Hi Gorgeous Girls!!!
Sorry that I have been off the air waves but we had to get a new pc…but I can see that I have missed out on heaps …Ive read a couple of pages and my oh my …how our July babies have grown!!!
Jensen is doing great! He is 4 months old today! And Ive just come back from having had his 4month immunization…poor little man!
Cass- just read your posts…what we did with Jensen was put him on a routine…as we had huge sleep issues too….theres a book called “save our sleep’ and I swear by it….as does 6 other Mums in my mothers group…This book and her outine gave us all back our sanity and gave us happy, sleeping babies! Its not easy to do in the beginning…buty it really does work! Hope it all gets a bit better for you and Dylan soon babe! Oh and Im starting Jensen on solids this weekend…in this book she suggests getting them started at 4months…to get them used to eating a little bit and discovering new tastes…plus its meant to help with sleeping! I cant wait to start as all the bubs in my mothers group apparently just love it!
Em- Wow! Charlie is sooooooooo cute! Love the new photos of him! Glad to hear that you’re a bit happier too…bad plunger coffee fixes everything! I hear soggy sangers are a hit too!
Fee- Im having the same noise issues with Jensen too! If he hears a really loud noise especially while hes feeding he will cry too and he dosent like it at all when people talk really loudly around him…like you said I think they are just becoming very aware of whats going on around them…Im sure they will get used to it eventually though.
Ok well Ive got lots of posts to catch up on!
Hugs to all!!!
Cooper was a little angel at the my mother's group yesterday! I was so surprised. How strange that he was all weird the day before and that was just visiting one friend and one baby. Yesterday there were 3 other babies and a toddler!
He slept until 3.00 am this morning so I fed him then. He then woke at 6.00 am but fed for 1 minute and then chucked a hissy fit. He is doing this a bit lately with that morning feed. So I just put him straight back to bed because he had been yawning since I got him up anyway. He slept until 8.30 am and then had a better feed. After that feed and play time he then had a long nap until midday. He is sleeping so well during the day at the moment.
Cassie – I was just asking about solids because a lot of people I know have started their babies on solids at 4 months. And just after reading your comments about the MCHN giving you brochures about it. I plan on waiting until Cooper is 6 months. Was just curious as to what you (and everyone else) will be doing.
Fraser – Yay for Charlie rolling over!!! Hope your mother's group was good.
Boisey – So you're starting Jensen on solids early? Let us know how you go! I wonder if it will help Jensen sleep better at night. Apparently sometimes it helps but not always! Anyway I'm sure it will be heaps of fun!
Fee I think the MCHN gave me the brochures because they don't see him again until 8 months and they should be on solids by then. I am waiting til 6 months also as I don't believe he needs solids until then.
Cyn Thanks for your words I will have to have a look for that book and give it a go. It will take me weeks if not months to get into sleep school so will have to try another remedy.
Em Yeah I am sorry about Lily too and in fact I feel so so sad about it but I am just going to be patient and I am sure someone will want her I refuse to 'surrender' her to the RSPCA only for her to be put down.
I had some other things to say but now too tired byeee.
ohmigod - it has almost been a year since I found out I was pg.... so strange.... I had a radox bath last night - something I did everynight when I was pg because of my aching back - I haven't used it since Charlie was born because I was worried it would make my nipples taste funny (der I know) - gosh it bought back memories - the smell and the hot bath - so nostalgic - seems so long ago and strangely I miss it!
Hiya Cyn - hope Jensen is ok after his needles - Charlie was fine after his but I was made to leave the room and put my head between my knees because I went all pale and dizzy!
Cassie - pets are hard now - I find it difficult to find time to walk the dog and I know she's sad I feel so guilty - DH sometimes runs her around the block at night - I think she's lonely - but I just forget about her - I feel so so mean
Mads - it's frustrating when all your good work gets chucked out the window because of something out of your control, like the heat or a cold. Luckily the pram didn't fly away - we walked into town to meet DH after work and the wind was blowing into the pram - Charlie hates the wind in his face - he shouts at it - same with the sun!
Fee - I'm finding with Charlie in the mornings he cracks it when I try to feed him on the right hand side but is fine with the left hand side..??!!??! I don't know if it's the way I hold him or he's sore or whatever but if it doesn't change soon I'm going to be permanently lopsided!
on my own tonight DH has work xmas drinks - free ones..... we wont see him before the 3am feed me thinks...... he's going to struggle getting Charlie up at 6.30am though.... oh well.... his problem......
Sorry I haven't been around much again. Things are quite hectic around here. Oma's in hospital today having her skin cancer cut out. Mum said she's in there now. I hope everything goes well. I won't be able to see her until Monday as we are so busy this weekend.
Dnaielle is rolling from her back to her tummy too. She's quite a wriggler. The other day I put her in her cot for a sleep and a few minutes later I heard her really screaming. I went in there and she had rolled onto her tummy but had her arm stuck under her and it was all blue. After I calmed her down I put her on her play mat and she was rolling again. But she only rolled onto her right arm. She also loved kicking things and pushing off things with her feet. I've found if I have a toy on the front of the pram where her feet are, she's so much happier when we go shopping. She does the spins in the cot too. She does 90 degree ones quite regularly with her legs hanging out the sides but if I don't hear her wake up she does 180's in there. So funny. She hates being still - she's always on the go - very much like her dad. She's such a good girl - goes to sleep all by herself and is always happy to play by herself for a while if I need to do something. I've also started her on solids as she wasn't taking her milk anymore. She loves her food - that she takes after me. At her 4 month checkup she was 7.2kg and 64cm long. Still in the 75th percentile. One big girl!
