Max had another 8 hour sleep last night! This is after last week, where he was only sleeping 3 hour blocks. So who knows, maybe there was another growth spurt going on... Gill, that would fit in with what you thought, as Max is 11 weeks tomorrow, so the same age as Ella.
Ren - We basically follow the feed, play, sleep routine, unless Max wakes sooner than I want to feed him, in which case he will get play, feed, play, sleep. I don't stimulate him too much in the first play time though - usually leave i\him on the floor or in his rocker. I wouldn't normally wake Max up for a feed either, unless it's getting late (as in 9 or 10 pm) and I want to go to bed. Cos I know he'll need another feed. But he doesn't usually sleep for very long, if at all, at that time of night anyway.
Bon - So glad you've worked out what Nixon's problem is. I hope things improve for you now that you have some answers.
Dis - Wow, Jared is a big one! He must be getting all the right stuff from you, hey?! Last health centre visit Max was in the 75th percentile for length and weight, but we haven't been for a few weeks now. I'm sure he's well over 6kg by now though.
Runner - Hope your son is feeling better soon. I have a slow cooker too - you can cook heaps of things in them, even a roast! My favourites would be lamb shanks (cos the meat just falls off the bone!) and apricot chicken. Also good are an types of stews and stuff. When I was still working we would often have it cooking during the day, then would just cook up some cous cous when we got home (cos that only takes about 2 mins) and dinner was ready!
Well, speaking of cooking, I'd better go and get ours ready while Max is asleep. I'm trying out beef stroganoff tonight. I got a new cook book for my bday, so I might try to be a bit adventurours for a while! Does anyone else find it hard to think of things to cook, and always seem to fall back on the same old favourites?!
Nixon is on the up...slept 8 hours last night,bed at 730-8pm dreamfeed at 10.30 then woke at 4am,,wow
the gaviscon worked like instant,and the novalac reflux formula,got some meds today but will still use the gav til it kicks in,what a huge huge difference,he eating,except for b4 cos he overtired n just wanted to sleep,what the? yeh i know,makes life a lot easier..
ive been so down and really thought i had PND...i got my aunt flow(period today)so that would explain me being so emo as well.
He is still a little unsettled and is not keen on the car atm but its a vast improvement,i actually got my house clean,vacuumed,washed,dried and got dishes done and managed shower blowave and some make-up....ahhh good to feel human again
Oh ladies, i have had a heck of a time lately, all my computers werent working and when they were i never really had enough time to get online. Ive had about three weeks of Caleb spiralling out of control with his eating and sleeping, or rahter lack of to the point he was screaming when i would try and feed him and would just sob in his bed instead of sleeping and if he did sleep it was for 20-30mins only, I took him to emergency on Sunday night and after 7 hours of not feeding and 5 hours of not sleeping and three days of diarrhea, they asked me to feed him in front of them to which he screamed his head off and they replied "oh well at least you got some formula into him" and sent me home, well it just got worse and worse and i spent all day yesterday in his room trying to get him to sleep or eat and i would just cry so today i took him to the royal childrens hospital determined to get some answers and what did they find:
he is cows milk protein intolerant! I knew it, i knew something wasnt right with my boy, i know my son and i know what is not normal for him! so they gave me a script for new formula called Pepti Junior and i got home and gave it to him and he polished it off and then had a big sleep!! he was the happiest ive seen him in weeks.
so now im exhausted but a happy exhausted! im still trying to catch up on everyones posts so will bbl for that, just wanted to let you all know i am still here but have had issues with Calebs eating and sleeping but looks like everything is on the up and up
OH JO I HEAR YA....
Jo and i have been sms-ing each other...we have had the same issues, i know nixon has reflux but the jury not out on the milk situation,hes not lactose intolerant but by goodness when i feed him lately the farting and pooing...hehe
He only used to poop every day or so,now i get 2 or 3 a day...he is eating a lot better,tonight 130ml..if i get between 120-160ml atm im happy,hes settling n sleeping straight away except if his dummy comes out,gives me hell in the car but i put that down to the reflux as usually he good,he screams for dummy then spits out,comfort thing cos he so sick..
