Well day off today...Got lots of washing to do. Oh Liam is such a piddle pot. Wets through everything.
Yes Melissa is great. We are like best friends then mother and daughter. I love her to bits and she loves helping me as then im not a angry mother....lol... I get abit moody if DH and DD are sitting on their ass and im working around them. So they just help out and you know what, so they should as I work, raise two young children, cook dinner most nights, do washing, so they can help with the house.
MIL looks after Liam for me. Mondays its just me and Liam as Callum is in day care, Tuesday its just MIL and Liam as Callum in day care again and im at work, Wednesday its Callum, Liam, MIL and FIL. Thursday im home with kids and same with friday.
Well better go as Liam is having a kick with no nappy and I see he is falling asleep so better put him to bed.
Bye for now
bbl for personals. Oh and tomorrow going up the coast for a early fathers day as Im having Liam Baptised on fathers day.
Well looks like swaddling little Isabel like a mummy is working for us at the moment. She doesn't like it and fights to get free but she eventually gives in to sleep. Last night she slept from 6pm - 9.30pm had a feed woke at 2am then slept to 7.00am so I was pretty happy with that. Feed her at 7.30am took daddy to the airport and feed at 11.30am and now she is sleeping again.
Missy - So your family should help you with the housework. Like you said you can't do everything. Oh how nice baptising Liam on Father's day that will be very special.
Tenny - so glad Hayden is doing so well, its nice when you get lots of smiles hey, little Isabel is doing that too when we talk to her. Catching it on camera is even better.
Jess - Yeah have had a hard time of it but I'm hoping us swaddling her now is going to work for us. We don't have her swaddled if she isn't going to bed so hopefully she will get the idea that it's sleep time How is your gorgeous little girl Georgia doing today?
Today I took my DH to the airport for his trip to Germany, he is back next Friday morning so it's going to be interesting to see how my little girl and I go on our own for so long.. I think the nights will be the hardest for me
A big to Kell, Kristy, Feeb, SW, Pixie, Tasia, Mel, Skittlebub, Belle, Zee, Tanis and anyone else that I might have left out.
Well just when i thought things were picking up, Jesse was sick again at 4am this morning. He still has a bad case of diorhea (sp) and is just so ill. Is this ever going to end???? DH had to go back to work yesterday and today.. hes had too much time off lately with Keira being born etc to take more. MIL was off yesterday to help me. This morning FIL came over to help, but its so hard, i dont want him getting it with the low immunity he has with his cancer. Then MIL came home early from work which was good. Im just finding it so hard to cope. Im sure its all the lack of sleep. I have had next to nothing since Saturday. I dont know how i will get through tomorrow by myself if Jesse is still the same. Hes just so upset and whingy that hes sick, he screams his head off if he doesnt get what he wants to you look at him the wrong way. And im just scared he'll make himself throw up again. He hasnt really eaten anything since saturday, hes tired due to all the lack of sleep and being so sick, hes lost god knows how much weight, and on top of it all he just had 2 more molars come through so its making him 10x worse than he would be with just the gastro. And then to have Keira cry. She has been pretty good but its just so hard to hold her and try and settle her and then have Jesse wanting me and trying to keep myself clean from his germs so she doesnt get it. Im an emotional wreck. I cant stop crying. I just dont want to deal with all of this anymore.. its just too hard.
Kell - Big huge hugs!! I hope Jesse is better tomorrow. Poor little man. I'm glad Keira and you haven't gotten it so far. It's so heartbreaking to see your kids sick and you can't do anything to make it better.
Mez - I'm glad the swaddling worked. That's greatttt. I hope your little girl sleeps great for you while you DH is away. xx
Missy - Good luck with Liams Baptism and have a safe trip. Can't wait to hear how it all went + Pics too. Hehehe.
