Well finally i got on to BB last night but i was too tired so i read Jess's post and went to bed. Atleast its fixed now!!!
Jess and nana i know what you mean abbie has been really clinging too at the moment if she see's me walking around the house and she is not on my hips she looks at me and whinges but if the boys distract her she is fine. So i think that they have just got to the age were they are aware now and know what they want and know how to get it. Very frustrating but i don't always give in but sometimes i do its a hard one.
nana i am gald that aadi's needle went well yesterday, hopefully the tests show you something usefull. I bet it would have been really interesting reading that case study something to look back on which is great.
Well cody had his last day of kindy yesterday and its kind of sad cause now i know that he is in big school next year, sad but exciting at the same time, my baby is growing up!!!
Its hot here already today
Abbie is still sleeping the best she sleeps all night in her cot and we don't hear from her till the morning, which was 5:15 this morning but had a bottle and is back in bed, although i wish i could say the same for lachlan he is an early riser 6am for him.
Oh well whats sleep i think that i do better when i get up early though gives me a head start. Before i had kids i would easly sleep in till 10am every morning when i could.
Well i hope that everyone has a great day and talk to you soon.
ps been quiet in here lately, and i have been really good posting nearly everyday which is good for me lol !!!
well its good to see i wasnt the only one having probs gettin on here. my comps been playing up so i thought it was that.
jayda is sooky at the mo too pulling/scratching ears.
we r still gettin good sleep at night down by 9 and then up at 6 to 630. she is fighting her day sleeps real bad the last week and loves it when the kids r asleep to just yell and the only way to shut her up is to rock her but i cant do that for 2 hrs.
She is looking so big latly.
well i found out wat my bday suprise is and i dont liek it lol. i dont know if i should say anythign to DH or not. he just doesnt think. he has organised to go out on our friends house boat with them. so the first prob is i am scared of deep water lol. and 2nd prob i was hoping for a little hanky panky seens we havnt had much alone time for awhile but seens there will be other people a meter away that isnt gonna happen.
he made a comment the other night that if i find out wat he has planned that he is never doign anythign again cause i always find out and wreck it.
nana: that would suck gettint he blood test. did he keep still woudl be hard to take blood froma baby it is bad enough when they get their needles that move so much.
Well last night went ok... Took a while to get the kids to bed... DD didnt sleep much during the day so only got to bed at 9.30 (usually she's whinging for bed at 7) DS on the other hand had a day sleep and was still wide awake at 10.40 when i had enough and needed sleep so i just made him lay with me til he fell asleep... killed my back carrying him in there... OMG he's like 23 kgs but feels like 50 when he's asleep.
So i finally climb back into bed at 11 and DD wakes up... i put the dummy back in flip her on her back and cover her up... YAY she went back to sleep. But only to wake up at 12 so i fed her and tried to keep her awake long enough for a decent feed... i find night times she has few sucks and falls asleep. so she had a full feed and back to sleep. she woke up at 3 and i put the dummy in and fliped her and covered her again... Had to do that 3 times in a row but YAY she got the hint and went to sleep. and guess what...... Didnt wake til 9am OMG i was shocked. DP said she had a little cry at about 5 but must have gone back to sleep quickly... so YAY... she's woken up so happy and i finally have my porn star boobs back... lol havent been full like this for ages... She had a feed and is playing happily on the mat... what a change a good sleep makes... i'm hoping she stays this happy most of the day... its raining and i need to get some things done...
NaNa- Glad th needles went well... i thought the post was done yesterday... Do you think the emla worked??? Thats awesome bout the case study... nice little keep sake for you. DD also crawls over to my feet and puts her head on them and cries... she's not crawling on all 4s yet but does this weird army crawl effectivebut so funny to watch... she looks like... hmmm cross between a fish out of water and a frog but only uses one leg at a time to move up... lol
LMK_- Awweee big school... as much as i say i cant wait for DS to go to big school i know i'll be sad and probably have a cry... its such a big step... i have to look into DS going to day care more days i think so the adjustment isnt too much for him. If i walk away from DD she screams.... its like she thinks i'm going to leave her... its so sad but i just cant be with her all day... DP got the *****s the other day cos the house was a bit untidy and the next day he saw what she was like and commented to me about fixing her so she stops crying... When i explained and showed him he was like " you cant do anything if she's like that" .... Dah... i know thats why nothing was done... lol...
nikki & dan... so jealous of your fantastic sleepers...
