Hope everyone had a good day today. I just did laundry & grocery shopping. Now I'm just watching relaxing waiting for hubby to come home so we can have dinner.
Mary- I have just recently increased Jonathan's formula up to 150mls, instead of 125mls. He is doing great. I still feed him every four hours, his last feed is at 12am, then he will have one when he wakes up which is around 7 or 8 but i give it to him at 8, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm & 12am & so on. He doesn't wake up at all during the nite. So I'm really happy about that & the feed. I can't believe he is 3 months already. How is gorgeous Izzy going? Which church you going to for the communion?
Belle- they are such goregous photos of ur girls how cute
Missy.. oh glad Callum had a great time! Love the photos! If hes happy drinking the 200mls and only 4 bottles, and if thats right for his birth weight, then i wouldnt worry too much. Whats on the tins is only really a guildline. It says Keira should be drinking 200mls x 5 feeds.. and shes only having roughtly 150mls each.. if that. But she aint starving.. the little porker!
Oh forgot to tell those who use grobags.. i think was it Mez saying Izzy's hands were getting cold? Or was it Beth's hands Pixie? Ive been putting baby socks on Keira's hands to stop them getting cold as it does still get cool of a night here. I forgot to mension it befor ewhen you were talking about it, we did that for Jesse too.
Ok just bathed the miss, fed her and shes in bed.. so think i might go too.
Kell yes im not to worried as he is putting on the weight. If he wasnt putting on weight id be worried but he is. Oh YOur little one is a porker and I wouldnt worry if she is only having 150mls. Im sure the thinken formular fills them up quicker. Liam has started leaving some too so some times its 200 other times 150/170. Does your bottles go to 220 when you put the formular in the water..mine does???
Yeh im not too phased now.. she is drinking a little more than she was the other week now.. but i think it may, like you said, be to do with the thick formula.. plus shes not bringing it all up anymore, so her tummy is staying full iykwim. Yep it does.. so i guess theyre really getting more than you think hey.
yes they are getting more then what we think. So if Liam finishes his bottle he is really getting 220mls so that is great stuff. yes he hardly chucks anymore unless I dance around with him which I some times do then he chucks up on me...lol....
I've been a bit MIA lately and missed out on heaps. I did start to read the pages back but got a little lost cause my mind is a bit all over the place. I'm sorry.
Pixie - HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHICA! I hope you had a fantastic day & holiday too.
Kell - DP thinks Elijah gets growing pains too. It comes and goes sometimes. All we do if he is really complaining is give him some nurafen. I'm not really sure if there is anything you can do about it. It's just one of those things that happen, I guess.
Re: Good babies. I feel bad too that I have such a good baby. Elijah was a good baby, but Hayden is even better. I couldn't have asked for a better baby, seriously.
I've had a rough couple of days with Elijah. I'm so worn out and rundown by his attitude and naughtyness. I just don't know how to get through to him. Friday was the worse day. I did well to hold back my tears throughout the day while we were in public. While I was crying at home, Hayden was doing his giggles and smiles at me. He melts my heart so much. I'm so glad he's such a good boy. I don't think I could handle Hayden being really unsettled and stuff aswell as Elijah's attitude too. I'd be more insane that I already am.
Then I've got all those feelings ontop of everything else that I'm such a bad mother. I tell my grandmother that Elijah's been naughty. Hell, Elijah admits he's been a naughty boy to her aswell... so I start just briefly telling her about it, and she doesn't believe me. Way to go. It's bad enough she makes me feel like I'm 'as big as the side of a house' as my mother used to say... now I'm a person who lies about her children??
It doesn't help I'm low a$$ selfesteem either, I guess. Lol.
So tonight I'm just home with the boys. It's very quiet as they're both sleeping. Yipee!
I'm just relaxing and trying to enjoy time for me. I feel like I'm giving everything to everyone else and getting not much back, so it's good timeout for so me time... until I have to go pickup my sister from somewhere at like midnight..
Sorry about the ME,ME,ME post.
but finally on a somewhat good note... AF has started to show her face. YAYAYAY!!
As much as I hate her, I'm glad she's here. I was starting to worry myself about it, but now I know I'm not broken!!
Tenny.. Big for you hun. You are doing a wonderful job, dont believe anything different. It is hard looking after a baby and a toddler. Even if the baby is an easy baby. Theres just so much more to do. Maybe your grandmother meant it that she never sees him naughty.. not to say he isnt.. but he's good when your out seeing her iykwim. But i think its a common thing this attitude. I know Jesse will have it. He already has this look he gives when you say no to something.. then come on the tanties. But please dont ever think youre a bad mother, because that is NOT true. You are doing everything you can for your boys and you love them to death. That makes a wonderful mother in my eyes. When does Elijah start school?
