Babies Born May 2007 #5

[Liviam]

Olivia is asleep at the moment so I thought I'd pop on and catch up with everyone while I have a cuppa. I do love a cuppa and a chat.

Tan - I so agree with you about the fashions at the moment. I can't find anything to wear at the moment as it is all for the straight up and down girls and I am definetely not that. I'm the classic pear, now with a baby belly. I can't even find a nice pair of jean. It is so depressing . I'm completely with you on feeling crappy about my post baby body. I'm a bridesmaid for my sister soon so I have bought a pair of suck me in and shape me bike shorts. Fingers crossed they do something for me. Has Izzy fistula settled down? How's the lump on her head? All gone yet?

Kelly - Fantastic news that Luke is feeding better from the right side. He must have just been in a mood. Can't wait to see more photos of your gorgeous little man. Isn't it great being able to get out and about now. I'm so much more confident and even can breast feed when I'm out. I used to come home. But I'm like you and need to learn to say no or space it out because Olivia still gets exhausted and really really cranky if we are out a few days in a row. I try to have one day out one day home. She just doens't sleep well when we are out and about. How does Luke go with sleeping when you are out?

Sarah - That was a great sleep from your little man. How is Noah going with his feeds? Giving you a bit of a rest between feeds or still really consant? Did you get any helpful info from the Pinky talk about sleeping? Well I'm just full of questions today. Dave learnt about a hangover and having a baby too not long ago. Olivia must have known that daddy was under the weather and cried for the majority of the day. I thought it was funny.

Lulu - What a relief it must be for you and your DH now that your little angel is not in pain all day. And good on you for doing what you felt was right for your daughter. I completely agree that there is way too much pressure on breast feeding, it drives you absolutely crazy. I told my MCHN that I was only b/f until Olivia is 6 months and then weaning her so she was on a formula and solids diet before I have to go back to work and she made me feel so guilty that I would be depreving (sp?) Olivia. I nearly cried. Some people are so frustrating.

Mictam - How's the Harry Potter book coming? Get any house work done yesterday?

I know that I have missed a huge amount of personals but my memory is failing me at the moment. So a huge "HELLO" to all the mum's and bub's I missed. Hope you are all well and that your bubbies are letting you sleep and giving heaps of smiles and giggles.

I must admit that I completely agree with Tan and Kelly. Being a mum is so amazing that I never thought I could enjoy it so much. Olivia is chatting all day and loves to have a chat between boobs. Her latest trick is she will not sit we have to hold her while she stand. She give us the biggest grins and goo's at us and I swear she is saying "look how clever I am". The other day she grabbed the leg of the toy I was playing with her but I think it was an accident as she didn't pay any attention to that hand. She is also now in the big girl bath and is absolutely loving it. We hop in together and have a great time. We got the cutest pictures. The only thing that she still isn't keen on is tummy time, outside the bath that is. She will frown at me for a few seconds while tolerating it but then she cracks it big time.
The thing I am having trouble adjusting to is being a housewife. I thought that Dave would still help me with the housework and cleaning etc but he has gotten so bad that I'm starting to get run down. I know that he has been at work all day but I've been working all day too and I don't get to knock off at 5 like him. I knock off at around 11pm and start again at 6am every single day. He has never been overly helpful with the house work and it has always been a senitive issue in our home but now he is shocking. I think we need to have a chat about this. I always put it off though because 99.9% time it ends in a fight.
I'm quite excited today as we have our first mother's group. We are going to be the oldest baby there but they only run one at a time here and the last one started the tuesday after we moved and I was in no frame of mind to go and I didn't want to go after missing the first week, so we are off today. Hope it goes okay.

Quick question ladies. What are you doing during play time? Do you give your baby play time by themselves or do you play with them all the time? I try to play with Olivia all the time but now that she is awake more and sleep shorter periods I'm having trouble fitting everything in while she is asleep.

Okay that's enough babble from me. Hope everyone is having a great day and I'll pop back later and let you know all about how we went at mother's group.

Chat soon gorgeous mummies,

Luv Dan.