Yah! - we finally have our internet back! I think i'm addicted, cos i was going crazy over the past few weeks not getting emails, and no ebay
Anyway, I have to be quick cos D.A is asleep, so I need to get lots of things done..
1 - Happy half birthdays to all the little bubba's! I can't believe 6 months has passed already... D.A's 1/2 birthday was on Sunday... I remember so clearly all you guys posting that you had gone into labour, was going to the hospital etc, and there I was, sitting around, huge & pregnant, and very overdue.. Which is funny, cos my EDD was the 12th... Anyway, in the end I think it was just me and Jillian posting here.. And i was so jealous of all you guys, not so much cos i cared about being overdue, but because you got to all be cuddling your little babies, and i couldn't be..
Anyway, D.A woke up with his first tooth on Sat morning... Fri night he was up like every 2 hours, and we couldn't work out what was wrong.. Finally at 7am i said, just give him panadol (then he slept for 3.5hrs with me in bed), and then when we got up i said, maybe he is teething (more as a joke), and I felt his mouth, and there was a big sharp tooth...
Sat night was pretty bad also, he has done like 8 poos a day and he has a bright red bottom, but last night was a bit better, only ever 4 hours or so!
Also, i went to the dr today, and got a referral to see a colo-rectal surgeon about possible having surgery on my rear end.. At least that way i might end up feeling a bit better! Not sure what my options are, but I was really lucky, they had a cancellation for this Thursday, so i don't have to wait 4-5 weeks like normal... Anyway, my mum works on a bowel ward at her hospital, so she told one of the resident drs about me (seriously, the amount of the drs, pateints and nurses who seem to know all about me is just scary, i don't like visiting her at work cos they know all these things i don't want anyway, not even DH to know! - why does she do that??), but this dr referred this partical surgeon who i think specialises in my kind of cases... I am just so sick of being in pain every time i do a poll (sorry if tmi), i tear and bleed and can't sit down for 10 mins afterwards (dh calls it the bum dance, cos i walk around the house trying not to cry not being able to walk properally)
Also, we are trying to train DA to sleep without being wrapped, as he was just getting too big for the wrap we had (we needed to get a special one from America with inbuilt arm resraints, as he was just too strong and would get out of every single wrap we made for him, no matter which way we tied it etc..)... So, when he got unwrapped he would wkae himself up anyway, and also would get frustrated when he woke up still wrapped and couldn't move very much.. We have dont it for the last 3 days, just went cold turkey and he seems to be going really well. The first 10 mins are hard, as he seems to keep pulling his dummy out accidently and re-waking himself up, but once he is alsspe he is fine, and also he wakes up nicely and talks to himself for like 10 mins
Also, we have been co-sleeping for the past few months, and have decided to move him into his cot, mainly cos when i move around (just him and me in a queen bed), it makes him stir a bit, so i think he might sleep better on his own.. I think he might like one nap lying down with me, but in general i think he is better in his own cot...
We are trying to do our sleep routine again, resettling him if he wakes under 1 hr, rather then just getting him up cos its easier.. Anyway, he have been trying for 2 hours up, 2 hours down, and being strict about being home to get him into bed, because really thats what he needs even if i want to go out.. It seems to be good for him.. i thin routine seems to help him be happier.. I don't really care if he has the same nap times each day or not, its not for me thr routine, just as long as we don't leave him awake too long (cos he can easily stay up 3 + hours and then just suddenly loose it, even if he didn't show that many tired signs before)...
I order new glasses today... Which is good cos i hated my old frames, but i felt bad buying new ones just for looks, but i got my eyes tested and needed a new prescription, so i didn't have to feel guilty! I used to wear contacts but my eyes have been very irritated lately, my optometrist siad preg/breastfeeding hormones make your eyes dry and so thats why the contacts werenm't so great then.. he said wait til you are finished and then have another try.. I wanted to say, after i finish b/f i want to get pregnant again, so i wont be wearing contacts for like 20 years... i might get a few packets of single use contacts so that way i can wear them if i am having a good day kinda thing!
Anyway, DA is becoming usettled, might go give him a feed and try and get him back down!
Hope you are all well, sorry i don't have time for personals, although now i'm online again, hopefully i'll post again tomorrow!
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