Dan- hard decision to make... maybe go with the flow or maybe say to DH.. hope my b'day pressie is plenty of DTD... he might think... hmmm maybe i should change the plans????
sassy sorry to hear about your birthday plans, maybe try and organise for someone to have DD over night so you both can have a romantic night together, or even during the day if yournot fussy he he. It is a tough one cause you don't really want ot spoil the suprise, although its your birthday just try and enjoy yourself. Good to hear that jayda is sleeping well too, abbie sleeps from about 7pm till about 5:30-6. But like jayda she does not sleep well during the day, i think its mostly my fault too cause i am usually in and out of the house going to school, kindy, kindy, school so she can't really get a proper sleep pattern during the day. I too have to sit here and rock her in her bouncer and unless its really quiet she won't stay asleep. Oh well i am just happy that she sleeps better at night.
Jess cody was a horrible sleeper at night he would wake up every 3-4 hours everynight until he was about one years old, which is when i stopped BF, i am not saying that thats why but i know that all he wanted when he woke up was a little suck and back to sleep. I have no idea how to stop it i just kept doing it but i only had him then. So with Lachlan and abbie i always gave them a bottle of formula before bed and they both are great sleepers. I am definitly no saying don't bf or anything and i think its great that you are still bf and i wish i was too, but i think thats why my babies are good sleepers. Some people give babies a bottle of water when they wake up rather then giving them milk because this is not what they want so they stop waking up for it. Worth a try i suppose and sorry if i offended you but i do know how youfeel.
Nikki, did you scare everyone else away?? It's great to have you back more often! Has Abbie started getting another tooth yet? DS had a temp last night and was crying in pain, toxic poo again (TMI) and has been super-clingy-velcro-baby for a few days now, and this morning there's a white bump on his top gums. Poor kid, he's copped a lot this week!
Wow, this is the start of another big adventure for you and Cody - big school! How exciting! I hope there's some of his friends going to the same school with him next year. It would be nice for him to maintain some of his friendships from kindy, having a familiar face or someone to play with on that first big day at least!
It would be great to be able to get DS to sleep better, and I have heard offering water instead of a feed can help, but I know the problem I've had (and Jess too) is that bubs wont take a bottle. It's not for lack of trying. There have been moments when I'd consider trying horse tranquilizers...
Sassy - hmmm... how to avoid a disappointment like that?? Unfortunately you can't be subtle with men (they just dont GET it!), and diplomacy rarely works either... um, it was your birthday on Tuesday, wasn't it?? HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY!! Good luck talking your way out of it, and here's hoping you get the naughty weekend you hoped for! Who knows, maybe he's got a real surprise for you and the houseboat thing is just a cover?? Stranger things have happened!
Yeah, it was a bit awful getting blood tests. DS was ok at first, then when the nurse started poking around looking for a vein with her fingers he started getting upset, then when the second nurse came in he started crying. The second nurse held his arm, and I had to hold his other arm and legs coz he kicks so much, and I was freaking out about him bouncing around with a BIG needle in his arm! But I think the Emla helped because he didn't scream like when he has vaccinations, and I know for sure blood tests are ouchy too.
Jess - hooray for boobies!! hope today goes well with the sleeping patterns for you! Feels so good to sleep more than 5 minutes, hey? Well, it feels like 5 minutes, doesn't it? I'm hanging out for my book to arrive, but last night was actually pretty good after the initial hour or two of interruptions, crying, Teething Relief and eventually panadol! Asleep from 9 to 2:45, a feed and then sleep again till 6:15. This morning he had an hour and a half nap from 8:30, and then OMG scoffed a whole bowl of porridge and wanted more! No silly games, just mouth open wide waiting for the spoon! Amazing... and another nap straight after.
OK, I've babbled enough for today... hope you're all well.
Just a quick one, as Cameron has been asleep for 3hrs now, and I need to go wake him soon. He too hasn't been to good at sleeping the last couple of days. Monday was perfect, but Tuesday and yesterday he woke at 5.50am (exactly), we played til about 6.30 when he fed, was back in bed about 7.30ish, but only slept just over 1 hr (usually 1.5 or 2 in the mornings). But then after that he barely slept during the day, couple of 20mins naps, but nowhere near long enough to actually be classed as sleep. He has also woken screaming the last few nights, about 3.30am, and has taken a while to get him to relax and go back to sleep. This morning though he woke at 5, and wouldn't go back down (thankfully after I fed him, mum looked after him, while I had a little more sleep). He eventually went down again at 8am, for 40mins, then woke screaming again, wouldn't go back to sleep so I ended up giving him some apple then a bf and he fell asleep while burping about 11.
I think it's this bother of this 2nd tooth. I can see it pushing up through the skin, but it's not cut through yet - it looks painful. Keep rubbing some curash teething gel, which seems to help after a while. What's the teething relief some of you's are using? Is it worth looking at getting some?
