Mads - I haven't tried cod liver oil - but I am taking Omega 3 fish oil - which is apparently supposed to help - although I have heard it gives baby bad wind - which could have been the reason Charlie was a bit colicy in the early days! Yaay for Freya self settling - there is a certain feeling of pride and satisfaction when your baby self settles - which disapears in a flash when they refuse to do it again!!
Fee - Charlie is squealing heaps too - he closes his eyes and screws his face up and squeals as loud as he can and then opens his eyes to see who was watching - and if you weren't watching he'll do it again until you do!
Kelly - cute ticker pic!! I hope Madisons ear infection has cleared up - poor little poppet!
Charlie had a little photo shoot the other day and ohmigod what a flirt!!! he turned it on for the photographer, she did some shots of me holding him and him looking over my shoulder - well - he cracked it when I picked him up he was so much more interested in the photographer lady who was paying him heaps of attention - didn't want to talk to boring old mummy!
He loves Simon - he just starts laughing at him as soon as he walks in the door of an evening - I think it might be giving poor Simon a complex though! He doesn't have to do anything just look at Charlie and he laughs his head off - very funny.
Anyway I am determined to clean the house up today - I have an Initmo party on Saturday so if I start cleaning today it might be done by Saturday arvo!
hi - just a quick note - zantac seems to be working - his not crying when he throws up now. B'day was great. zac is sleeping when he is with some one amd he now weighs 7.6kgs and is 62cms long. will post when sil leaves
Haven't been on for awhile been too busy. We are renovating a house in Sorrento and have just started this week and have been down twice already in the last week. Dylan has been pretty good but cracked on the way home from there on Sunday (one and a half hour drive) so I had to sit in the back with him the whole way home. Poor DH must have felt like a chauffeur.
Today has been terrible he has just cried and cried most of the day. I have been crying too. DH stayed hom from his one day of work a week to be with us and help which was good as I was not coping. I do not know what was wrong with him. This is how our day went:
3am Feed straight back to sleep
6.50am Feed straight back to sleep
8am Awake and comes into bed with us until 9am
9-9.10 Feed didn't want much
9.10 Read story, get dressed, change nappy, Play
9.30 Cry
9.45 Feed again and had a long feed
10.30 Tried to put to bed
11.45 Still up and crying tried wrapping, dummy, rubbing tummy, stroking head and forehead, picked up and rocked, patted bottom, put back down, picked up, etc
12pm DH takes over, changes nappy, offers bottle of formula takes 20ml, cries
1.30 Goes down after I wrap and rock in my arms.
1.50 Awake, crying
2pm I go out and leave him with DH so we can get some lunch
2.15 Back and DH giving him the rest of the formula takes about 180ml
2.30 Play, squealing, smiling, happy
2.45 Asleep and in bed after being rocked.
3.53 Still asleep.
Well that was my day so far and in between all that I have had a nervous breakdown and almost called my mum, Tweddle and Queen Eliz mother and baby centres as I think he has a sleep problem. DH thiks he may have a cold as his nose is snotty.
Anyway I feel a bit better now but feel like I could lose it again. Have big stresses with our cats as they hate each other and keep fighting (indoor cats, small two bedroom upstairs flat). Have to give one of them away one I have had for 6 and a half years and I contacted the RSPCA who told me that they get vet checked and if they don't pass they are put down within 48hours and if they pass they are put up for adoption and if not adopted by 28 days they are put down. So I just don't know what to do as no one I know wants her either. I feel so sad about it all.
Anyway that is all I have to say.
Will catch up on personals soon.
PS Fee Love the videos especially the one of Cooper laughing soooo cute I have tried doing that to Dylan buhe just smiles and looks at me.
After Cooper waking up at 1.00 am for a week or so he finally slept through again on Monday night – until 5.00 am. But last night (or should I say this morning) he woke at 3.00 am. Not too bad I guess. He is a surprise each night! I never know when he will wake.
Cooper also rolled over for the second time… it was 2 weeks since he first did it! I managed to get some cool photos as he did it so slowly.
I'm hoping Cooper will be good today. Yesterday he would not feed … breast refusal of some sort. I was starting to panic! I guess he won't fade away in a hurry though.
Cooper is very vocal these days with lots of high pitched squeals and giggles. So cute. He often laughs at me too – especially when I sing to him. He seems to like "Incy Wincy Spider"!
Fraser – Oh Charlie looks so cute in your ticker! He sounds like a fun little boy with all the squeals and laughter!
Mads – It's hot here too and it can get yucky Bfing. I have been putting the a/c on. Cooper doesn't have a lot of hair so I can't comment on the sweaty smell thing. Strange.