Kellxx - you poor thing. just hang in there ok? Jesse can't be sick forever and then things will pick up and you will be able to get more sleep. i know your MIL has been over a lot, but do you think she might come and stay for a night so that you can just focus on feeding Keira at night, or maybe focus on Jesse for the night, and then she can look after the other. Keira is bottle fed right? if not though, and you just have to do it all yourself, I can only say I feel for you, and hope it will all get better soon.
Mez - Georgia is great. I love her to pieces. We had our second mothers group today, and she was a very good girl. she has a milk rash now, not sure what it's really called, but combined with the hair loss on top, it's not her finest hour, although I still think she is the most beautiful thing ever to grace the earth. That is so great that Isabel is sleeping more with the swaddling. Although I also think that now that she is five weeks old that she is probably coming out of the unsettled stage too, all the books generally say that between 3 and 5 weeks are the worst for bubs being unsettled. I'm sure you'll do just fine even with your DH being away for the week, although I know how much you'll miss him.
Missy - I hope the baptism goes really well. I think we'll baptise Georgia in a few months time. I need time to organise something. That is lovely about you and your dd, I hope Gigi and I can be so close.
Hi Tenny - what a cute little outfit. I love pumpkin patch stuff. he looks sooo handsome.
Oh Kell hun your doing a wonderful job hun and of cause your over it. Its very hard trying to keep the kids well and run the house. Im so sorry jess is sick and hope you and DD dont get it. When you dont get much sleep you get all teary and upset. Its only natural hun. Try not to think you cant handle it or give up cause it will all get better. Take care
Ayapi YAY on Isabel and her sleeping. Good girl. Yes I cant wait till Liam's baptism. It will be very special.
OMGOSH tenny those photos are just the best. I love them so much. Thanks for sharing them with us. I want that outfit.....lol
yes jess DD and I have a great relationship. We get on so well. Good luck with organising some thing for Georgia baptism.
Well im off. Hi to eveyone else and hope you have a great weekend. Ill back on sunday. Take care all
Kellxx- Hun im so sorry Jesse is so sick, I really hope this is the end of it so you can get some decent sleep. I know your DH starts work early in the mornings but would it be possible for him to feed Kiera from the time Jesse goes to bed till he has to go to work so you can sleep till you need to get up for Jesse? I know he would be tired but you need some rest to function.
I wish i could help in some way
Belle- Soz hun, they havnt decided on a date so looks like it will be next week. If not we could meet up anyway if you want. Great pics hun
Missy- Oh thats great, you are so lucky.. Lucas slept from 11.50pm till 3.07am this morning and I thought I was in heaven LOL. Lucas will get baptised when he is 3 months old like Laila did.
I will come in to see you on Tuesday now i know your at work.
Tenny- So cute!!!!
Mary- Oh gosh it helps heaps, Laila was always wrapped really tight unless she was feeding or it was her tummy time and the same for Lucas.. it helps them realise its time for sleep when wrapped plus its comfort for them cause they are used to being kept tight in our bellys.
Feeb- My DD had reflux and so does Lucas..its horrible. Always changing him, changing his bed, changing myself etc.
Okie im gunna go, so so tired and gunna get some sleep while Lucas is asleep. Abit stressed as Laila was just so naughty today and Lucas didnt sleep all day
Well today went & saw my freind she lives in Roxburgh park, so I thought of paying her a visit which was to see her. Then went to my hubby's factory stayed there a bit took took MIL home as my FIL is in greece for 2 weeks, he went there for his neice's wedding. So I offered to take my MIL home if she wanted. She only lives like 5 mins from the factory & she likes walking & told me not to worry but I feel bad. But I told her if it's raining, call me.
Missy- That's wonderful how ur bapbtising liam on father's day
Mary- That's great to hear that Izzy is sleeping good, I'm so glad. I'm sure you will be fine while ur DH is away.
