Audax - Hmmmm we are going through the same thing here! maybe its growing pains?????
Kel - :hug: we will miss you :(
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Audax - Hmmmm we are going through the same thing here! maybe its growing pains?????
Kel - :hug: we will miss you :(
so what are all bubs up too these days?
wow it has been very quiet in here!!
all is well with us :) KP is growing so fast!! Has had some issues with not wanting the bottle so we are back on the boob for now but I hope he gets over it soon. Sleeping right through almost every night (usually 9-6), about 2 nights a week he will wake around 3 or 4 so not complaining.
He will be having his first sleepover at nanna's next wknd.. Im gonna be freting the whole time I reckon. Was bad enough leaving him for a few hours let alone the whole night!!
I joined a playgroup the other day and I'm looking forward to meeting other mummies and getting out and about more often. Every Thurs it's a walk along the beach so will be sneaking in a few dips if the hot weather keeps up. KP loves a swim :)
Hope everyone is well and that it picks up in here soon
Hey, it certainly has been quiet! We must all be busy with our bubba's!
Miss P is cruising along. Still not sleeping much during the day unless I am holding her. I did get her down for a big sleep in her cot this afternoon, but it took me about an hour and a half to settle her! Hopefully if I persevere it will get easier. i am not prepared to let her cry herself to sleep, so I can;t complain about the settling time. She is still co-sleeping at night and she sleeps pretty much all night with a sleepy BF at about 5am then back to sleep until I get her up at about 8am to get her ready to take the big kids to school.
We are still BF with several comp feeds a day. She prefers the breast and completely refuses a FF between about 9pm and 8am. She probably gets about 50% BF AND 50% FF. Given I was unable to BF the other two I am pretty happy with that. I'm still taking Motilium to maintain my supply. I had doubts about whether I still had much milk or whether she was feeding for comfort (my boobs are generally quite comfortable) but I went to the gym last week and looked down to discover I had leaked all over my top. hopefully people just thought I was sweating in some very odd places!
Miss P has plenty of smiles, the odd giggle and lots of stories to tell. She is still wearing 000 with the odd small 00. We have been going to see a few movies, which Miss P loves because it means 2 solid hours of snuggling!
DH and I went out for dinner the other night and left Miss P and the big kids with my mum. She was quite happy and mum said she really didn't cry while I was gone. She still gives DH a bit of a hard time and is definitely a mumma's girl. They have certainly bonded over the last few weeks though and she is currently snuggled up on DH's chest.
Good luck with the sleepover, eza! Let us know how you go with the playgroup.
Hope everyone else is well.
Hey ladies,
Yep, just been busy with the little ones, here!
DS is growing well - still hangin onto the 97th percentile line with his weight, lol! About to go into 00's but really don't want to - I love his 000 wardrobe and it seems such a shame to move on! We've had a couple of nights in a row of sleeping through, which was a thorough surprise to me - but last night he woke at 3, which was fine too. Not expecting sleeping through to be the norm, but we'll see. Day settling is hard, tried to just settle him in his cot without me rocking him in my arms today, but that was an all out failure! Funny that at night he sends himself off to sleep though!
No going out happening here, although I will have to decide what to do in a few weeks when I have a hens night and wedding a couple of weeks in a row. Haven't even tried him on a bottle yet. Must get DH to give it a go.
eza - i have scored with a great sleeper also! 8ish-6ish! it's great isn't it! i now wish wish my other girl would sleep through the night! LOL
Where are you off to next weekend? hows play group going? i wish we lived near the beach - a walk along the beach would be nice!
nickle - :rofl: sorry i had to laugh at you "sweating"! i bet you enjoyed dinner out also! i so can't wait for one day when we do that! hahaha
star - wow you DS is growing up fast! 00!!! good work!
AFU - well Miss Em is doing great! she is still BF! I have thought about stopping a few times but i keep going! she has had the odd bottle or 2 of EBM tho and she is fine with it!
She is such a chatterbox lately! and her giggles and smiles just melt your heart! She is pretty awesome sleeper (so due for a good sleeper her sister is terrible and always has been)
She is rolling around a fair bit, and if i have her on the couch in the corner with pillow she tries to sit up by herself! so growing very fast!
I start back at uni next week and am really not looking forward to leaving her!
