hey girls how are we all i no this is late but happy easter lololol had a very busy easter my little girl turned 3 on easter monday she's getting big and i cant belive bailee will be one soon its gone so quick nothing else to report here im so busy latly its not funny talk to ya all soon
Cooper is 9 months today and he celebrated the start of his birthday by waking at 2.00 am and wouldn't go back to sleep! Lately when he wakes I try to re-settle him but it never works. Sometimes I've tried up to 1 hour and then I give in and BF him. Anyway for the last few nights I just BF straight away – no mucking around and he goes back to sleep. But not this morning – he was awake nearly 2 hours! The worst EVER in his life.
Anyway…
I tried expressing for the first time last night. I tried after Cooper's last feed of the day. I got 80mls from both sides. I only pumped for a few minutes each side though. I got bored! Hehehe. Anyway I was just testing it out. A friend lent me her Avent Isis Pump. I found it easy and got milk flowing in about 10 seconds. So that's a relief. At least I know I'll be able to do it come June when I go back to work.
Yesterday we tried just 3 breastfeeds during the day. It worked out fine (6am, 12pm and 6pm). I'm trying again today. Good to know anyway for when I'm back at work in June. On the days I'm home I think I will still just feed whenever. My MCHN said it shouldn't confuse Cooper too much.
carlys – Celery soup sounds so good! Can you share the recipe please?
kmh – So Charlotte is going to be a climber? Cooper definitely is! And how cute she is saying mum.
Cassie – Dylan is saying a lot of words. "Nang" sounds particularly funny!
Mads – Sorry to hear about the scare with Freya and the highchair. Can you believe Mark nearly did the same thing the other day?! Cooper was in the bathroom in his chair and Mark went to move it. He also grabbed the tray and it half snapped off but luckily that's all that happened. Poor Freya.
Baiza – Happy Easter to you too! LOL. That's a very cute pic of Bailee in your ticker.
Stupid computer stopped working for 2 weeks and I've missed you all! Such a lot has been happening in here.
Sarina, her dad & I went camping over Easter (in Eden) for 4 days and it was gorgeous. Sarina was wonderful - took a day to adjust but loved being outside and near the beach. I managed to do my first scuba dive in 18 months - but was actually more excited about being able to fit into my wetsuit again!
Very upset with people in the tent next door though who persisted with 'controlled crying' with their 14 mnth old whilst camping. Tents have no sound barrier and I personally don't agree with it anyway...grrr..
Quickly, her recent development so far is:
* is starting to reach up to tables , my legs etc to pull herself up
* has 1 tooth on the bottom and 2 on top (which popped through this morning!)
* started making 'singing' like noises (but nothing like a 'mama' yet - more like aaaaeeeee)
* still commando crawling but gaining speed
* loves flicking pages of books
* can recognise & wave 'bye-bye'
* can clap hands when I saw 'clap hands'
She still HATES pureed food and likes sucking on pieces of bread, steak, carrot etc but doesn't really swallow. So we're still BF about 4 or 5 times a day and i'm lucky if she eats any solids. She just won't - and i've stopped stressing really as my MCN isn't concerned.
Sleep is good, on and off. Generally she goes to sleep at 7pm and sometimes wakes around 3am but normally goes through till 5.30am. I give her a feed in the dark and she goes straight back to sleep for another 2 hrs or so.
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