Hahaha so she's dribbling heaps?! Cooper isn't doing that yet. I remember his cousin was at the same age though. Maybe Cooper will never be a big dribbler. We do use a lot of bibs though because he is a messy eater!
So you've had issues with fussy feeding too? I also wondered if AF was on the way.
chantal25 – Sounds like Zac is doing well. I'm so happy to hear it!
Cassie – Sorry to hear you had such a bad day with Dylan. I hope he is better for you today. And how sad about your cats. I hope you can come up with a solution.
hi all
it is a yuk day here in melb, its been raining for ages, day to stay at home and do nothing.
Cassie- you poor thing i hope Dylan settles for you soon, i think they all have days like that, it makes me dought my self sometimes. I hope you settle out your cats soon.
Fee- i love the pics of cooper he is a big boy, Charlotte looks so tiny compaired to the rest of the group. I get both of my girls weighed next monday, i carn;t wait to see what they weigh.
Charlotte has been self settleing a fair bit this wek which is great, she is also staying up for about an hour and a half between sleeps, and she has also been sleeping for longer peroids of times during the day.
well i must be off, Madison wants to play.
oh i love summer storms, When we were up there Tim really wanted a storm, but we never got one, it only rained the day we were leaving, yes it is so cold in melb today i have the heater on and its been raining on and off all day and we have had hail too.
Just quickly i got Charlotte weighed yesterday and she now weighs in at 5.760 kg's and is 60cms long. Still so tiny but i can see her getting so big. I also got madison weighed and wow she weighs in at 13.850 kilos and 91.5cms she is my big girl.
Cooper has been acting strangely lately! On Sunday I went to a baby shower. Two of my friends came in the car too. Cooper screamed the whole car trip to the baby shower. I even had to pull over to check on him as I had never heard him scream like that. Once at the party he was a little grizzly – probably more than normal? I didn't expect him to sleep. It's always hard when we're out. But after a while I guess he just got so worn out. We moved inside to the couch and Cooper just fell asleep sitting up on my lap! After he woke I tried to feed him but he kept screaming. I think it was way too loud as there were about 10 women in the lounge room. I took him upstairs where it was quiet and he fed fine. On the car trip home he screamed again. I was wondering if it was because one of my friends was in the backseat with him?
Then yesterday we went to visit a friend and her baby. Cooper cried and screamed most of the time there! He wouldn't play on the play mat. And when I tried to feed him he kept screaming. I think because my friend's baby was squealing so much, it was scaring Cooper. In the end I just had to take him home. He napped in the car and once home he fed peacefully for 25 minutes! Then after that he had a 3 hour nap – very unlike him!
This morning he is being fussy and doing the whole breast refusal thing. I've tried to feed him at 7.00 am and 7.45 am and he would suck for 30 seconds or so and then cry and cry. So I've put him back to bed.
Sounds like all the bubbas are growing nicely. Cooper is going to have his 4 month needles and weigh in this Friday. I'm wondering if he's getting close to 8 kgs. He breaks my back!!!
We're going to our mother's group today. I hope Cooper behaves. I think he's going through some thing where he won't feed with other people in the room. He's becoming too aware of his surroundings.
Cassie – When are you going to start solids with Dylan?
Still having sleep issues with Dylan the loast four nights it has taken me nearly 2 hours to settle each time.
KMH I have called Queen Elizabeth and they give you an appointment time to call you back which is next week. I have also called Oconnell which is in Canterbury. I have also been given the number of Simply Settled by my MIL but I am guessing they will cost $$$$ and they come to you which would mean I would have to clean my house LOL!
Fee I was planning to start him on solids at 6 months as the MCHN says that solids at the start don't make much different to their weight anyway. Is that why you are asking? When are you going to start Cooper?
Does anyone want an adult cat or know of anyone who wants an adult cat, she is 6 and a half desexed, microchipped, vaccinated and very friendly. We just can't keep her as our place is too small and she hates our other cat. I am happy to drop her over anywhere in Melbourne. Here is a pic or two:
Anyway I have advertised her on two websites so far just don't want to have to take her to RSPCA as she may be put down. Poor Lily.
We just took Cooper for his 4 month needles. I was stressing out so much beforehand… I didn't want to take him!
But he was fine … when the first needle went in he didn't even cry. I think he was surprised. He started crying when the GP took the needle out and was going for the second. He screamed pretty loud but was fine once it was all over.
The GP did all the measurements, but he often gets them wrong! He weighed Cooper and said he was 7.15 kgs which I thought was strange because we weighed him at home a few weeks ago and he was 7.3 kgs. I could see the scales (they aren't digital) and the pointer was well over 7.5 kgs and on the way to 8 kgs. So we weighed Cooper when we got home and got 7.6 kgs. That sounds more like it!
