Hey girls. ANother quick one from me as I am tired. Very tired. We all have a cold atm which is sucking hard core. India has been in hospital since Yesterday morning. Of course any sickness we get, she gets as bad asthma. Thankfully today she can get a sentence out without stopping to take breaths. Poor darling. She is such a star down at the hospital. She has been there 3 times now and everyone knows and loves her. She chats away to everyone. She copies them and mimics their different accents and has them in hysterics. Such a crowd pleaser. I can never shut her up either. She could barely breathe but she was still doing her best to sing the Tigger Song on our way to the hospital. All you could hear in the emergency centre of the hospital is her gasping and singing and chatting to everyone. Plus demanding medicine and ventolin. Hehe. I am sure if she could be quiet whilst having an asthma attack, she would be probably be a lot better. But she would rather suffocate then be quiet. Just like her mother lol.
Seraya is doing well with the cold TG. Only a slight greenish yellow mucousy sneeze here and there, and the odd cough. No whinging or complaining yet. With all the dramas with India and me being crook as well, it is the last thing we need, for her to be a crying little delirium. I spent last night in hospital with India while MIL and DIL had Seraya. DH was at home finishing off his last bit of week before his week off. Of course the one week off he plans in the year, is interuppted by hospital visits and sickness. POOO. But it was so nice to have Seraya back with me this morning. I was greeted with kicking little legs and a snotty face. Which I really hate. I can't stand my kids having snotty faces. Makes them look like they live out in the outback with dero parents and no idea what tissues or water is for. I took much joy in cleaning her little face up and changing her out of milk stained clothes (is it so hard to put a bib on a baby??) and putting some warmer clothes on her, BFing her and she went straight to sleep. It was almost as if she was saying "No one does it like mummy." I know that sounds trite, but it so true, no one looks after your kids like you. And I really hate it when I let DH or his parents babysit and she or India comes back in soaked clothes, or a soaked nappy etc. I feel like they need to be sent to a parenting class or two. Isn't it common sense to change baby when they are wet or dirty?? Anyways...
:hugs: Mel You really have had a rotten start. You are doing so well. You never really complain and you just coast along like a trooper. You are an inspiration for me to stop whinging about the littlest annoyences! Even though I just whinged my a$$ off in the last paragraph lol. SO glad you have found the cause of all the unhappiness!! Hopefully it will get sorted for you and James ASAP! for you!
Andie Seraya's habits change all the time, but she always has a block of sleep that lasts 10-12 hours. It isn't usually until after 1am that she goes down and stays asleep that long. She wakes about lunch time(when India comes trumping down-who also gets up at lunch time) and has a feed then goes back to sleep for another 3 hours. She is then awake for pretty much the whole arvo, happy in her swing or on her play mat, or playing with India and I for a while, then around dinner time she goes back to sleep for a few hours. Wakes about 11pmish and is awake for an hour or two (wants attention- evil little night owl lol) and then goes through the cycle again. So far both girls are sleep a holics, which suits me to a TEE since DH and I are both night owls and love our sleep.
Bec with BFing. GOod on you!! Don't be envious of me. I am lucky to be naturally blessed with a lot of milk etc but you are amazing to put in so much effort. You should be so proud of yourself that you are doing so much to get your supply in again, with 2 other little ones in tow! I couldn't do it!!
AM loving the pics ladies. Our babies are gorgeous!! I gtg because Seraya is awake and smaking her lips. Its party time for her now.
Well hope anyone I missed is doing well. Booby dust and Sleepy sand sprinkles to you all!! xxx
hi Reenie, poor little India, i hope she is doing a lot better today, im sure it is so scary to have them so sick that they need to be in hospital. lol at her antics while there, sounds like she was very entertaining for the staff !
hi ladies, its been a long time since ive posted on BB, a good 5 months or so.
