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Jess i hope you are feeling better soon, poor thing how will you manage the kids? do you have anyone that can give you a break for a few hours so you can rest?
Bec i was thinking the same thing, everyone must be busy or on holidays. With the big morning sleep, hamish did that this morning and only had a small afternoon one, he changes his sleep patterns a fair bit now but still is a good sleeper, sounds like cam is the same.
Sass i hear you with the sooking atm hamish is the same, i cant even walk past him without him sooking, must be the age as i know a few others are having the same probs atm.
:clap::clap: hamish has just started clapping hands and waving it is so cute, anyone else's bubs doing it, i think he learnt it from his cousin (14months).
Just wondering how many milk feeds everyone's bubs are having now?
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Hi All,
Jess - Hope you feel better soon, I couldn't imagine how i'd cope being sick and having to look after kids too. I hope there is someone you can call on to help for a few hours. Glad Tiahna's sleeping well for you though, at least you can try and get a half decent nights sleep (except your throats probably too sore to fall asleep easily hey :rolleyes:)
Sassy - I think we must all be going through this seperation anxiety they tend to get at the 7 month mark. Cameron's also been very sooky, but at least he's seems to be on and off. Today I was over it though, he just seemed to groan all day :wall:. I almost felt like sending mum a message asking if she would like to foster him for a few days as she hadn't seen him for almost 2 weeks as they have been away. Sorry your holiday is up. At least it should be easier with the new times for you though hey.
Abb - How cute Hamish is clapping and waving, very clever too :clap:. I think Cam is waving, only started over the last week or so. It's hard to tell though whether he is waving on purpose or waving his arm around cause it feels good. Can't get him to clap...been trying though for a few months. I'm constantly singing clapping songs like "open shut them", "if your happy and you know it clap your hands" and "clap hands, clap hands, daddy come home" and helping him clap. Guess it'll happen when I least expect it like everything else. On the milk feeds - I'm still doing 4, one at wake up, then 4 hours later, usually about 11.30, where I keep him awake til next sleep at 2-2.30, I usually feed him just before this sleep, which he usually starts to pass out during or while burping (that feeds not usually a big one though), then still doing an exbm for bed time.
Girl - How's Yasmeenia been? Any luck with her sleeping? Did you manage to get in contact with the sleep school yet?
Well I think I might call it a night, looking forward to tossing and turning cause I can't get to sleep (not)...I hate this phase I'm going through:o ...GRRR!!
Bye for now
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Well DP left at 3 this morning... :( poor thing is getting a sore throat also... (ha ha... He showed no sympathy towards me and whinged all day cos i did nothing..) Shtill no relief this morning... Hoping it isnt too much longer before it clears up... Its so painful... My back and legs are still sore also... I have no one to help out.. MIL is back at work and tonsilitis is contagious so i wouldnt ask anyone else incase they caught it... Its aweful... I get it amost every year but unless you get it more then 3 times a year the wont remove them... its a PITA...
Good news is DD slept all night... 1 little sook but i popped the dummy back in and covered her up and she went back to sleep til 7 so that was great... Although i havent been sleeping much...
Sass- IMO... Your friend went into hiding cos she was preggas...
i also read about this stage of separation anxiety... (DD's had it since birth... lol) No but seriously its usually around the 6-8 month mark.... I really hope DD gets over it soon...
Abb- I forgot to mention about a week ago that DD started clapping... Its sooo cute... When she does something funny or new we clapp and go crazy (like OVER encouragement... lol) i think she learnt after all the clapping we did when she learnt to cralw and then started on the JJ again... Now she she gets excited she claps... LOL... Its cute... Not sure what the milestons age for clapping is??? was meaning to do some googling to see if its an early or late thing... i know every bubs is different but in every mums mind we'd like to think our own babies are gifted... HAHA... I like to measure up on where she is in the milestone age charts... Sad isnt it
On the milk feeds.. DD has been getting quite hungry for solids.. She refused milk now and gets very sooky... I thiught she was saying Mum heaps but i realised when i feed her solids she makes this "mm mmm yummm mm mm " kinda sound... I now now that its her wanting to eat... LOL...
5.30-7 am -she has breast after wake up, sits in Hi-chair for 1/2 hour then JJ for 1/2 hour then floor 1/2 hour, Solid feed (either whole jar sized feed or 1/3) If she has 1/3 we have 3 feeds a day) 1/2 hour of more playing and maybe small bottle of warm water (rarely)
then another sleep anywhere from 1.30-3 which is about 1 1/2-3 hours depending on noise etc and another BF when she wakes then play etc... at about 4.30-5 we have solid then bath, massage play for little bit then more snuggle sometimes she likes to have little bit of what were having and then bottle and bed by 7.30-8... she only has about 100-150ml of bottle tho...
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Bec,
I haven't contacted them yet. We are having problems with our phone company, so the home phone isn't connected yet but we have internet connectiong, ironic huh?:rolleyes: Things haven't changed with her sleeping. Last night I had to go to bed with her at 9:30pm because she wasn't settling and whenever I placed her in her cot, she woke up crying. Now she is 7 months and very controlling. She does these crys without tears. Now its 6:44am and we woke up. The situation is not so good. Sometimes she can go to bed really late. Maybe say 11pm. From 7:30pm til late I struggle with getting her to sleep because she won't sleep without me, will cry when she goes down into her cot, and things ain't looking good as summer classes start this Thursday. I first wanted to speak to my health nurse, tell her about the situation and so she can recommend me to someone good that can help me with Yasmeenia's sleeping. Her day naps are good. She has 2 naps, one hour each.
She is very muched attached to me.:lol: Sometimes when I disappear she cries, Haha. Or if she is busy, she doesn't notice and as soon as she does, more cries. Always giving DH big smiles. I just love this stage. She loves when I read to her. I even give books to her, she looks at the pictures, turns pages and brings the pictures close to mouth. Lol.
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Girl... - doesnshe sleep in the cot during the day???
