Abb- thats how i feel also... That DP thinks i am wonder woman... I was so upset when MIL came over to pick up DS for a visit and ended up cleaning 1/2 the house after i had already tidied up... she re vacummed the floor, wiped down the kitchen (it was spotless but she still wiped it down. I admit i needed to dust (she wiped everything with a wet cloth), took DS's bed linin to wash at her house and brougt it back... and said to me "dont take offence i know how hard it is with 2 kids... i felt horrible that the house wasnt up to her standard of being clean and DP gives me no time to get it done. The yard is a MESS, DP has dug out the footing for the cement (garden shed) he's covered the grass with top soil to even out the lawn so he can set up DS's swings and have a flat ground and her comment was " how can you live like this i have tennants who keep their homes btter then this" i felt like crying when he got home... - she knows what DP is doing out there and knows its temorary... GRRRRR i was so angry... - she blamed the dogs for lack of grass... even though we have told her 100 times its top soil to level it out... i cant win... sorry for the whinge.
Sarah- wow on juliette's weight gain... she must love the booby... lol cant wait to see Tiahna's growth next visit. Dishwasher would be great but we have a block drain issue so we have to watch the water usage until the plumber can get here... yet another water issue for the new house...
Mecil- Bargin on the clothes... I love dressing Tiahna in beautiful clothes. sometimes the all in one suits are easier but its nice to put her in little outfits- i'm loving the tights and dresses ATM... wish her feet would get a little bit bigger so i can start using all the cute shoes i have brought... (love shoes)
So happy everyones needles have gone well... fingers crossed for Tiahna's i'm scared already
deancey- i'm a sook too... My GP used to do them for DS and i'd have to leave the room so 1 i wouldnt cry and 2 wouldnt pass out... (needle phobia)
Well Tiahna is asleep already... has been since 8.30pm so i guess were in for a bad night after having 2 great ones.
wow there is so much to catch up on i will have to do personals later.
Well as you all know abbie had her needles on friday, she was whingy all day saturday and sunday which is unusual for her as she is usually such a great baby, as i was so busy over the weekend i had not bathed her until sunday and i wanted to take the band aids off in the bath so it did not hurt her so much. Well when i took them off she had had a reaction to the band aids her leg was all red and a bit raised. I felt like such a horrible person none of my boys had ever had a reaction to the band aids and i did not even think that would be why she was cranky. I though that she was maybe having a growth spurt or something. I feel so horribel her legs were all better by the morning so its just a reminder to everyone take the band aids off as i was never told to do so.
Abbie is heaps better now!
Jess i just had a quick read about your mil. Well i wish that my mil would come over and help me she is always at my sil and having her kids for the entire weekend. I would love some help as my dh has been working heaps and heaps. But i would feel annoyed if she re did things that i had just done. But there is NO way my mil would do my house work. just tell her i would or tell dh to say something goodluck
Jess sorry to hear you MIL had you feel upset. I am sure it wasnt her intention however its hard to accept criticism when you feel you are coping, especially from the ILs. I am sure you are doing a fabulous job. You should see the dusting needed at my house, your MIL would prob faint.
LMK I have never heard of reaction to bandaid. I am glad Abbies leg is better though, poor little thing.
Well Liam was good today. Woke at 11pm for feed last night, then 3am then 7am. I can so handle that. He did so well at playgroup. He slept and then layed content in pram and got passed around. He slept on the way home and transfered to bed well. Jordan has also gone for sleep this arvo so I am feeling good having some ME time again as the last 2 days have been no sleep for Jordan.
Take care
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Jess - omg i would have been so p***** off with your mil. You would think as a mother herself she would realise what it is like with a new born. My mum always told me a happy baby is more important than a clean house.
Lmk - dont feel bad about abbie's leg you were not to know, am glad it is better now i am not looking forward to the needles, have made appointment so dp can come as i am a sook.
deancey - good to hear liam is sleeping better for you.
mecil - i have just had a look at pumpkin patch online, i love there clothes but must admit always have better girls stuff than boys. But in saying that i still managed to find a few things i like.
Sarah - wow juliette is certainly putting on weight famously well done. I love chubby babies.
Al - i will be happy if hamish only has a 30 sec scream after hi needles, thats great. Seems no bubs have had a bad reaction so far.
We have had 3 good nights, i hope i am not going to jinx it. Hamish has slept very well, usually around 5 hours then feeds and back to bed with no hassle for another 4 hours. I can certainly cope with that. He is alot happier and healthier. But dd who has had a cold for a week or so now has an ear infection in both ears. So i have had her home from school for few days.
Hope everyone has a great weekend and the weather improves so we can all venture out in some sunshine for a change.
