Babies Born March 1st-15th 2008 #6

[prama]

skye - hope things get better xoxoxoo. it's hard when you have 3 young kids, and you are out there alone. it will be so much better now you are close to you mum and friends... hope things get sorted w anth xoxoxo

[Sammiejane]

Shell - i am so sorry that things are hard for you at the moment. Sounds like you really need your melb break... where are you going? Is Doni working or is it all a break?
Poor little DJ too, must be hard for him as he doesnt know whats going on. I feel awful when MJ is sick as you cant explain to her whats going on and that she will feel better soon.

Skye - Sorry hun... fwiw, i think that the move was a great idea, living where you were was making you sadder and sadder, at least this was there is more support for you Dont get me wrong, i hope that you and Anth sort things out, but constant arguing is no fun either and the break wil probably be great for you both to weigh up what it is that you want/need

Prama - i have written a coupl of threads about not sleeping well (both MJ and Me) and a couple of times i have been recommended that i cut back on solids... this was the lastest one, recieved yesterday posted by Trillian....

Is she having solids? and if so, is she eating a meal at night and what type of food? We had LOADS of sleep issues that we first thought was teething, but it just seemed relentless and giving panadol didn't seem to make a whole lot of difference. And when he was asleep it wasn't a *good* sleep either kwim? When he was nearly 9mths, we had a gastro bug go through us all and I was just too sick one night to make him dinner, so he went without solids that night and guess what? he slept for 10 HOURS!!!!! I didn't give him solids again the next night because I was still ill and we got another solid nights sleep! Literally overnight all our sleep issues stopped - even when he did cut other teeth it was nothing compared to what he was doing. He did have reflux issues, so the solids were just making that worse and his gut just couldn't digest it properly at night. Around the same time I also read and article in Practical Parenting magazine about babies sleep and the correlation with high GI foods. If your baby has a diet of high GI foods, it can interfere with their sleep. So when we started to re-introduce an evening meal, we started with low GI foods only and we had no sleep issues. We also realised that potato gives him belly aches and even now he can't eat potato at night.

We fed MJ late last night and she also had potato... wouldnt you belive it she had a terrible night sleep... so i think that i will give less solids ago....
Its interesting that Caitlin has cut back on solids herself and is also sleeping better (with the combination of the routine).
Thinking about it, when MJ solids really started to increase that is the exact point that the sleep when out the window (6.5 mths) so maybe worth a try. Maybe i will give her a afternoon snack and no dinner.
Are you still BF?

GTG

[prama]

thanks so much sj - will look at giving him low GI food.
gtg.. had a very early morning.. xxoxo

[shell_120308]

Hi girls,

Thanks for all of your comments. I am desperate to get away. I really need a break and a good solid sleep. DJ's sleep wasn't too bad but I think I am just so used to it now, I just almost do it sleep walking haha Last night I just made sure I gave him either nurofen or panadol every 4 hours and small frequent bottle feeds to keep his fluids up. He is much better today actually as well, very happy and smiling so it makes me feel better seeing him like that, just wish he could sleep well, but it isn't his fault. I think I was the one who got him sick.... I was just feeling so down about it last night and needed a vent. I am soooo looking forward to next weekend, and yes it is not a work trip for Doni. Well he will be meeting me down there when I fly down on Friday night. He has to work on the Thursday but the whole weekend will just be us. We have a friends housewarming to go to on the Saturday night so I am just going to relax and have fun because I don't have to worry about picking up DJ the following day. I plan on doing alot of sleeping. I think the weekend will be good for me and him, because when I get back I will be a better mum to him as well, since I will be soooo rested.

I ended up cancelling his swimming classes this morning. I hadn't been, but he isn't well so don't want to risk it and then a girl from work said he will get other bugs from being in a public pool and that put me off as well. I don't want him sicker than he is.... A friend of mine told me about private lessons. A lady teaches from her own pool so thinking of giving that a go

Prama - ah thanks yeah he is growing so quick and happy 9 months to Poopy too, meant to say that in my previous post..... Are we still on for Monday? DJ will be right by then. Doctor said he will be fine tomorrow actually but he is doing really well today, hasn't had a temperature at all

Skye - thanks for your post. I hope Jesse isn't getting sick as well. The change in weather definitely doesn't help either. Sorry to hear about you and Anth arguing, but I think the move is definitely a great thing, especially being so close to your family. You now have support around you which definitely helps

SJ - thanks hun and it is a non-working break thank god!!! but how interesting about the high and low gi foods and sleeping patterns. I think I am with you on that one, not give DJ a big solid meal at dinner time, and instead might give him afternoon snack or something. I find DJ isn't too fussed on his dinner anyway...... He will only eat rice cereal if I give him solids at night, he isn't too fussed on veges.... He is a fussy little eater that is for sure.

Thanks again for your posts girls, it is so great to post on here and vent or celebrate etc

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Shell xxxx

[Astrolady]

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-2008-7-a.html is the link to your new thread