I've lost about 8 kilos since leaving hospital now. I'm down to 77.6 kilos now so we are getting there slowly. I've got 11.4 kilos to go until I've reached my first goal then we'll see if we'll go further. I make myself very busy during the days with cleaning the house constantly, mowing the lawns, blower vacing the outside, going to the gym, Christmas shopping (thank god I've only got 3 people left to shop for!!) and popping in to see Ken at work. He loves it when we see him during the day. He's such a good dad - he loves her to bits.
I better go - half way mowing the lawn, polished the car once - second coat now needed, load of washing almost finished and I need to clean the house. You ask why so much today? Well tomorrow I have softball in the middle of the day and in the evening I have my Christmas work doo with my work and on Sunday we are going for a picnic for a friend's birthday for lunch then we are dropping off Danielle so Ken and I can go to Chris Isaak! So I won't even have time to scratch myself over the weekend.
Have a great weekend everyone!!
Last edited by Bubseykel; November 24th, 2006 at 04:13 PM.
Fee - the needles are horrible! I cry when Danielle has them. She due for her next lot when Ken's on holidays so I'm going to get him to take her and see how he likes it. He thinks I'm a big woos.
Kel - I hope Charlotte starts self settling and sleeping again. I used to hate it when Danielle didn't sleep during the day and she would get so tired but not sleep and be a total cranky bum. I started her on solids just after she turned 4 months. She wasn't feeding properly anymore like she would only take 100mls but I would have to feed her almost every hour which was horrible. I went down and spoke to my MCHN and she said to start slowly with the rice cereal and take it from there. Well she loves food now. She has a bottle when she first gets up, then about 1/2 hour later she has about 2 ice cubes of rice cereal, she has a bottle before lunch then about 3-4 cubes of potato, sweet potato and carrot, bottle during the afternoon, dinner the same as lunch and a bottle before she goes to bed. She loves her food!! I noticed you are TTC in 2008. We've been talking about it too. Maybe start trying around early 2008 so Danielle will be past her second birthday. I think that's a nice age gap. But first I'm going on Friday to get the ball rolling on all the tests and things I need to do due to Danielle's shoulder's being stuck. That will tell me if it was me or just her presenting wrong. Can I ask you a question - which would you prefer to do again - vaginal birth or c/s? I'm so scared of a c/s it's not funny!!
What a weekend!! My work doo was great. To see everyone again and everyone noticing I have my belly now. Some people we shocked to see how good I looked which was a real buzz for me but I did wear almost full black and did make me look slimmer. Our picnic on Sunday lunch was good but the flies were horrible!! We took Danielle for a dip in the dam but Ken said it was so cold as soon as he put her in she screamed. Don't blame her really. Chris Isaak was awesome!! I went into the dance floor area and ended up being 20 metres away from him right at the front. I stayed there for a while then went back and joined Ken and another couple that went with us. I had a ball! I would definately go and see him again. Probably the best concert I've been to.
Everyone is having babies!! I found another 4 people are expecting over the next 9 months. Danielle is going to have heaps of play mates!! Must run - cleaning the house and then going to see Oma at lunchtime. Have a great day everyone!! Hope you had a good weekend!!
Sorry I missed your message Cassie - we must have been doing it at the same time. I hope Dylan starts settling at night for you. It's horrible when they won't. I would really love to get to 60kgs but I have never been that weight ever so I guess a realistic goal is 66kg which I know I can do. At the beginning I was hoping to be there by Christmas but I don't think that's going to happen anymore so I've reset the goal for the beginning of March so that I look hot at my FIL's wedding. I'm sick of being a fat frump!!
pretty tired today - the young man no longer requires sleep.... or so he seems to think.... He is so blo*dy adorable at the moment it's hard to put him into bed for his naps - I just kiss and kiss and kiss him - so it's more than likely my fault he wont settle! he has found out he can squeal and shout really loud for fun! he does it heaps just lies on the floor and shouts and squeals - he's not unhappy he's actually having a great time- but it does make you jump out of your skin when you first hear it!
Bubs - thats great about your weight loss - you must feel super. gawd wen you write down TTC 2008 it seems like such a long time away - we were thinkign late 2007 - if we take as long as we did to get Charlie we'll probably have another one in about 2011... I can't believe we're even talking about this!!
Cassie - I hope Dylan sleeps well tonight - we have been having heaps of problems getting Charlie to sleep at night the last few days - we have had to turn his cot around because it is too light in his bedroom and he gets cranky
Fee - Thats good Cooper was fine about his needles. Drs are such spaz's sometimes aren't they - ours weighed Charlie the day after the clinic and got a different reading... ??!!?? I have a clinic appt tomorrow morning and we wil find out once and for all (instead of guessing) what Charlie weighs. I think it might be around the 9 or 10 kilo mark - he's into Toddler nappies now.... boo hoo
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