Well it finally happened... My dog had her puppies yesterday... Was so scared expecially when the first one unfortunatley didnt make it... (the first 4 cam out butt first so i think the first one took to long to come out and suffocated... it was a male and the only brown one of the litter. She had 6 in total so we now have 4 girls and 1 male all black... their soooo cute and tiny... i'm in love already but i know we couldnt possibly have any more dogs.
Tiahna was great on the weekend.... i'm getting used to having a grumpy bubs... she has fantastic happy periods but unfortunatly are short and far between. But thats ok her sleeping is making up for it... Yesterday she was all over the place and she didnt settle into any routine... (not that we really have a set one) she just wouldnt feed long enough to settle down and get some good sleep in until about 6pm and when she was still asleep by 9 i knew it would be a bad night... but ended up not too bad... i dream fed her at 10.45 when i went to bed was awake by then end but after a nappy change and a burp she fell straight back to sleep. woke again at 2 then 5 then 7 so not too bad...
Jordan 's at preschool today so nice and quiet i have time to look after Tiahna and the dogs and still have managed to get things done...
It wasnt so much that she was cleaning up but just the attitude, like she has to keep saying "dont take offence but i'm cleaning this now" and the whole time i was thinking "i cleaned that before you got here, or i vacummed before you got here" i could understand the dust, i admit it was a shocker but to take off DS's sheets and take them home to wash, comment about the back yard etc... i dont need the ***** ATM... She has a cleaner once a week and her house is SPOTLESS... but then again she has a 4 bedroom house for 2 lounge and formal lounge and dining area.. our house is small 3 bd lounge and dining in one plus the computer in the same room... of course things dont always look clean cos its so cluttered in the one room...
Abb- Sorry to hear about DD but YAY on hamishes sleeping...
Deancey- glad Liam was good at playgroup... am looking into playgroups in our area or a mothers group type thing... jordan just needs to get out of the house i think and i cant afford $55 a day for preschool while i'm not working.
LMK- sorry to hear about Abbie... you wernt to know the bandaid would give her a reaction but at least not reachion to the injections.
Not having a good day here at all I'm at work & Juliette just does not want daddy to give her a bottle. I'm getting pornstar boobs (last feed was at 4.30am) and I'm going to have to express in a freezing cold office soon (I won't do it in my warm office because it has windows to our shop!). I thought I would be ok leaving her the first time, but nup, I just want to go home to my girl.
She had her needles yesterday & didn't cope real well. She screamed & screamed for so long afterwards, the only thing that calmed her down was a BF. Then she wanted to sleep all day, I had to wake her for all of her feeds & even then I was leaving her an hour past her usual time. She was in so much pain in the afternoon too so she had her first dose of panadol which really helped.
Other than that she is still going well. I get to show her off to Aaron's aunt this afternoon too
Sarah- WOW at being back at work... Your so brave... I'm totally NOT ready yet... i go back in December and i'm thinking of increasing my Maternity leave... I dont want to leave my princess at preschool... I guess the first few times are going to be tough... How many days are you working???? What hours are you doing?? That sucks about the cold office... Not sure how i'd go expressing at work... but i'd like to still be BF when i go back... so i guess i'll have to find somewhere quiet to do so... (dont think there is really anywhere i could do it without showing the whole office.. (except the loo... YUK) WOW your so close to me... didnt even notice you were from around the same area... sorry to hear Juliette didnt cope well with her injections... I'm getting nervous hearing about everyone else's bubs going through it... I hate them myself... worse making my babies go through it... but its for their health...)
We had another all night sleep last night... thought it was going to be a disaster but ended up ok... SHe slept from 6-8 and i bathed her so she'd stay awake and stretch out the feed... she went really well but didnt settle back down after her feed. I tried several times to put her down once she fell asleep in my arms but she woke up again crying.. finally sound asleep by 11 and woke up at 5.30 for a feed and slept again til 8. Dont care if the days are bad when she sleeps like that...
DP laid the concrete for the shed today.. nearly killed him and his dad... (not as fit as he thought he was) lol so funny to see them slogging it out while i watched the kids in the warm house... my reward for not getting any help with the kids...
Well best be off need to check the dog and puppies... their so CUTE
Sarah sorry to hear Juliette didnt want the bottle or that she didnt handle the injection to well. Well done on expressing at work to continue the BF relationship. It can be hard work. I did it for about 10 months with DS#1. I was back at work when he was 3 months and expressed everyday for about 10 months until he was only having 2 feeds morning and night. Its hard work but SO rewarding.
Jess Hope the puppies are doing well. It is hard to leave bubs the 1st few times. I cried the 1st day I went back to work with DS#1 and I dont think it will be any diff this time either, even though DH will be home with the boys.
