! yes of course we can catch up... chermside is ok after the silly season is over on a random day there is always a park in the "new section" and usually heaps of space in the foodcourt, but we could find a nice park as long as it had shade and some breeze and meet there... let me know .... but after the silly season!

jayne, you are so much younger than i thought, i dont know why, maybe it the two kid thing?? gotta add you to jemima's facebook too, ho hum for time..... i am counting the minutes til benji gets home as then he is home for a whole entire week!!! i so excited!!!!

no i didnt pay kitchen dude for installation in advance so at the moment i have a $12K or so kitchen for just under $5k and he had quoted $1500 to install it was mates rates job as he is boyfriend of girl i used to work with..... i will NOT being paying full $1500 and have left ball in their court with regards to billing me as they KNOW i need to be compensated for all the stuffing arounds... and unfinished job....

JEM _ Yes, me is still a spring chicken. I've been married 5 years though & bought my first house when I was 18. So I am old on paper........

BBL for personals, my children are sooooooooo noisy I can't concentrate.

Love Jayne

Kel, I'll make a meetup thread for Brissie girls.

Kel - I didn't realise that Benji is away. Does he work away from home too? What does he do? How often does he have to go away?

All my IN are here, so i am happy and wont have much time to catch up with everyone. so i hope that everyone has a great christmas.
love and kisses

Hi Girls,

KIRSTEN - Hope Quinn is feeling better. I remember getting the chicken pox a few days before I was to be flower girl at my Auntys wedding!! No fun at all!
TASH - Enjoy catching up with all your rellies.
KEL - Hope they sort your kitchen out soon, bloody unreliable tradesman!!
CATE - Glad you and EL are settling in well in Brisbane , I lived there about 15 years ago, lovely place.
KYM - All he sleep consulatnats suggestions sound great. I actually give Erin one of my satin pj tops which she loves. She lies in the cot and just snuggles up to it. Think its the satin feel and maybe the comforting smell of Mum.
CARYN - Yay for Liebs the little Romeo !!!!Must have been very cute!
JAYNE - Great that Alan is nearly home, hope that makes things a little easier. Day Spa you lucky girl. Which one are you off to?Sounds like it is very well deserved!!!
ME : Hubby was on nightshift so went to get a few things from the shops. Was about to leave and strapping Erin in the car seat when I had a rustling noise and I looked down and there was about a 2 metre brown snake wriggling past me and it climbed the rocks. I Just screamed !!! Not nice at all!!!Our next door neigbour works at a reptile park so might ask her to find it!!!!

Off to a friends tonight just me and Erin as Hubby is on night shift joys of being married to a Police man always going to things by yourself!

KRISTY _ Hey Stranger, I"m off to Urban Retreats on the Rockingham foreshore. I can't wait! Only one more sleep to go. I told Jessica this morning we have to clean up the whole house so it's nice & tidy for when Daddy comes home. She has told everybody today that our house is a 'bomb' & if it's not clean by tomorrow Daddy will be a 'cranky boy'. :rolleyes: The house IS clean, I just wanted to have it super-clean so Daddy thinks I'm a super-star! LOL. How is Erin? HOLY COW about the snake. Geepers, where abouts are you again> I would make sure that it gets removed, I'd like it see it killed, but them I'm not a snake lover. LOL. Oh yes, the joys of doing all the social functions on your own. yes, I have to do them all too. It's tiring with two little ones that's for sure.

Oh my, I did some Christmas shopping today & a beautiful little grey lop eared bunny just fell into my car. Oopsie daisy. :D I can't resist rabbits. I'm looking at breeding them for some pocket money. We already have 2 but I just couldn't help it. Jessica named him Cocoa. He's just devine. I love him. I thought my female was pg & we have been waiting for babies since Thursday, but so far none. I"m getting dis-heartened because breeding them is something I"m really interested in. I plan on getting a few more over the coming months, so it's bound to happen. Surely. Have you ever heard of anybody have trouble breeding rabbits? She has built a nest & all, just hasn't dropped any bunnies. God this rabbit is just stunning though, Have to go get another hutch tomorrow.

Love to you all!

OMG...NEWS FLASH...

TOBI HAS A TOOTH!!

He grabbed my finger and stuck it into his mouth while we were out at the shops today and I felt something sharp and pointy. I got so excited. Called over his Aunty and Grandma to have a look and then called Daddy. Other shoppers laughed at my excitement. So Santa is coming a little early with Tobi's wish.

Tashie - benji does not work away as such... it just feels like he does, he leaves about 6.30am at latest and gets home at 6.15pm at the earliest, that is why i do so much out of the house as I would go bonkers there 12 hours by myself every day!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO toothy peg!!!!!!!! which one! Jemima got teeth too after her bout of hand, foot, mouth!

WTG Tobes on your first toothy peg!!! Clever boy showing Mummy where it is too!

Love Jayne

It is the bottom on the left. Very clever boy for doing something that all babies do!! And it looks like it didn't worry him too much. There hasn't even been that much dribble. All babies are different I guess.
Hope you are all well and happy.
Love Tash
PS. Welcome home Alan!