Sounds like the hubs are all coming along well. We have now dropped the night feed so are also getting a long stint overnight. We still give a dream feed at around 10.30 but he doesn't even stir when we get him up to give it! He then usually wakes somewhere between 6.30 & 7.30.
We had our 8 week mchc appt today and the little man is on fire! He has gone from the 10th percentile to the 25th percentile and weighs 6kg, 61cm long and head is 42. He has to have his 4 month injections tomorrow :(
We are starting to get into a better routine now that all of dd's activities have started back, I much prefer to have a routine! We have 3yo kinder on Monday & Friday mornings, mothers group Wednesday's, playball on Thursday mornings and swimming Saturday mornings! Tuesdays and Sunday's are rest days!! So far so good, Campbell has been quite portable so far which is great.
I have been seeing a physio and doing pilates to ease back into exercise (I don't want to stuff my pelvis this time) all is going really well and I am allowed to start running next week thank god! I have been dying to get back to exercise other than walking! If all goes well I should be right to go for the start of the hockey season - yay!
Hopefully all these bubba's keep doing great things and let us get plenty of sleep!
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Hello Ladies :)
Nickle - I am still having issues with KP not sleeping much during the day. All I can get is roughly 2 hours around lunch each day (sometimes more, sometimes less). I also don't want to let him cry himself to sleep. Also how do you manage the movies??? We have been wanting to see a couple but I know that KP wouldn't allow me to sit through the whole thing, I would have to end up walking the isles!! :lol: And I feel guilty about leaving him with babysitters all the time.
I am going to see Rihanna tomorrow night with my sis and two of my girlfriends. DP got me tickets for my Birthday last year so I've had to wait 4 months!! DP is having a boys night at home so I decided to make a night of it as well.. Booked a hotel in the city. Getting a little excited now, Will hopefully be a good night. Just pray that KP behaves himself for nan! I have left him there a few times now for a couple hours while I do stuff, I'm hoping he feels comfortable being there.
Well I did my first Public Breastfeed last night!! Went out to dinner with FIL + DP and BIL + DP for my DP Birthday. I did take a bottle but we ended staying longer than planned so had to BF. Was weird at first, Luckily it was a cool night so I just covered with a blanky :lol:
I measured KP's length yesterday and he is 65cm!! I think he is going to be a tall boy! Althought both DP and I are quite tall so it doesn't surprise me. Is weighing 8.2kg now. But at least he is starting to even out and not look so chubby :lol:
I'll stop rambling on now and get on with my day.. plus KP is getting annoyed that I'm not giving him enough attention. Hope all are well :)
Hello Everyone!
Miss Em had her first bottle of formula today :( thank goodness i wan't home for it! i struggle when i give her a bottle of EBM! feeding DD1 with formula felt like the most natural thing in the world, but feeding Em a bottle is weird and feels not right! i think that is because i have mangaged to BF her for so long now (well i feel its been a long time) IFYKWIM
But she seems to really not be wanting the boob lately (not sure if its cause she has been sick and me also) plus with uni and study it's getting hard, so looking at adding some formula feeds.
Other than that i have survived my first week back at Uni! im so so tired (between us the tired im feeling is kinda like the tired feeling when your preg.... i hope not, its only been once hahahaha)
When is everyone looking at starting solids?
OMG HJ. Imagine! We still haven't DTD yet! Too tired by the time we go to bed it is the last thing on my mind - poor DH is very deprived!! Hopefully once you get a routine sorted for uni and home you will start to get used ro it and not be so tired :)
We are waiting until 6 months for solids. They have changed their philosophy since DD was a baby only 2 1/2 years since she started solids! At our 4 month check up at MCHC they gave us the current brochure and I was surprised to see that you just go straight to finger food. No starting off with rice cereal and then adding vege's every couple of days. Not sure how I feel about it. I think I will do both and give some finger food and mush! Campbell watches us when we eat but is not yet really reaching out for it. And in the grand scheme of things 2 months will go pretty quickly so I'm not in a hurry to start him early.
We are having our first weekend away with both kids for the labour day weekend. Just going to a farm about 3 1/2 hours away with some friends and their kids should be fun but it is going to be a squeeze fitting everything in the boot!
