Laurab - I lurk often but often don't post or run out of time. You can email me and I try to check it a few times a day bt sometimes it doesn't happen. Do you have MSN? I would be happy to give you my address for that if you would like. Am usually logged in even if not at the computer. Glad to hear your 'down' days are getting less.
Ewol- poor riley. At least he will hopefully feel heaps better after he has the grommets. It is a fairly 'quick' procedure though I am sure it will feel like hours for you. I loved the photos, so beautiful.
Bec- Welcome back. How are the outlaws? How long are they staying this time?
Mel - How is your foot? And Everything. I think of you often. Thanks for asking about us. Will put details below. How is the 'getting tough' working?
njd - yumm pizza. Sometimes you need to sleep and if the washing/food prep doesn't get done. I am sure your partner/hubby would rather you be happy than those things done. I know mny DH does, as I am a right biatch when I am tired. Which is all the time. He keeps trying to make me sleep - just because the circles under my eyes look like he has punched me. Don't worry it's just tiredness.
Andie - glad you had a good time away. Uh oh I hope you have a good nappy on him. and plenty of wipes on hand.
Lots has been happening here. I had a bad few nights with E - waking every 2-4hours and not settling plus on monday night we had one of those sessions where he just screamed for hours. HE had had his immunisations that day and I had given him regular panadol, no real temp, we didn't check it as it woudl have inaccurate due to his crying making him hot. On Tues/wed he didn't seem to want to feed that well either. On tuesday after waking up totally exhausted I decided it was time to stop rocking E to sleep. Plus every time I would put him down he would wake. I don't believe in letting him cry too long without me there so I put him in his cot and the first few times were bad, when he got too upset i would pick him up and he would calm down (sometimes it took a bit) and go to sleep. I would either put him down when he was almost asleep or when he was asleep. Unlike when I was rocking him he hardly stirred, or was mostly easily settled and he would sleep for an hour or longer, sometimes less.
Yesterday afternoon we had a major breakthrough, after a bad morning where he just squealed and was very unhappy I laid him in his cot (wrapped with dummy and music on) and left him for a bit. I didn't hear him for ages so I finally thought I have to check and he was ASLEEP!!!! MAjor breakthrough. He also slept for about an hour 45 when I woke him. I am finding it I will leave him and he may sing and kick the covers off, I keep putting them back on. If he isn't asleep within 15-20
mins I get him up again as long as he is happy playing on the floor no dummy until he is grizzly again and try again. So far it has worked. I am hoping it will last. He seems to sleep much better when he self settles.
I have also discovered why he may have been out of sorts - not just immunisations. We have a tooth coming through. The day carer I went to see on thurs thought he was teething - fingers in mouth, drool +++ things that I also assumed were developmental. I had seen some lumps on his gums but they weren't in the right spot, so thought they were just 'moving'. I decided to rub some bonjela on his gums, just in case, and lo and behold I felt something sharp. You can just see it - sort of clear rectangle that seems to be coming out more each day. I have heard that they can disappear, I really hope this one doesn't but I think it is through? It is so hard to get a good look.
Anyway that is all my news, I am feeling much less tired after E slept from 8, woke at 1030 for a feed, easily resettled then woke again at 415 then again at 730!!!! Woo, I better not get used to it though.
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