Ok some more suggestions... Wrap her up... if its hot reduce clothing and use a muslin wrap... or cotton cot sheet... i know its hard cos there getting bigger but is she's liking the comfort of you then it might help...
feed her her milk (breast of bottle what ever your doing) then an hour later try a solid feed... it might help her stay full... (like warm veges or something... Then try a nice warm bathwith some lavender, then give her a long slow massage Avoid eye contact and say nothing. Get her dressed then wrap her up, put her dummy in while holding her then put her straight into bed. Put on a mobile or what ever music you use then walk straight out... No talking or eye contact... (thats important shows you mean business)
If she cries leave her for 5 mins... if she is still crying go in and do it again, dummy, music out... still no talking or eye contact. then if she is still crying wait another 5 mins etc... if this time she is unwrapped dont pick her up just say nothing avoid eye contact re wrap her in the cot and again dummy, music, out... you need to be strong... i know its hard it took us a good 2 weeks to get her to self settle... everynight we had to do the same thing... it kills me to hear her screaming... I used to have a shower after the 1st put down then wash up after the 2nd then put rubbish out and feed the dogs etc... just something to get away from the situation... you need the tough love especially now... they are working out how to wrap us around their fingers... lol... if after a week this still isnt working you may have to try something else... maybe when you put her down patt her for a while... she could be worried you'll go and not come back... (seperation anxiety) but then she may need this patting every night...
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Jess,
She does sleep in her cot during the day. From 7:30pm til 9:30pm, I have tried to put her to sleep. She has woke up 4 times since then. She wakes up, I feed her to sleep. Put her down, and she wakes up within 10 minutes.
I have read about the separation anxiety before she even experienced it. To be quiet honest, I am not ready for a fight tonight. It's 9:50pm - she is awake. I am exhausted and a little upset. I called my child health nurse, left her a message and will just wait for her call. I seriously need to go to the sleep school.
DD doesn't like dummies, since she was 2 months old. The music mobile doesn't put her to sleep rather she becomes playful.I can't wrap her because she would unwrap herself and start sucking on the sheet, also am a little fearful she might put it over her face. By the way, I stopped wrapping her when she was 2 months old. I can't do the tough love because she can cry up to an hour. She doesn't stop crying. Thank you so much for your advice;). I might try it tomorrow, am too tired tonight to put up a fight.
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Girl... I can imagine how you must be feeling... I was going through the same... Its only been the last few days that DD has started having only 1 wake up at night... I know its exhausting andit really does your head in... its extremely hard to get on top of sleep issues when your tired worn out and need a break... the thing is (from experience) the more you put it off the worse it can become... My DS liked to feed to sleep and the change over from arms to cot was a hassle every night and day sleep until i eventually had enough and started laying him on the lounge to seed from the bottle and i'd let him sleep there just so i could get some sleep in... I didnt do the STAY over at the sleep school but got some great tips and advice from them... maybe phone them and see if they can give you some info over the phone or they sometimes have day classes/information days etc...
Its hard to help people on here cos advice sounds like your "telling" people what to do its hard to express your sympathy and kindness and i realise sometimes what i say (type) doesnt come across how i mean it too... so hard without expression of voice...
Sleep school will help you to get yasmeenia to "self settle" thats is homestly they key to the begining. once she can learn that she doesnt need that feeding to fall asleep she'll be able to wakeup andthen realise she can just get comfy again and fall back to sleep... i really hope your CHN gets back to you and if she doesnt i would just call Ngala... you sound like you really need a break...
Do you have anyother kind of music??? The mobile i have has a switch for movement and sound or just sound... At night i just use sound as it makes her the same "playful" i also have a projector type musical thingy... it was from when DS was a baby... Its winnie the pooh and it lights up the roof and walls with pictures and plays a song... it puts her to sleep cos she stares at the moving pictures for so long her eyes get dry and it makes her sleepy. Also the dummy have you tried it recently... my DD would never take one until she hit about 5 months...
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Hi All,
Girl - Sorry your still having issues with Yameenia sleeping. Hope your CHN gets back to you soon about the sleep school or like Jess said, just call them directly. Best to do is asap, as sometimes it can take a week or so to get them booked in.
Jess - How you feeling? Is your throat feeling better (or at least better enough to give you some sleep). I just also wanted to mention that when I read your advise, I can always hear your sympathy/kindness in your typing...you have a good way with words (wish I could say the same :rolleyes:). I can almost imagine you actually saying it.
Not much happening here. Cameron was very sooky and groany yesterday. I even sent that message to mum asking if she wanted to foster him...she gladly excepted...but we managed to get through it on our own. I think he just needed a good routined day at home with plenty of catch up sleep. He slept 2.5hrs in the arvo and seemed to wake up as my good old happy Cameron. So far he's been happy today :crossfingers:. Oh Jess - I think Cameron has started doing that funny hard to explain grunting noise, ours had a kinda push noise to it. Very frustrating noise...:o
Cameron has started to try to stand up. So far it has just been when I've (or DH) been laying on the ground with him, he'll crawl over to us, and use our legs or tummy to lean on while he pushes up to his feet. Yesterday he even took a little step forward, like closer to me. Scary how fast he is learning stuff. I would prefer he learnt to walk soon though, as our carpet and floors are a little old and a little rough and cracked for his little knees.
I must babble to much, as no-one answered my question last week :doh: ... :rofl:
Has anyone given there bubs cow's milk yet? I was thinking about putting on his morning cereal (would be much easier then having to express it for his cereal every day). How did your bubs go with it? Or if not given yet, when are you likely to give it a go?
Well, that's all for me for now. I'll probably be back later as just having another at home day.
Bye for now
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Bec i havent given Hamish cows milk yet but mum made him custard the other day and then rang me to say she had put cows milk in it but he only had a few teaspoons. I use formula for hamish's cereal in the mornings as i am having trouble expressing atm. I gave my dd cows milk in food at around 10 months i think. Ikwym about them learning things so fast, they are growing so quickly it almost makes me want a newborn again.
