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Nikki it's nice to hear that i am not the only one having trouble in the mornings. At the moment Eleanor is half asleep in my arms everytime she goes to sleep i put her to bed and within 5 mins she's screaming. I've ordered a HAB just so i can get things done around the house.
Rachel have a nice time out with your mum over the next two weeks.
Thanks! I was thinking of getting a HAB too - let me know how you find it - if it's not too hot.
Georgia is sleeping quite well, I wake her up and feed her before bed about 10pm then she generally sleeps till around 3.30am. She usually goes back to sleep straight away but some times it can take about half an hour. Then she wakes up and about 5.30 so I put her in with me and we drift on and off till about 8am. Luckily Mum is taking DS to school at the momment so I can sleep!
rachel,it is exactly the same here too.but unfortunantly i dont have a mum doing the school drop off so i have to be up a bit earlier than you.
i looked for a hab yesterday at target but there wasnt any there.i tried to make my own sling with a large wrap but failed,think i will check ebay.
nikki
I've had a few bad nights with Eleanor she's waking at night and taking nearly 3 hours to get back to sleep.
I have found during the day she sleeps well with noise around her.
How is everyone doing ?
michelle i am having the opposite problem here,harry is sleeping well at night but is very unsettled through the day makes for getting things done very very hard.
am off to have a massage tonight,my back is killing me.
nikki
Nikki, i'm the same. Georgia is settled at night but a bitof a nightmare during the day!
Michelle how are you coping with the nights like that? Is your Dad still here? What does she do when she's awake at night, does she cry? It'll be so much easier when they are more alert during the day and tiring themselves out for the night time.
My Mum keeps telling me how all her kids slept through from 6 weeks! I don't think that will happen here somehow!
Has anyones bubba smiled at them yet? Georgia hasn't and I really want her too :)
hi mums
just thought i'd check in. orlanda is 6 weeks tomorrow and is an absolute gem. i have no idea what she weighs but she is doing great so no worries on the feeding and weight gain. usually up once or twice a night and she usually ends up in beside me having a snuggle. she is grinning at everything and everyone. she wont sleep through the day unless its on me which is a bit of a pain but who cares if the house is a tip and there is no shopping in, cuddles are precious and before i know it she'll be a teenager.
i hope everyone else is having as much fun and as little sleep as i am.
taz
what a great attitude taz,wish i could addopt the same approach but im far too fussy,but then again i spose i have to be with 4 kids.
sleep vibes to you all.
nikki
oh,i just noticed that you also have 4,well done to you.
nikki
yup i have 4 too, but i'm a slob;)
Taz
Rachel the last few nights have been hard and today all i want to do is cry. When she's awake at night she likes to have a cuddle and go back to sleep but as soon as i put her down she wakes again. I've tried a dummy and just rubbing her tummy while in the cot but that doesn't work.
Hopefully i will get some sleep soon. My dad is still here and hopefully he will take the other two out again on Friday so it's just me and Eleanor for the day so i get some rest.
Taz it's great to hear all is going well with you.
ohhh michelle big hugs to you.i truly understand what you are going through,my first and 3rd were terrible at night.i hope she soughts herself out soon.
nikki
Thanks Nikki. Hopefully Eleanor will start to sleep better at night soon for me. I'm going to see if she will take more milk tonight as she's nearly drinking 120mls.
Hi everyone,
Michelle, Georgia is on 150mls and she drinks the lot - such a porker! Have you tried co-sleeping? I can;t remember if you said you did that or not?
I do it sometimes with Georgia but it's easier for me as DH sleeps in his own room as his snoring is horrendous!
Hugs Michelle, there is nothing worse than sleep deprivation!
By the way, I just went to your website and your kids are gorgeous!!!
Rachel i don't co-sleep as the stupid dog gets in to bed with us.
I finally got a good nights sleep Eleanor woke at 4.30am took 80mls of milk and went straight back to sleep. She did take from 4pm till 9.15pm to get to sleep last night and she took heaps of milk in that time. I don't mind her doing that if she's going to sleep all night.
How is everyone else doing ?
Glad you got a bit of shut eye Michelle and nice that your Dads here too.
Orlanda has occasionally slept for 6 hours but usually around 4 at a time, nights usually end up with her in beside me. I try to go to bed when she does so i can get as much sleep as poss.
Its Indies birthday party tomorrow, he'll be 3 on tuesday, so we will have a house full of people tomorrow afternoon. John has taken the big 2 to see walking with dinosaurs tonight so i'm waiting up for them to come back and tell me all about it. we are also trying to sell a house just now too, first home open tomorrow so things have been pretty full on. My only grumble is that i don't feel part of the family, we never do anything together, John is great he helps so much but sometimes i feel like he thinks i should just be with Orlanda and he has to do everything with the boys, i havent even had a chance to sit in the spa for 10 mins with them. plus once everyone is in bed and i'm feeding missy constantly for 3 hours before she goes to sleep he just goes off and watches a dvd, no chance of any conversation there.
