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Hi girls
sorry no personals tonight, just settled ashlea from her screaming episode....rarely happens so can't compain! I keep forgetting to mention, I spoke to Nat a couple of weeks ago and she said to say hi and she is thinking of you all.
Well I best get to bed, Jayden only went to sleep at 11.15pm! They both better sleep in!
hope you got a good nights sleep after Ashlea's screaming episode and Jayden's late night. Thanks for the message from nat.
Where is everybody these days?
i have final semester exam so i'll be MIA for a while thinking of you all though
Elissa: I think Jayden woke up twice that night! He is still having late nights but slowly getting better! Ash is fussing with her feeds and isn't as settled at night although she still sleeps through (thank god!).
Leanne: I'm still around, just not as often as usual....I will be MIA until late Saturday as we have friends staying with us from tomorrow night....so excited!!!
Shazz: GL with you exam!! Not that you will need it I'm sure!
I just uploaded pics of Ashlea....
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...51&ppuser=4086
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I AM still here....just quiet....you guys know what I'm like! ;)
Girls are off to kindy today. As for me....I start my first day of Gym!!! Not sure how much I weigh so I don't have a goal weight just yet. I see the PT on Friday who is going to do a plan up for me. They will do all my measurements then.
Is anyone still having sleep issues with their toddlers???
Briley is still waking up several times a night and always ends up in my by during the middle of the night. She wakes up crying out lots of times aswell. I'm not sure if she is insecure, bad dreams or growing pains.
Anyone????
Have a great day girls!!!
xxoo
tania - love the new Ashlea pics, gorgeous!
sara - oh hell yeah we are still having toddler sleeping problems! Archie's matress has been in our room beside the bed for a week now and half of that time he has ended up in our bed. I think it has been his teeth that have been his main problem, but i reckon bad dreams are also a factor.
Feeling clucky again today, NOOOOOOOO! I HATE feeling clucky!
I got a new hairdo on Thursday, and i hate it! I just told the hairdresser to do whatever she anted with it as it will always grow back if i don't like it, but i really don't like it. It is short as at the back and long at the sides. It looks good when i straighten it, but curly it looks stupid! Not sure wether to go back and get it all really short, or just leave it to grow back......
Why do I get dropped off the email notification listing.
And here I was thinking you were all being quiet!
Havin a really rough time with Riley. Starting to resent him, just like I did Lachlan. I just wish I wasn't going thru these feeding issues again! Wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy.... Ohhhh to have a child that would just eat!!!!!
Chat soon when I am in a better frame of mind.
:hug: Sheree!
Well my Gym trip ended in a good workout but me feeling horrible because I did'nt eat breakfast.
Feeling better now I have eaten.
Learned a good lesson. Don't go to gym on an empty stomach!!
Just had a quick flick at what you have all been talking about and YES YES YES Sara.
We have known no different though. Lachlan has rarely ever slept thru, but lately he is waking up screaming and inconsolable. I am wondering if it is dreams. He just won't settle, takes forever and that is saying something when most times we just go in and find his bottle he puts it in his mouth and goes back to sleep. Lachlan was sweating last night and everything, has to be nitemares huh????
Well I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one experiencing the same sleep issues.
I was thinking of taking Briley to a chrio and seeing if that helps any.
Its weird how Briley has NEVER slelpt through and Colby has since she was about a week old!!
Yeah Riley is a much better sleeper then Lachlan. I get up to Lachlan more then Riley. Although both of my boys have fought sleep, Riley is a shocker, but once down he is generally down for the count!
My Riley is a shocking sleeper too, he has woken up crying recently saying "scary, scary" so I think its bad dreams but then again when has he ever slept well except straight after tresillian? LOL
Did you have sleep issues with your older kids Christine?
sheree - i am so sorry that you are having these feeling again. Rememberr that these feelings don't last forever though and even though you are having these feelings doesn't mean you are any less of a mother or love you baby any less.
sara - maybe the different sleeping habits have more to do with different personalities? I was a kid who was a fussy sleeper (still am), find it really hard to sleep if im not in my own bed in familiar surroundings, Archie is the same as i was.
christine - poor Riley having scary dreams
Arch slept most of the afternoon away, he only just woke up! Jay is hoping to get lucky tonight, dont like his chances since Arch will prob be up til we go to bed now that he has had a day sleep, and he is sleeping in our room atm!