Girl i hope you can get yasmeena's sleep issues sorted for you soon, it must be very exhausting and frustrating for you.:hug: I now know why they use sleep deprivation as a term of torture in some country's as that is certainly what it is torture.
Jess i hope you are feeling a bit better now and had no wake ups from Tiahna last night.
Nothing new to report here really, Hamish seems to have his sleep back to normal now but his top teeth are still bothering him, they seem to be taking forever. Hamish is talking so well its amazing, he watches my mouth all the time and then tries to mimic what i say it is very cute. He is still not crawling properly cant seem to get arms and legs in co-ordination yet, he gets around everywhere fine but i wouldnt actually call it crawling.
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girl" i am in the same boat as u at the mo. i have tried the controlled crying but she just screams forever and pulls the air wrap off the cot and plays with it while she is screaming. it takes about 2 hrs to get her to sleep and i have to wait until sh eis dead asleep b4 i can put her int he the cot. her day sleeps r liek this too. she was a great sleeper she still sleeps through but it is just getting her to sleep that is the prob.
i was thinkin of changing her bottles and soilds around abit so she has a bottle b4 bed. at the mo her last bottle is at 7 and we rnt gettin her to bed till 930 to 10
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Hi all... I felt so bad for Girl and yasmeenia that i didnt feel like i should post about myself... :redface: But since all of you wonderful ladies asked...
Still sick... my throat is still sore and my muscles are acheing again... Not sure if its from being sick or from the excercise i have been doing... i did 2 40 min Wii sessions yesterday and have been walking so not sure if its my body satying "arrggghhh whats going on" hehe... So unfit... I have a long way to go so its just training myself to get back into things again... Just sitting down for lunch ( i know its early but i have been up since 5am.) have washed and hung out 2 loads of washing... about to do hang out 2 more and i have vaccummed the carpet, swept and mopped the tiles havent stopped... Been dancing round trying to shake the aches and pains and trying not to sit round and feel sorry for myself...
Yesterday i have a whinging baby and a disobiedient 4 yr old and strained my voice so could hardly speak until the late arvo and then again this morning it happened again...
4 pm DD was so tired i fed her solid bathed her and gave her a bottle and she was asleep by 5pm... she woke up at about 11.30 ( i was still awake, DP isnt home and i have trouble going to an empty bed) i had no milk from the 38+ degree day we had and i had to give her a bottle but she didnt wake or even stir til 5.30 which was ok cos i was up with my acheing throat.. :wall:
Today she has been ok she's been asleep for bout 1/2 hour... i think she has really been mising the floor time... I just havent had the energy to chase her round the house so i have kinda restricted her to the highchair or JJ.. So she had a goot wander round before she showed her tired signs... Cried for bout 5 mons but is sound asleep... hoping for at least another hour... :pray: I want this house imacculate by the end of the week for DP... Which means i'm chucking the ***** out while he isnt here... HEHE...
Bec- Thanks heaps... its quite difficult to express feelings through typing.. i mean i say it in my head as i type but when i read it back later it sound like i have no emotion or feeling... I really get a connection to you all when i read your posts... i think cos i'm so worried about how i sound that i read all of your posts how i would say them... And you all have kind words... I have never been offended or taken back by anything on here... Its such a lovely thread we have here... The noise DD makes is aweful i feel your pain... DS says that DD is trying to poop when she makes the noise so there is another discription for the noise... :ROFL: WOW at Cam trying to stand... DD is obcessed with jumping ATM... The JJ has made her legs stringer but now she you stand her up and bends her knees to try and bounce... As for the cows milk i think in small quantaties it sould be fine i have used it to make custard for her and she was fine... its only a small amount... The GP told me if i had supply issues that i could give her2 parts cows milk 1 part water?? (not sure if he was 100% sure on that) she was fine on the small amounts no reaction
Abb- I was looking through some pics and OMG how small were they... its amazing at how fast they have grown... my little baby is nowalmost a toddler... few more months and we'll all be having 1st birthdays... (with DD there will be a few of us on here celebrating on the same day... 29th May... ) R hamishes top teeth cut????
Also how many of your bubs have all 4 front teeth... DD has had all 4 cut and showing for few weeks now and people keep saying how thats early??? :dunno:
Sass- maybe change the routine with Jayda... quiet time at night is good for relaxing and settling down before bed... bath, massage, milk snuggle and a quietly read book... thats what we do here... Then i tell everyone "Tiahna is going to bed now she would like a kiss good night... DP and DS both come over and give her last cuddle and kiss and then once there finnished i say good night kiss her and thats the last thing i say when i walk to her room i look everywhere else but her put the dummy in while i have her in my arms and lay her down put the music on and out... i stick to the same thing EVERY night... It took A LONG TIME to get to this point thou... it takes persistance and reptition... .... (and now your all rolling your eyes thinking ... Pfffttt shethinks she's a know it all... i dont its just advice i got and it is working)
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jess: hope ya feeling better soon. i am tryinto get on the fit alot more did 10mint his morning hahahaha.
dont worry i dont think u think u know everything hahaha did that make sense.
i am open to any suggestions.
how r everyones sleeps going a thte mo? jayda seems to have a sleep around 10 (if i can get her to) and i went to put her back down again b4 but i think it might be too early maybe again about 2pm?
she usually has bottles at 7 11 3 7 but has been wanting the mornign one earlier. do u think i should try to stock her up on a bit of water at solids at 7pm and then give her a bottle at 830?
i know all this is prob my fault we have absolutly no routine of a night for bath tea sleep or anythign so i think we need to start that lol i was tryin to do early baths b4 DH gets home be i think i might do a b4 bed one. its so hard Dh doesnt get home till 7pm and he wants to play with jayda but he stirs her so much. i dont wanna tell him not to play with her.