Sorry, just having a moan.
I hope the good nights continue for you.
Taz
Taz how was the birthday party ? Where are you thinking of moving to ?
How are you feeling today ?
Nikki how are you ?
Rachel hope you are stil having fun with your mum.
We are all doing well. Eleanor is still sick after some feeds and is sleeping a little better at night. She seems to take at least 2-3bottles of milk over 3 hours and then sleeps for about 6.
hi michelle,im going well,we had a bad night last night,hopefully it doesnt continue,glad eleanor is improving,keep up the good work.
nikki
Nikki hugs to you, i hope tonight is a better night for you.
the party was good thanks michelle. orlanda had a good sleep during it which was good. the jury is out on where we are moving to, we're looking to build but land is a problem, i'd quite like to go up to yanchep or two rocks.
how are you going with your hab? i ordered one today, i already have 2 slings but they don't seem a patch on a hab, i love the idea of being able to wear her all the time and have both hands free to deal with indie. Its his birthday tomorrow so i've just been getting his pressies ready.
How's everyones sleeping going? i feel about as tired as i have since she was born today, but its been a stressful day so maybe it's just all catching up with me, i feel a bit bubbly actually, i was reading in my tv guide about sky's baby having cancer and promptly burst into tears, i guess i need some sleep.
We have our 6 week check up at the docs tomorrow, i can hardly wait (not).
Hope you are all getiing loads of smiles and cuddles.
Taz
Taz i love the pictures of Orlanda. Glad the party went well. Happy birthday Indie.
I'm going okay with my HAB only used it for a few times. Some things i can't do with it on like reach my sink as i am so short and she gets in the way.
Eleanor is waking twice a night and i can cope with that. Had her 6wks check today and all is well she is just under 4kilos.
oooooo.i get my HAB tomorrow,cant wait,will make things much easier i hope.
nikki
Nicole have you got your HAB yet? or are you all tied up in it and can't get your arms out to type;) I wish mine would come soon, i hope its going to be like an extra pair of arms so i can do things again, hopefully i can have a free hand for Indie again.
Orlanda has been really unsettled today, like she couldn't get comfy, she didn;t have a dirty nappy yesterday so i guess she's a bit uncomfy in the tummy department, i'll stand well back when she does decide to "go".
Glad you like the pics, i wish i could get some time to do the site properly but its such a pain to do one handed.
Taz
i got it and i love it and so does harry.woohoo!!!!
nikki
Nicole thats great, is it as hard to put on as it looks, i have visions of drunked toga parties in the med when i was young...... i could never manage to fashion a toga out of a bed sheet, well not one that covered what it should and didn't fall off:redface: I hope life gets easier for you now.
Talking of flashing your butt when you shouldn't..... little missy moo had a narrow escape ths morning, i was at a play place with a friend and had just finished feeding her (orlanda not my friend) she was still cradled in my arms and i went to stand up to rescue Indie from somewhere, my trousers had a bit atthe back with a buckle sort of thing (served no purpose) and it had come undone, the buckle had slipped through the bottom of the plastic seat i was on and when i tried to stand up i ended up tipping the chair over and sat in a heap on the ground, Orlanda still in my arms, a close shave. It was only later i discovered that my trousers had ripped and my rather large butt was hanging out:redface: lucky it was a quiet day, but it gave us something to:cryinglaugh: about.
Taz
hi all
well my lil man weighs 6.3 kgs already. and we are trying controlled sleeping the first cpl of nights and days were hard but now he just dozes of in his one bed couple of mins after being put down. he has an umbilical hernia as well.
Taz you make me laugh. Hope no one saw the hole in your trousers.
proud_mum2b wow Nicholas is doign well. What will they do about his umbilical hernia ?
Nikki how are you and Harry doing ?
Rachel are you well ?
I've had a couple of bad nights with Eleanor it's been taking up to 3 hours to get her back to sleep at night. Last night wasn't too bad she woke every 3 hours for her bottle and went back to sleep okay. I brought the new fisher price light thing for the side of the cot so she goes to sleep with that playing the music lasts 18mins so that helps.
Michelle thats a bummer, you can cope if you can get some sleep but doing without isn't good.
I had a few bad nights last week, mostly my own fault, i was so tired i fell asleep feeding her or took her in beside me which meant i couldn't get a decent sleep, but..... god i hate to tempt fate.... i got my hab on friday and since then she has slept for 3 hours in it (like a little joey!) in the morning and then been awake most of the day and fallen asleep at 9......... for 8 hours:dance:
I dont sleep that long of course as ihave boobs like cannon balls, but the more she does it the more i'll adjust, so fingers crossed she likes this routine, although it will be knocked on its head today as i'm playing ten pin bowling this morning and i really don't think i can do that with her in her hab, so the rest of the players will just have to play pass the baby while i have my turn.
I hope no news is good news from everyone else!!