Then the countdown is on for my parents visit. They arrive on April 3 and will be meeting Campbell for the first time. They are staying for about 3 weeks so I'm hoping it is enough time for him to really get used to them and interact with them so they get some great memories. They wont get to see him again until we go over to see them for his 1st birthday in October so I am really keen for him to be comfortable with them asap. They then leave a few days before easter and then straight after easter DH's company is having their yearly conference which is on the gold coast this year. This will be Campbell's 1st flight, hopefully he is behaved as his sister has always been! Looking forward to getting away though and Caitlin is at an age now where she will really get a kick out of movie world etc.
It's going to be a fun few months :)
Hope everyone is doing well - waiting for updates :)
Jo - LOL i don't even want to imagine! DH is lucky he scored that night, otherwise he would be in the same boat as yours! hahahahaha
i was told at my MCHC appt that still stick with the foods such as farex first, but they start them earlier now at 17wks! i still say go with what ever you think is best for you bub! we started DD1 at 4.5mths but she was sitting up, grabing for our food, watching us eat and was more than ready! i think Miss Em will be a bit later but not much later!
I so bet your parents are looking forward to meeting Master Campbell!
and how awesome! first family holiday! i can't wait to do that!
Hey Ladies!
I'm back! We've just come back from a lovely family holiday! Stayed in a holiday house near the beach with its own pool. Was really lovely. The kids were absolutely fantastic. DS slept in his portacot totally fine, was surprised there were no issues, but then he is a very cruisy boy. DD had a ball in the pool and on the waterslides we visited. Our car was packed to the brim, Jo! We didn't even manage to fit the big pram in. With having to take linen and towels for the house, portacot, food, etc something had to give! So we had the stroller for DD and sling for DS. Great extra long weekend, though.
As for solids, not planning to start until 6 months, even then DD was a little hesitant. Will see how we go, but no earlier than that. Not sure what I think about the rice vs finger food thing. Will play that by ear depending on the advice I get at the time and what I think will work. It's ridiculous that things have changed so much in between kids. To me, that just shows that they don't really know what's best!
oooooo HJ!!! Could it be???? lmao!
I have alot of people trying to pressure me into starting solids already.. It just doesn't feel right at the moment. I think it's because he is bigger, he looks alot older. 3 months is too early isn't it??? I at least want to wait until 4-5 months. He seems quite happy to just be on BM. Although I feel that my supply has dropped a little over the past few days.. Trying a few different things. Baked some Lactation cookies tonight so will see how they go...
jo - how exciting for your parents!! Hope you enjoy your wknd away :)
Glad that you enjoyed your holiday star - I didn't realise how much EXTRA you have to pack when going away.. even for the night!! lol
Things are going fairly well with us here.. apart from the heat!! It's exhausting!! Poor KP feels the heat alot too (so do I) :( Spends most of the time nakey in front of the fan with a cool washer.. Bring on winter I say!!
Went to Rihanna on the wknd and it was AWESOME!! She is great live and I had so much fun with the girls! A very much needed break. Certainly missed bub's tho and couldn't wait to get home. He was very well behaved apparently (although MIL would probably say that anyway lol)
Have been going to Mother's Group each Thursday, except the last one. It's okay.. I haven't really taken to the other mother's very much.. Hopefully it will get better.. Will be finding a new group if thing's don't pick up. The walks are very nice tho.
xo
well.................. guess what????????????????????????????
Nope im not UTD! AF decided to pay me a visit for the first time in AGES! :-(
i feel so ripped off that she is back so soon! has she come back for anyone else?
Nope, AF hasn't showed herself yet, i thought she might of when I started the minipill.
:( your lucky Erin! she is back with a vengence here!
Is anyone else having probs getting bubs down for a late afternoon nap? Miss Em will scream and scream and scream! it's a horrible fight! but she really needs it and if she dosen't need it she is evil Miss Em!
Hello ladies, can I join your little thread? My DS was born on 25 November 2010 and because I was originally due in early December I stuck with them, but they write too much (if that makes sense) so after just a few days away there are pages to read and I just don't have the time to catch up with it all.
HJ - I often just let DS sleep in my arms for the late afternoon nap. It's normally only about 15-20mins for him so it gives me a chance to sit down and watch a little bit of rubbish tv without feeling guilty. Would that work for you?
Picketty - of course you can join! Welcome aboard!