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Sass- My DP does the same stirs up the kids before bed... I guess its hard if he's getting home at that time... Maybe try to make her bed time a little later but then still he'd work her up... I hate telling DP not to work her up... but its hard... our "routine" (not really set in stone) but most days we have wake up 5-7am... milk solid 1 hour later, usually at 9.30-10 she is having a nap say 40 mins then again at 1.30-3pm she'll go down for another usually a bigger sleep say 1 1/2 - 3 hours
Today however its SOOOO hot she woke up at 5.30 had boob, refused solid but wanted to feed herself so i gave her dried fruit and a carrot stick and some cuccumber slices to chew on... then she wanted more milk so i feed her again she had a long play on the floor and was back asleep at 11.15am and to my shock horror she is still sleeping like a baby... its fantastic... i've done so much today... feeling great even though deep down i'm in pain... HAHA
Sass- maybe DP can havea quiet snuggle with her maybe make his time with her special by reading a book orfeeding herher bottle... this way its bonding time and not too much excitement... ???
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Hi All,
Sassy - Our routine is pretty much
6.30 wake, play
7.00 milk, little play (usually in his playstation thing, while I eat breakie)
7.30 food, little play in high chair
8-8.30ish bed
10-11ish wake, play
11.30 milk, little play til milk settles (Cam's still a little bit chucky, but not as bad as it once was)
12.30 food, play in high chair (I usually try to eat lunch here)
1.00 play on floor or lately been going for a swim
1.45-2ish milk
2-2.30 bed
4.30 wake, play
5.30 food, play in high chair (usually prepare dinner here, depending on what's on the menu...sometimes if i'm really organised I'll make it while he sleeps in the arvo)
6.00 bath
6.30 milk (as I'm still bf, this one has always been an expressed bottle), little play
7-7.30 bed
Play time can be anything from with toys on the floor, peek-a-boo, singing, reading, even playing with the spoon after his food, or give him a rusk or lately starting on finger foods. I also give him some water in a sippy cup, which keeps him amused for a while (not sure he drinks that much, but I'm sure he's getting some...he'll work it out).
IKWYM about DH wanting to play with Jayda when he gets home. My DH is the same with Cam, most days he gets home about 6-7pm (varies depending on traffic as he drives trucks and the depot is along Brisbane river). Is it possible you could delay bath so that DH baths/showers with her or dries her. Does he give her the last bottle? I've also put the routine up on the fridge so he can understand my day a little more - which seems to have made a difference.
Abb - Glad Hamish is sleeping better again. Hope those teeth hurry up. We don't seem to be having top teeth issues...yet..but I'm sure it's not far away.
Jess - I don't think its that early they have there 4 teeth. My cousin's son had 4 at 4months, and 8 by 8months. Another girl at mothers group daugther has all her 1st lot of teeth by 6months. I don't know that many bubs, but going by that it seems quite normal. Yeah, it's amazing how much you can get done when you put your mind to it...and bubs remains asleep. Had that day yesterday...but today I'm letting us down, feeling rather tired (still having trouble sleeping :wall:)
Well, this is one of those organised days....dinner is cooking. Doing a lamb casserole, which is probably really stupid as it is sooo hot here today. But as I am cooking a lamb hot pot for Cameron and had extra lamb, thought i may as well cook it up for us too. Think Cam's dinner is ready...better go mush.
Bye for now
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well yesterday i changed her bottles slightly instead of her last bottle at 7pm i gave her a half bottle at 6 then gave ehr some finger food while we were eating then bath at 730, massage, sleeping bag on then bottle at 8 and she went to sleep while having bottle and stayed alseep didnt even wake when i put her int he cot. hopefully t his wasnt just a fluke.
i was reading this thing yesterday saying that from 7 to 9 motnhs they shoudl be on 3 bottles a day does this seem like too little?
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Sass- Fingers crossed its a new start for you... I think 3 sound to little but hey everybaby is different...
Bit of a downer today... we've been having BF issues... with this 38-40 degree heat my supply had dissapeared... I'm drinking 3-4 litres of water a day and peeing like crazy but its not having any effect on supply... i think the no night feeding is resulting in no production.... yesterday i put her on and she had few sucks and was pulling teh nipple in her mouth ets... i tried to squeeze some out but nothing... i tried for bout 40 mins (20 mins each side) in the end she got so cranky i ended up feeling pretty miserable so i gave her a bottle... She downed 100 mls in like 2 sec so i made anothe 100 mls and she drank all but about 10 mls... :doh: poor little bubs is so hungry cos she obviously isnt getting much if not any... i tried for every feed after that and same thing.. this morning, after all the water i had yesterday and a few times i got up to use the pump as extra stimulation (with no results) she had a bit but after 2 mins same thing so i switched sides she fed for few minuted then same thing trying to squeeze my boob and pulling the nipple with her mouth and after 3 bites i gave in to a bottle... My boobs just arent filling up at all... its sad to say but i think BF is almost over... so a very sad day... Not sure if the excercising and diet have made it happen quicker theni expected (which is why i put it off so long i t happened with my DS)
But on a better note... DD slept from 9.30 -6 this morning... YAY.... also went for a good walk this morning with the kids still sick but not feeling sorry for myself...
Bec- your routine sounds great... wish we had a regular routine... would make things easier...
well best be off the house wont clean itself...
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We had the night from hell last night, poor hamish it was just so out of character for him i think i am still in shock. I gave him his bottle at 7.30 as usual then he had a little play and was in bed around 8.15 then woke at 9pm screaming and didnt stop until 3 am.
He was sneezing alot yesterday but i thought it was just the change in weather etc as i get hayfever and thats what happens to me, but i think it might be start of a cold. He just wouldnt settle for me and Dp tried a few times but still no sleep, i got him to sleep in pram about 1am but he only stayed asleep around 15mins so i resorted to taking him for a drive in the car at 3am he was asleep before we reached the end of the street. Arrived home and he stayed asleep while i put him to bed but then woke again at 5.15 then i settled him with a bit of a feed but he didnt have alot because he could not breathe properly and was getting distressed. He then slept until 8 and Dp gave him formula as he wouldnt drink from me. I think it maybe his top teeth but not sure if he is getting sick, never have i heard him cry in so much pain, even with nurofen, panadol and sm33 he had no relief. I am just hoping he can sleep alot during today to get some rest and hopefully shake whatever is wrong. Dp has taken the morning off work to help and i tried to have a sleep but as usual i cant seem to sleep during the day.