Well I popped back to a child care centre yesterday to hand back enrolment forms, and it couldn't have been better timed. The 3 staff members were sitting there organising the next years roster, and had our name in there hands. She remembered me (helps that my cousins son goes there) and said we have a 99.9% chance of getting in there, WOOHOO! I said I was so hoping I could get him in there, as I have found it one of the best centres I'd looked at. They'll let me know by the end of the week. We won't actually need the child care til Thursdays and Fridays as of May, but I've decided to put him in for Thursdays as of Feb or March - to get him use to being away in slowly and kinda have my spot as if worst came to worst my mum could look after him Fridays, it's just Thursdays I definitely need.
Question - with introducing of foods, I had been waiting the 3 days to introduce new things (only fruit and vegies at this stage) - do you's all wait the 3 days? Sometimes when I've done new vegies for dinner I think about giving it to Cameron to try, but as usually I'd only introduced a new food the day before I don't.
Cameron also is very close to crawling. He does one knee forward then stops. Or he'll go one knee then get his feet kinda trip him. I think he'll be crawling by christmas day, possibly even by next week. He is soo determined to do it, you can see it in his face.
Well I can here Cameron talking (that's good, as I really hate waking him).
Hi Girls
Well i haven't been on for a few days, its been chaotic around here so no time really and yesterday i tried but think BB was down. Anyhoo i have had a busy week organising Secondary school for Maddi, with orientation day, meetings, unifroms, books, graduation night oh it has been exhausting. Poor little man has been dragged everywhere but has been very well behaved when out and just a little monster at home. He is really a big handlefull to get too sleep during the day now, sleeps great at night usually 8.30 to 6.30 but during the day he like to power nap and i want my good day sleeper back. The house looks like a pigsty as i dont seem to get a chance to do anything during the day, hamish has become very clingy and all i here is mummm mumm mummm kinda wish he never learnt the word sometimes, no only kidding. It is very frustrating to go from a two hour sleep morning and afternoon to 30 min here and there, although i am hoping it is just his teeth and soon it will sort itself out. fingers crossed anyway. I know i probably shouldn't whinge as a few of you are still not getting much sleep at night sorry. Hamish got his first tooth yesterday and the other one is poking its way up also, the top o ne look not too far away either. He gets pretty kranky and savage with his hands in his month alot lately, poor little mite you gotta feel sorry for them. Dont understand why we are not born with them, would be alot easier. lol
Ok i better go get some housework done before work. Have a christmas party tomorrow night and mum is looking after kids at her place for the night, cant wait for the break ohhhhhh it will be fabulous. lol
Nikki- No offence taken... I BF DS til 3 months and with supply issues had to resort to bottle... Once i switched he was a different kid... no more waking every 2 hours day and night he turned into a good sleeper during the day and we had 3-4 hour stints at night. I have same issue as NaNa, DD wont take a bottle... she has had a few but its not consistent... Just wheni think yeah she drank one she'll refuse the next one... so i cant win... i've tried formula and EBM and she refuses both... Oh well... If my supply gets that low she'll end up taking a bottle if she's that hungry/thursty...
NaNa- bugger bout the Toxic Poop.. Ewwweee... we've got no visual on the top teeth yet but all other signs point to teething... Poor bubbas.... I feel so bad for them... Also i felt like screaming horray when i woke up full for a change... YAY on the porridge too...I havent tried that yet... Hmmm great idea though...
Bec- I have to do the same with DD also... Jordan will need to start few extra days to get ready for Big school after next yr and when i go back to work in May I'll have the 2 kids in care... Not sure how that will go 2 kids for 2 days... will have to speak with CL to see what my rebate will be to see if its worth it for me... Its 56 a day for DS and 58 a day for DD SO hoping i get a good rebate or it wont be worth sending them for me working 2 days.... I'll be working to pay for care...
Abb- sounds full on all the organising for DD's school next yr... gosh... mush be nerve racking thinking bout your DD going to Highschool... YAY on the tooth also... SOunds like everyone is having clingy issues... Must be another phase... YAY on the break for the chrissy party... enjoy...
Sass- Isnt it weird that men dont get plainly obvious hints... maybe next time you need to tell him straight i want thins.... lol... i was supposed to get a bracelet for chrissy from MIL and DP... Well MIL decided she's get us a plasma TV... WTF... i cant wear a plasma... I asked DP why she's think i wanted a TV.. (its like his and my present) he told me that he said it was a good idea... so i told him now he has to buy me the bracelet when the after chrissy sales are on... no cheap one cos its only him buying it... i want the one i wanted that they were going 1/2s in... LOL... So i know what its like to be well disapointed... Hope you have a good time...
