Bubseykel - Danielle's done well this week. Do you weigh her at home or take her somewhere? I don't have any scales at home so will have to walk down to the ECHC when I want to weigh Oskar.
Cassie - Sounds like you had a lovely time by yourself. You reminded me I really want to see Memoirs of a Geisha (loved the book). I will have to get it out soon, but we have a huge fine at the video store as we got a dvd out the day before I had Oskar and with all the excitement forgot to return it for almost two weeks - not good.
boybump - That is such a good idea to cut the feet off the 0000 outfits. Oskar only fit some for two weeks and some not at all. I remember he was very unsettled one day and I realised he couldn't straighten his legs in one outfit! Very annoying about the smoking woman you had near the pram, but I figure if smokers' don't worry about their own health and wellbeing, they're unfortunately not likely to care about someone elses. Best wishes for you appointment on Friday, it must have been very scary when you fell - but sounds like things are healing without too many problems.
yummymummy - congratulations on Xavier's birth!! Can't wait until you post a picture, I love looking at all the baby photos on here.
AJ - I'm glad your c/s incision has healed well. They took my dressing of when I was in hospital and it was weeping heaps one night after I had been laughing a lot (which hurt heaps at the time!). I can't wait until it is completely healed as I really want some waxing done and I'm scared if I have it done to soon it will damage the incision.
kmh - Oskar only sleep 3-4 hours too. It is fine for me at night as I just sleep until later in the morning, but it must be harder for you with Madison too.
Boisey - Sounds like Jensen is a typical newborn, don't worry if he is hard to settle, every week has got easier for me. It felt like I was feeding Oskar continuously in the first two weeks. But now he must be more used to the world and doesn't need to be comfort fed. Don't feel you have to put Jensen to sleep at a certain time. Oskar is always awake from around 10/11 pm until 1 am! The midwife I spoke to said this is just his cycle and you can't change it yet, so just go with it. If I try to put him to bed he just gets distressed, so I bath him, feed him and have play time until he gets unsettled, then try to put him to bed close to 1 am. No one thing seems to settle him, every night something different works. I try to get him to a transient stage be rocking, patting, or sometimes playing music. I then put him in his bed before he is fully asleep so he learns to fall asleep in his own bed - that was a hint the midwife also told me, otherwise the babies can panic if they wake up in a different place to where they fell asleep! Some nights are harder than others - there is a gelato shop open until 12 am near by and Jeremy and I have pushed the stroller down there near closing time before to occupy ourselves while waiting on Oskar to get sleepy!
Fraser - I really need a sling or something like you mention. I feel like I waste so much time carrying Oskar about when I could have my hands free to do something else. He has a rocker/chair-thing, but sometimes prefers to be held.
It's so chatty in here! I just realised today Oskat can fit a gorgeous pair of sneakers my sister sent from the US, so put him in the stroller for a walk and a coffee at my fav. local cafe. He got compliments too - there's nothing like a new pair of shoes is there
Found out my mother and dad are coming over for a week in the second week of September, so that is exciting (all my family and Jeremy's live overseas). My mother was here for three weeks around when Oskar was born, but misses Oskar already.
Last edited by Becca@BellyBelly; August 7th, 2006 at 11:34 PM.
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