Sass - glad jayda slept well for you, fongers crossed the new routine works for you. I think maybe 3 bottles is not enough either, hamish has 4 feeds atm.
Jess - i know how you feel with supply issues, i am thinking my feeding days are over, hamish would much prefer a bottle now and i think it is because i simply have no supply left, i am happy i have got this far though as i only fed dd for 6 weeks so it is a vast improvement.
Bec - our routine is similiar to yours but if we are out and about it is often out of whack, but usually with the exception of last night things work well.
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Oh Abbie that sounds aweful... Hope you and hamish can get some rest in... Poor little guy... Poor you and DP aswell... Hopefuly he's not getting sick and its just teething
Also i'm happy i got to 6 months let alone 7... I just LOVE it so much and the bonding, closeness and well the fact that it has to be me feeding her... I makes you feel good knowing you are making your baby grow...
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Hi ladies
Abb sorry to hear about hamish's bad night last night :-( Hopefully he sleeps well today to make up for last night. Poor little man. Abbie still only has two teeth and it does not even look like anymore are coming.
Jess i am glad that tiahna is sleeping well for you it must make it a bit easier cause you are sick. And on the BF you have done such a great job to get this far along, well done and don't be to dissapointed you have done so well. Hope you feel better soon! on the teeth thing my boys had more then four at this age, to me abbie is slow cause she only has two!! They are all different and its better to get them over and done with i think:D
Sassy it does sound to little amount of bottles, but like others have said every baby is different, abbie has between 4 to 6 bottles a day just depending. I just take it as it cmes cause she is not going to drink it if she des not want it. ALthough she does have the habit of only drinking half which is frustrating.
Bec no i have not given abbie cows milk yet, but saying that she does sit in her high chair at dinner time and i will give her some of my mashed potato which has cows milk in it but she does not have alot.
Oh my goodness there are soooo many posts here to catch up on! Sorry if i have missed anyone i will try and get back daily so that i don't have as much to catch up on:doh:
Take care
Nikki
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Thanks Jess and Nikki he has been asleep now for 3 hours and still sound asleep, poor bubba must be exhausted. I hope he wakes my happy little man and not the grumpy screaming boy i had last night..
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yeah i think 3 is too little as well but it is a min amount. i was just looking for things of when to cut them down. like when they r 1yo they usually r on cows milk or just starting and from wat i have read and people i know they only have like one in mornign and one at night kinda thing. so i am thinkin that u wouldnt cut out 2 to 3 bottles srtaight away i thought u would slowly cut one out every few months?
so at the mo jayda is having 4 bottles once water and formula r in it makes up to 240mls and she usually always leaves 60mls so she is having 180 x4.
Does any of this make sense. i have asked int eh solids/bf/formula section but the answers were do watu think. i know every baby is dif but i would like a rough idea.
last time i went to baby clinic our normal guy was on hols and this lady there told me to have jayda down to 3 bottles by 8 months 2 by 10 months and 1 by 1year but this really didnt sound right ot me.
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Sass i looked it up for you and they say
3-4 bottles (200ml water + formula) some formula is different amount i suppose a day for 6 - 8 months then
2-3 bottles (200ml water + formula)8-10 months and then
1-2 bottles (200ml water + formula) for 10-12months.
In me saying earlier 3 bottles doesnt sound enough Hamish has had only 3 bottles today 200ml + formula he drank every last drop. This is his first day on just formula and he slept for 3 1/2 half hours this morning so only had a bottle when he woke and one about 2pm and then one 7.30pm.
Yes i have put him on bottle i am a little sad about it but i have to be proud of getting this far as i never imagines i would be able to achieve 3 months let alone 7.
Hamish has been sound asleep since 8pm now so i am hoping he will be in for the night, i think i will try head to bed shortly myself as with only 3 hours last night i am exhausted.
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Abb- dont be sad... i was feeling down all day today and as a result have kinds blown my healthy eating plan (although did get the excercise part right) wtching MY booby monster devour bottle today really upset me... No fussing about taking them anymore... i should be happy cos it was a challange but i just felt like i let the team down... But she too had been sleeping better so i know she's getting what she needs finally... you should be proud... as am i but it is hard to get around it... Mum guilt is bad...
The way i see it is bubs lets you know what they want... the studies show now that the toddler milk is better for babies now then cows milk so i dont see the need to CUT milk down if bubs doesnt want too... all babies do things when they are ready.... JMO...
DD certainly lets me know when she wants solids now... she starts to say YUM MUM MMMMUM kinda and she smaks her lips together and gets a bit angry if you dont get it for her or at least mention it...
I think once they start to want more solid food that there milk want and need will drop... its been hot here again but DD wont drink water... (think she's used to booby milk in that respect) so today she had kinda booby feed on wake up, 100 ml bottle then about 70 mls after that (so total of 170 mls) then 150 mils at about 11- slept for 2 hours played for an hour had solid played 1/2 hour and the another 150 mls at about 2.45 and asleep by 3 then woke up at 4.30 played then 5.20 solid little play then bath then play another bottle 160 mls then she wanted booby- she was very persistant at grabbbing and pulling down my top gave me a hicky on my boob tryiong to find the nipple...lol.. she fed (not sure how much she got but was on for bout 5 mins then bed... So i'm up all alone and am bored so i'm off to clean something else... just did the bathroom might clean out the linnen cupboard... nite ladies
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yeah i am only worried cause she doesnt drink much water. she wants way more solids lately.
still no teeth.
jess: how long is ur hubby away for at a time?
abb: that is the info i seen.
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Hi All,
Abb - How's Hamish today/last night? I hope is feeling better. Cameron was like that the other month when he got sick...he seemed to sneeze alot the day before, then during the night he woke up screaming and you could hear he had a sore throat. Poor little bubba's...it's very upsetting when they are sick and there is not much you can do for them.