He measured Cooper at 63 cm long (we believe it's more like 65 cm as the MCHN measured him at 62 cm back at 12 weeks) and 43 cm for his head.
So he's around about the 75th to 80th percentile for all measurements.
Cassie – Any news about your cat? I hope you find someone to take her.
Mads – Sorry to hear you've had a shocking week. It could very well be the heat. That would explain the extra feeds.
Fraser – I hope you have a nice night without your DH! And yes I'm sure he will struggle tomorrow morning!
Bubseykel – Hope everything went well with your Oma. And wow sounds like you are constantly on the go! That will help with your weight loss goals for sure. Enjoy your weekend – it sounds great!
wow everyone is so busy.
OMG what a week i am having with Charlotte, she does not want to sleep at the moment, She has been going 4-5 hours without a sleep, eventhough she is tired, i don't know what to do, and tonight i put her down at 6:45 and then she was up at 7:30 so i feed her and she has been up and down since then, and she will only let me rock her to sleep.
She had her neddles on tuesday which didn't go down well as it was so hot here to, she was very cranky girl. Other than that she has been great, she loves her big sister as she watch's her all the time.
Bubs- wow you have a busy life, i hope your oma is recovering well, look after her as i miss my oma so much i really wish she was still around. When did you put Danielle onto solids? i will start Charlotte when she is between 5-6 months old, she sometimes watchs me but i don't thinks she would take it.
Cassie- there is another sleep school out near me, if you want the number to it, but i do live in Pakenham so it is a bit far out, if charlotte does not start sleeping soon i think i will have to call them myself.
Fraser- i too sometimes miss it when i was pregnant, i love the feeling of bubs kicking and moving.
Mads- hope freya starts sleeping for you soon, i hope you had a great sleep, i had one too, it was the only way i was going to get Charlotte to sleep.
GRrr i was in a shop today and i got asked if Charlotte was a boy or a girl? She was in a STriped t-shirt which has pink, red green and purple and Pink pants.
hi
just wanted to let you all know that Charlotte rolled yesterday from her tummy to her back!!!!!!! She was rolling onto her side so i pulled her onto her tummy and she rolled back straight away, she did this twice. And when TIm came home from work she would not do this again. She is also nearly rolling from her back to to her tummy, she will get onto her side and try so hard, but she is nearly there.
Also she just put her self to sleep Yeah........ After a really restless night, everytime i put her to bed after a feed she would toss and turn so i ended up co-sleeping last night, but we both got some sleep so that is the main thing.
I hope everyone had a great weekend.
Well the sleeping thing is still getting me a bit down though saturday night he went to sleep straight away but only cos he didn't have his late arvo nap which meant he was too tired to have a proper feed or bath/story etc but it only took him 5-10mins to settle. Last night was an hour. This morning I put him down at 11am and I rocked him for a couple of mins and then just left my hand on his chest and turned away and then when I looked back he was fast asleep in only 5 mins why can't he be like that at night??? We have been down at our house in Sorrento a few times starting the reno job but before we can actually do anything substantial we are cleaning out all the stuff my brother and his now ex left behind. We are basically moving someone else out of the house ie packing, cleaning, etc. It is a bit unfair but what can we do we have to get this house finished and then once done my mum is going to help us buy our own home (sorrento is actually one of mum's places) so we definitely have a good motivation to get it done.
KMH Yay for Charlotte, Dylan has been trying to roll from back to front for a few days now but his arm gets in the way how frustrating for him. I would like to number for that other sleep school near you please just in case the ones I have called don't work out. Thanks.
Fee Thanks for asking about Lily but no news as yet, I have her advertised on two websites and had one email from an older woman but her husband wouldn't let her have Lily so that was a real tease as she sounded very interested on well I will keep trying. Cooper is really thriving and yay for being brave for his needles.
Bubs Yay for losing so much weight I am now down to 74 and 7 kilos off my prepregnancy weight but 17 off my first goal weight I would love to be down to 55kg but don't think that is possible anymore. I used to be 48-50kg about 6-7 years ago but that was a bit too skinny. Good luck with it all. I don't know how you have so much energy to do so much around the place that is probably why you arte losing weigh.
Fraser I get the guilts all the time now too bout the pets as I hardly pat them now cos I spend my time with Dylan or doing other catch up things. I would love to see LIly got to someone who will love her lots and pat her heaps as she craves that kind of attention. But really our babies are our number one priority now so unfortunately the pets have moved down the pecking order.
Mads Sorry Freya has had a rough time of it so has Dylan but heres things look up for us. I have tried the Cat Protection Society but they put down cats if they can't find a home or they are deemed unsuitable for rehoming and I don't want that for Lily.
Anyway we have Mothers Group today and then we are giving Gymbaroo a go tomorrow we will see how he goes he may just crack it or may love it.
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