Babies Born January 16th ~ 31st 2009 #2

[Shanti]

Ella - is your DD in her cot in her own room now? Was she in your room at all? Ava sleeps in our room with us in her hammock but last 3 nights shes been in her room in her own cot and i miss her! So i think tonight i'm going to put her back into our room!
Yes there are some good points raised from your thread! I read them all! I like Anna's post too. I'm going to use some of those pointers toinght.

Just got home from shops 1hr ago and DD settled within 5mins! Left her in her cot and 5mins later she was protesting and whinging but not crying so i left her and she just fell asleep on her own only took 12mins! Yehhaaa...

I have a really good book from Pinky Mckay called "Sleeping like a baby" that im desperately trying to read quickly.... its a good book.

[soniebon]

hi all
Another quick one from me whilst my tv dinner is cooking in the microwave..lol DH is on nightshift,ive just gotten nixon to bed at 7pm and done all the bottles..
Hes been an absolute shocker today with the catnapping and we had im in the car and boy did i know about it,im gonna go back to the paed as this is getting ridiculous,i dont think the Losec is doing bugger all for the reflux,he wont eat much or sleep much during day,at night he sleeps all night and feeds well..i put it down to his overtiredness during day,im soooooooo exhausted.. i can barely get anything done let alone leave the house,by 5pm its his witching hour til 7pm n dont i know about it..

soph-not good about ur little ones poo's hope all ok

bon

[soniebon]

ATTEMPT #3 TO WRITE THIS STORY B4 BB CRASHES.. I HOPE THIS ALL PUTS A SMILE ON YOUR FACE OR A TEAR IN YOUR EYE AS I KNOW A FEW OF US HAVE HAD A HARD TIME OF LATE

JANUARY 09- A TRIP DOWN MEMORY PREGNANCY LANE

This time last year we all joined the jan 16-31st 09 due group,there was only about 3 of us and we were deer in the headlights,i think Kimbaz was the 1st one here and 1st one to welcome us all....
There we were introudicing ourselves,what state we lives in.what town/suburb,then posting our EDD or what we thought il we all went to the docs for confirmation,some of us peed on a little stick and some just knew as AF had not visited...

6 Weeks scan- By this time we are all excited as we get to see our little jellybeans growing,we are all nervous too cos we have to have our nuchal fold tests...we are all emotional after seeing our scans and i for one cried..

pause-nixon screaming brb

20 weeks scan-some of us have had the dreaded GD glucose test and i think i was the only one here who copped GD,some of us had the 3d/4d scan and found out what we were having and most of us announced it and at this time it was predominantly boys...We all got to see our little bubbas and their hands n feet n faces and we are all trying to make out or guess what they will look like,by now we ar eon the countdown n Sal n Sal have welcomed little baby into the world.very prem but doing ok..

EDD ARRIVING-By now we are all getting scared and some of us having false labours n shocking pains,we all have our sms buddies,we have all traded nursery decor stories and whos bought what and whats useful etc..i remember getting a sms off Jo saying she on hew way to hospital and shes nearly having Caleb,a few hours later i get one from her hubby Craig announcing Calebs birth,i cried my eyes out..haha
I remember a few of us had pretty fast labours,Kimbaz holds the world record followed by Jo and myself having a 4 hour 45 min labour and almost on my EDD.Jo took the prize for having Caleb on her EDD..

THE 1ST WEEK HOME-SILENCE IN HERE WE ARE ALL ADJUSTING
FROM BIRTH TO BEYOND-Lot of us having sleeping n feeding issues,reflux colic the works

Thank you ladies for the most emotional amazing journey,i am having a sook as i type,its seems like yesterday but yet so long ago and im glad i got to share my journey with such an amzing strong bunch of beautiful souls...
if you have any stories i may have forgotten feel free to add
love bon

[Josephine]

Awww Sonie thats was so lovely, had a lump in my throat reading that!!!

ITs true it all feels like it was a dream, some of us had no idea what we were getting into and we all looked forward to the day we would be holding our bubs in our arms, little did we know just how much our lives would change... from knowing there was a bubby to LOVING it with all of our beings.

I for one know that being my little boys mother has made my life worth every single second of pain ive ever endured just to get to this point. My Mother in law arrived today and she said to me "You are so different, its like you have a purpose now"

She cried when she saw the video i made of Caleb and said to me "now you know how i can love my son so much, you are the perfect woman for him and im so happy you are his wife"

Ladies it has been an honour and a blessing to live this journey with you all and i know it will continue to be so.

Well im off to bed after my lovely date to the movies with my husband (mum in law babysat, it was WONDERFUL) and to tell you the truth if i didnt have my period then my husband wouldve been a VERY lucky man tonight, i feel like a million dollars

Night all!!

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

Ella - is your DD in her cot in her own room now? Was she in your room at all? Ava sleeps in our room with us in her hammock but last 3 nights shes been in her room in her own cot and i miss her! So i think tonight i'm going to put her back into our room!
Yes there are some good points raised from your thread! I read them all! I like Anna's post too. I'm going to use some of those pointers toinght.

Just got home from shops 1hr ago and DD settled within 5mins! Left her in her cot and 5mins later she was protesting and whinging but not crying so i left her and she just fell asleep on her own only took 12mins! Yehhaaa...

I have a really good book from Pinky Mckay called "Sleeping like a baby" that im desperately trying to read quickly.... its a good book.

Yeah Ella is in her nursery now (1 week) but prior to that she was in her bassinette in our room - although i miss her, i feel (for me) its better for her to be in her room and i get up once during the night (usually between midnight and 1.30am) to give her a feed and then she goes back down until about 7.00am.

[gypsy79]

Re sleeping issues, I borrowed a booster type thing from my sis which helps babe sleep on their side. It has a roll that goes in front and one behind. Tried it out for first time yesterday morning and Max slept for 2 hours! It was his longest day sleep (in his cradle) for ages. Apart from the sleeping on the side thing, I think maybe it helps make them feel more snug, as it has something in front and behind. Anyway, he only had one sleep at home yesterday and we'll be out again this morning, so I'll see if it works again this arvo.

Soph - Hope you've got some answers about poor Henry by now.

Son - Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

I'm off to a baby clothes sale this morn. Have been told it's really good (and cheap!) so I'm hoping to be able to pick up some nice cheap, big 000 clothes that will fit DS for a bit longer until he grows into the 00s. I can hardly find anything to fit him these days, except growsuits and I think he's a bit big to be wearing them out and about now.

[soniebon]

gypsy-the side wedge snuggler virtually cured nixons sleeping issues overnight,he hates being on his back,i think with him its just his reflux and reading the baby whisperer book it says if i have him in a structured routine and hes sleeping well at night then its just his biorhythms and sleep patterns...i will try other methods to get him to sleep longer than an hour during the day but i think its juts him as he not grumpy only at 5pm and manages fine,im the one not managing lol
Jo- good on you for having a great night,yes we have purpose and yes we change and grow up real fast(even at 37 years of age)i have become a completely different woman...
cheers to all
its nixon snuggle time with his mum
sonya