We are down to 2 feeds morning & night, trying to drop the morning ones but it's not working lol
Yep Corelly, i want to wean her so i can go back on my meds.
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I'm still b/feeding around 3 times a day. She's wanting it more in the morning feeds so I've been able to give her cow's milk with her lunch. Am starting to think about weaning though, anyone else at that stage?
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We are down to 2 feeds morning & night, trying to drop the morning ones but it's not working lol
Yep Corelly, i want to wean her so i can go back on my meds.
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we are still breastfeeding too. still lots of little snacks. (no longer than 5 mins) not at all when i am at work. HOWEVER.. over night is starting to drive me nuts! she seems to have gone back in her sleeping habits and is attached to my all night. she has a bottle of cows milk before bed but can still wake up 2-3 hours for breast. so i think it is just a sleeping habit.
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Ella has weaned herself
I would have been happy to keep going for alot longer but she completely lost interest
I miss our breast feeding time.
I hope our next bubba wants to go longer than a year
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We are still feeding to sleep here, it's the only way that I am able to cope with a bad back and such a heavy little girl. So probably 2 or 3 feeds a day and 1 overnight, depending on whether A has 2 sleeps or 1 sleep during the day.
Even though she gets a bit grumpy, I've been trying to transition to 1 big sleep instead of 2 small sleeps during the day. It was getting to the point where she would fall asleep in the pram on our evening walk and then wouldn't go to bed til really late.
I am really lucky that Alexandra is an awesome eater. She eats pretty much everything that I eat and like Kodi she is a stubborn little "I can feel myself" girl. She has pretty good control with her spoon and fork and will eat yoghurt, chunky pea and ham soup, shepherd's pie using the cutlery. Although she does have her days where she lets me know that she's finished by throwing everything on the floor
Kellbell - Just noticed your "hoping for a 2011 bubba" line in your sigThat's exciting!When are you guys going to start TTC?
Hollo - Poor Chelsea and poor you, it must be so hard hearing her cry and having to concentrate on looking after other people's kids. Do you get a discount on child care for your girls because you work there?
Mo - I was thinking about you the other day and whether you'd weaned K. Are you replacing the morning feed with soy milk? Allergies suck big time!
Corelly - Hope your DD is feeling all better now
JF - How are you and Immi going? I think it's cute that she is content to crawl around. I reckon that Alexandra started walking out of frustration that crawling was taking to long to get everywhere!
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FF-K has a feed around 6pm & will wake up at 4am for another then she is on soy all day.
We are really lucky she loves soy, i read that a lot of kids out grow it by 3 so fingers crossed K does too.
K is pretty much down to one sleep for the exact same reasons, She would end up going to bed at 11pm because of her days sleeps.
Hollo K was the same with the all night feeding, i really feel for you there.
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Yep we've decided to try for another baby. Think my partner is more clucky than me
Who knows how long it will take, took a while to get Ella so hopefully well be blessed with another baby soon.
We always wanted two years between them - i really have a strong feeling well get another march baby. Im pretty excited to think of another baby!!!! also terrified at the same time if that makes sense
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Kell that is so exciting if i ever get AF we might start trying for #3
Is anyone else TTC or thinking of TTC soon?
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Hi everyone,
We're just giving one bottle at about 3am now. No more bottles during the day. S is a good eater but can be picky. I'm not so worried about it second time around because she has plenty of gorgeous rolls so she's obviously getting something in there. Still haven't got her needles done. I need to get A looked after so that I can devote all my attention to S and I just haven't been able to get anyone available yet. Only a month late :s
We're not having anymore kids. We'd always only planned on having two and we are so done. I'm ready to move on from the baby stage and enjoy them growing up and us doing things as a family rather than planning our family iykwim? I'm happy to live vicariously through my friends IRL and on here
Kell - all the breakable books have been put away in DD1's room and they only come out at night for a read at bedtime until DD2 is old enough to just read them and not rip into them! I love books and would hate for all these beautiful books to be ruined. Good luck with TTC! How exciting! I know what you mean about being terrified at the same time. I was exactly the same.
Hollo - that must break your heart hearing her cry. Big hugs to you. It's nice that you can have the girls close at work
S went down to one sleep at 10 months. She just did not want the arvo one and I wasn't going to force the issue. She was happy enough when she was up. Periods of rubbing eyes and a tiny bit grumpy but then she'd be right after five minutes. So yeah, she kinda gave it up herself. It's nice because she has it early, is awake about 1pm so I have lots of time to do things in the afternoon. I think DD1 is starting to give up her only day sleep though, so I don't know what I'm going to do about that!
Hope everyone is going well. I love hearing from you all even if I don't get to post in here very often xx Nik
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Gosh heaps of catching up to do! I have been busy with work stuff.
Found a playgroup sort of thing that suits - the reading time at the library! They sing action songs and have activities as well as stories. T loves it! I dont have to do anything which is cool as I am working most days and Friday is my only day to chill with her. And my Dad goes on the same time slot to do his internet thing so I see him too!
Breats feeding - well - would like to wean (I suppose) as it would be freer for me but T is a booby baby and still tugs at my top at times so we have a morning snuggle, an avo snack, and feed before bed but she goes in cot awake - no fuss surprisingly and seems to say good night in her gobble di gook way.
Sleeps - 2hours in a.m. and 1 hour or so in late avo. Bed time is between 7.30 and 8pm mostly. Sleeps through now since taking lots of solid food
Solids - feeds herself and drinks from a small plastic tea cup some cows milk at meal times. She doesnt like the Toddler s26 any more! Weird. Kinda fussy with solids at times too and likes to throw her dish on the floor as well as feeding the dog selected bits. "dogs dont like fruit and salad!" I say all the time.
