thanks Nat it was one of his professional ones i had taken i should scan the other one and put it on his web page one day ... there just isn't enough hours in the day
Gosh, I really must get on here more often! You gals are just too fast for me. You type too much! I thought I’d better post here before I go away on the weekend or I would have an entire thread to read by the time I get back! I’ll do my best to do personals while I’m letting Bob The Builder babysit (naughty Mummy!), but I’m not sure how long I’ll have! Here goes…
Kim – what lovely poems! How did you find them? My almost SIL wants me to find a poem to read at the wedding for my Poppa and her granddad who have passed away – you know, something nice saying that we wish that they were here but we know they’re here in spirit sharing the day. She found one but I’m sure there are other better ones out there and I’m not sure where to look. Any ideas?
Shazz – Isn’t Ryan clever typing already? I’m sure Toby would understand what he’s written, but I’m sorry I don’t! Maybe it’s baby talk for, “Ooh, look, all these pretty buttons, lah lah lah”. What’s the latest on Nick? Lea is right – that new pic is gorgeous! He’s not a ‘little’ baby anymore, is he? He look like a little boy!
Tania – I haven’t tried the bicarb yet, but the cradle cap isn’t too bad atm. The box sounds exciting! What did you get? Good work with the cot too. Sounds like he’s taken to it ok.
Vic – I LOVE that you called your dog Odie! That’s rad. I used to think Garfield was very cool when I was little because he had red fur and I have red hair. LOL at the way your kids ‘play’ with him!
This mothering thing is quite fun when you get the handle of it. Now that we’re in a routine it’s much easier. I’d love to know if anyone has a routine (or something like it!) and what it is. This is roughly how our days go atm.
• Out of bed around 7.30. Breakfast, get ready and be out the door for a big walk around 9. (Sometimes we walk to the shops, otherwise just go for a walk.) Toby has a sleep in the pram.
• Come home and hang out or do housework. Charlie and I have lunch, and often Toby goes down for sleep sometime between 12 and 1 for about an hour. Charlie goes to sleep around 1.30 or 2.
• Toby wakes up and plays for a while. I try to stretch him out until around 5 for a bath unless he’s got time to have an hour’s sleep and wake up and play again before then.
• Either Toby has a bath at 5, or we wait until DH gets home and all three ‘boys’ have a bath together. Toby has a drink and goes to bed for the night.
• Charlie, DH and I have dinner around 6 – 6.30 and then Charlie goes to bed around 7. Then the night is ours!
• Toby hasn’t got a definite feeding pattern atm, but he’s tending to go longer during the first part of the night (anything between 4 and 8 hours) and around 3 hourly (sometimes 4) after midnight. We only bring him into bed with us if he’s unsettled with tummy pain (rare these days, thank goodness!) or if he wakes up anytime after about 6 and will wake Charlie up.
So there you have it. It’s a marked contrast to when Charlie was at this age – we had no routine at all and I was going crazy. I think it’s just about finding a balance of letting the kids dictate a routine and choosing one for them. This works really well for us and the kids are much happier when they have some degree of predictability.
Also, I was wondering how long your bubs sleep for through the day. Toby usually only sleeps for about an hour at a time (usually a bit less – around 50 minutes) and I’d love to know how to get him to sleep longer. I don’t mind if he sleep for that short time and wakes up refreshed but he’s often still tired.
Anyway, better go and sort these little rascals out. I will try to get online again before we go up the coast for the weekend but if I don’t I’ll chat to you all next week. Hope you and your bubs are well.
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