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
nana: nah my birthdya is 16th so next tues. i dont think he is smart enough to organise anythign else and make me think we r goign on the boat to put me off lol.
he is tryin to do somethign nice but he just thinks about wat he likes not put the effort into doing somethign i would like.
i have been dropping hints about goign to this place that has a day spa but i guess i wasnt obvious enough lol.
bec: good idea about putting him in daycare earlier that way u can work otu any upsets b4 u really need the care and cant go back to sort it all out.
I had this kid come to me once she had never been alone with anyone not even her father and the parents were together. she only lasted 3 days cause she had this real high pitched squeel cry that lasted the whole tiem the mother was gone.
ABB: have fun at ur chrissy party. i dont get one this yr Dh has already had his.
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 might be off line for a while as my computer keeps freezing and bringin up some stupid message, its not a virus apparently something to do with one of the hard drives argh i was so angry yesterday i thought i had lost all abbies baby photo's but luckyly i havn't it took me all day yesterday to get them off one at a timeas thats all it would let me do
ok so i will post this and then edit it with personals just incase it freezes againthat is does not.
Ok well see how this goes!
Jess and nana i do know how you feel cody would not take a bottle either and never did! I BF him till he was about 15months old but it worked for us and eventually i weaned him off and he started sleeping alittle better, i suppose all babies are different. Thats why i made sure from the first week with my second two babies that they had a bottle every few days, but who knows i don't think that would of helped cody either he just loved his BM. I think that its great that you are still bf well done especially to jess!!!
Nana yes there are 6 in total going to his school and there are 3 others in his class which is great, his best mate at kindy is going to another school but they are both going to play soccer together next year so that will be great.
Bec abbie's second tooth is alomost out as well, she is so good she has hardly been whingy with her teeth, i swear by the teething gel SM33 it is the best. I actually used it myself when i was pregnant and my wisdom teeth were playing up(its the only tim they play up is when i am pregnant) and it totally numbs it no pain don't even know its there. It does not taste the best but hey if it works i say use it. Yeah for nearly crawling how cool, abbie is only going backwards on her tummy. on the food thing i haven't been waiting the three days but i do know its the best. oh my goodness my computer just froze but then came back i am going to save now phew it worked!!!! On the childcare thats a great idea starting him early cause atleast if you want ot stay for a while the first few days or something you will be able to. Hope you get in but by the sounds of it you will.
Abb hope that hamish teeth aren't giving him too much greif. Yeah on the new school for maddi how exciting, abbie started saying yeah yeah yeah its so cute and i swear she said DAD yesterday grrrrrrrrrrrrr i looked at her and said you better not be saying dad and she just smiled at me !!!!!!!!!! Only because they always say bloody dad first i have been saying to her for weeks mum mum mum and nothing. Who feeds her changes her pooey bum pushed her out to give her life MUM not DAD!!!! only kidding i don't mind as long as she can talk but i really want her to say mum he he he he.
Sassy Happy birthday for next tuesday if i am not able to be back here!!!
Jess by the sounds of it your supply is great don't worry about her not taking the bottle it won't be long before they could have there milk in a cup anyway thing are going so quickly they will be one before we even blink.
Take care and hopefully i will be back soon
sorry if i have missed anyone just and sorry about the typo's just really tried to do this quickly
Nikki
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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
Thanks Jess. That's so great advice. I will try it as from tonight. She is no sound as sleep on the lounge. I should change my routine. I always feed her to sleep, always. And when we sleep together she is close to me. I guess she is use to that. 6 months of cuddling and sleeping with me whenever possible.
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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