Sass - Aadi is in a single bed in our room now. He just wont tolerate going near the cot, and has the stamina to scream for hours if I put him in it. Not worth it. I know it probably seems WAY too early for him to be in a big bed on his own, but I wanted him out of our bed, and to still be able to lie down and feed him in his bed if I have to. Can't do that in a cot!
Sleep school finally rang today. Lets just say that I'm devastated and utterly disgusted by the complete lack of empathy they had for me, and I feel really stupid for crying on the phone asking this woman to please try and find something before JULY or I'm going to lose it. Nup. Nothing. "Have you tried asking your GP? MCHN?" she says... duh. I give up. Today's been revolting, and I'm sick of being screamed at. If this is how bad it is now, he's going to be in juvie by the time he's 3!! Seriously, nobody gives a stuff and DP can't even get takeaway for dinner and expects me to cook. ha. Going to bed without dinner.
Oh NaNa- Hugs hun. Wish i could help out. U really need to get some help but i see your frustrations when no one can or is willing to help. Have you considered thickening up the BM with the thickner Offer water when he wakes?? I know its hard when your already sleep deprived. I really feel for you,. Tell DP to take the day off work so u can catch up on some sleep.
nana: sorry to hear things r so rough. i didnt mean it to come out wrong i dont think it is too early for the bed. does he try to get out? do u have a rail?
i wanna put jayda in a bed around her birthday but it think she would fall out cause she always stands up in the cot and jumps around when she wakes up.
sass - no, didn't come out wrong. I just know that some people would FREAK if they knew I put DS in a big bed, but he's actually going into a smaller bed! Before he was sleeping in a QS bed, so this is an improvement!! LOL! We have a guard rail on one side, and a full-length body pillow on the other, against the wall. Most times when DS wakes up he sits up and rubs his eyes and sooks for a bit, and only ever climbs up on the bed head, not the rail. He's barely interested in the rail, but is forever trying to climb over the bed head (which is high!) and get out the window or something! Monkey... The bed itself is actually quite low to the floor, so it would be ok if he did actually fall, as it's way lower than the bar of the cot or even our bed.
Jess - thanks, hun. That's sweet. I'm not feeding DS thru the night anymore, as he wont even feed to sleep anymore! I've tried offering water if I think that he's just waking for a drink but he's a PITA with it. But if he's screaming relentlessly, I'll certainly cave in and try BF as a last resort. It hasn't worked tho for a while. Even for day sleeps. If I try to resettle him he screams for ages, but if DP takes over he's out like a light in 3 seconds. BUT DP can sleep thru DS's screaming for the first half hour, so I've already worn him out, if you like. Aadi's eating heaps of solids most days now, and it's 3 big meals plus an afternoon snack and as much BF as I can. I can't seem to find the time or energy to express these days, and DS wont take a bottle, so not sure how the thickened milk would benefit? Sorry, I'm a bit dumb about that.
DP can't take any time off work at the moment. He's already under immense pressure ATM, being in the jobs sector and things being less than brilliant in the world in that regards. And he's already taking unpaid leave so we can go overseas in June to see his family.
After much shuffling around, I have a paed appointment next week. Will see if they can shed some light on what's going down with the sleep allergy situation!
Oh, it's all blahblahblah from me at the moment, isn't it?? Sorry, I just don't have much of an outlet elsewhere. Please feel free to disregard my nonsense and move on to the next post!
nana: dont feel like u shouldnt be heard(read) in here that is wat the post is for. i hope ur appt goes well next week and they can help u. i dont knwo how u r coping i cant handle it when jayda wakes up for a few hrs of a night it makes my day at work so hard the next day.
im so tired. i painted for 3hrs yesterday and that was just the undercoat. we r makin a cubby for the daycare kids and i guess jayda lol. then by like 3pm i could hardly keep my eyes open then i went to bed at 830 and jayda woke at 2am thinkin it was time to play. i finally got her back to sleep at 5am and got up at 7am. they r all asleep now. i so wish i could be.
im thinkin of givin jayda littler bottles during the day cause i am wasting so much formula think she "might" want the full 240mls. i think ill do a 150ml one for both feed then a 240ml for bed time.
where is everyone it is very quiet in here. it seems when i dont have tiem to come on everyone is here then when i am bored and need people to talk to no one is around i can take a hint lol.
NaNa - Don't be sorry for 'blahblahblah'ing' i know it helps (even just a little) to come in here and get it off your chest. I hope the paed can find a solution to Aadi's sleep allergy. The little bed sounds like a good idea for you's. It's good he doesn't climb the rails...yet!
Jess - Glad you had a nice time at the park with the bb girls...i wish we were all a little closer to each other as I reakon we'd all have a great time meeting up in person. Good to hear the amber necklace seems to be working...good investment hey.
Abb - Very cute with the Howzat hand movements...did someone get a pic of it? IKWYM about the dancing...Cam is enjoying music too - I've been playing my new U2 cd a little lately and he bobs along - probably cause I'm am too (I'm a big U2 fan), and the ads on TV with music. He particularly likes the subway ad (the song - I feel good) and the borocca one - these always guarantee a dance - no matter what mood he is in.
Sassy - I was going to say to you I wonder if you just did 2 half bottles (morning and lunch), then the big bottle for bed for Jayda - as even though I'm BF I'm finding Cam is not too interested most of the day feeds, but needs his big bottle for bed.
On the Easter Egg question- I'm not sure yet. I want to say no, and instead he can have a chocolate custard as a treat (cause it's not something I give usually), but I can just see on the day DH offering Cam some saying "oh, but it's easter" and I know I'm very likely to give in I guess when I think about it, it ain't that much worse then giving him the fairy bread and birthday cake.
Well we've had a few challenging days with Cam's sleeping- but by no means is this a whinge - as I know the struggles some of you have with sleep. On Monday I tried to put him down for his arvo sleep - we usually feed to sleep here, and no sooner had I put him down he was WIDE awake. By that night he was a very grumpy little boy. Then when I put him to bed, about 1hr later he woke screaming the house down and nothing I could do would settle him (cuddles, drink, pain relief had already been given before bed). I was getting a little stressed (which I knew wouldn't be helping) as I couldn't stop him from crying - it had been just over 30mins by then, so ended up calling DH at work, I had a little vent to him and went back and tried to comfort again - this time he calmed and eventually he went back down. The next morning low and behold...the top left eye tooth had broken through - this is tooth #6.
He was fine yesterday, but this morning he only had 30min morning sleep (he usually has at least 1.5 - 2hrs) - so he has been a little grump today. He is asleep now though, has been since 2, so hopefully he can catch up now and be my happy little boy this arvo.
Well that's all from me for now, going to make a start on dinner now.
Seriously, nobody gives a stuff and DP can't even get takeaway for dinner and expects me to cook. ha. Going to bed without dinner.
i can take a hint lol.
I guess when I think about it, it ain't that much worse then giving him the fairy bread and birthday cake. 
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