Babies Born June 2007 #7

[Muffy]

Hi all!!
my son logan was born 3rd june.
dont know if this is normal but he wakes up a fair few times a night and sometimes i have to go into his room and put his dummy in and lay him down a few times before he will actually go to sleep....?

Tina - my thoughts are with you and your cousin this must be a hard time, my best friends father passed away from cancer only about 2 months ago. My father is not around and has never seen my son but her father loved logan everytime i would go there he wouldnt be interested in talking to me he would just steal logan off me!!! and while i was pregnant he used to make jokes about my belly.

[Starfish]

Hi everyone

Tina - so sorry to hear about your cousin.

Laura - welcome. Yes, I think it is normal for bub to wake up in the night. Diana usually wakes up 1-2 times a night. Occasionally she sleeps through, but more often than not, she wakes up. We co-sleep, so I either give her a feed or hold her and she goes back to sleep within minutes.

Well, Diana is officially saying dad, dadda, and daddy. She also says babby, and baby. No sign of mummy yet though...

Hi to everyone else. I've been reading the posts, but haven't had time to write anything. Hope all the bubs are doing well.

[MumofLewis]

Hi Girls,

Teepee - So sorry to hear the news about your cousin. There's not much I can say to make you feel better. However I hope the next few months are special ones for you all.

Laura - Yes Lewis wakes in the night sometimes and when I put his dummy in he goes straight back off again. Apparently when they can find their own dummy it stops.

Starfish - Lewis shows no sign of saying Mum yet either. He says da da da da all day long, not that he says it to DH though. He also says tha tha tha tha all day and blows raspberrys.

He has also started standing and clapping this week. How long after they learn to stand do they start walking do you think??

One thing he does which makes me really sad - if he hurts himself and starts crying, when I pick him up he pushes me away with his hands on my chest, like he doesn't want to be cuddled. Does anyone elses bub's do that? Not sure if he's just not that into cuddles or if he thinks it is me that made him hurt??

[Muffy]

logan says dad, dadda, mum, bub, yes and my least favourite...doodle....

MumofLewis- logan does the same thing... he has never liked cuddles really since after about 3 months unless he is REALLY tired... also i was wondering when they start standing how long does it take for them to walk....?

[Charlyfrog]

Hey heyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Sorry been MIA - I don't know, just want to do too many things and really only have time for a few

Teepee2 - oh love, that sucks, completely and utterly! I am so sorry to hear about your cousin. Am thinking of you sweety you're right too......life is just so short and sometimes we forget until something like this happens. Wish I had something profound to say but all I can do is send you cyber hugs love. xx

I have managed to read through all the posts - lots! Again though, want to say thanks for the honesty of you all..............just don't realise how important it is to be reminded that you don't have to be super, invincible mummy all the time. Its ok to be human *shock horror*

DD#2 has just learnt to pull herself up onto her feet using the lounge, DH or me. All very cute except she bites for extra grip - ok if its the lounge!! Ouchy! Actually, she is into biting everything.... everything!! I did do a firm voice with her and tell her no, don't bite mummy to which she responded with the funniest, fake "eh eh" cry/complaint. Kinda like she was saying, "don't talk like that mummy, I don't like it. Don't tell me off, I'm too cute to tell off"

Hope all those with sleeping challenges are going well though. I don't know if what we did would be considered controlled crying? Maybe it would be, I don't know but once we'd checked everything with DD#2 (ie hot/cold, wind, nappy, hunger etc etc) if she still persisted with crying I would leave her for 5 even 10minutes. However, she wouldn't be screaming the house down. If the cry was completely full on even after 5 minutes I'd go back in, do all the checks again and give her a big cuddle and whisper in her ear and gently, 'shhhhhh shhhhh' etc. Its so hard because there are so many things to take into consideration and like Dragonstorm said, once you think you've got it perfected the little moochies go and mix it all up again! DD has been sleeping through for quite a while now but every now and then she'll still mess up my schedule, hehehe

For me however, I have to let her cry sometimes because I don't have the minute to deal with her as I'm attending to DD#1. When it was just DD#1, she had all the time with no distractions but I guess thats just the nature of having more little sausages.....more and more they've got to gel with what's going on and the first has to start to share mummy and daddy............

gosh! Everything is just so easy in theory isn't it?!?!