Well Liam has been a good boy today. He fed well overnight and had EBM this afternoon. He is taking a bottle every 3-4 days so he knows how to do it when I go back to work in just over a month.
He is starting to really chuckle at things now which is gorgeous. He was laughing at New Mcdonalds farm this morning when Jordan was watching it, so cute.
Enjoying some quiet time as now DH has woken up from the couch he has taken Jordan for a walk and Liam is asleep.
I have done so much housework today I needed some peace.
enjoy the weekend ladies.
Work today was just a once off really, I work with my mum & she's on a cruise (lucky thing) plus two others were off so I went in. I was doing Friday & Saturday until Juliette was born and will go back to that eventually. Today was 7am - 12pm though, nothing too long & I might start back on that in the next few weeks. The kids stay home with daddy so there's no stress there. I managed to express 220ml but would have gotten heaps more except I only took one bag for the pump, it was a big strange sitting in my boss' office with my boobs out though LOL!
Jess, we should organise to get together one day, the boys would love running round with each other I bet.
Yay for the great sleeps, sounds like most of the bubs are getting this sleep thing down pat.
Anyway, I'll be off, have to spend some more time with my babies
well DH has gone out to the movies tonight to see batman so I am alone with the boys but they are in bed so I dont have much to do. Just a night feed some time around 10pm.
Sarah well done on the expressing 220 ml is awesome effort.
Things here are going well... Tiahna slept great last night 10.30- 4.30 fed and i put her back in the rocker and she went back to sleep till 8. now she's has a feed, some awake time and couldnt keep her eyes opened when DS wanted a hold so she fell asleep in his arms... He was stoked
Deancey- i want to see that movie also... heard its a great film...
Sarah- hope the day went well and juliette settle with DH ok... Hope she eventually took her bottle... I know how hard it is to get bubs to take a bottle.. I'm still not able to get tiahna to take a bottle still or even a dummy... i thought i's be easy when she took a few bottles but now flat out refuses and can go ages without a feed and still not want it... its so frustrating... but also nice that she loves booby so much.. LOL Its great that the kids stay hime with DH aswell... and your hours are great... it would be reat to work those hours... i need to speak to work about my hours when i go back... i'm thinking of asking if i can do 1/2 days for a few weeks till tiahna gets used to being away from me... also DS will be in school not next yr the yr after so i'm looking at cutting down the day but an hour so i can get back to pick him up... but not looking forward to going back its only 2 days 9-3 but i just cant imagine having to leave her for that long... I'm such a sook..
LOL about expressing in your "boss's " office... that would feel a bit weird having boobs out... i just had thought about me in my boss's office doing the same... worst part is all the offices have glass windows all around... no privacy at all... the kitchen is the only place but the male toilet is located through the kitchen door... hmmmm might have to tell them tough have to wait.. i guess it wouldnt take long to express... just have to make sure no one walks in...
Its quite difficult for me to make meet ups... my DS is so naughty and misbehaves so much its quite embarrasing... i have no control over him ATM... he's going through a bad stage where he refuses to listen and do as he's told... i had a GF over and i was so embarrased, i felt like he was the parent and i was the child.... i'm really at a dead end with him. maybe we could organise a meet up somewhere like the play lands or something... at least he can just be running round burning off energy and not back chatting or yelling at me... (its so aweful to have no control, i feel like a failure, and its not like we dont try to discipline him, or try to work things out with him)
Deancey and sarah- your both so lucky to have your DH's home to watch the kids while your at work. wish my DP could, i'd be a bit less worried. (well maybe not... he's not that godd with them so maybe there best at day care... )
best be off, have washing to do and i need to unpack the dishwasher...
Things are going well here too. Ds has settled down now since being sick, he feeds on average every 3 hours during day and usually 4 to 5 at night. We put him in his cot about a week ago and its working out really well. I put him down awake and he settles himself off to sleep, during the day he is great and at night he usually cries for a few minutes, i usually go in 2 or 3 times to give him his dummy before drifting off to sleep. I still wrap him tightly to go to bed, does everyone else wrap there baby's or do they wear gro bags? I have a gro bag but Hamish sleeps better wrapped.
Sarah i hope Juliette settled for dh in the end, i know its hard leaving them. I have been bak at work since ds was 3 weeks old, i work for my mum and the first few times i took hamish with me and was able to feed etc at work but this week dp looked after him at home giving him a bottle but he takes it fine as he has one every night at home. I only work 2 nights a week and only for 4 hours so he only usually needs one feed.
I went to Mumma Mia friday night with my mum, sis and dd. It was fantastic, best movie i have seen for a long time. Recommend everyone to go see it, i havent laughed like that for ages, i really need it.
