soph - thanks soo soo soo much again for posting the miracle wrap - i cannot wait to try it out, I hope it works on Amara....
Ren - yes, I am saying this because Amara is also getting out of her other wraps and it is waking her up - especailly in the early morning hours of about 5 am ... very annoying but our babies are so strong!
Soniebon - you sound like you are having a tough time - it is SO normal (but NOT wanted!!) that babies go through these unsettled periods - I feel like you many days, where I just don't want the job anymore....want so time off, just a day, but cannot because we are their mums, and when breastfeeding, you cannot even get away for an afternoon or night (I have not tried a bottle of expressed milk yet on Amara).
Jo - how is the Zantac working on your little one??? Any improvements?? I think Amara may have less Reflux but now more gas...........ahhh...
Bon: Hang in there...it gets better. Try to relax (easier said than done I know) as Nixon will pick up on your anxiety and this makes things worse, as you probably already know. How many bottles is Nixon taking in a day and how much formula do you make up? Does Nixon finish the whole bottle?
Ren: This probably sounds stupid but have you tried dressing Ava down so that she doesn't get too hot in her wrap, I'm sure you have. I live at Caboolture (past Redcliffe) and Dash wears a short-sleeve one-piece and is wrapped in a cotton wrap (but only at night - he is unwrapped during the day). So glad that Ava is putting on weight nicely, what a good girl.
Dis, Soph and Runner: I agree about having more than one....you just do it because you love being a mum! I know that I am going back to work at the end of August so I am trying to enjoy every moment, as hard as it is some days lol.
BTW: I managed to get half of DD's "business" on the toilet today (well, the potty because she is too little for the big toilet and is still a bit afraid....not pushing). She is really getting the hang of it!! It means that I won't be going away at Easter as planned because I am not going to take ten steps backwards when we are on a roll. DH will go on his own with friends. I think secretly he will have a great time - he works hard and deserves a little 'me' time.
Oh imagine.....only one in nappies (hopefully)....what bliss!!!!! BUT still a long way to go!!
Well, as for Dash, he's still my little man. He really is no trouble at all (vomit and all lol). Just love him to bits.
Just popped in to catch up. And to shout from the rooftops Fin Slept from 8-6 Yeah!!!!
On a lower note we had our vacinations on Tuesday, The Look I got was of pure shock and distress he then cried unconsolable. It was terrible. DH is taking him next time
Todays a better day.someone eating n sleeping a lot better,however the dummy is the bane of my existance,i made him go sleep without it and so far so good today...last nyt had a few probs but due to overtired n stimulation,once asleep all good,nuthin some hugs from mum wont fix as he been sick and now i have it.
Nixon woke at 630am for feed,he hasnt been having full bottle since sick but last 24 hours is during the day,dreamfeed and nytfeed he has what he wants and then zonks out again...i was laying in with him at 630am and felt the queazy tummy,mass headace and a hot stinky poop(sorry tmi hehe)then i knew sumhtin up,dh made me go in my bed he got in with nixon at 7am and we all slept til 10am.....sleep in was about 8 weeks overdue and we are all human again,amazing what sleep will do??
i still rang sleep school as im wanting to get this im not sleeping issues and settling totally ironed out,im cutting the dummy use too as this seems to be a cause of his sleep issues as he wants it to go sleep then he cant keep it in his gob then cries for it,have tried different sizes dummies n shapes,,,i mentioned to kimbaz that i think too he might be tongue tied,they mentioned it as hospital when he born but havent heard much more...
anyway im off to take my sick sorry a$$ tot he shower and force myself up.
todays a better day and it can only get better'
p.s the miracle blanket rocks!!!!!!!!!! even houdinis child couldnt get outta that
bon
Mel A - 8pm until 6am is wonderful for a 2 month old bubba - Is Fin breastfeed?
My little girl is sleeping consistantly from 7.30/8pm until 2am which is wonderful since only 2 weeks ago she was sleeping 7.30 until about 11.30...and then would breastfeed again at about 3am....so she has cut down to only 1 feed a night, and I feel that extra little time is enough not to feel overly tired (well, some days!)
I think, I think the Zantac is working.......but I don't want to speak too soon.
Soniebon - so so so happy your day was/is better - you deserve it!
GRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr keep losing my posts! Last one was long too! ok will try and remember....
Bon - you are doing a fab job, try not to stress. Our babies are still so young and there will be days when their 'routine' just doesn't work. Remember that they haven't read the books themselves either!
Runner - finally got to post office today - should get wrap by Monday. Hope it works!
Orange - gotta love TT! Tough eh? Ned thankfully decided to train himself while i was in hospital with H!
Had the morning with my boys, had a long walk to and from Kinder and planted out the herb garden, yay!
Can you believe I met a woman yesterday at the park with a Lucie, Ned and Henry too? And she had another daughter Alice which was one of our girls names we had picked too. Creepy eh? She said there was another woman in Melbourne with the same 3 childrens names too. I know of someone in Tassie with a Lucy and Ned too and have also met other mums at the park with a Lucy and Henry and the other with a Ned and Henry. Freaky or what????
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