Babies Born June 2007 #7

[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

[MumofLewis]

Hi Pam,

Welcome! Great to have new mums and bubs in here (and Dad's too Dragonstorm!) What date was Christian born and what does he get up to? Is he a good boy?

Regarding sleeping bags, I bought a 0.5 tog (summer) gro bag when Lewis was about 4 months old because I unwrapped him early. He's always been fine in it and can still roll about as normal. The winter one I put him in this week is a thick 2.5 tog and is really long so I was worried he wouldn't be able to roll about but he is still fine. I think they like feeling secure and warm in them. My SIL told me her little one didn't like his because he couldn't stand up in it so I am waiting to see if Lewis gets frustrated by that. I have a few, one was $11 from Big W and I also got a Bonds fleece one.

Not sure how the other girls find using them?? They've all disappeared so not sure if they will answer......

[New Mummy]

Thank you so much for that. I don't know if I should get him a sleeping bag now because Christian does stand up and walk along his cot when he wakes or when I put him down for a nap in the day he sometimes decides "no, I don't want to sleep right now I want to stand and bang the wall really hard" once he gets that out of his system he sits down, lays down and goes to sleep. Thankfully he doesn't do this much anymore. We have a baby-camera in his room so I can see what he's doing and it's very handy in the morning when my husband goes to work I turn on the camera and I watch him, once I can see that he's waking up I quickly get up and shower. So getting back to the sleeping bag, I can just see him getting frustrated and angry if he can't stand with a sleeping bag on. I had thought that he might be too big for it anyway. I did used to wrap him, as we were taught in the hospital, but I never liked it much because he never liked. We were all pleased when he learnt to roll over at 5 months old and from then on he's slept on his tummy and still does He never slept on his back again, I wonder if he will again.

Christian is a very good boy He sleeps straight through every night, he goes to bed around 7.30pm and wakes at 7am every morning. He never wakes in the night but that doesn't mean I get a good nights sleep. I still wake wondering if he's ok, if he's covered, has he dropped in dummy, there's always something. In the day he has his 2 to 3 naps in the day and we go for a walk every day with Daisy (our dog) and Milly (our cat), yes she follows us too, meowing all the way. The biggest worry I have with him is that we have no interaction with other babies or mums - any adult really.

But it's good to be able to 'talk' to other mums on BellyBelly Thanks for listening.

Before I forget: Christian was born on Tuesday at 3.23pm on 19th June 2007

Pam