Kell- I'm so sorry sweety, I'm sure Jesse will get better, & it's really nice to have ur IL's coming over & helping u. Also I'm sorry to hear that ur FIL has a low immunity with cancer, I hope he will be fine. If u want to ever talk u can PM me ok sweety
Tenny- AWWW how cute r the clothes & ur beautiful baby
Missy: Melissa sounds like a gem!! I hope I have that sort of relationship with Ashlea!
Mez: HOw are you going? We have been pretty good. Sorry to hear you had some rough nights, great to hear the swaddling worked, I started wrapping Ash again and its working wonders
Tasia: Hows everything going? DH being nice to you now??
Tenny: It was a boring day but I did get most of the washing done haha Hope Hayden's cold is getting better! Hayden's outfit is GORGEOUS!! I lived on ebay when I had Jayden, I haven't even thought to look for clothes for Ashlea!
Jess: I'm a huge believer in sleeping when the baby is sleeping, but it is harder to do when there's a 2yo involved haha get as much rest as you can!! Ashlea feeds between 3-4 hourly then sometimes sleeps through so she'll go maybe 6hrs
Oh Kell hun!!! I know how you feel, Jayden is sick ATM too (nothing like Jesse though). Just take a deep breath and know that it won't be like that forever. We were told (I think in antenatal class) that no baby has died from crying, so let Keira cry a bit if Jesse needs you. We of course are here for you as well, I know I have had a few days where I just don't think I'm cut out to have 2 kids...I think every mother goes through that at some stage, whether they are willing to admit it or not. Big to you, I hope things look up soon.
Zee: I sympathise with you RE toddlers being naughty! Jayden is playing up heaps lately... not sure if its an age thing or an attention thing....I just keep telling myself it won't be like this forever haha
Feeding is going great again although I didn't feed Ashlea from 8.30pm last night until 6am this morning (gave her EBM at 2am) and I was way too full and she couldn't attach, then she wouldn't after I expressed a bit so I expressed the whole lot and gave her a bottle but I had express 220ml in total from both sides!! She has fed fine all day, oh she made me bleed this morning too so I was so scared all day to put her on that side!
Is anyone still bleeding (downstairs)?? Sorry if TMI but mine had almost stopped after 2 weeks but then came back and I still have it. I know they say up to 6wks and I bled for 6 wks with Jayden but I am so over it!
We were out all day today, I never plan to but it always happens. I took Ashlea up to Chris' work to show everyone....he almost seemed a bit proud when he was showing everyone (I was holding her though). He was even making gooey faces at her yesterday which I thought was cute. I hope this means he is coming round and going to start to take an interest in her. I yelled at him the other day and told him to "step up at being a parent" otherwise you won't have a family....although he didn't respond at the time maybe he had a think about it???
Well my little princess is fast asleep on me so I better put her to bed and I think I will have some custard and then go to bed myself.....Tomorrow we have another LC appt, I am actually excited this time as Ashlea has only had 3 bottles since last Fri so any weight gain will be me feeding her. Oh and I uploaded Ashlea's 1mth old (today) pic on FB
Mez - swaddling might have been the prob. I read that newborns (up to 3 months) have something called a startle reflex which the swaddling is supposed to help them not startle themselves awake. I know that if I don't swaddle Ava, shes awake in about an hour. Swaddling, I get a good 3 hours out of her during the day and during the night, I only wake once at 4 to feed her.
Kel - sorry your having such a bad time of it. Hope everything gets better for you soon.
Bel - photos are SO cute. Reminds me that I haven't put photos of Ava up yet (slack I know)
Tan - congrats on sticking with the BF and hope yopur little one is a chubber at weight-in
I've been trying to keep BF Ava and have over the last week increased my supply a bit (no where near enough to exclusively BF her but still a start) so got DH to take me down tot he drs yesterday for motilium (sp?). Hopefully that will do the trick.
