Dan - have a great day at your Mum's work and with your new car. Must be lovely having lots of space. Our families don't see any resemblance in Izzy to either of us, but just about all our friends say she is my DH (I can occasionally see him in a particular expression, but that's it). I agree with what you said - Izzy is Izzy. She's far too beautiful to look like either her mummy or her daddy!!
Tan - Izzy will settle down into more of a "normal" routine again. She's probably just adjusting to her new environment. Isn't it gorgeous when they chat away happily in their cots though. I'm was so used to my Izzy screaming if she's on her back and not asleep that the first time I went in there in the morning and opened the curtains and she just smiled and gurgled and chatted away I felt like crying. I've tried to put Izzy back in her cradle downstairs for a day time sleep but she doesn't seem to like it now.
Ashlee - have you tried a grobag or something similar so that that Blake can't kick his blankets off? I still swaddle Izzy very loosely in her grobag (just wrap her arms) and she's always out of it by morning but it is still helping her get to sleep. That way Blake could still be wrapped but you'd know he would stay warm.
Kelly - hope you got some sleep with your DH away. I stayed down at my Mum's without my DH a couple of weeks ago and it was the first time DH and I had slept apart in nearly three years. It was so awful.
Well, I'm off to take Izzy for a walk (first day it hasn't been bucketing down with gale force winds for a long time!) and then I'm going shopping. Buying a pregnancy test!!! I really want more children but there's a pretty big part of me hoping it comes up negative! Still, haven't had great luck on the baby front so I'll take another gorgeous bundle any time and any way I can.
Wow Lulu. Nice way just to pop it in the middle of a post. I'll definetely be back later to see how you went.
How's the website designning going Sarah? You'll have to let us know when it is all finished so we can hop on and have a look.
I agree with Lulu Tan. Izzy will settle back into her routine really quickly and it is more than likely just her settling into her new environment.
Lunch was lovely and mum was so surprised. You should have seen her showing off Olivia. It was so cute. It took her ages to even notice the car. It was so cute. I love watching my parents be proud grandparents. Olivia is tired from our adventure so I'm currently trying to settle her but I don't think I'm going to have much luck. Fingers crossed.
Hahaha Dan, it is going so hard and I decided to get a template and take my time designing mine as I learn HTML and CSS, now to just find a template I like which is not easy, there are so many good ones out there. How nice that your mum was showing off Olivia, it really is special to see that. Good luck with settling Olivia.
OMG Lulu - I pregnancy test - geez, I'd be scared sh*tless!!! I mean I do want another bub, just not for a while yet!!! I can't wait to hear from you!!
Sorry, no more personals from me again though, I'm too tired. It took me and hour and a half to get Luke to bed last night - which NEVER happens, it was really weird. He wasn't interested in my boobs but in desperation, I defrosted some ebm and gave it to him in the bottle and he guzzled it down!!! I had fed him already but maybe I didn't have enough milk left (strange, but I do wonder if my milk is just fast flowing and not really an oversupply)!! He took a good 50ml extra though (after I'd fed him).
The annoying thing was, I finally got him down at 10.30pm (I was soo looking forward to an early night, seen as I was home alone and all). Then the bloody dog woke me up at 12am and again at 2am - so he was not so nicely kicked out of the house at 2am. Then Luke woke at 4am and again at 5.30am, so I'm really tired again. I don't sleep well when I'm home alone.
Went out to lunch today and am out to lunch again tomorrow - it's wonderful. I've been defrosting some of my ebm and taking it out with me to lunch - its sooo much easier than dealing with my squirting milk. So far its working really well as I express either before I go out or when I get home, to make up for the missed feed - then just refreeze the milk for next time!!! I've got quite a supply going!!! Its just not defrosting very well in my fridge - it seems to stay frozen, so I'm having to end up taking it out of the fridge to defrost and then putting it back in just before it's completely defrosted - so I assume thats ok!! I'm really worried about it going 'off' for some reason!!
Must go rest up - thank god DH is home tonight - I can't wait to see him, I hope he's not too late!!!
Wow - hasnt time flown by!! Izzy is 11 weeks old today and I just cant believe it! I still look at her at times and think "what on earth are you doing in my house!!" Have to say there is no greater feeling in the world than being a mum, even with the worry about doing it "right" and thinking about bringing her up so she is a well adjusted teenager and adult!! (THAT scares me!) At the moment I will just enjoy watching her frustration of grabbing a toy in each hand and not being able to put either into her mouth because they are attached to her bouncer ! So cute!
Mmm Im a bit rambling and sentimental this morning - sorry!
Kelly -Im pretty restless if Al isnt home too - not that its that often, but he has gone out with the boys a few times since she was born and not come home til late (or early morning) and Im a light sleeper anyway! Sounds like you have your feeding/expressing worked out well hun! Ive just been timing feeds if I go out - so she has one before I go and once she got hungry at Chadstone but I just jumped in the car to go home rather than find somewhere to feed her there - I figured at pushing 6 kgs she could wait 20 mins (mean mummy!)
