Rachel, just had the same problem putting Sebastian in his cot tonight. Wouldn't sleep, or when he did he'd just wake up crying. Brought him downstairs and he's snuggled up in his bouncer, obviously just decided it was too lonely up there by himself! Sometimes you just have to go with what works, don't you?! Sorry she was so upset on your birthday for you.
I'm having some success expressing at last - finally managed to get about 100ml last night, will have another go tonight. Letdown seemed to take ages though, which meant I didn't get to bed early enough, then S woke up after an hour and a half wanting a feed so fed him, then put him to bed, just get into bed myself and he fills his nappy!! So up I get again, change him (had already changed him after his feed, of course! Typical!) and finally got back to bed after midnight, then up again at 4 because M started early this morning. Tomorrow I am SLEEPING IN!!
Jessica – I got the Laugh and Learn house from Myer for half price for Nicholas for Christmas. I don’t know what else to get him, but probably not more toys as his grandparents have gone mad with toys. I will just fill his stocking with goodies (little bits and pieces)
Cass – How cut is Oskar? I love the Bumbo seat, where did you get it? I am going to try Nic in my sisters jolly jumper as I think he will really love it. He loves it when you bounce him up and down.
Rachel – Poor you! (Happy birthday by the way!! xx). I am sure Grace was just having a bad day, and hopefully will not repeat it too often. They just do this sometimes. Nicholas had hardly any sleep today as my sister had a crisis (way too high BP and 36 weeks pregnant) so I went to look after her daughter while her hubby took her to the hospital. He would not sleep at all, not even in my arms. After a while, he let out this huge scream! I have no idea what happened, if he had pain, or got scared, it was bizarre. Anyway, what I am trying to say is, this is normal, they do have days like this, and I am sure Grace will be back to herself soon. Also, feel free to “blabb on”, you really need to do that at times.
Well, as above, we had a strange day. My sister is fine and they are going to induce her in 2 more weeks. I looked after my niece, Ava today, she is 18 months and just so gorgeous! She is so cute with Nicholas, and gave him his dummy when he cried, she is so gentle. Aside from that, I was supposed to meet my mum in the city today for lunch, so I got all dressed up, I even put on makeup (can’t remember the last time I did that!) and wore my new boots, then on my way to dropping the girls at school, my sister called in tears, so I went to her place instead. Oh well, at least I got to spend the day looking nice instead of having oily hair, and wearing my trackies and slippers like I have been for the rest of the week, even if I did spend it with Nic and Ava! After school, we took the kids (some other mums and kids from school) and went to the park. We took carboard boxes and the kids flew down the hill on them, they had a great time! It is the last day of term today, so we have 2 weeks of holidays now, thank god. I am looking forward to hanging out at home with my little family.
Jessica, WTG!! I did see that house thingy but haven't worked out yet what we're getting... we are going to the sales tomorrow.
Awww Rachel, how awful for you!! I gave in with the daytime sleeps and let Oskar sleep on the lounge on his belly cos he's happy doing it and he SLEEPS!! Maybe for only up to an hour or if I'm lucky once a week or fortnight he might sleep up to a couple of hours at a time. He LOVES his bumbo!! I highly recommend it. He's so happy to sit in it. If he's playing on the floor laying down or something and he starts to get grizzly I can put him in it and he's all smiles again! I think he just gets over laying down all the time, but with the bumbo he can sit up on his own and check everything out from a different angle.
Jo, thank you I got it from babies galore, he just loves it so much! He looks so adorable in it that it just makes me go all mushy inside...lol. Bummer about your lunch today!! I put make up on a few weeks ago... it felt great so I know what you mean!! I felt so fantastic and not frumpy for a change! My hair was freshly washed as well....ahhhhh the days when that could be done without a production ...lol. I hope your sister feels better.
Bec, I reckon it's a male thing, the filling of the NEW nappy!! I wanted to sleep in this morning but it didn't work very well at all!!