Well we had another good day with Isabel and her sleeping. She doesn't like to be swaddled but I am persisting with it cause she sleeps for the 3 hours rather than just cat napping. After her feed at 3am though she is a pain cause she just doesn't want to go back to sleep and it takes me 1 hour and half to get her down (very annoying)
Pink - Yeah I had her arms out and she would wake herself by jerking all the time which is why my SIL said that I should try swaddling her again. I hope the medication will help your milk supply. You should put up some pics of Ava we would love to meet her.
Tannis - Aww little Ash is just gorgeous, she looks adorable in your ticker pic. I'm happy that your DH is finally seeing the light with his beautiful daughter. I'm sure that she has put on lots of weight now that she is feeding so well BF, let us know sweet how it all goes. I'm doing good, tired but I'm starting to take naps when Izzy is sleeping now that she is doing long bouts of it.
Zee - I hope you got some rest sweet when Lucas was, cause he is up all day doesn't he just exhaust himself and sleep for long spurts? How is Laila with her little brother?
Kell - Oh hun I'm so sorry that your having such a hard time, I really do hope that your little boy gets better soon and starts to eat. Take it easy and take some time for yourself ask for help if you need it sweet. That's what I have learnt to do (ASK for HELP) I'm too proud to cause I think that I'm not doing a good job or people will judge me.
Hi to everyone else, hope you're all doing well as are your little ones.
MIL ended up having today off work which was wonderful. Jesse seemed alot better this morning. Still not 100%. Still a little wobbly on his feet and 1 runny poo over night. I actually managed to get him to sleep in his big bed yesterday, and hes asleep in there now again. He just didnt want to sleep in the cot yesterday.. not sure if he was associtating it with being sick maybe since he was sick in bed twice. But i just lay down there with him and he was asleep in no time. He's eaten 3 scotch finger biscuits today and a few plain smiths chips (hospital recommended them to my sister when my niece was in there for the same thing and wouldnt eat or drink - just to help them to drink and also theyre getting food too). Though hes not wanted to drink much today. The past few days thats all hes wanted to do. So will have to keep an eye on his nappies.
Mez.. i will, thanks hun. Ive just been so lucky my IL's have been great this whole week in helping out. Hows izzy's reflux going? Any better now?
Pink.. thank you. Isnt Motilium for being sick and diorhea? Sorry if you are sick hun. (sorry im yet to catch up on everything) I have some of that in the cupboard and was given it for when i get my migrains. Also actually helped DH when he was being sick this week.
Tannis.. oh im sorry Jayden is sick. Its not fun hey. Oh i know. I dont know how those mums out there handle more kids! I once said id have 3.. hmm well lately thats really being reconsidered!
Anastasia.. thanks honey.
Zee.. thank you hun. DH actually did do that for me last night (got up and fed Keira). DH is off this weekend thank god. So hopefully ill be able to catch up on some sleep then.
Jessica.. yep she is bottle fed. Oh at the moment i dont know how i would handle it if she was BF. It wouldve been so hard. MIL has actually offered to take Keira Saturday night so we can try and get some sleep. So im actually considering it.
Missy.. thanks honey.
Tenny.. thank you. Oh i love the outfit!!!!!! So gorgeous! Makes me want another little boy!
Havent heard from Kristy. Hope shes ok. She ended up getting it all too. So im hoping shes not too sick and the twins are ok.. being they are part BF i hope they havent gotten the bug. Big hun i hope youre all ok.
Hi guys just a quick one from me (I know, I've not been on for AGES!!!) on DH's computer since I killed my laptop (fell off the stand it sits on - stupid me)
Struggling a bit here as well with the toddler + newborn - its so friggin hard, DS has been especially whingy and whiney - thats his new language, doesn't speak english anymore just whinges and whines all day... I told DH last night that I wanted to trade him in for another child and DH made me feel so crappy about saying that to him - made me feel like the worst mother in the world. I can't help it if i don't particularly "like" my son when he is acting like the biggest turd in the world. So think I am battling PND - and so don't want to go there - so haven't posted because of that. Didn't really have the motivation to type anything because my life SUCKS at the moment.
