i would love to post my birth story,its quite comical but sincere at the same time...sums me up perfectly...do i do it in birth stories and how do i post the link here..
Well the routine or EASY as Jo and i call it is starting to work,tonight only took Nixon one hour to go to sleep instead of 3 hours,not bad for night 2...I have discovered the little tacker setled to music,put his musical seahorse in his bassinette and put it on,he settled n went to sleep,gonna hook up the cd player with all my rainforest,ocean type music,,i might even put it on my ipod and go to sleep with it too..
Ren-was great readinf your birth story,you have such incredible strength and determination..
My brain is fried so no personals for me,im suffering mumnesia..hehe
ok off to bed for me,one thing a baby cures is insomnia...
Cheers Bon
Gill & Sonya - will read your birth stories today at some point when I get the chance!!
Last night we went to an engagement party (on a Sunday!) and I b/fed at the venue near people, i'm soooo proud of myself!!! DH helped me to stay covered up so i didn't flash my boob I also b/fed at my Mum's place near about 30 other people at a gathering last weekend. I was so impressed I did it! It's getting easier now.....
I'm so excited.... last night put DD down at 11pm after her feed and she slept til 4am!! 5hrs and then fed her and put her down 5:30am finally and she's still sleeping.... what a little angel!!!!
The sleep deprivation I feel isn't too bad now, I just get up and just do it.... I used to really struggle getting up to DD in the middle of the night (2 or 3 times) and it was hard, but now it's a bit easier.... bit more routine.
Ren, isn't it great when they start sleeping that little bit more? Well done on the bfing in public! I don't bother to try and cover up anymore, I'm fine with it and if people don't like it they can go elsewhere!
Bon and Gill, I'll add your birth stories to my 'to do' list. I still haven't read Ren's or posted mine either. One day...
Us, we had a good night again. Jared went down at 8pm and I gave him a dream feed (something I could never do with Ben because he always woke up) at 9:30, which let him sleep until 2am! I usually find feeds between midnight and 2:30 the hardest, but it was alright last night for some reason. He then slept until 5am before going straight back down again until after Ben was up. I usually struggle to get him down after that second morning feed, but today was easy. He's been asleep nearly all day too, which is unlike him, but when he's awake he's really alert. I think he's having yet another growth spurt. We'll go to the nurse tomorrow for his 6-8 week check up and I'm a little scared about how much he will weigh!
A good friend of mine came for a visit today and Jared turned on the charm for her. I've never seen him smile so much and she even got some giggles. Jared's first laugh came the other day when Ben tickled his foot. I cried and DH couldn't stop smiling to see our boys interact like that
Ren, isn't it great when they start sleeping that little bit more? Well done on the bfing in public! I don't bother to try and cover up anymore, I'm fine with it and if people don't like it they can go elsewhere!
Bon and Gill, I'll add your birth stories to my 'to do' list. I still haven't read Ren's or posted mine either. One day...
Us, we had a good night again. Jared went down at 8pm and I gave him a dream feed (something I could never do with Ben because he always woke up) at 9:30, which let him sleep until 2am! I usually find feeds between midnight and 2:30 the hardest, but it was alright last night for some reason. He then slept until 5am before going straight back down again until after Ben was up. I usually struggle to get him down after that second morning feed, but today was easy. He's been asleep nearly all day too, which is unlike him, but when he's awake he's really alert. I think he's having yet another growth spurt. We'll go to the nurse tomorrow for his 6-8 week check up and I'm a little scared about how much he will weigh!
A good friend of mine came for a visit today and Jared turned on the charm for her. I've never seen him smile so much and she even got some giggles. Jared's first laugh came the other day when Ben tickled his foot. I cried and DH couldn't stop smiling to see our boys interact like that
We have a good weekend, my sister and niece came up from Melbourne Saturday afternoon and went home this morning. My sister babysat while we went out for dinner, did some housework for us that I hadn't gotten around to doing as well as mowed the lawn, phew. She also showed me how she patted her kids to sleep when they were babies and I've used it on Owen a few times now and seems to work like a charm. Don't need to worry about the potential for him to wake when I put him in the basinette and he seems to settle much quicker . I've told her she's a baby whisperer.
We've also changed formulas to Nan HA 1 from S 26 and am offering him 120ml as well as the breast and have really noticed a change in him. He was obviously hungry and is better now he's getting what he needs.
Will have to post my birth story soon, it's a bit of a comedy of errors!!
Glad to hear everyone's managing.
Just a quick one to say that Dash is now a big 8 weeks (and 5.5kg!!) and had his immunisations today. Not bothering him at the moment so that is great!! Uploaded a couple of photos from when he was 3 weeks old in members gallery....not quite sure how to post a link and no time to really.
Felicity: Welcome back.....another happy bottle feeding mummy here!! I think there is a wonderful mix of mums in this thread - bottle/breast, routine/demand etc. - everyone seems supportive of each other and the different choices we are making as mothers! It's a nice 'place' to visit. Glad your DS is a dream!!
I think it is great reading how we all 'do' what we 'do' with our bubs and love reading about the different ways we are bringing up bubs....just goes to show that there isn't one right way!! I think we are all doing such a wonderful job!!
Got to go...
Linda
PS - Got my photobooks back and they are just wonderful!
hi ladies,
may I ask how many of you are using dummies? We got one a few days ago and have used it a couple of times when Amara was very unsettled, but to be honest, I am so scared of her developing a reliance on it. We only used one very occassionally with our first born son, he now sleeps well.
the couple of times I have used it during the day, when it comes out, she cries and cries again. this is why I don't want her to use it at night - I don't want to get up every 40 mins or so to replace it?
any thoughts of yours is appreciated.
BTW - sorry for no personals, like everyone, I am not getting heaps of sleep. It is hard, hard work some days with a newborn AND a child with ASD (Autism).
I also b/fed at my Mum's place near about 30 other people at a gathering last weekend. I was so impressed I did it! It's getting easier now.....
and then fed her and put her down 5:30am finally and she's still sleeping.... what a little angel!!!! 
. I've told her she's a baby whisperer.
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