Taz
im doing well michelle.
proud mum to be.my first son had an umbilicul granuloma.dont know if that is the same thing,but they put him under anesthatic and removed it,was a very minor operation.
wow on the weight gain,that is great,harry is about 3 kilos now.
nikki
Hi everyone, sorry i've been MIA. Mum left on Friday and we're all very sad :( We did our first school run today without my Mum helping and it all went fine!
Georgia is a little horror during the day. Yesterday she slept for about an hour in the morning, half an hour in the afternoon and then was up till 9:00! She slept then till 4:15 and woke at 7 which was good but I need some time during the day aaagghhhhh!! I can't get anything done. I have just put her in her cot downstairs and she has cried herself to sleep. I feel bad but there is NOTHING wrong with her, as soon as I pick her up the screaming stops and she smiles at me Grrrrr.
We've got our 6 week check up on Wednesday (late, I know!) so i'll let you all know weight etc, the amount she eats I would be surprised if she hasn't put on at leasst 2 kilos.
Hope everyone else is really well xxx
hey ladies
last night was a scary night nicholas had vomit stuck which caused him pain so we run a bath and put him on his tummy (brother in laws advice) and well he swallowed some bedtime bath and cried so loud for other an hour. it finally came out.
about his hernia they are just going to monitor it if it causes him discomfort then they will do something.
nicholas is waking up twice during the night (between 2 - 3 and 5-6).
rachel - have u tried wrapping her putting a dummy in her mouth and putting her to bed. then checking on her every 10 mins tell her she is ok until she doses off. i know its hard but it honestly works. it took me a week and now nicholas realises once his wrapped and dummy in its time to go to sleep.
That's what I have had to do now. The night before last I was putting the other two to bed and she was downstairs in the porta-cot screaming and by the time I came down she had stopped and was fast asleep. I give her the dummy but only whan i'm cuddling her as she can't keep it in. It just pops out so if I lie her down with it she'll keep it in for a minute then it will fall out and she screams even louder! What age do they grip it themselves? Does Nicholoas?
It does sound scary about last night, the poor little guy. It's so horrible when there's something wrong but you can't help them :( Georgia had her needles yesterday and boy was she ****ed!! SHe yelled so loudly! I gues that's healthy though :)
She now weighs 5390 and she is 59.5 cm long. The Dr said she is going to be very tall which I hope wasn't a nice way of saying very fat!!!
rachel - nicholas has been griping it for 2 weeks now and he actually pulls his own dummy out now with his hands. he rolled fully as if he was on tummy time the other day but he hasnt done it since. but ive been told nicholas will develop quicker coz he is bigger and stronger than most babies. but who knows.
i cant believe how quick time has gone it seems like yesterday i was cuddling my lil man for the first time.
OMG I JUST got Georgia to sleep, it's 6pm and she has had 20 mins sleep since 6 this morning How is this possible? Does she not know she is only 8 weeks old???
ALso bloody DH, who has a bad back, got drunk laast night at a friends house and they went swimming in the display home around the corner! Anyway, they were messing about and he slipped and landed on his coxic (sp?) so we have had the Dr out ($180), he gave him a shot of morphine so he's been asleep ALL day.
Bloody MEN!!!
I now have DH away for 3-10days so it's just me and 3 little ones. Hoepfully i will be able to cope.
Eleanor has been a little unsettled again i ended up putting her in a sleeping bag to sleep with last night and that seemed to have helped a little. She didn't go to bed until 9pm woke at 2am and then 5am. During the day i am finding it hard to do things as she hates to play on the floor.
hugs michelle,tis very frustrating isnt it,have you got someone to call on for a little help while dh is away.
nikki
Eleanor slept a little better yesterday it still took a while to get her to sleep at night but once she was she did 5 hours. I changed her AR formula as well and was only a little sick with a couple of feeds and not every feed like she used to. The formula has given her really smelly wind and i keep having to check her nappy.
Nikki hopefully if DH isn't back by Friday my neighbour will take the older two for a play date with her little boy. Other than that i have no other help.
Oh Michelle I wish you were't so far away :(
Kimberly will be in Prep next year won't she? That will make life a bit easier. Roll on Jan!
At least you can think that it will only get easier now. She'll get older and be more content for longer periods of time (at least that's what I keep telling myself LOL).
Hey Michelle I hope you're not on your own for too long, i don't think i could cope for very long with out John. The woman in the next bed to me when Orlanda was born had her 2nd baby on the tuesday, i guess her older one was about 2 or3 and her husband was leaving on the sunday for 8 weeks, she didn't think it would be a problem and didn't think he would miss anything.
I eventually had O's 6 week check today (better latethan never) she has put on 5lbs and is now just under 12lbs (porker). she is still usually up twice a night with the occasional night where she sleeps for 8 hours but TBH i don;t expect anything else, none of my others have slept throught till close to a year, Indie was over a year, it's not really a problem, so long as i get plenty of smiles during the day i'm ok, she's certainly not a whingy bub.
On another note, we are trying to TT Indie just now..... thats stressful!!
Taz
taz,what is TT?
nikki