Hollo - That must have been really difficult for you. I hope it improves. I wondered how they manage so many bubs at child care re sleeps and crying and stuff. T has been very clingy and mums girl since i returned to more work.
Kell - I hope you are blessed with another little one soon. That sounds awesome! How is work going at your end? T loves dirt too and out doors is her fav. The playground is fun now and she points at all of them as we pass. We have pink gumboots - too cute I say!
Mo - Best of luck with the allergies and I'm glad she likes soy. You are lucky not having AF. I have been on minipill since 7 months and just lately have been getting bleeds too often. Anyone else had that? Not supposed to on MP.
Someone told me they put chilli on their nipples to wean their baby - that sounds so mean!! How far would you go to wean? I had trouble weaning DS1 and I just dried up naturally at 13 months (working might have done it) but he used to hit his head on my chest and scream for a while - heart breaking. I dont want that to happen this time. I love feeding her but I dont want her to be too old and still asking for milk from me - I find it a bit embarrasing personally. How do others feel about it?
Nik - 3am for a bottle must me tough! Are you up at that time anyway?
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Hi guys, Just popping in to say hi and that I've had a name change too
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Hi everyone
DD is finally better!!! Took a while but she's over it and I'm feeling much more human too!
Took her to playgroup today, but not sure if we'll go back. She was very interested in playing with different toys, not so interested in the kids. The thing that got to me the most was how dirty everything was. I watched a mum wipe her child's runny runny nose with her hand, wipe her hand on her jeans and then pick up another toy for the kids. YUCK!My house isn't sparkly or anything, but we try to be somewhat clean! I think I really have to sleep on it to see how I feel about it all.
Super Pumpkin - maybe I'll give reading time a go too. We both love books.
Kel - How exciting for another baby to be in the plans!
We're no where near even thinking about TTC. It's a scary path for me at the moment. Chances of having another baby with DDH is high, and I don't know if I want to put a baby through all of that again. Plus I'm just so tired all the time. I might feel differently when DD starts sleeping well. She slept through for three nights in a row last week, so that was awesome. Maybe we're at the start of it!
Hope you're all well and sorry for the long rambling post!
Corelly x
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When you put it like that, I'm not sure that I'd go back either. That's gross! Our playgroup is pretty well maintained and everyone pitches in at the end to wipe down chairs and tables and clean the floor (the kids all sit down and have morning tea) I would highly suggest creating a thread in the member meet ups area and create your own playgroup of bb members with littlies around the same age. If we were still in Brisbane and not the middle of nowhere that's what I'd be doing. It's cheaper, you can do it at a time and place that suits you and you don't have to worry about there being a "clicky" group. I met another newbie at playgroup the other day and I got along with her really well so hopefully we'll be able to do some play dates outside of playgroup too.
Took her to playgroup today, but not sure if we'll go back. She was very interested in playing with different toys, not so interested in the kids. The thing that got to me the most was how dirty everything was. I watched a mum wipe her child's runny runny nose with her hand, wipe her hand on her jeans and then pick up another toy for the kids. YUCK!
We haven't been to any library sessions yet. I have to find out the times - I know that they do story time a few times a week. Are the kids supposed to sit down quietly? because that might be a problem, haha.
SP - chilli on nipples sounds super mean to me, I bet it didn't take very long to work! I'm of the attitude that it'll happen when A is ready, same with sleep. I have given up fighting her to sleep so if she isn't ready I'll bring her out and try again later. One less thing for me to stress about. But this is what works for us and it might not work for other people
Good to see you're still around Nik! I like to see what everyone is up to as well, even when I'm not posting in here often
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Work is going good. i have moved hospitals closer to home about five minutes down the road and i am really happy. I miss Ella but i am liking the stimulation of work. Everyone has been really nice to me so very grateful for that and to get out of where i was working as i was hating it!
Hows work on your end Super Pumpkin?
I wouldn't go back either, sounds gross!
We used to go to a library music thingy def a good way to meet other mums. the kids def didnt sit quietly. it was a baby one so will have to look into a toddler one, im sure the librarian mentioned it once, she outgrew the baby one.
I was in a huge group through the baby clinic and there were some real not nice mums in it. its broken up now but still meet regularly with a couple of the mums. its so cute how they are starting to play together!
I bought a whole lot of HPT's off ebay now i have to hold off till next week to test and not test early. I need to forget about it for a week. i doubt wed get that lucky the first month but i guess ill find out next week. I will NOT test till next week i really do not like the
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Kell that is so exciting! I can imagine you fighting the urges to test early. No babies for me in the near future so I'm gonna take a page out of Nik's book and live vicariously through you
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It happened in the first month of trying for us Kell with DD2 so there's no reason why you can't be UTD!! Good luck!
Hi to everyone. Fleeting visit. Gotta go control the unrulies
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Still no AF here, i think i'll be one of those people that only get it back once they finish b/fing.
So we are still at least 6 months off TTC, which is a good as we brought a Black Lab & she is keeping me very busy lol
Kell I was a shocker for testing, good luck holding out till next week & hope you get a :BFP:
Corellly that is just plain disgusting, i wouldn't be back either.
Bron that would be so mean chill on nipples.
Hi FW & MS love the new names & new Av MS
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Good luck Kellbell, it is hard to hold off testing!
Nothing new here. Still no walking hehe and we are breastfeeding probably 5+ times in a 24hr period (2-3 overnight).
Good to hear about everyone
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