He slept so well today,back to his 2-3 hour sleeps and made noise cleaning and he slept thru it.tonight after a bath wrapped him miracle blanket,dummy in gob and asleep in 5 mins......and hes happy and gooing n smiling again
We have a new mummy/son thing,i go up to the mirror with him,we look in it,i giggle at him,kiss his face all over and his chin and i suck on his chin and he starts to cackle.....ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh im soooooooooooooooooooo in love!!!
oh, JO !!! I was wondering why we had not heard from you for a while!!
I am soo sorry about the issues of your little man BUT glad you finally got some answers and yes, we have to listen to what our instincts tell us - as we know our babies the best, no one else!!
I think Amara may be having growth spurts as well - she woke up about 1.5 earlier than usual and wanted a feed, then again at 4am and again at almost 7am. seems to be doing a bit of catnapping during the day also - but settling herself somewhat - not too bad.
Ren - what other AIO nappies do you have or like apart from Baby Beehinds?
p.s. My brother just did the port Macquire Ironman on the weekend - 3.8km swim, 180km ride and 42.2 km run !!! I am so proud. I have done a half ironman, but now feel like I may be getting the bug to do the full!!!!!! but have to wait until Amara is older...too much stress on time and family otherwise.
Soniebon - I do hope tommorrow brings a better day for you...
we seem to be not doing so well at night at the moment... well, early morning more like it. Not really sure what the issue is, although last night it was hunger for sure, growth spurt at 9 weeks?
Amara is still chucking up a lot despite the medication (Zantac). She IS settling MUCH better, but still chokes on her milk at least once a day (or night) and throws up over me or herself all the time.........shall I go back and see the doc about this??? she IS NOT in distress most of the time when she does throw up.
Just went grocery shopping with almost healthy Logan and Amara...I usually just try and go with Amara but wanted to beat the Easter rush. well, it was tiring and I am stuffed. I did some hard running on hills this morning also. Hey, I don't want to give up my training!! but some mornings, well, lets say I am super motivated - or maybe it is just pure addiction to running. whatever!!
Happy Easter to all if I don't get a chance to come back online - but probably will.
p.s for Renstar - what is the best way to get poo stains out of cloth nappies??
I'm back from Cairns. We got back this morning! We had a nice time, stayed with a relative and went out for meals heaps and looked around Cairns alot and north of cairns. Had alot of fun!! It was a nice mini-break away. Glad to be home again and in our own bed tho! Nothing like home.....
Ava did well on the 2hr20 flight she was really good and fed or slept most of the way each way. On the way to Cairns the flight was so scary. As we were about to take off and doing about 300kms an hour on runway an error light had come up in the ****pit to abort the takeoff so they had to reject the takeoff and slow down the plane REALLY QUICKLY before we ran out of runway!!!! It was so scary the woman in front of us had a panic attack and was a wreck!!! LOL literally a panic attack... she was bad!
We were delayed 2.5hrs while they fixed the problem with the plane
Wasn't a good start to our holiday LOL but we got there alive thats all that matters.
It was something to do with the oil filter and fuel!
Ava has put on just over 200g in a week so i'm happy with that I've noticed lately when I feed Ava or when we're playing on her mat in front of the tv, if it's on, she only looks at that!!! so i have to turn it off... anyone else's bub loves TV????
Hope everyone had a great Easter and enjoyed your choccies! I bought myself two freddo frogs LOL that was my easter gift to myself as we don't do easter as we are trying to lose weight!!!!
Hope to catch up on some personals soon - for now, gotta go catch up on some housework and put some clothes away.
Ren - A big YES to the TV question - Max loves it. I'm the same as you though, I don't like him to look at it too much so often turn it off during the day. My nephew was the same and we all used to tease my sister about it, but he's not as bad these days (he's 1 now). I think it's just a stage, cos of the light and movement, etc.
yes to the TV i have to make sure it is off when i feed R as well otherwise he will just stare at the screen on a brighter note though if i put him down for tummy time in front of it he puts his head up to watch it
the woman in front of us had a panic attack and was a wreck!!! LOL literally a panic attack... she was bad!
I've noticed lately when I feed Ava or when we're playing on her mat in front of the tv, if it's on, she only looks at that!!! so i have to turn it off... anyone else's bub loves TV???? 
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