Nikki - Yeah, we are all a bunch of chatter boxes in here . I realised the only way to keep on top of it all was to 'try' to log on daily. Cameron's still only got the 2 teeth, but I'm thinking the next 1 is on its way. Not sure where though, but he is gnawing big time on the left side of his gums and the rosy cheeks have returned.
Sassy - It doesn't seem enough as 3 milks at this stage to me. Especially if she's not drinking all the bottle each time. I think my friend did the 4 til about 9 months, even though her chn kept telling her to cut it down from about 7months. And at 12months I would've thought they would have 2 milks a day (morning and arvo/night)...especially as DH and I love our milk, I think Cam would probably end up being the same. How's that new routine going, was it a fluke or did it work again last night.
Jess - Our routine did take a few days to make it work and adjust. It does make life alot easier, I can plan when to do house work and get on here!!! And instead of feeling disappointed your bfeeding days are almost over, maybe look at it as 'wow' I can't believe I made it this far. One of my new years resolutions is to be a glass half full person (not that i wasn't before, but I know I could do better). Good on you for doing housework when your bored...I probably should have done more housework myself instead of being on here :rolleyes:
Was just wondering how MisTree's doing... Are any of you's till in contact with MisTree - how's her little Stanky?
Well not much happening here. Mum's holiday away is over, so we are back to our regular Wednesday Nana Day. She was so amazed of how much Cameron has grown and learnt. We pretty much stayed at home, as this way she got lots of cuddles. In the arvo we went for a big walk (our area is very, very hilly). I got my local streets all mixed up, so we went a little further then expected, but felt better for it (my body disagreed though little achy this morning). Will try to do is again this arvo (if it stops raining...just finished pouring here a moment ago).
I gave Cameron some cow's milk in his cereal this morning. So far so good. All going well I would like to introduce some grated cheese in his vegies in the next few days. As I think I'd like to start giving him some of our leftovers, as he's pretty much had most of what we eat now.
Well that's all from me for now. Cam's almost due to wake.
Bye for now,
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Jess its hard not be upset but yes i am proud and Hamish had a breatfeed this morning he woke up but i have just given him a bottle now as he refused breast and just screamed so i made a bottle and he drank the lot 200ml.
Sass i go to mchn next week so i will ask but i think i would just go with your gut, Hamish drinks alot of water, probably around 50ml after each solid feed, have you tried giving it to jayda in a sippy cup?
Bec hamish slept well last night woke at 7 this morning, i put a tri pillow in his cot to elevate him, i know its probably not ideal for safety reasons etc but he seemed to be able to breath easier and i slept in his room so i was able to check a few times during noght anyway. I used cows milk also in Hamish' cereal this morning and in his custard yesterday. I am going to try cheese next week, he seems to get a bit chucky with yoghurt so i have stopped giving it to him.
I have been in contact a bit with Mis tree on facebook but not for a week or so, stak had a reaction to egg they think, someone gave him a spoon of pavlova on christmas day and he ended up in hospital but he is ok now.
I best go do some housework while hamish is sleeping, i have work tonight and am not organised at all.
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Abb- i'm still offereing boob but some feed she just screams... i'm not getting the letdown feeling and even when i try to squeeze some out i dont get much... and honestly i think she has gotten lazy to suck also... But today i am feeling better about it... she just downed 150ml from the 200ml bottle and this morning and had 100 mls then after 1/2 a bananna she had 40 mls of water... YAY 1st time... (i made it warm like the bottle) Glad hamish slept better and hope you did too...
I'm testing the bananna to see if it gives her an eczema flair up.. (chn told me it can cause a flair up) no reaction so far... Anyone else given bubs bananna... DD loved it but it was SOOO messy... hehe... she was covered in mushy goo... I just brought baby yoghurt so will try that... have given DD cheese but she didnt like it but is happy to eat a little bit of our cheesy pasta bake...
Bec - Also yeah i heard the same thing bout Stank on FB... Poor little boy... But he's ok so thats the main thing... do you have FB??? Wish we had some hills round here would make the walk a bit more challanging...
Sass- DP is away for just the week.... he doesnt go away often but every now and then they need him to go away for a week or 2... its not TOO bad... but the kids miss him heaps... (Mee too)
Wonder how NaNa is going???
Deancey, Mecil, girl, and Mis_tree, sarah H and NaNa missing... anyone else??? wow i have trouble keeping up and we are only 1/2 a group... hehe
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Jess i give Hamish banana almost every day, i find its a good thing to take with you if not sure how long you will be away from home, quick and easy. I mix banana in his custard and have just started giving Hamish bread, yesterday i put vegemite on it but today i mashed a bit of banana on it, he loves bread just like his mum.lol
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Hi everyone. I sincerely hope all the mothers and babies are doing well.
Yes, Jess I am here.
I received a phone call telling me my child health nurse is on leave for 4 weeks. I spoke to a CHN near my area- she was no good. Now I don't know what to do. I might call somewhere else tomorrow to see what they can do for me. I got Yasmeenia to sleep by 10:30pm tonight. It is 11:40pm now. The heat is really getting to her the poor thing. Since 10:30pm the air conditioner has been on. She doesn't sleep well without it. I noticed she wakes up within 10 minutes of me turning it off. Even during the night, she wakes up because she is hot, not because she wants to feed. She doesn't feed much at night. She would rather sleep but she does wake up crying usually wanting to know if I am there or goes back to sleep. Hopefully tomorrow is going to be easier. I also hope arrangements can be made for sleep school. Thanks for thinking about me Jess. I am still a little upset about her going to sleep late.
Summer classes started today. I need to buy my text book.
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Today, Yasmeenia had dinner with us. She ate the same food. Mini pasta, minced meat sauce with potatoe. She played around with it though. I feed her bread twice with butter, gets thrown around too. :lol: I seriously need to know how much she weighs, actually I am dying to know. I need to find a new CHN in this area.
Abb,
Tomorrow I am going to try bread with banana and bread with avcando the day after. She seems to like banana, so with bread should be good.
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Hey everyone! I'm back!!