Ok I'm about to share something which is REALLY making me feel old!! Joshua is 14 tomorrow!! I can't believe that this time 14 years ago I was scared out of my mind as I was having a c/s the next day cos he was breech. I also can't believe that this time 14 years ago I was at the very end of a pregnancy and this time last year I was at the very start of a pregnancy!! How bizarre!
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Ok... this afternoon we were cutting down some trees with the chain saw... and Oskar actually went to sleep!! He musta been a tired little man. We went to the shops earlier and bought his chrissy pressie and got the learning house thing cos for the money I thought it was the best value and offered so many different things in the one item!!
Gotta go... dinner is here...lol pizza.. for Joshua's birthday of course!!
Well I think my breastfeeding days are coming to an end - fast! Now that TJ is teething she is biting me all the time! I just don't think I can take it anymore!
Nat, there are ways to get them to stop biting if you do want to keep BF, I'm not sure what they are though. Someone on BB would probably know. You do what you need or want to do though. I don't think I'd cope well with biting either!!
Happy Birthday Joshua! I think I am going to have a look at that bumbo seat. I think Nic would love it too. He loves being in his high chair, I think he gets sick of laying down all the time too.
Well, not much going on here today. I took the kids to the nursery today to look at some plants for the girls fairey garden we are building. They have a cafe and a cool playground at the nursery so I had a coffee while the girls had a play. We stayed there for over 2 hours as Nic slept in the HAB and it was so relaxing! Keyt was trying to get some work done at home, so we just wandered around. My sister has to go into hospital tonight, and they will be monitoring her as she had another CTG today and they found the baby's heart rate was dipping and was not reactive enough. She has already been told her fluid levels are too low and her BP is really high, so they will induce her either tomorrow or Monday. So exciting to have another baby in the family! I am praying that everything goes ok though as this pregnancy has been difficult for her .
Wow, i go away for a few days and theres heaps of new posts!
Very chatty lot you girls!
well here is my boring update:
Just spent since Tuesday with the in-laws. I'm glad it was only a few days. I mean, theyre nice enough people, but I dont like people telling me how to be a mother and I felt thats what was happening for half the time, especially with regards to the fact that Claire wont take a dummy (apparently I should just try forcing a dummy into her mouth until she takes it, which I do not agree with and why would I start introducing a dummy at 4 months anyway), that I dont give Claire a bottle at night and I still feed her overnight, and that I feed Claire in my bed sometimes (although she told DH to tell me not to do that last one, why she couldnt just tell me, I do not know). I only feed her in bed when she is really feral as its the only way she'll settle and sleep. There were other things they said, but I cant be bothered typing out heaps of stuff that is just going to be boring to you all!
Went to the Big W Sale the other day and OMG it was CHAOS!! And that was in a country town so I dont even want to think about what it would be like at home. I got annoyed at all the people in the store (Why is that people do not understand the words 'excuse me please"!!!) and I went out to sit at the front of the store while I waited for the in-laws to hurry up and get out of there.
Claire is still slobbering on everything and putting stuff in her mouth, especially the front of her clothes. She got grumpy on the way home tonight and cried for a while on the freeway so we ended up rearranging the car and I sat in the back seat next to her and sang and talked to her and she stopped crying. Might have just been lonely in the back by herself.
Anyhow, noice to be back home and sleeping in my own bed.
Jo, Nic would LOVE a bumbo. They look kinda weird but man Oskar just loves it! I put him in it in the morning now so I can have my brekky and he just sits there playing with his hands and checking everything out. It's good too cos when I lay him on the floor the cat thinks he's there to play with and runs at his head (does it with Joshua too so I know it's not a jealous at Oskar thing) and jumps around. With him in the bumbo he's sniffing at him but not running at him and being a nutter!
