auzzie.chick -- Welcome to the world David! Good to hear you are doing well.
kellbell and storm -- we have a few of those Bonds Easy Suits (they are so cute) and it is the opposite here, I can't figure them out but DP has them on and off like a pro. I always make sure she is changed into something else before my solo nights but I am getting better at it haha
Hollo -- also haven't got our money yet. Really looking forward to it because we are going to splurge on a washing machine! I never realised how much a little thing could dirty and even though the laundromat is on the end of our street, it is still a bit of a mission that I am keen to cut out of my days! Here's hoping we all get ours soon!!
Helen_au -- I was told about a Mummy's group in my area but I am a little nervous about joining! I might check it out and see how I go, it will be good to know children of a similar age so that DD can have some playmates but yeah, I'm a bit socially awkward!!
We are going alright here. Last night wasn't too bad... I was a little panicky for the first hour because the day had been constant feeding and I was worried it would continue through-out the night and that I wouldn't be able to cope on my own. Surprisingly, though, DD had a feed around 1am and didn't wake until my partner got home at around 6:20am! It is probably a once off but it was good to get such an extended period of uninterrupted sleep. One more night till the weekend...
i joined a mothers group when i had my first DD and we still meet every week. there are 11 kids in our group now because most of us have had more babies. we are all really good friends. if tehre is one thing i would reccomend it would be to go to the very first mothers group meetings because once a group forms it can be quite hard to 'fit' in with the everyone. (before i found this group i went to a a group that had been formed for a year already and i found it very hard to fit in).
Jitterbug- the health clinics that i was telling you about organise a class for first time mothers from about 6weeks of age and this is where our group formed. from memory it was called first steps or early steps program.
welcome Auzzie- glad to hear the good news about the arrival of your little one. i couldnt even find the april group when i started posting in here. i think i will stay here though. :-)
Took Cookie to the Dr's because her belly button looks infected & the Dr said she has a Umbilical hernia. Gonna ask the MCHN what she thinks on Saturday as the Dr (not our usual one) didn't know anything about babies. Poor Cookie keeps crying likes she's in pain & there is nothing i can do for her.
Oh no Mo. Both Zac & Angel had those, they were horrible, but they just had theirs tied off again & they fell off, & now they have lovely belly buttons!!
Hope everything is OK.
Hi to everyone & welcome Aussie, congratulations on David's safe arrival.
Oh sorry Mo to hear about cookie, hope it all works out. The prof pics on facebook look great, where did you get them done?
Im going to a new mothers group my health nurse recommend at the end of the month, i hope they are nice, be good to meet up with other mothers with babies the same age
We want a new bed with our stimulus money, hope it comes today
Ella only wants to sleep when shes being held, are you supposed to let them cry, im not getting anything done between the breastfeeding and the carrying, any ideas?
Thanks everyone, David is settling well apart from a night time.
He seems to sleep for about four hours during the day, wakes for a feed then after a cuddle and nappy change drifts off to sleep again a litle angel. He is much the same of a night time except the occaisonal night where he becomes a gremlin..he takes a few hours to get to settle. David sleeps in basinett in our room, or in our bed depending on how long we've been trying to get him to sleep. Can't seem to work out why he fusses so much, like last night he spent a few hours of an evening not settling and then again at 4am with a good sleep in between. Other nights it seems to be first off and then once he's been asleep and woken 4 hours later for a feed he goes off to sleep in the basinet.
It just seems he has a feed, and drifts off to sleep in arms and then as soon as you put him in the basinett he wakes crying. can't work out why...
Auzzie a lot babies do that. Do you wrap David? He may wake because he likes the feeling of being held so wrapping can help with that.
You can try sleeping with one of his blankets & then using that blanket the next day so it smells like you, that may also help. Some babies just have days where they want cuddles.
Jo I really don't trust anything that Dr had to say, she had to use the internet & a medical book to look everything up. So I'll ask the health nurse tomorrow what see thinks about everything.
It's good to know both you kids have cute belly buttons makes me feel a lot better
Kell here are some idea's for you.
1. trying using a sling, they are great for doing things around the house & most of the time they keep baby happy.
2.Trying wrapping Ella up tightly, she may just want the feeling of being held.
3. She may have wind.
4. if you feel comfortable doing it, you could putting her down on her tummy after she has fallen asleep.
As for the crying that's your choice, some people will say they only cry at this age for a reason, others will say let them cry. It really is a personal choice.
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