Is anyone else getting scared as these gorgeous creatures get bigger and older if they are getting enough milk? I know it sounds weird but I have always only fed her on one side per feed because I have loads of milk but now am wondering if she will need both. Having said that she wont take the other side if I offer it - but I still worry.
Sarah super dooper web designer - hows it going!!?? Cant wait to see it up and running! Hows Noahs boot and brace going? Hope it doesnt bother him too much.
Dan - how did you go last night?? Did she sleep after her late feed? Like I said in chat, Im wondering if I should be a bit more persistent with it - Izzy slept from 7 til 5 last night and then 530 til 9. If we could swing that 10 hours from 9-7 that would be awesome, just not sure its gonna work! How cold is it today! We have had the heater on all morning and Ive got thick socks and my ugg boots on and my toes are still icy cold!
Lulu - you are a bit quiet?! Hope you are ok! Ive just re-read your post, my Izzy is sleeping in her cradle for day sleeps, she just wont settle in her cot even when Ive taken the mobile away to stop her being distracted. I think she is used to being rocked to sleep in the cradle so I think I will have to gradually stop the rocking until she will just go straight down and then swap her over. She goes down fine at night in her cot though and after her evil early morning feed!
Ash - have you found any solution to the swaddling/wrapping? It must be hard - I always thought Izzy settled better being wrapped and when my MCHN said they didnt need it for the startle reflex after 8 weeks I thought - oh she needs it! Then we tried her in her sleeping bag lightly wrapped and I realised that she took a while to settle at night becaseu she was fighting the wraps and once her arms were out she would fall asleep!! Hee hee silly mum! Anyway sorry about the ramble. Hope you are going ok too hun? Remember we are here for you if you need to vent/cry/yell/laugh!
All you other quiet lovely ladies!! You have all made me realise that I have a serious BB obesession that I need to deal with!! Hee hee- my reasoning is that Izzy only sleeps for 1 hour at a time during the day - why wake her unecessarily with the vacuum/dishes/mopping/washing machine - it can wait while I chat for an hour on BB!!
Well the cot it great! After waking 5 hours into her sleep the first night, the last 2 have been 8 hours and last night 10 so we are back to normal! Her days have been weird though - only awake for an hour at a time before she wants to sleep again and every second feed she has beenfighting it, kicking, pulling on my nipple (owchies) etc and generally not having a full feed. If it keeps up I might call my MCHN and see what they say - can they go through a growth spurt where they feed less frequently and sleep more??
Anyway - gotta go get ready for our Saturday ritual of shopping with a gf and then off to see Al play soccer.
Hope you are all fantastic ladies and I think we should start planning a May babies meet up for September - I know its far away but it takes about that long to decide on a date/place!
See ya!
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: spelling and grammar - and Im a teacher - pfft
Tan - OMG, Izzy is sleeping like a champion!! I'm so jealous. We had a few good nights with Luke a couple of weeks ago but it's all gone backwards again recently. Actually, the last few nights have been particularly bad - Luke just wont settle and its starting to do my head in!!! I think he's overtired as we've been out and about quite a lot. I think I'm going to start saying no to things and focusing on my little boy and getting a routine in place. What has worked for you??? I'm also having trouble this week with Luke pulling off the boob and screaming. I'm really confused as I don't know if its the reflux or not and I'm starting to worry that he's not getting enough. The other night I gave him some ebm and he guzzled it down, it's really confusing and it getting me down.
Oh god, where was I. Sorry, I've just been trying to settle Luke - its exhausting. I'm trying some techniques from the 'Save our Sleep' book and it's really difficult but I think we had a breakthrough. After about 6 mintues of whinging, Luke managed to settle himself - hooray!! Lets hope this sleep lasts longer than 20 minutes!! We've been relying on the dummy to get him to settle and its just not working as then when he wakes after it falls out, he can't resettle himself, so he's not getting any decent sleeps in throughout the day. So, I'm starting again and trying to teach him the art of settling himself. I had no idea how hard it was going to be and have been in tears today! Its all a bit much and I'm feeling really quite down and a little hopeless. I just don't know what to do anymore and the breast refusal thing that Luke is doing again is really affecting me. I've got an appointment with the health clinic nurse again on Thursday, so I guess I'll have a chat to her about it all.
Anyway, sorry to be such a downer, its just so hard and there are so many different techniques and advice on settling babies and routines, it's really confusing. Generally Luke is really good but I'm just worried if we don't get the day sleeps and feeding sorted, things could turn ugly really fast (and I think they already are). I guess I'm just really tired too after a few bad nights, so it all seems a bit worse.