Hello :D

Just wanted to wish you all a lovely Christmas!!
I'm trying to keep up with the posts, but I've been very busy, last minute shopping AND Brendan is crawling backwards!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!! He drags himself to go forwards everywhere he wants to go, but crawls backwards. So exciting. Brendan has cross-cut 3 teeth, he has his 2 bottom and top left-of-middle. He had a check-up on Friday and is now 8220gms and 68cms long! I'm so excited he's catching up!

Hope all the other mummy and bubbies are well! Take Care and all the best :D

Oh fantastic Sal! I'm so happy for you. Ellie did the same, backwards crawling, and then figured out forwards and then up on knees and hands rocking and then scooching knees forward to meet hands and moving hands forward (cute little caterpiller) and then the rocking turned into coordinated crawling. So she went from backwards moving at around 6 months old to proper crawling at around 8 months.

Toothy for Tobi!!!! Wow, when El cut her first teeth, that day she showed no teething signs, only off her food and grumpy. I felt bad I never knew but she slept ok that night. She'd been teething on and off for several months.

Elouise is just about back into a fantastic routine. She wakes up at 5-6am, I pop dummy in and give her a cloth nappy to cuddle (for some reason she loves it, meh ok fine, as long as you're happy), and she wakes proper at around 7am. Then she has a 200ml bottle followed about an hour later by some food. Usually mashed fruit. Sometime in the morning she has a bath. She naps at around 10am, but today I am postponing bath for early nap time, as she'd have a great long one an her bottles are shifted later which mucks up bedtime.

I'll be back later, rain on washing and rearragning loungeroom to fit playpen better.

She had 45 mins this morning which isn't too bad and she's napping now and so is my Dad. We rearranged the loungeroom so we can walk around the playpen and not over and through it. She's been a little off her food because it was quite warm and humid now its cooler. She had vegemite on a strip of bread for lunch as her leftover brekky wasn't good enough. She ate almost all of it. And out of 8 scoops given, had 7. So not too bad there. So her routine is great and just after 2 days of me doing things at certain times, she just fell into step. It was so hard trying this at Terry's as he won't stick to it, or he's like, "well I have to do these things and you're at work, so she'll feed/nap whenever." GRRRRR! Its not that hard to organise the day.

Anyway I've been feeling really good here, but now I miss seeing my friends. Hopefully I get to meet up with some Brissie mummies.

hey cate - terry sounds the opposite to benji, i'm sure he would like a routine just so he knows what is happening... i just 'read' jem and know what is happening but he doesnt know where i am at so gets worried about doing things before i am ready or sometimes still is not aware that maybe i withholding boob feed so she have better solid feed etc!
after the silly season i will meet up with you and maybe some of those other mums that have replied to your thread

ryn- babies kissing eachother is the cutest thing... jemima does it too to her girlfriends and boyfriends and some adults but there is big difference between adult kisses and baby kisses, she talks and says hi and gets all excited i love it... her and her 4 month older boyfriend crawl so fast to each other when they see eachother and mumble and squel away i wish i knew what they were saying.... have you got spot at daycare yet?? when do you start bacck at work??

jayne - i am old on paper too!!! i know exactly what you mean... i was engaged at 18 or 19 i think to first hubby then house buying the year later etc etc now done overseas thing and got another house and better hubby (i upgraded) now baby......

tashie - tobi IS clever for getting toothypeg.... he at least will be thinking he is.... they find it so weird that there is this strange thing in their mouth then they bite everything

jemima's christening was so cute, she splashed all the holywater out of the bowl, it was so funny will write more about it next time i have chance, have to go to bed, BIG day today and another 2 big days coiming up

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE EVERYONE

Merry Christmas to all you wonderful Mummy's and a Very happy 1st Christmas for all those beautiful bubs !!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Well done Tobi on your tooth! So very exciting. (BTW, does anyone else use "tushie-peg" or is it just my mother - and yes, I have asked her repeatedly to not use that.) Oh, what a clever boy to have a toothy-peg, well done you, you can really hurt people with that bite now!

Kel, I bet Jemima is so cute with her kissing. It's so gorgeous to watch! DS walks towards his girlfriend (or rather power-charges) and it would be cute to see him do it without help. And to see them talk! Oh, babies are so cute. I can't believe my mother thought I was boring at this age. She's mad.

As for us, I've already upset my mother by asking her to stop telling me everything is "harder with two". I'm getting sick of it. So I said I understood but didn't find it very helpful and she hung up on me. And we're staying with her for three days. If she lets us in the house! I'm half-hoping we have to turn around and come home, I'll call my aunt and tell her why we won't be turning up the next day. But I also want to see people so I'm half-hoping she's over it. Ah well, it's not Christmas without a big family feud!

Have a very joyous and blessed time this Christmas and give lots of Christmas kisses to your babies (and families and yourselves!) from me and Liebling.

Happy Christmas everyone!!!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day and bring on the new year!!!

Merry Christmas! Hope you all have a lovely day!

Take Care

Time for a new thread found HERE:D