Awww Liam woke at 3 and I asked DH to do the feed as I was having a good sleep. I told him could he do it and he can have the sleep in. so I got a full night sleep...yay
Tenny im sorry your haveing a hard time. Oh the side of the house, I so know what you mean but going by the photo in you ticker you look ok to me hun. Abit of a hotty id say. Dont let anyone put you down and if ppl are abit nasty just let it go over your head. As for being a great mum you are. Im happy you have good boys too and I think we all need to talk about that too. This thread is just not for hard time but good times too. Im not going to hide that I have good boys and I dont think its fair. I agree with kell my MIL and FIL dont think callum can be naughty as they only see him in good moods. Believe me he can when he wants to be.
Anastasia yes he is but only some times the hole 220mls. YAY on the up to 150mls hun thats fab. He is doing well.
Wow so much chatting since I was last on!!! How am I going to catch up...
Kristy - you will have to give me your recipe for spag bol if its that good!!!!
I hope you guys have a good time at your meet up (who am I kidding - course you will!!!)
Jess - I bet G looks gorgeous in her dresses!!!
Welcome back Pixie & Bear - the pics look fab!!! Beth is so gorgeous... excellent that she was such a good baby for you too!! Thats always helpful!!! Oh and happy birthday for the other day Rach - I was going to send you a message on facebook - but I got distracted....
Missy - I agree - 24weeks does seem a bit wrong to abort - I've always been pro-abortions though in circumstances like the woman was raped or something like that - cos I wouldn't want to have a baby to a man who raped me.... but yeah.. 24 weeks ... seems a bit inhumane..... and those pics of Callum are gorgeous!! If I showed A those, he would say "oOOOHHhhh.. big TOOT TOOT..." pmsl!!!
tan - we have a treadmill too - but.. uh.. its downstairs.. and I don't use it.. lol... can't fit it in the loungeroom with all of A's toys.... did you give Chris his hat?? Oh and we give A his vitamins in the syringe, he gets claps and yays when he has his "vitamins" so he takes them no trouble.
Belle - Tara is SOO gorgeous!!!!
Kel - we had homemade pizza last night for dinner - yummo!!!!! (all low fat of course... unfortunately!!)
Tenny - you are doing such a great job... do you know that kids only play up for their parents cos they know in their hearts that their parents won't kill them.. but can't trust that strangers or other family members won't.. PMSL.. thats the explanation I got from my brother anyway - cos A is such a different kid down at their house, and at day care, and with his grandparents.... but such a naughty little so-and-so with me!!!!! My MIL always said that DS NEVER played up, was such a good kid, and it used to pi$$ me off.. now they don't watch him that often so not getting cranky as often..
Oh missy- yay for the full night sleep!!!! And Melissa's room looks tops!!! Wish I had that at her age!!!
Anastasia - Tan is not shy - could talk the ear off a donkey if she had to (JUST KIDDING TAN.. ME LOVE YA!!! hehehe)
Mez - hope that the tax works out in your favour - ouch for the 3 years!!!! With regard to bottles - M wakes up usually at 6, and I give it to her every 3 hours (cos she is a catnapper) so she gets one at 6, 9, 12, 3 and 6 - then will sleep from after that bottle till 6 in the morning. So she gets the 5 bottles a day - but has a 12 hour break in between... seems to work for her (and us!!)
Kel - fingers crossed for the new place!! ( I love moving - get to chuck heaps of crap out..lol)
I'm a bit all over the place with these personals aren't I... hmm
Anyhoo - us...
DS moved to his big boy bed last night - so far so good. DH got up to him during the night (he was sideways) but he never fell out or anything. I will post a pic later on of his new bed.. my little man is growing up!! Felt a little sad last night sitting next to him while he was going to sleep - such a big move from the cot to a bed!!!! But - now his sister can go into the cot cos she's getting too big for the bassinette... and keeps putting her head down the side and getting stuck.
I think thats the latest from here... she woke up once last night - but settled quickly with a dummy.. then woke at 6.45!!! So that was pretty good.. she's getting good at not needing to be fed after 6pm ...
weigh in day tomorrow for my first week on the diet.. hopefully I have lost a bit...
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!
OH - Nearly forgot (duh dumb mummy) I brought a car yesterday (yeah I know, how could I forget THAT!! lol) I pick it up on the 24th - since I'm going back to work on the 3rd November - I wanted a car of my own!!!
for you hun. You are doing a wonderful job, dont believe anything different. It is hard looking after a baby and a toddler. Even if the baby is an easy baby. Theres just so much more to do. Maybe your grandmother meant it that she never sees him naughty.. not to say he isnt.. but he's good when your out seeing her iykwim. But i think its a common thing this attitude. I know Jesse will have it. He already has this look he gives when you say no to something.. then come on the tanties. But please dont ever think youre a bad mother, because that is NOT true. You are doing everything you can for your boys and you love them to death. That makes a wonderful mother in my eyes. When does Elijah start school?
Dont let anyone put you down and if ppl are abit nasty just let it go over your head. As for being a great mum you are. Im happy you have good boys too and I think we all need to talk about that too. This thread is just not for hard time but good times too. Im not going to hide that I have good boys and I dont think its fair. I agree with kell my MIL and FIL dont think callum can be naughty as they only see him in good moods. Believe me he can when he wants to be.
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