Hi everyone. Firstly, no, negative. THANK GOODNESS! I really do want another baby but I want a bit of time to enjoy Izzy on her own.
Dan - LOL at your mum. I think its gorgeous the way our mums seem to have more pride than we do in our offspring. I was out with my mum a couple of weeks ago and ran into my godparents. I swear mum puffed up with pride right before my eyes when she could show off her beautiful granddaughter!
Kelly - I know its frustrating when they do the "pull off the boob" thing, not to mention painful if they forget to let go first! Izzy got to the point where she was constantly doing that during feeds because of the reflux pain being so bad, which was one of the reasons that made my decision to switch her to formula a bit easier. I hope the community nurse can help you out with it. As for getting a routine, I've tried to get Izzy into one but she won't be in it - she wakes, sleeps and feeds when she wants, no matter what I do. At the moment she is in a fabulous routine but soon enough it will all go to hell again I'm sure. Try not to get too down - I know, easier said than done. It is so much harder keeping it all in perspective when you get really tired though isn't it. Maybe a few days at home with Luke will help though. Good luck!
Tan - the "is she feeding enough?" is a never ending problem isn't it, especially when you're breastfeeding and have no idea how much she is or isn't taking. My Izzy has been feeding really badly lately - until today she has been having four feeds a day and would be lucky to drink 500mls all day long - she's supposed to have about 800mls or so. Dr says its pretty normal, and that she'll hit a growth spurt soon and eat like a little piggy again (I think we got to it today!!) so maybe your Izzy is at the same place? I'm sure she'll go looking for her mummy's second side when she needs it
Well, I'm bound to jinx myself by saying this but Izzy seems to have got herself a new pattern that is just bliss. She goes to bed by 7pm, feeds between about 2-3am, goes right back to sleep after the feed, wakes at 6.30 am for a couple of hours, sleeps an hour, up for 1.5 hours then sleeps for, wait for it, 4 hours!!! Then has a nap in the afternoon of 40 minutes or so before bath, feed and bed again by 7pm. Now, if I can just get rid of that 2am feed I'll be a very happy mummy!!
Anyway, enough babbling from me. Off to bath my princess then bed for her and an early night for her mummy and daddy - had a really late night last night so suffering a bit today! Planning a relaxing day with a nap tomorrow before the big Western Derby - which the Eagles will win of course!!!
Hi everyone just a quick one from me to say that I am still here and will catch up on everything tomorrow. Have 2 sore ears and one majorly sore throat so I am going to hit the sack. Hope all is well xx
Wow ladies - so quiet in here!
We are cruising along nicely! Isabelle is still sleeping well at night and days are slowly getting better - had a 15 minute sleep after 3 today, will work at stretching that out! The good thing is Im walking every day to get her to nap in the late afternoon so she isnt too feral when Al gets home. His new job means he doesnt get home til 615ish and she would happily go to bed at 6 so I try to keep her up til 7 now. Seems to be working ok - shes a bit grizzly but the nap in the pram seems to do the job.
She is really grabbing stuff now and putting it in her mouth! Very funny and we are catching it all on video too which is great!
Well Al's brother Ben is arriving from Canada tomorrow! Pretty exciting, he will get to meet his neice for the first time -just a bit sad his wife couldnt come too. We are going to Bright for 4 days on Thursday too so that should be fun. Al cant come up til the Friday night after work though - bit of a bummer.
Anyway - going to see Isabelle's great-grandfather tomorrow as well as Ben and will be having lunch with Al too - yay! I miss my boy - he is so tired - still getting used to these early mornings and the physical work I guess!
Anyway - hope you are all absolutely wonderful and will chat soon - log in ladies and let us know how you are going!!
It is very quiet in here indeed! I am just waiting for Noah to finish his movement so I can change his nappy and go back to bed. I have been too lazy to change his nappy and wind up regretting it in the morning when I then have to wash his clothes and add a bath to the menu. So I have a few minutes to update...
I have completed one page of my website, my site is in my public profile, let me know what you think. I also updated Noah's website and added video. Noah has gained some new skills in the last week of cooing a lot and holding his head up while on his tummy and the videos highlight this.
We had MG yesterday, next week is the last one, I hope we keep meeting up, it is a good group. Mum's and bub's movie today too!!! I am so stoked, it is Knocked Up.
Looks like Noah is done, time to change him and go back to bed. Sorry for the selfish post, can't think too much at 4am though!!
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to everyone else. Im freezing..and going to bed. good night xx
So cute!
) and Im a light sleeper anyway! Sounds like you have your feeding/expressing worked out well hun! Ive just been timing feeds if I go out - so she has one before I go and once she got hungry at Chadstone but I just jumped in the car to go home rather than find somewhere to feed her there - I figured at pushing 6 kgs she could wait 20 mins (mean mummy!)
We just can't win.
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