Re: not being cuddly........DD#1 was so like that! I actually scrapbooked a page where she was cuddling into me - DH took the pic at the time because it was such a rare thing! Now, she just wants snuggles all the time but so does DD#2! Thank goodness they can have a leg each!

DD#2 does push me away though when she's near the end of her top up feed for the night. Its funny because she takes herself off so I sit her up for a burp and then she gets all worked up and pushes and arches etc until I put her back on. The next time she comes off she's usually as happy as larry and will coo and natter to me for a minute, then pop her thumb in and snuggle in - too cute!

I still marvel at how 2 cherubs can be so different even though they have the same parents!

Oh Celsie!! Want to give you huge hugs too lovey!!
How is Caeleb's feeding and sleeping? I know you don't believe in controlled crying and so am not suggesting you do that but can I encourage you that you won't break your little man's spirit?? You're too much of a precious loving mummy to do that xx I hope you find a way that works for you all lovey. Can I also encourage you too that our little ones are big enough to be becoming well aware of their little world? They are smart little tykes and actually pick up what reaction gets what response......DD#2 already recognises my gentle yet firm, "don't bite" and will stop just before she's about to eat me! I am not saying to let a bubby cry hysterically or anything like that because even I wouldn't do that - but tears are ok? Sometimes they are just part and parcel of them learning new skills?
Sorry, probably a bit woffly and just sharing my thoughts xx Just wanted to encourage you that you are a great and fab mummy and because of that, you will find the right way for Caeleb xx


Well, sorry bout the essay/novel here................will try not to be so tardy on my 'popping in' to say hi and see how all you lovlies are going. Hope everyone else is doing really well and being inundated with precious memories!!

Mwa!!

P.S. Oh and thanks heaps Debbie!! You got my brain whirling with ideas for DD#2's 1st birthday invites/party!! Hehe xx

P.P.S. Welcome Laura!! Lovely to meet you!

[lira21]

hey how is everyone going?? just a quick hello and let you all know that we are expecting #3 in november well i best be off got a lot to do today take care

[MumofLewis]

Congratulations Lira21! How exciting for you. It seems to be catching, wonder who's next!

How is everyone, it's been awful quiet in here. Mind you I don't have much news either. Lewis has had a cough this week, but he's okay with it. It's been getting so cold he is sleeping in his big quilted sleeping bag that my sister brought over from England, so at least I know he's keeping warm. I was wondering what age do they stop sleeping all over the cot, because how do you put them under a blanket?

I've had alot of pain this month with my AF and my scar has been really sore inside, so I'm thinking of going to the GP. I'd have thought it would all be healed by now.

Anyway that's about it from me. Hope you are all okay and pop in to say hello soon.

[MumofLewis]

P.S Have just put some photos in my BB photo gallery from last week.

[New Mummy]

Hello Everyone,
I hope you all don't mind me jumping in here but I've recently subscribed to BellyBelly (this week) and I would love to join in on your discussions as I have some questions too regarding my 10 month old. He's my first and all of this (being a mum) is all new to me. I grew up without babies or children around me (I had no cousins or friends near us who had children) so to begin with I didn't know what I was doing with my baby. Everyday is a learning experience with Christian but I treasure everyday I have with him and I wouldn't change a thing.

I would like to mention to MumofLewis that Christian also moves around so much in his cot when he is trying to get to sleep (I thought it was just Christian who did this!) and then when he is asleep I have to go in there often to cover him with blankets! But sometimes that goes wrong because he feels me (or hears me) in the room and wakes up. I wanted to ask you about the sleeping bag you use with your son, how long has he been using it? Did he take to it ok? I've been thinking of using one with Christian but I'm worried he'll see it as a restraint preventing him from rolling in his cot and crawling in there. So far he's a pretty good sleeper but when he was first born we had a very very rough time regarding his sleeping so I dont' want to put this on him and have to start from zero with getting him to sleep again.

I'd love to hear your thoughts and experience on this.

Regards,
Pam