Hi ladies....hope you all had a nice weekend.
Lily has been going ok, sleeping occassionaly during the day and quite well at night. She usually goes 4 to 5 hours of a night, except last night.... it was every 3 hours oh well. Lily has been sleeping in a bond suit then a sleeping bag, but she is too big for her bag now. I have another one but it is really big (size 0 to 1) do you think it would be ok for her to sleep in that? She won't take being wrapped... hasn't since she was about 5 weeks old. She will go to sleep but when she slightly wakes and she can't move her arms she struggles and wakes herself up fully....instead of just going back to sleep.
my SIL has just come back from seeing the dark knight and thought it was great. I can not wait to see it.... batman begins is my favourite movie, I love christian bale as batman
I want to see mamma mia too.... I saw sex and the city about 2 weeks ago and it was so good.... i laughed and cried so hard! Its great that there are so many good movies at the moment.... a movie and maybe dinner is about as long as I can stand being away! LOL
good on you for expressing at work sarah.... I am going to have to find somewhere to do that too. I go back to work in October for 5 days each fortnight and there is nowhere to express as all the office have windows with no blinds! I figure there is our telecommunications room has only one small window so I will do it there and put up a wrap or something... I have been trying to express a little bit after each feed to ensure there is always one feed in the fridge for DH and I have now got some in the freezer for when I go back.
I got great news on friday too. I was on a waiting list for reading time at the library (for newborns up to 12 months) and we got into sessions in October. Unfortunately for me it is on a monday which is one of the days that I work. But DH told me he is very keen to take Lily, so they will go to the library for the 12pm class each monday for 4 weeks and then have lunch with me on the way home. And hopefully i will be able to feed her then too
Abb- great to hear DS is doing well now and GREAT on him sleeping in his cot, i havent even tried with tiahna... she's been sleeping so well in the rocker i'd hate to unsettle her sleeping... SHe was FANTASTIC last night. slept from 10-7 this morning... i feel GREAT.. (dont mean to rub it in sorry) i never had this luxury with my DS he would only sleep 2 hours at a time during the night and 2 hours awake before he'd go back to sleep... he was never a sleepy baby after the first 3 days. even now he's up at the latest 7.30am and can still be awake at 11-12 at night... he just doesnt get tired... if i put him to sleep earlier he's up at 3-4am.
I still wrap Tiahna but she hates her arms in so i just wrap like the elbows tucked in and that way if she wakes and pulls them they easily come out- otherwise she gets grumpy and fights the blanket. The reason we havent tried the cot also is that her room is FREEZING at night. which is why she wont sleep in our room either... we have an oil heater but she still loves the lounge room with the gas heater going... (its costing a fortune but so worth it for the sleep.) also WOW at being back at work since ds was 3 weeks old.. thats awesome strength you have. i must sound like i big sook not wanting to go back in dec.
Tiahna has been wanting more and moore feeds... i guess my supply needs to catch up to her once again... she had a bad period of screaming last night i ended up having to hold her tightly against my chest patt her butt and hold her hands down as she gets so tired (well overtired) and screams till she's blue and always fussing and rubbing at her face... its so distressing to see she scratches and practically gouges (spl) her eyes out. but once asleep i'm so stressed and upset the long sleep is just what i need.
Is it normal for her to sleep so long without a feed??? she still sleeps during the day (less and less everyday) still has a few 2-3 hour sleeps.
Jess - thats fantastic tiahna is sleeping so well for you, my dd slept from 10 til 7 from 6 weeks old, she was a great baby. Maybe its a girl thing lol. Hamish woke twice last night 2 and 6.15, he is still sleeping now. I still wrap him tightly as he is all arms atm, but i thought i might try not wrapping him for his morning sleep today to see how he goes, i was given 2 grobags and have not used them as yet. He loves sleeping in his cot, we have a bed in his room aswell so i start off sleeping in my room and when he wakes for a feed i usually feed him in his room and often sleep in there awaiting the next feed so i dont wake dp or dd. I also find it hard to go back to sleep in my room if dp is snoring.lol Ikwym about the heating costing a fortune, we have central heating and i usually leave it on all night or swirch it on during the night, but as you said it is worth it. You are not a sook with the work thing, i have the luxury of working for family, which means i can take ds with me if i want, i did this every time except for saturday night as dp offered to look after him, i did get more done without having him there. I think dp felt more comfortable from looking after him friday night when i went to movies which is fantastic as i never had the help with dd's father.
her leg was all red and a bit raised. I felt like such a horrible person none of my boys had ever had a reaction to the band aids and i did not even think that would be why she was cranky. I though that she was maybe having a growth spurt or something. I feel so horribel
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