hi mum of lewis - sorry that he woke up at 10 - but wow till 7am is great afterwards..
It honestly took ashley as few weeks for her to work out to have a decent day sleep... now if i try put her down a second time she screams..
Last night she went back on formula (still working on what this rash is on her face)... and she went to sleep at 8pm and sleep solid until 7am! didnt wake once (first time in a week).... i woke up waiting for her to wake at 3am and nothing!
Its hard Sarah because they go through so many changes, is lewis walking yet? I hear when they start learning new motor skills they wake sometimes because their minds are so active?
Take heart hopefully it wont last forever, what ever it is, teething, cold maybe 0 it was freezing last night.~
Serenity - we have always used sensitive powder, so that isnt it. we have taken the pillow out now in case it was the fibres. she looks better this morning ... excpet has a cold now!!!
I am not saying this for any other reason than to hopefully help as I am reading about all your poor little bubba's with seemingly tummy aches ......DD#2 has only woken up once or twice crying in the middle of the night but after a quick mummy cuddle she resettles and sleeps through til 7.30am.........she has never had cows milk, only S26 Step 2 formula and water (oh she has had maybe 50mls one night but that was a horrid potential poisoning episode.............gawd! A story I am moving on from - she's fine though )
So am thinking that while some bubbies take to cows milk, it could be too early for alot of the little ones here?!?
However, another idea to add to teething/wind/hot/cold etc etc etc etc !!!! or the screaming is kinda what you mentioned Dragonstorm - I have read that they can go through stages of simply having separation anxiety issues, which is what I think DD#2 has had a couple of times as it only takes a few minutes of snuggles and then she's back having games with Noddy They just need that reassurance that mummy and/or daddy is still there for them.......and not learning to test us - I agree with you on the one MumofLewis!!
Like I said, just throwing out other thoughts but they may not be too helpful but am thinking of you all!!!
I just spoke with the nurse at the chemist and she said lots of babies find it hard to suddenly break down the protein of cows milk when they have had formula where the protein was broken down for them. So I've decided to put him on follow on formula and really slowly introduce the cows milk.
She also gave me a chart of how much calcium they need. Basically 500-600mg a day. 240ml of cows milk has 264mg so they only need 580 ml a day and that's if they are not having yoghurt, cheese etc aswell. So I'm also going to reduce his milk a bit.
me again I just had to pop in coz I am so excited!! I finally finished a scrap booking page of when DD#1 (not #2!!) was 7 months old!!! (yes - I am waaaaaaayyyyeeeeeee behind!!)
BUT!!
The reason I am so excited as i had been hanging out to do this particular page as it is of DD#1 playing in the autumn leaves infront of our old house......and I had collected and dried a massive bunch of those very leaves with the sole/soul (sp?? ) purpose of scrapbooking them with the pics.............
............so 3 years & 1 month later, I have finally used those leaves on a beautiful double page spread titled, "When Autumn Leaves Start To Fall"
I am so happy!! Now only 3 years and 1 month worth of DD#1 scrapbooking to go and am already behind 1 year and 1 month with DD#2......................
DD#2 update: ok so I know that lots of the bubs here are taking first steps or tearing up the floor on their pins already . Well DD#2 has recently started her favourite game - if I am laying on the floor she'll pull herself onto her feet, steady herself, then throw her arms in the air with a big smile, balance for a couple of seconds on her own and then ensures she falls forward so as to bodyslam me!!!! So all excited about that and in no hurry for her to be tearing around any faster than what she already is!! Hehe.......
......so I leave her playing with big sister in the lounge, turn my back for two seconds, turn round and ............she has learnt how to climb onto the lounge!!!!!!!!!!and !!
Charly - yay on your scrapbooking! I know how it feels to be way behind and what a great feeling it is to finally make progress (I recently updated Diana's website after months of inactivity). Does DD#2 know how to climb off the couch as well as on? Diana has recently learned to get down off furniture feet first (rather than head first like she used to), so I am not too worried when I see her climbing now.
PP - hope Ashley gets better soon. Poor thing.
Dragonstorm - I agree with Charly, that the screaming may just be separation anxiety. Diana sometimes wakes up crying, but as we co-sleep, she calms down quickly after a cuddle and/or a breastfeed.
Jen - welcome back! No, Diana is not fully toilet trained yet. She is still in nappies, but uses them mostly for wees. For poos, she goes in the potty. So I suppose she's half toilet trained.
I have a question re feeding - how many meals do your bubs eat per day and how many breastfeeds/bottles do you give them? Diana usually gets solids 3 times per day (breakfast, lunch, dinner/supper) and about 5 breastfeeds (1 at each meal plus morning and afternoon tea). She also has 1-2 breastfeeds at night. Is this normal? All your babies seem to be having fewer breastfeeds...
Hi to everyone else. Hope to be back soon with more personals. Hope you all have a great weekend!
Hi Starfish - firstly, really, what is 'normal'?? Some one said to me when I had DD#1 that "Normal is as unique as you are" - so I took that to mean that whatever works for me and my baby and family, then that is our normal! DD#2 has 3 solid meals as well, occasionally a snack between lunch and dinner depending on how long she naps for in the arvo. She still bf before her breakfast and then a quick comfort top up just before she heads to bed. Although, both these feeds seem more of a comfort thing for her (and me ) as sometimes she seems to take a big feed and other times I feel like her dummy, hehe. I am starting to work towards dropping the evening bf by mixing it up every now and then with approx 120mls of formula instead of me.......in preparation. Just don't know if I'm ready yet as my 'normal' with DD#2 is actually different to what my 'normal' was with DD#1 - by this time, DD#1 had finished bf for almost a month already and yet, DD#2 is still bf twice a day, I'm in no hurry So in summary of that essay, lol - whatever is working for you and your little princess then do that and then when you are ready to change things up, then do that......no rush! Anyways, just my thoughts, hth xx
P.S. it seems that DD has worked out to go backwards down off the lounge mostly......but she hasn't quite grasped the concept that you can't be throwing yourself all over the place as falling off with actually hurt!! hehe
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend too......tyring to work out if I really-eally need to go out to the shops as it is so cold and windy outside and seeing as DH is at work I'll have to take the girls out. We're already heading out tonight for a bbq birthday tea for our little cousin but the girls won't be out in the cold for long........hmmmmm.....
as I am reading about all your poor little bubba's with seemingly tummy aches 
......DD#2 has only woken up once or twice crying in the middle of the night but after a quick mummy cuddle she resettles and sleeps through til 7.30am.........she has never had cows milk, only S26 Step 2 formula and water (oh she has had maybe 50mls one night but that was a horrid potential poisoning episode.............gawd! A story I am moving on from 
- she's fine though 
They just need that reassurance that mummy and/or daddy is still there for them.......and not learning to test us - I agree with you on the one MumofLewis!!
Now only 3 years and 1 month worth of DD#1 scrapbooking to go and am already behind 1 year and 1 month with DD#2......................
. Well DD#2 has recently started her favourite game - if I am laying on the floor she'll pull herself onto her feet, steady herself, then throw her arms in the air with a big smile, balance for a couple of seconds on her own and then ensures she falls forward so as to bodyslam me!!!! 
So all excited about that and in no hurry for her to be tearing around any faster than what she already is!! Hehe.......
............she has learnt how to climb onto the lounge!!!!!!!!!! 
!! 
hehe
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