It seems like forever! I've been trying to get on BB for the last week or more, but every time I got a chance to get online something would happen and I'd have to go, or BB wasn't working! And maybe I'm paranoid, but I stopped getting the daily digests by email and my ticker disappeared... :doh: anyway, we had a great time on our first family holiday, and it was a wonderful opportunity especially for DP to really bond with Aadi and spend some quality time together. I got to have a few breaks as well, and there was always someone around who wanted to play with Aadi or carry him for a bit.
He's grown SO much! He went for his first real swim in a freshwater lagoon in the middle of a forest, and then at the beach, and also at a rockpool in a rainforest creek. He loved it, especially the waves at the beach. There was a photographer staying with us at Christmas time, and we discovered Aadi's extroverted side. He just loved the attention and bright lights, and he's such a poser! Also, he's become extremely vocal, and every morning now he wakes up and babbles for a good half an hour. It would be cute if it wasn't so loud, and at 4.30!! Every couple of days for the last 2 weeks he's started a new sound, and he practises them all together before pulling my hair and kicking me to get me up and out of bed. Such a bully! :) Today it's "nen nen nennennennehh jiajajajaja" which means "I have big sharp teeth that I'm going to bite you with!". His second top tooth is cutting thru, and it's making him a bit atrocious, and he's biting my shoulders every time I pick him up. Savage!
Um, solids... he went off them for a bit, but it was sooooo hot, I'm not surprised. He just wanted to drink lots, and we had to lie down to feed because it was all sweaty and uncomfortable to hold him. He fell asleep with every feed though, so I have to break that habit now that we're home. He's back on two meals a day now tho, and his appetite is picking up slowly.
Aadi has decided to go back to just commando crawling, but is now pulling himself up on the furniture and standing whenever he can. He's also doing that dreadful grunting thing that a few of you have mentioned... it's so loud sometimes, and it can be quite embarassing!! He did it today in the middle of the supermarket, then shouted and screamed until he was all red in the face, and threw a major tantrum, so I had to take him out and put him in the car. DP finished the shopping, so naturally forgot everything even though he had a shopping list. Men... :doh:
Anyway, I have loads of unpacking and cleaning up to do still, so I'll come back later for personals. I hope you're all doing well, and I'll try and finish reading all these posts properly this evening.
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Oh my goodness. I am so happy today. Yasmeenia had her two naps (total of 3 hours), she usually has 2, 2 hour naps. She was in bed by 7:30pm, woke up at 9:30pm quick feed, back in her cot, she cried for 8 minutes and settled herself. :dance: I pray tomorrow is the same. I also managed to do a bit of reading and answering questions as she played this morning. It's 10:10pm - home alone relaxing by myself. I needed this time, sent DH out! Out! Out with his friends so I can have alone time. It has been tough these days. Really tough. Maybe next weekend we might go out as a family and do something. Water based activities I was thinking because it is hot! I hate the heat. The air conditioner is always on. And mostly, I hate cooking, especially in this weather. I can't stand cooking lately. I hate it with passion but I have to cook because at the end of the day, I need to feed myself, hubby and sometimes Yasmeenia if the food is not spicy. I hate cooking!
Yasmeenia loves her walker. She loves bouncing up and down. I need to buy a high chair. Any suggestion ladies?
I already have a pram, would it be stupid to buy another one? Especially since DD is 7 months?
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11:43pm she is still asleep :dance:. I am so happy.
Nana,
I loved your tricker so I decided to get a new one :D.
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Ok, so I didn't get back online last night... too tired. Aadi's asleep now, so I'll do my best to cram in as much as I can before he wakes up!
Sassy - OMG, how could your friend not know?? Whatever, stranger things have happened, I s'pose... just hope her and her bubs are ok! How are you going back at work now? Is it better with the reduced hours? I hope it's easier for you and not so stressful. You need some energy and time for yourself. I wonder when Jayda will get some teeth!? My friend's son is a day younger than Aadi and he doesn't have any teeth either. His mum reckons Aadi will have a whole mouthful before her boy even gets one tooth! All kids get teeth eventually tho! In their own time. Hopefully they'll all pop up nice and easy, and you wont have too much more sooking to deal with.
Jess - I hope you're over the tonsillitis. Bleurk, it's so horrible! I used to get it a lot too, so I don't know how you're handling it with two kids to look after! I could barely look after myself... You've done really really well to get to 7 months breastfeeding, and you've been thru so much in order to keep trying so I hope you're proud of yourself. It's quite an achievement! And maintaining such a positive attitude about it even if it's just about over, that's great. Personally, I'd be happy to be able to wear normal bras again, and not go around with milk on my shirts all the time! I'm pretty over that... I still can't get my head around wearing BF-friendly clothes, it's so hard to get dressed to go out knowing that you might have to get your BBs out discreetly!
Bec - yay! Cameron crawled! Look out, house! At least you got your Christmas tree packed away before that happened... could have been dangerous! It's great that he's getting so talkative now too. What a clever boy! As for giving bubs milk, I'm personally going to wait until Aadi is over 12 months, as I'm lactose intolerant and there's a pretty good chance he is too. I had something with cream and milk in it last week and it made me so sick, and Aadi was unwell too. The milk proteins are too hard for him to digest, and they're carried thru in breast milk. It's not so much the lactose, as it's in breastmilk as well, but the proteins. Or something like that. Either way, I've still got too much milk of my own to need to give him some from another animal!
Abb - congrats on DP's promotion! That's great, especially if it means you don't have to work as much. I hope Hamish is back to his old self again now. I know what you mean about those nights from hell... we've had a couple of those lately, but I'm pretty sure it's due to the top teeth cutting thru. It's certainly no fun when it happens on holidays, and we were tempted to come home early too. It's great that Hamish is clapping and waving! That's awesome! Aadi has waved a few times now, the first time was at my mum's partner. He also said his name (Andy) so he was thrilled. Now Aadi starts to wave, then as soon as he realises what he's doing he stops and looks at his hands. Silly boy :)
Nikki - I hope Abbie gets thru this clingy phase soon! It must be really hard for you. Wow, you got spoiled for Christmas! New laptop must be fun. I got a Bunnings gift voucher... special, no?? Shame about the MIL issues... you can borrow mine of you like! She's lovely, and doesn't speak english, so it's a pretty good deal ;)
Mecil - nice to hear from you again! Good to hear that things are going well for you guys. I'll have the vegie mush rather than buttons and rubber bands any day! lol!