Karina, it's great to get home huh! Now, I'm with you...why would you introduce a dummy for no reason anyway?? Oskar had one intermittently for a few weeks and the last time was at least 6 weeks ago!! If I needed one in a hurry I'd be in trouble cos I don't have one ready...lol. I BF Oskar in bed EVERY morning! We like it that way cos then I just pop him down next to me and he has a sleep when he's finished and I lay down and have a nap too. I don't give Oskar a bottle, he's never even seen one. I know it's hard to ignore what they say and you get sick of smiling and nodding and thinking... I'M DOING FINE THANKS!!! to you.
We went to the pregnancy, child and baby expo today. Wasn't too bad. Probably should've put Oskar in his HAB, but oh well too late once you're in there. You really could end up spending copious amounts of money if you weren't careful though! Some things just look so cool that you can very easily get caught up in the moment...lol. Nope, I didn't, very proud of myself!
Does anyone know if it's ok to have a filling or something like that done with your teeth if you're BF?? I have a tooth which has been giving me quite a bit of grief for the past few days and I need to have something done. I don't want to not feed Oskar in this time and don't know if I can feed or if I have to not feed for like 24 hours or something?? I really DON'T want to put him on a bottle even with EBM for any feeds yet. I'm not ready for that and I don't want him to like the bottle and not want me again cos I don't want to do the bottle thing! So, anyone have any idea??
Cass, thanks, I do exactly the same thing with feeding Claire in the morning. I just ignore the annoying advice people give me. I dont mind people giving advice when I ask, but when they give it to someone else to pass onto me when I am there anyway, it makes me feel like they think I am stupid and uneducated, kwim? MIL told my hubby I should also start Claire on solids now because she reckons she is ready and also because she is not sleeping through every night, though i am still keen to wait till 5-6 months before doing that. hmmm I am not too sure about the filling, I think you cant when pregnant but not sure about while breastfeeeding. I dont know that the anaesthetic would go through to your milk though?... youve reminded me that I should stop putting off going to the dentist. I've been so naughty and havent gone since Oct 2004 - oops! Ooooh I was going to go to the Pregnancy child and baby expo here but we had something else on that day. I can imagine it would be so crowded with people and lots of cool stuff. I would probably have trouble not buying lots of stuff!
Well i had a nice lazy day today and slept in till midday! omg Thats terrible I know! DH was home otherwise I would have been up a lot earlier. I just didnt sleep well at all last night after getting up to feed Claire at 2am - I couldnt get back to sleep.
Claire is 4 months now so due for her next set of immunisations.. I think I might take her this week to do that.
Hello ladies, hope everyone is having a great weekend. this is my second attempt at writing this as I lost the first one - stupid computer. Grace is 4 months old today and....she rolled for the first time this morning . Clever girl. Both DH and I didn't see it though, pmsl. I walked back into the room to find her lying on her tummy, happy as larry dribbling all over the place. She gave me a massive smile when I walked up to her like she knew that what she had done was a big deal. So proud. Other than that her legs are getting so strong. In the last week I have been standing her up on the floor in front of me and initially she could only hold herself up for a few seconds, now she can hold herself up for a few minutes. DH took the cutest photo of her when she was standing which I am hoping to get onto my photo's soon so I will let you know when I do. Well, we have given up the fight with getting Grace to sleep in her cot in the day. We put her in a sleeveless sleeping bag and she has been sleeping in her rocker. I am just happy that she is getting some sleep. Do not want another repeat of Thursday night. Who says she needs to sleep in her cot in the daytime anyway?
DH and I went to the movies and out for tea last night which was rather nice. It was rather weird though being at the movies, it felt like forever since we had last been. My parents didn't have too much trouble with Grace other than some crying on and off for 2 hours after we left! She missed us. She was happy once she had her bath though and then went to sleep immediately. Like Bec said, just got to go with what works.
