Hi girls, it's been a while. My ISP hasn't let me log on to BB in ages.
Annabelle and I are finally getting to know each other. She has been smiling and laughing and has rolled over from front to back 5 times! She had her needles the other day and was a very sleepy bub for abour 24 hrs, but is now back to her old trick of only sleeping one sleep cycle in the day before waking up.
Her weight gain was great but has slowed down lots over the last couple of weeks, so I'm keeping an eye on that. She's solely bf so hopefully it's enough for her. She doesn't seem hungry though and has been feeding every 3 hrs or so during the day and a bit longer than that at night. Fingers crossed it's just a lull and she'll pick up again soon.
I hope everyone's well. Sounds like you've all been pretty busy.
Pam
Hope everyone is doing well and that bubs are settling for you all.
Reaghan has been going great guns since buying the hammock, I have had it for a week now and last night she slept for 11 hours straight and the night before only had a dream feed in 10 hrs. and she even self settled in the pram today when out shopping.
Have not had here weighed properly scince 7 weeks but stood on scales with her the otherday and she was around 5.5 kilos and 58cm long.
Had another great night with Reaghan she went do sleep at 1845 woke at 0500 for a feed and back to sleep till 0820 and now back in bed again. Thanks to the hammock.
Hi Ltjules, I am in Canberra to and the weather has been great. Hope it stays this way for awhile.
It is I, Ms Sleep Deprived.... Oh hold on, most of us now fall into that category.
I have been working what can only be described as crazy hours. Mostly night shift and I am totally over it. Feels like I am out of routine even though Bella is managing to hold on to hers.
Poor little popit had her needles on Wednesday night. I was a tad concerned that she had a cold at the time - but the Doc went ahead and gave them anyway.... Sure enough the cold got worse and Darren had to take her to the Doc's again this morning to get antibiotics... Not happy. Poor little Bella has been crying that sad baby cry and coughing horribly. I just want her better. Scary when babies get sick, because they can lose weight quickly...Luckily she has not lost any weight as yet as I am force feeding her even though she is not interested because she is so congested.
She is now 59cms long and 5.5kgs. Bella smiles non stop and grins whenever the camera comes out. Such a poser....just like her big sister.
Things on the home front are, well... we are off to counselling in the next week. I feel totally lost in the entire fiasco. Thankfully my partner wants to resolve it and took it into his own hands and organised counselling, so at least I don't feel that it is a futile process.
Oh and I have decided to make Bella a "And then there was Bella" book. Officeworks prints photo books, so I have decided to print some excerpts from this blog that I wrote along side photos from the past year and the first 3 months of her life. I am then going to have it placed in safe keeping so that she receives it when she chooses to have a child of her own, or at the age of 35....whichever comes first..... If she is pregnant at 16 I will be mortified! So I hope that it will gather dust before she lays her tiny baby fingers on it..
Hope you are all doing well and all bubs are good.
On my front Lachlan is now sleeping through the night. He goes down at 9pm and wakes at 6am, YIppee.
Its amazing how many people have commented on how placid he is, and how calm i seem this time around. LOL if they could see me now, i havent had a shower and i have stuff everywhere, Ah well.
We have Lachlans christening this weekend so im busy cooking away, and also trying to organise everything for our drive to Qld.
hi ladies
how is everyone? I feel a bit out of place in the 16th-31st July group, so I'm still popping my head in here when I can.
I can't believe Annabelle will be 2 months old tomorrow. She's developing quite the personality and was very charming yesterday when some friends of mine from work came to visit. She seemed to want to be awake this morning, so I thought she might enjoy a ride in the car. Boy was I wrong. She got so hysterical that she was in a sweat by the time we got home. She promptly fell asleep the minute we got in the door.
All in all I think I'm finally getting the hang of motherhood. In all honestly I was petrified for the first 4 weeks. I take my hat off to those of you who have other kids as well. Is it true that you get more relaxed after the first?
Take care ladies and I hope all your bubs are doing well.
Pam
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