Deancey - congrats on Liam's first tooth on Christmas day!
Girl - well done on getting Yasmeena to sleep! I hope you can sort out a regular routine and keep it going. I can't believe your neighbour called the police, especially if she has kids of her own. How's the study going? I know what you mean about hating cooking... I used to be a chef, and working in places like Dubai where it's 50 degrees plus in the kitchen just makes you want to crawl into the fridge and go to sleep!! I'm ok with it now, and I'm off to make up a triple batch of cookies to say thanks to my neoghbours for keeping an eye on our house and collecting our mail while we were away!
Ok, kiddo's awake, gotta go... I hope I didn't miss anyone!!
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Hi All,
Just going to do post about us, as don't think I'll have time before Cam wakes to do personals, especially as gotta go hang his clothes out any moment now.
Had a busy few days. I met up with the ladies and bubs from mothers group on friday, hadn't seen most of them for about 2 months, as we'd all kinda got busy with holidays and christmas things going on. We met at a park along the beach. It was nice to see them again and see how much their bubs have grown...its amazing what can change in 2months. I felt so bad though, as when I noticed when I got home Cam was a little sunburnt...GRRR!!! (angry at self). Silly me forgot to pack his hat...as I had washed it and put it back with his swimming stuff (as always put it on when he goes swimming - it's the only time he really goes in the sun). I did cover him in suncream (even his hair) and sat in the shade, but I kinda missed a little spot just under his eyes (as was trying not to get it in his eyes) and his head was a tad red too. I've now got another hat now...which will always remain in the bag. The redness disappeared the next day though, so it wasn't too bad...but never again...naughty mummy.
Then Friday night we went to our friends whos got the foot cancer...she is going in tomorrow to have it cut out and will find out what will happen next from there. She was so excited to see Cameron, so it was good to be able to cheer her up. We don't talk about her cancer though, she is very sensitive about it, so there was a few awkward moments. Very opposite to my other friend with the hodgkins lymphoma, who is so chatty and positive about it. She is also been very kind to offer to look after Cameron when I go back to work too, on the Thursday and Friday and at this stage am considering it.
I heard back from the child care centre and the silly people wanted us to start the 2days by end of January. I had to remind them that I only wanted 1 day from late February then 2 days from May. They will need to fill that place with someone else for now, but said they should be able to suffle kids around by May for us. But with this friend offering to look after Cameron and then my Mum also able to look after him...I'm not concerned if we don't get in for a little longer. I would like him to go to child care at some stage though, as I want him to mingle with other children (we don't see other friends bubs as often as we should).
I've still been giving Cameron cow's milk on his cereal in the mornings, still no problems. I wouldn't think Cameron would be likely to be effected by anything, as DH and I (and our families) don't have any allergies to anything so I guess we are lucky there. Thinking I might mix some grated cheese in his vegies tonight.
Well better go, it's taken me about 40mins to type this, as ducked off to do some housework in between, and now Cam's up. Hope everyone's having a nice weekend.
Bye for now
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Nana,
Your husband is lucky to have a wife as a chef. ;)
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nana: yeah work is so much better now i have cut down my hrs and in 2 weeks time i am cutting down another day wooo hooo lol
Dunno wat is happening witht he teeth her gums havnt been swollen all week and no sign but liek u said it will happen lol.
sounds liek u had a great time on ur hol. i hope it is easy for u gettin back into a routine. i had 2 weeks off over chrissy and jayda got out of her routine and i have just got her back in today.
bec: dont be so harsh on urself about him gettin a bit burnt u did all u could. i am tryint o get jayda to wear a hat when we r outside but she has learnt how to pull it off. it hoguth she was goign so well she was keeping it on all the time then last week she started pulling it off.
girl: woo hoo on the sleeps. i hope she stays good for u.
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:hello: Nana
Glad you are back, have been wondering how things were on your holiday. Seems like you had a great time and aadi had a experience with the heat and atleast you know he loves the water anykind by the sounds of it. I took Hamish to the beach Friday he loved it also but was a bit hesitant with the water, the ocean is very cold here not like qld water. Hamish is back to normal now i think *crosses fingers*, he has slept through last 3 nights again but top teeth are still not cut yet. soon hopefully.
Girl :woot: on yasmeena sleep, i hope it continues for you, especially now you are back to studying.
Bec Hamish also got a little sunburnt, he had sunscreen and a hat on, it was hard to avoid without being indoors all day, his was only a light pink and was also gone next day but i did feel terrible.
Dont really have alot to tell atm, everything is slowly getting back to normal around here, Dp is officially back to work tomorrow, although he did go in a few times last week whilst on holidays. Will be busy getting Maddi's things for school this week, dont want to leave everything until week before as alot of the time the stores are out of things and she would freak if she didnt have everything for secondary school it is a big deal for her to have same as everyone else. Hamish has been pulling himself up on things also, we were at a friends today and he was trying to stand up by pulling himself up on a dolls house but instead pulled it back on top of him falling on his back on the floor, he started giggling as if it was a good trick, was very funny to watch. Ok i best be off to bed.
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So far so good. Although she slept a little later today, around 9ish but that's okay.
Sassy,
No teeth for the little one? Don't worry she will get there.
Jess has disappeared. The little ones must be keeping her busy.:lol:
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Great to see you Mis-Tree. Sorry to hear Jess' DD is sick. Make she have a speedy recovery.
Today DD had one nap. So she went to bed at 6pm, she is still asleep. I accidently woke her up when I went into the bedroom to get something. I played with her for a few minutes, she wasn't in the mood despite the laughs and smiles she wanted to go back to sleep.
I hate cooking! :doh:
