Babies Born July 2007 #8

[Fruitloop]

Hi Megan, does that book mean 3 hrs of sleep total or 3 hrs at a time? Either way Alessia feeds usually 3hrly during the day and then will sleep 9 hrs overnight. What I've heard is that good sleep breeds good sleep. If Lucas wants to sleep, let him *hugs* I guess all babies are different (as is advice!) but I'm a big believer in following my bubs cues and if that means I pick her up when she's awoken, have a little cuddle til she falls asleep again, then so be it

[mrscricket]

Hi everyone! Wow there is so much news on here i can bearly keep up! I'll start off with the bits and pieces that i can remember! Tom is obsessed with his hands at the moment and quite often gags himself sticking them both down his throat. LOL at the bulemia comment Megan! I quite often think that myself. He also sucks on anything he can get his hands on - the other day his dummy had fallen out while i was carrying him on my shoulder and he managed to get it back in, but backwards so he was sucking on the hard plastic handle. Just before i went into his room and he is sucking on his bed sheet. Weirdo..

Sacha - I love your picture of Autumn. She is gorgeous - she looks like a little doll! Tom's bedtime changes depending on who is home. If its just me, i put him down between 7-8pm. If his dad is home, he gets put into his cot about 10.30 after sleeping on the couch with Dale for a few hours. I was trying to be strict on bedtimes, but Dale misses him so much during the day, that its not really fair to take him away and stick him in bed!

Mel (Ben's Mum) - i hope you are feeling a bit more rested and ok. I have days like that where you just think i have never been so exhausted in my life - please let me lay down and sleep for a year or so!

Jan - i laughed at your comment about hubby asking bubs what is wrong. Dale does that too. He constantly says 'i just wish he could talk so he could could tell us what is wrong'. When Tom does start talking, if Dale every tells him to be quiet, i will remind him of that!

Megan - good luck with Lucas's sleeping. Its all so hard sometimes isnt it - you spend so much time worrying about how to make them do and are they getting enough, and please God let me have some more..! Soon they will be teenagers and we will be screaming at them to get out of bed!

Well, the weekend went well. I worked at my old job on sunday as they were relocating, so i helped shift stock. My god, i have never been so exhausted when i got home and i missed Tom much more than i thought i would. I dont think i have done so much psychical activity since before i was pregnant. Tom also had a bad nights sleep, and with the day light saving change i was buggered yesterday! We both had a little nanna nap on the couch. We have our first mums group today that hasnt been organised by the health centre, which should be good. We have arranged to meet in a park but the weather is starting to look a little yuk, so might have to change plans.
Just a quick question - as i said Tom loves his hands and is struggling to get at them when he is wrapped. Do you think this is a sign that i need to stop wrapping him? The girls who dont wrap, do your babies wake themselves up by flinging their hands around at all?