Cass,I don't see why it should be a problem to have your teeth done, I would imagine that any effect from the anaesthetic would barely make it to the milk as it is a local thing. Check with the dentist though but it should be fine. Obviously you have to do what is comfortable for you but I would be suprised if Oskar wouldn't bf again after a bottle or 2. Grace has had a few bottles recently as we have been going out and we have no problem with the bf. Your bf is well established so nipple confusion shouldn't be a problem.
Karina, how annoying that your in-laws couldn't mind their own business. Glad you are happy to be back. We have avoided the shops since the toy sales started but we are venturing down tomorrow and may have to have a look.
Jo, good luck to your sister. Glad you had a nice day at the nursery. Happy birthday to Joshua.
Nat, I agree, if Grace started biting me I would be weening her quick smart!! You poor thing, I hope she stops doing that to you.
Bec, yay on the expressing. I find the more I do it the better I get - got 180mls out last night (mind you, had missed a feed as we were out). It'll get easier.
Little miss has just woken from another sleep - she has been sleeping wonderfully the last 2 days. Must be time for a feed, bath then to bed so we can have tea. Have a good night ladies.
Oooh....oops... Jo, I meant to keep everything crossed for your sister!! Nic is going to look huge next to a new little bubba!
Karina, it's all good I know EXACTLY what you mean. On the solids thing. Don't do it if you don't want to. I'm not even contemplating it until he's at least 6 months old unless I was told by my doc he needed it for some medical reason. WTG on sleeping in!! I wish! *sighs* lol. I can't believe 4 months already!! Do you get the vax done at 16 weeks or 4 calendar months??
Rachel, thanks I saw your reply in the BF thread. I told Andy and he said, makes sense it's only a local. I hate going but it's been hurting The other night I didn't get to sleep until after 1:30am and Oskar woke up at 6:30am so I was tired that day as my sleep wasn't very good anyway cos it hurt. I ended up getting up and popping a couple of panadol! I don't like to but I had to. I know it's ok, but I try to be as good as possible. So tomorrow morning I'm making a phone call to the dentist!! I'm hoping I can even get it done tomorrow if possible. Get it out of the way and also Joshua is with his grandma tonight and tomorrow, so that will make it easier. Just have to work around Andy so he can come and look after Oskar. Nothing is easy now huh...lol. I wouldn't change it for the world though!! WOOHOO Grace!! I bet she thought she was a clever little muffin too! Oskar hasn't rolled yet, but I'm fine with that until I get a bed rail to put up when he's in bed with me in the morning. I'm starting to feel a bit nervous about that at times even though there's a pillow next to him and me on the other side. As for the day sleeps... Oskar doesn't sleep in his cot or hammock but on the lounge. He sleeps better, so I just let him go for it. I figure sometimes there's no use fighting it and he's not harming anyone.
Better go and eat something and do the bath thing with my little possum. Man, it's damn cold here today!!
Rachel, I often let Claire sleep in her rocker or on the lounge during the day, especially if she is being a bit feral about the cot. If she is geting some sleep, no big deal right? How nice that Grace has rolled - Claire has rolled from her tummy to back but not from her back to tummy. How cute that she dribbles everywhere; Claire is such a dribbler too. How do you get her to stand? Do you just pick her up and then put her feet on the floor and hold her there (because thats what I do with Claire). just asking cos a particular in-law was grabbing Claires arms when she was lying down and pulling her up by her arms to a standing position - i thought she was going to pull her arms off but she seemed to think Claire liked it (you should have seen Claires face - she didnt like it one bit). Glad you had a nice time at the movies. I am hoping to go out and do that some time soon too! Its been a while since we went out, so i might get my parents to come over and baby sit one night!
Cass, The sort of good thing about the in-laws is that they dont live in Sydney so they cant just pop in whenever they want and give me 'advice' (omg i know that sounds bad doesnt it!) I am definately not starting solids just yet because of the risk of allergies this early and DH and I both have allergy type issues - he has asthma and I get nasty eczema which I think is related to certain foods but I havent been able to work out which ones, so the MHCN said to wait till 6 months if we can, so that is what I am going to do. The 4 months has gone so quickly! The vax thing in the back of the baby health book says 4 months, so I was just going to go at 4 calender months, cos to me a month is a month not 4 weeks and if I did it as a month being 4 weeks she would end up getting her 12 month ones at 11 months, if that makes sense?
Well we did a nice big cleanup at home today. It amazing how much rubbish we had lying around and I chucked out lots of stuff - we will definately have to work on that when Claire is more mobile! I can see her just getting into everything if we have too much stuff around. My lovely husband is going to build me a shelf - he is pretty handy with things like that. I want a new shelf for Claires room so I can put her stuff on it instead of piling it up on top of her chest of drawers.
Just a quickie. Cass, I had a filling when pregnant with Tate. Then dentist assured me there is no problem with this, just x-rays and major stuff are out, i.e. root canal. Ring the surgery, they will let you know.
Hi everyone, I have a new nephew! My brother in law rang and told me this morning! He was born at 2:07 (but Neil waited until about 7:45 to ring me, thank goodness). Unfortunately I had fallen asleep on the couch so I was half asleep and I didn't think of asking his name! But will probably go and visit this afternoon or this evening so will find out then. Sebastian and he are going to be so close in age, yay! Jo, hope your sister is doing OK and baby is well also. Where is she? My sister is in SJOG in Subi.
Karina we had a cleanup yesterday as well - we've been trying to get rid of a whole lot of junk because M's parents are coming in a couple of weeks and also we would like to move if we can so it's a good idea to get rid of what you can! I can't believe we have so much junk! I'm kind of looking forward to them coming but also not, iykwim! 10 days of in-laws... well, I'm sure you can empathise...
Cass, yay for Joshua's birthday, wow 14!! That's the age-group I teach - is he obnoxious?!! It's a funny age, because they are really starting to grow up, but sometimes they're still just little boys. I'll bet he was happy getting pizza for his birthday dinner.
Rachel, Sebastian rolled over when he was exactly 4 months too! And we missed it as well He hasn't done it since, though, although he's trying. It's made me very wary of where he is when I put him down on his mat. Yay for the movie! Hopefully will be able to take advantage of the inlaws when they're here to babysit. What one did you see?
Well, the house is a bit of a mess today since we were getting rid of stuff and still have to put things in the bin - luckily it's bin day today. Sebastian is starting to make a habit of these long morning sleeps, which is great because I can get stuff done!
How is everyone's weight loss going? I've hit a plateau... I can't seem to budge 65 kg, in fact I think I was 66 last time I weighed myself (seem to have conveniently blocked that out!!). I'd like to be back at about 60, as I was about 58 when I got pregnant. Mind you I'm not doing that much exercise and perhaps the amount of chocolate I've been consuming recently might have something to do with it heh heh. DH is also looking a little portly so we're on a health kick until his parents get here (19th July). Unfortunately I made muffins on the weekend and couldn't let the last chocolate-chip one go to waste so I had it for morning tea! Anyway, had better go and do some washing up. Have a good week everyone!
Karina, lol I hear ya!! My in laws live in Toowoomba so near enough, but far enough. Mind you FIL is pretty good, MIL is a very ummmm she's a worrier. They're really nice and all, but sometimes it can be full on. I think that we're lucky in that Andy's brother had 2 bubs before we had Oskar so we probably won't get too much "advice". We have rung a couple of times to double check something so that might make them feel good anyway. The vax thing makes perfect sense... cos there are 4.2 weeks in a month!
Rachel, I meant to also ask you what movie you saw??