Seth was born on the 23rd March, 9.20pm. 8lbs 4oz. he is now 14 weeks 3 days and as of a week ago (13w2d) he was 15 lbs 5 oz.
as of 4 weeks (when i had to switcvh to formula, my BM was not enough for him, alot of latching problems, so i started pumping and i wasnt getting enough for him, he was drinking 100 ml's at a week old!) he has slept through the night, he goes to bed around 10.30 and wakes around 8. so im very happy with that. he is a great baby, very happy. he has been having problems with teething but with bonjela and teething rings and when needed Nurofen he is fine
Hi Girls. Just a quick one from me I got to get to bed! Bec WOOHOO!! Cograts on getting some milk! I'm so glad that it is working for you! Yes I did go along to the meet up. It was ok. It was a little hard cos it seemed like some of the ladies already knew each other quite well and I felt a bit awkward....but it was good. Hopefully there will be another on a regular basis. MelindaThat's so great that you have hopefully discovered the cause of James' probs. I hope you can get it all cleared up nice and quick eliycsha Welcome back! Seth sounds like a little champ - congrats! Reenie I hope everyone is on the mend and feeling better.
Flynn and I are both heaps better. In the last couple of days he has really changed. He has started to grab at and hold anything we dangle in front of him and is shoving it into his mouth. Tonight after I got home from the gym I gave him a small bottle of EBM and he actually held onto the bottle - DH and I were shocked and just stared at him open mouthed!!! He seems to be way heavier too. I tell ya getting him out of the cot is worse than a dead-lift! little woo hoo for me. I lost 1.2kgs this week! I'm so wrapped. Feel like I'm on the way to getting back to my 'old self'....as much as you can when you have a new bub!!
Hope you are all well.
Thanks for the pics too everyone...one day I will get round to sending some...Just so you all know I think Flynn is the best looking!!!
Hi girls. I have finally gotten around to updating my blog. Pics on there too. http://reeniescornerofthestar.blogspot.com/
WB Eli. Seth sounds like a little delight. for Flynn holding the bottle. Seraya has been doing it as well on and off for the last 3 or so weeks. She has hands going everywhere. On the odd occasion she is sucking her dummy and if it starts coming out she will pop it back in!! So entertaining. She loves grabbing her danglies too and trying to put them in her mouth. SO far she has managed to do a couple of feeds holding onto the bottle for most of the time but, honestly I am sure she is not actually aware she is doing it. At this age, its still a natural reflex for them to hold onto things. It is nice to see though
Hope your BFing is going well Bec! A big hi to everyone else. And btw India is much better now. Home and well. She was on Redi Pred (prednisone) for a week so her excema is nowhere to be seen. It is so nice to see her skin so nice and clear. She looks so brown atm. I have taken pics of her and put them up on my blog too. I know it wont be long until her skin returns back to being dry and red. It really gets me down. There is still nothing I can do to make it go away. I can only keep it under control. Just hope she continues to grow out of it.
As for me being sick too. All I can say if any of you are fighting the cold off or getting sick. Take Garlic, Horseradish and Vitaman C tablets! With fenugreek and marshmallow (herb). By Natures Own. I have always suffered at the hands of a cold and flu for at least a week. Thanks to these great tablets, I have only suffered for 24-48 hours. I swear by them now.
Seraya has been teething for a month now and its starting to peak. She has been really whingy around 11-12 each night. Panadol and teething rings are working well for now. Just have to remind her grand parents to medicate her instead of just letting her cry in pain when babysitting.
Joy of being old and senile I guess.
Well hope you are well and beating the winter bugs.
xxoo
Last edited by Reenie; July 5th, 2008 at 12:21 AM.
I know that sounds trite, but it so true, no one looks after your kids like you. And I really hate it when I let DH or his parents babysit and she or India comes back in soaked clothes, or a soaked nappy etc. I feel like they need to be sent to a parenting class or two. Isn't it common sense to change baby when they are wet or dirty?? Anyways...
for you!
with BFing. GOod on you!! Don't be envious of me. I am lucky to be naturally blessed with a lot of milk etc but you are amazing to put in so much effort. You should be so proud of yourself that you are doing so much to get your supply in again, with 2 other little ones in tow! I couldn't do it!!
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