Well best be off... DD is asleep finally 1st sleep for the day... best make some use of this time...
I am back after a while. I am having a little problem with Yasmeenia. For the almost a week or a week now, she has been sleeping 11pm. From 7pm (which use to be her bedtime) - 11pm, she doesn't sleep without me. She wakes up whenever I put her into her cot, she immediately wakes up. She only has one nap during the day. Today she has slept for 15 minutes. You can see it in her eyes she is tired. Last night I had to sleep with her. We went to bed at 11pm. Woke up at 6am for a feed, went back to sleep at 7am and woke up at 10:30am. Now it is 3:35pm and she slept for 15 minutes. I am getting a little worried about her and this pattern. She won't sleep without me. She falls alseep in my arms while feeding or sleeps with me. At night time we sleep together. She only sleeps in her cot during the day.
Has anyone had similar problems with their DD/DS? Any advice? It's Sunday so I can't call my health nurse until Thursday.
Hey girl22... Sorry to hear your having difficulties with Yasmeenia. Not much help but you coud try changing her routine by doing the feed play sleep cycle... This way bubs isnt feeding to sleep. I started the cycle by feeding after bubs woke up (well about 15-20 mins after she woke up. I then let bubs play as long as she can change activities, like 1st activity play mat, then high chair, then back to the floor with different toys. I do this until i noticed the 1st tired signs... I.e rubbing eyes, yawning, getting grumpy i then change her nappy put the dummy in and put her down in the cot put on the mobile and walk out... No conversation no eye contact. I do this a few times if needed. Sometimes she just wont sleep and will just continuously scream and if that happens i pick her up still no words or eye contact and patt her and rock her with the music going. after she quietens down i put her back down restart the music and begin again... she eventually gets the hint that its sleep time... Might take a few days of this but she'll learn that sleep time is sleep time and feed time is feed time... It breaks that cycle of feeding to sleep and the closeness (cuddles) she needs to get to sleep... Also at night i break the day sleep routine by booby feeding then 30-40 mins after that we do the solid feed (just like morning time (breakfast) but after solid feed we have a little play then bath massage, quiet time where everyone is sitting down lightss dimmed, we talk calmy maybe sing a few songs or read books then its time for bed and we do the same technique of dummy, music blankets on. Also no talking and no eye contact... All i do is soothingly say goodnight baby girl when i close the door but only cos she knows now...
I hope you have some luck... It takes time but you have to be consistant. i remember we had weeks of crying but thankfuly now we have no more feeding to sleep.
Well the weekend went well... DD is getting around everywhere. today however she made her way accross the lounge room to the coffee table and pulled the remote down on herself... She cried with real tears and was sobbing... it was so heart breaking this little cry... as of tomorrow i have to start baby profing the house... everything that can be moved will be... I need more storage space... After chrissy sales i'll be spending up big on new furniture and storage ideas...
Well best be off time for dinner... BBL if anyone else posts
Very frustrating but i don't always give in but sometimes i do its a hard one.
which is good for me lol !!!
she's woken up so happy and i finally have my porn star boobs back... lol havent been full like this for ages... She had a feed and is playing happily on the mat... what a change a good sleep makes... i'm hoping she stays this happy most of the day... its raining and i need to get some things done... 
she's not crawling on all 4s yet but does this weird army crawl effectivebut so funny to watch... she looks like... hmmm cross between a fish out of water and a frog but only uses one leg at a time to move up... lol
It's great to have you back more often! Has Abbie started getting another tooth yet? DS had a temp last night and was crying in pain, toxic poo again (TMI) and has been super-clingy-velcro-baby for a few days now, and this morning there's a white bump on his top gums. Poor kid, he's copped a lot this week!
hope today goes well with the sleeping patterns for you! Feels so good to sleep more than 5 minutes, hey? Well, it feels like 5 minutes, doesn't it? I'm hanging out for my book to arrive, but last night was actually pretty good after the initial hour or two of interruptions, crying, Teething Relief and eventually panadol! Asleep from 9 to 2:45, a feed and then sleep again till 6:15. This morning he had an hour and a half nap from 8:30, and then OMG scoffed a whole bowl of porridge and wanted more! No silly games, just mouth open wide waiting for the spoon! Amazing... and another nap straight after. 
so i told him now he has to buy me the bracelet when the after chrissy sales are on... no cheap one cos its only him buying it... i want the one i wanted that they were going 1/2s in... LOL... So i know what its like to be well disapointed... Hope you have a good time... 
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