Thanks to Jo we are having much more success with settling Emily. She still screams when we first put her down but using the pat/shh method Jo suggested she settles pretty quickly
She is having some trouble with feeding she either seems to be too sleepy and falls asleep after one side or gets really distressed and kicks and screams. I am still trying to figure out what is wrong and worry that she is not getting enough. I might weigh her at clinic next week to check.
Runner: We also have the swaddle wrap which a friend gave to me with high recommendations. Emily has managed to get arms and once a leg?? out of it but it is generally really good and much better than a normal wrap for Emily.
I also managed to go for a run today. It was very short maybe 15 mins and pretty slow but felt great and I was surprised at how good I felt after not running for 18 months due to miscarriage related fears and pregnancy. Thanks for your advice...I can't wait to go again. Great news about entering the race...I hope it all works out for you.
Jo: Thanks again for your help...things are so much better.
bon: What is the wedge that you use. I am putting Emily on her side with a towel as a wedge but not sure about it. I am worried about SIDS risk but am using movement monitor. I am also putting into practice some of the baby whisperer techniques thanks to Jo. I will have to buy the book too.
Ren: Great news about breastfeeding. Well done for continuing it is worth it. We are planning to use MCN's soon. Going to use Rudd Stimulus money to buy them...somehow we are getting three lots of that money plus baby bonus...amazing!
Sonya - happy 2 mths Nixon!!! Far out.... goes fast!! Me-lisa - i just realised! Your little girl was born on the same date as Ava!! I didn't realise?!? Same ticker age hehe 02/02. Lucky you getting some of Rudd's handouts! We miss out on those I think,.... or just get a bit! Runner - my LC thinks that the Paediatrician mis-diagnosed Ava having reflux and now thinks she was just crying and unsettled in first 3 wks due to being hungry as she wasnt feeding well at the breast and i had no idea.... so we took her off the Losec tablets and she is fine! Mind you, at the same time we took her off them she was getting more food as i was topping her up with EBM and formula to help her gain weight as she desperately needed it. I've heard Gaviscon is good for babies reflux, good luck hope it works
And to me... 8km IS a marathon hehe well done.
Well today I felt like the WORST Mummy in the world Ava and I went to a friends baby shower and the drive should have taken only 1hr each way but with traffic, road blocks and my GPS system taking me the LONG way (no idea why!!?!?) it took 2hrs EACH WAY.
So Ava and I were in the car 4hrs today... my gosh what a shocker. Poor Ava cried alot on the way home she was so tired and so unsettled. Fed her a bottle and stopped by the road to feed her and she was ok for about 20mins after but then woke up and was crying again but i just had to keep driving it was hard..... felt like the worst mummy. Talk about mothers guilt!!!!! have you girls been in that situation?? it was awful.... It's okay if its like 15mins from the shops to home i can handle that but this was a long drive and with a crying baby it was so stressful and upsetting
Baby shower was fun though and when we did arrive i enjoyed it and Ava fed and slept in my arms contently. Was good to see my friend and share the day with her.
On a good note - Ava is smiling heaps lately!! It's soooooo cute.........
my goodness what a crazy few days ive had, Caleb hasnt been eating or sleeping, took him to the dr, he has a red sore throat from the tummy acid coming back up and has a reaction to the formula making his throat sore again, so got him some soy formula, infant gaviscon and infant panadol and I have my angel baby back! he downed all of his bottles, slept for hours and last night slept from 8pm to 6.30am!!!!!!! he didnt wake up once, didnt make a peep of noise at all! I cant believe my poor boy was just not feeling well.
He is loving spending time with Grandad, those two get up to no good i tell ya! The smiles and the cuddles that go on hehehe. I will walk in the room and he stops smiling and then my dad said as soon as i left the room he watched me walk out and looked at dad as if to say "yes shes gone, back to mens business!" and started talking and smiling again! what a cheeky little monkey hahahaha!
Its so great having him here, He goes home tomorrow so im a bit sad about that but we will see him again in May and we got heaps of photos, i think dad is in love with Caleb! He just adores him, he said that whenever someone would tell him that their little baby sleeps through the night and never cries he knew they were always lying but he says here he has seen just that and he cant believe it, he said even when Caleb was sick with his sore throat he never cried! He did say though that once Caleb gets up and running its gonna be fun around our house
Well i better go wake my boy, its feeding time at the zoo! hahaha
Jo, glad to hear you're having such a good time with your dad. Poor little Caleb. Hopefully he'll improve now you know he's sick.