Jessica, thanks
Woohoo Auntie Bec (Sasha)!! OMG how did you know Joshua was obnoxious?? PMSL. He can be very much at times and yep still a little boy at other times. It really must be difficult cos they want to be treated as adults and yet still as mummy's little boy sometimes (when it suits...). OOoooh I LOVE choc chip muffins!! Now I'm going to have to make some! I've been pretty good and eating lots of vegies and experimenting with different recipes so I think that the fat content and preservatives and I'm eating has been cut back cos we're not eating ready made frozen stuff hardly at all now. I was too lazy half the time when working to cook properly and then when I was pg... well I just couldn't be bothered and didn't like so many things that it was hard!
We did a clean up outside on the weekend... must've been the week for it huh!! We cut down some more trees and Oskar went to sleep even with the chainsaw going!!
Rang the dentist this morning and what do you know... they had a cancellation for 11am... so off we went (Andy came home from work to help me - has gone back now). Had the choice of root canal or extraction... guess which option I took??? PULL THE BA$TARD OUT I said... lol. Downside?? I hate the taste of the blood... ugh!! Not so bad now cos it's been a while. Oskar was a good little possum... I fed him about an hour before we left, kept him awake so he went to sleep in the car and slept till we were going in...!! Anyway, he was happy and chatted away while I had the tooth out and grizzled on the way home cos it was 3 hours since feed!! Fed him and now he's playing on the floor next to me and I have no sore tooth... so EVERYONE is happy
Oh... how bizarre is this... the dentist - his wife is with the ABA!! So he knew all the answers about all of my questions.
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Cass yay that your tooth is fixed with minimal pain!
Bec, congrats to your sister on the birth of her little baby. How nice that your two bubbas will be so close in age. I didnt put on weight when I was pregnant, except the weight of Claire but I did lose some extra weight. I am 4-5kg below my pre-pregnancy weight and I dont want to lose any more because then I will need to buy new clothes and who has time for that these days!! oh yum I am drooling now you've mentioned choc chip muffins. Hope the time with the in-laws will not be too painful for you.
Well I have continued with my cleanup today and rearranged Claires room a bit to make it easier to get to stuff. Claire has been a bit cranky today and not in the mood for playing. I've also been taking lots more photos of her because I just love her so much and think she is so beautiful!
so fed him, then put him to bed, just get into bed myself and he fills his nappy!! So up I get again, change him (had already changed him after his feed, of course! Typical!) and finally got back to bed after midnight, then up again at 4 because M started early this morning. Tomorrow I am SLEEPING IN!!
I got it from babies galore, he just loves it so much! He looks so adorable in it that it just makes me go all mushy inside...lol. Bummer about your lunch today!! I put make up on a few weeks ago... it felt great so I know what you mean!! I felt so fantastic and not frumpy for a change! My hair was freshly washed as well....ahhhhh the days when that could be done without a production ...lol. I hope your sister feels better.
Happy Birthday Joshua! I think I am going to have a look at that bumbo seat. I think Nic would love it too. He loves being in his high chair, I think he gets sick of laying down all the time too. 
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to you.
. Clever girl. Both DH and I didn't see it though, pmsl. I walked back into the room to find her lying on her tummy, happy as larry dribbling all over the place. She gave me a massive smile when I walked up to her like she knew that what she had done was a big deal. So proud. Other than that her legs are getting so strong. In the last week I have been standing her up on the floor in front of me and initially she could only hold herself up for a few seconds, now she can hold herself up for a few minutes. DH took the cutest photo of her when she was standing which I am hoping to get onto my photo's soon so I will let you know when I do. Well, we have given up the fight with getting Grace to sleep in her cot in the day. We put her in a sleeveless sleeping bag and she has been sleeping in her rocker. I am just happy that she is getting some sleep. Do not want another repeat of Thursday night. Who says she needs to sleep in her cot in the daytime anyway? 
He hasn't done it since, though, although he's trying. It's made me very wary of where he is when I put him down on his mat. Yay for the movie! Hopefully will be able to take advantage of the inlaws when they're here to babysit. What one did you see?
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