The wife of one of Jay's colleagues has kind of taken me under her wing. I think she's a fair bit older than me, she has 7 and 8 year old boys, she came over from New Zealand 6 years ago, so knows what its like to not know anyone in a small town. She is taking Archie and I to the playgroup that she used to take her boys to on Friday morning. I am so appreciative as i am a quiet person who doens't open up to make friends easily, i need all the help and pushing i can get!
Sara- Jess slept through in her own bed at about 3 years old!! She was a shocker, didn't help that her biological father left when she was 2 1/2 either, she had a pretty unsettled start in life.
Erin was bad but nowhere near as bad as the other 2, she started sleeping through from about 7 months when she went into a cot in Jess' room.
Elissa- that is so nice of that lady, hope playgroup is fun.
Better shut down computer now we are about to have a thunderstorm :(
Hi all
Well I went to see that ABA lady yesterday. I didn't realise until I got there and we started talking that not only is she a volunteer for the ABA, but she is a CHN and Midwife too! When she said that I felt such immense relief. Finally I have help!!!
He was so unsettled yesterday, for my trip to Emerald (an hour away), I just couldn't console him.... I was so glad I left Lachlan with his father at the shop. I just couldn't have done both.
Anyway at my nail appt he put a big performance for his feed that when I got to see the ABA lady - sure enuf he was fine. Well kinda.... He lached on fine and was sucking for a good few minutes and then pulled off and wouldn't go back on. Now this the best he has done in a while (always the way), but..... she could then see how he protested to go back on and applauded me for not forcing him and showed me some different positions too. Now when I sat him up, omg was he upset. She could see if was in a terrible amount of pain and said it has to be reflux.
I think because of how severe Lachlan was, I continually doubt myself that we are there again. Having her confirm that I am not going crazy took a huge amount of pressure off my shoulders. The support she gave me was amazing and right when I was needing it too. She told me I am doing a wonderful job and the way I am handling his feeding is comendable. I have developed the attitude lately that I will not force him to the boob, and she said that is def the way to be atm, as I don't want to scare him off it.
Now she said we should definitely ditch the zantac and go onto Losec.
So I rang my paed today (she is very aquainted with us because of Lachlan's history), and she faxed thru a script to Bundaberg so we can have the suspension sent to us in two parts. Impossible to get it here cold where we live. We use to live in Bundy/Gin gin area, so knew the chemist as he regularly filled our Losec scripts for Lachlan and when we moved here had him do the same (ie: send it in two parts, so that we could mix and then put in the fridge).
The ABA lady suggested that I go off dairy, but the paed said just to give the Losec two weeks and then we will decide if that is the next step or not. Otherwise we won't know what is working or not!
So feeling so much more at ease today, knowing full well I have support around me if I need it.
Just never thought we would be going down this road again, but hopefully it is shortlived. Lachlan wasn't off Reflux meds until 18mths, I am hoping Riley comes good alot sooner then that. Here's hoping.
Sorry about the me posts lately, just been so overwhelmed with this feeding and it has been getting me down. Hopefully we are now on the right track and I can start chatting to you girls again real soon.
Thanks for your support. Sometimes I wonder what I would do without my internet buddies.
Sheree- so glad you got to see a supportive person. You are doing a great job, look how big and healthy Riley is because of it. Hopefully the Losec will help, I know DH is a mess even if he misses one day of it so I can only imagine what it must be like for a little baby.
Bummer you ar so isolated there, it must be very difficult. I thought Emerald was small when we were there LOL Where my cousin lived at Middlemount was like the ends of the earth!