Ren, J cried last night on the way home from my SIL's house. It was awful and DH was going to stop so I could feed him and settle him, but we soldiered on to home. It was only a 15 minute drive and he cried for the last 10 but it felt like a lifetime. I find it really hard because Ben NEVER cried and we generally don't let J cry either - unless of course we have no choice like last night Mummies guilt is constant I"m afraid. There's always something to feel guilty about.
Us, we had a MUCH better night last night! I finally decided to let the poor little guy sleep on his tummy. Yes I know it's against SIDS guidelines, but we all just needed a good nights' sleep and I have the motion monitor and J is also able to lift and move his head very easily. Anyway, it worked like a charm J slept from 10:30, I got him up for a dream feed at 3:30am and put him straight back to bed before he slept right through until 8:30!!! The only reason I got him up at 3:30 was because I was up with Ben anyway so thought I might as well try to prolong J's sleep. Of course Ben chose last night to have a bad night Nah, he had an upset tummy so it's not his fault. Tonight though, I'm hoping for another lovely long night of sleep - last night was glorious!!!
Hi gang
im up the beach enjoying my time away from the ratrace,,,was a bit daunting as it ended up being about a 4hour or so car ride,my mum lives half way so we stopped there and feed play etc then we stoped again and enjoyed the sounds of the birds,sunsets and the smell of the bush,nixon woke as we pulled into MIL driveway...
He went down pretty good last night,today a different story,1st morning sleep good then lunchtime one not so good,he was put in car and taken out half hour later so upset the routine a bit,he didnt go back to sleep for a few hours,then home to nanas and asleep on her bed for 3 hours,then nana and pa spoiled him with cuddles and had feed bath and a bit overtired n cranky after bath but asleep in portacot in 10 mins,didnt want much food today cos too tired but tonight sucked down 160ml..little piggy
gorgeous weather here,tomorrow we are off to take nixon to his 1st trip to the beach,is a 3 min walk across the road,then mummy is nickin of for a 3 hour pamper n massage at the day spa.mmmmmmmmmmmmm
me-lisa- i cant recall the exact name of those wedges,i got mine in big w in the babies section,i know kmart sell em and you could try target..
sorry to hear about everyone having probs with reflux,poor little bubbas..
runner- 8km run isnt a marathon to us girls,its torture!!!!!!!! u legend well done
anyway im off for a ****tail and watch a dvd but i be lucky to last 10 mins,tired and today i had arvo nap which havent done in over 6 weeks
p.s-how strong are the miracle blankets jo???? nixon can escape everything...i will buy a dozen if need be if they workk..hehe
Sonie - the miracle blankets are REALLY good, Caleb is pretty strong, he gets out of them sometimes but only maybe once every few days, perhaps its those times that we just havent wrapped him properly in it, but its better than having him escape the wraps every single time. I love that it keeps his hands by his body cos they get cold sometimes.
Well my dad leaves in the morning before Caleb even gets up so i have to be up at 5am, havent been up that early since Caleb first came home from hospital! Im gonna miss my dad, we have had so much fun and Caleb and him had a ball! right, im exhausted, night all!
hi girls,
a horrible morning here. amara will NOT stop crying. We started her on Zantac yesterday lunch time - so she has just had her 3rd dose.............how long will it take for us to see improvements??
This is just so horrible and I know you ladies understand the stress it causes. Take that with also having our son with Autism and it is double the horror.
So is it Ok to give Gaviston also ??? I want to try anything......
as she wasnt feeding well at the breast and i had no idea.... so we took her off the Losec tablets and she is fine! Mind you, at the same time we took her off them she was getting more food as i was topping her up with EBM and formula to help her gain weight as she desperately needed it. I've heard Gaviscon is good for babies reflux, good luck hope it works 
hehe well done.
have you girls been in that situation?? it was awful.... It's okay if its like 15mins from the shops to home i can handle that but this was a long drive and with a crying baby it was so stressful and upsetting 
Nah, he had an upset tummy so it's not his fault. Tonight though, I'm hoping for another lovely long night of sleep - last night was glorious!!!
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