Anyhoo - on a positive note - I got a new pram today
Mez - we still swaddle here too. Plus I have noticed if I put her on her side to sleep, she goes to sleep much quicker, plus even self settles sometimes - and she doesn't like to go to sleep either at 3am - so we have her in bed with us, and i go to sleep instead.. lol
Kel - I am SOOO sorry that Jesse hasn't been well. You poor thing!!! Huge hugs for you honey, because it is hard enough to do this, without illness being thrown into it. Hopefully the three of you can take a nice nap together.. and I hope its a shortlived gastro thing for Jesse (I think they can last up to 5 days?? So hopefully he is at the end of it)
Hello to everyone else that I missed. Previous posts have just been too long for me to remember what is going on with everyone - so I do apologise!!! Personals are a bit beyond me at the moment, but I hope to be more "with it" soon enough and be back to my normal self.
Going to the Hyatt tonight so better keep getting kids stuff ready for a night out. And DD has just woken up - ooh no - looks like she's going to sleep again. Ahh well better go pick out outfit for myself that doesn't make me look too huge!!!!
Hey Mel, great to see you back, it's not the same without you! Hang in there, you are probably just struggling with the demands of a newborn/ toddler rather than anything more serious. Hopefully A will get over the whingy clingy thing soon and start acting like a big boy. Enjoy your night at the Hyatt - sounds like you need it We missed you!
and for the new pram!
Kel, thinking of you - glad Jesse seems to be getting better and had a sleep.... You've done really well coping with it all. Your MIL sounds like she has been great. It might be good for you to have a night's sleep on saturday if she takes Kiera - you could do with a catch up sleep.
Tan - you too, it must be so hard with a sick toddler and a new baby.
Cute pics Tenny love the pumpkin patch Pink, ayapi, Belle, Zee, missy, tasia and *insert baby brain* anyone else I've forgotten
We took Beth to a friend's house for dinner last night and she was really well behaved... had a bit of a struggle settling her after 11.00 feed, but other than that a good night. Quiet day here, a friend popped over for lunch, I am coming down with a cold so trying to take it pretty easy.
Here are some links to photos of Ava I've finally put up. Only managed 2 before the site wouldn't let me upload any more grrrr. Not sure if I'm linking right tho...
Mel - Welcome back. I hope you're better and the virus you had is all gone.
BIG HUGS! You're not a bad mother. I think you're a fantastic person and mummy.
If anyone says they like their kids when they're being little turds, then they'd be BIG FAT LIARS!
I hope you have a great night and look after yourself.
We're all here for you no matter what!!!
and I'm sure you'll look fantastic in whatever you decide to wear.
Whoohoo for the new pram.!!!
Mez - for another good day. Yipeee!
Pink - She's beautiful. Great pics. Thanks for sharing. Yay a month old!! They grow too fast, aye.
Kell - I'm glad Jesse is better today and you catch up on some sleep on the weekend. <3
Pixie - Hope you feel better soon. Look after yourself.
Lately I've been feeling strange about being a mother to another little someone. It's like I don't believe It or something like that, or it hasn't sunk in yet. It's very weird since I'm this is my second baby , so wtf is going on with me...
That doesn't really make that much sense. My thoughts are all mixed up and I can't think straight half the time. Brain mush. lol.
I hope the weather is good this weekend. Come on sunshinnnnnne.
Have a great weekend and all that jazzz.
How is your gorgeous little girl Georgia doing today?
to Kell, Kristy, Feeb, SW, Pixie, Tasia, Mel, Skittlebub, Belle, Zee, Tanis and anyone else that I might have left out.
I hope Jesse is better tomorrow. Poor little man. I'm glad Keira and you haven't gotten it so far. It's so heartbreaking to see your kids sick and you can't do anything to make it better. 
Yes I cant wait till Liam's baptism. It will be very special.
for the new pram!
for another good day. Yipeee!
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