Miss Em's late arvo sleep is only about 20-30mins! and would loooove to let her just sleep in my arms, but i use that as one on one time with DD1 (well when i can). Plus im guilty of being one of those ppl that never sit still, im right the kids are down for a nap, now for that washing, or start dinner, or try and cram in some study! Im guilty for not sitting down and chilling like i know i should! so to be honest thats prob another reasone why i would just love for Em to sleep in her cot for that nap! :redface:
Afternoon sleep?? What's that?? Seriously, Miss P still doesn't sleep much during the day, just catnaps. Refuse to let her CIO so we just cruise along and she naps if she's tired.
I had AF twice after Miss P, 28 days apart and then nothing. Did a HPT last weekend just to be sure but was BFN - thank god. Hasn't been a whole lot of action in that department anyway. I'm so tired and I have Miss P on me most of the day, by evening I just want to sleep. DH seems to be coping ok, although I have thought I should start making more effort in the Intimacy Department.
We won't be starting solids any time soon. Miss P is simply nowhere near ready and shows no interest. I started my other two around 5.5 months and will do the same with Miss P if she is ready. I also intend to start with mush and work my way up to 'solid' solids! Old habits die hard... we all have to do what we are comfortable with and what we feel is best for our bub.
Is anyone rolling yet? Miss P is not really trying, although I think my other two were rolling at this age. I never put her down so I guess she doesn't have much opportunity!
Hope you are all well.
Nickle - im with you on starting with mush and working way up to solid solids! thats what we did with DD1 and worked fine!
Miss Em has been rolling for a little while now, but in the last week or so has got it down pat! now every time we put her on her back she automatically rolls onto belly! which is great but she can't yet go from belly to back - has done it the odd time but it hasn't clicked with her yet, so now when we put her down in her cot we have had to start using the "safe n sound" thing again that stops them from rolling otherwise she rolls onto belly than gets sooky when she can't roll over, so than she won't sleep! LOL
Star - Glad you had a good holiday. I am just trying to decide what to take on the weekend for 2 nights at a farm. I don't think it is all going to fit!
Eza - It took me a bit to click with my MG but it is great now. Just give it a little time and if it still isn't working for you look up playgroups australia and see if there is one in your area that you can go to.
HJ - Ha Ha, you had me for a second! AF returned for me in January. I stopped BFing in December, got AF in Jan and went onto the regular pill, and then in Feb it came as it should have :( Ah well, at least I can plan around it!
Campbell is still having 3 sleeps during the day. Usually 1 solid sleep and 2 lots of 2 catnaps which I classify as only 1 sleep! He will feed catnap, awake time, catnap and then feed twice and then will have 1 2-3hr sleep. The big sleep varies. Yesterday it was lunchtime today it is right now and Saturday it was morning!
Picketty - Welcome! I was with these girls for Belly Buddies but had my bub early actually fit into Oct babies but I am popping into both. Chances are Campbell will do his milestones in line with these bubs!
Nickle - You must be exhausted! I find it hard to get stuff done and Campbell does sleep during the day with Miss P still not sleeping and 2 other kids to juggle it must be mayhem!
As for rolling. If I put Campbell on his tummy he rolls onto his back but he doesn't yet go from back to front.
I am loving the weather we have had the last 3 days but it seems it wont be here for much longer :( I walked over to pick Caitlin up from 3yo kinder today and it was great. I am spewing that I haven't been able to do as much walking this time round as I got to do with Caitlin.
Not much else going on here, hope you all have a great week :)
marknjo - wow how funny is that.... Campbell can roll from tummy to back, but not back to tummy, and Emily can roll from back to tummy but not tummy to back hahahahaha
Hiya girlies!
Rolling here - back to tummy. She's only done it a handful of times and it's funny because she gets all cranky because she doesn't really like being on her tummy.
Night sleeps became a bit disastrous during the mega heat, little poppet just wanted to sleep all day and feed all night. But I think we should be able to snap her out of it. We're having a couple of pyjama days at home this week, we've been flat out with playdates and mothers groups and appointments and visiting daddy at work, and although it almost always fit in with her routine, I think we just need some home time, and then my mum comes on Thursday to get a grandbaby fix.
Afternoon sleeps - if she's not down by 4:30, it's not gonna happen, and it is alost always a short one.
We went on our first camping trip on the weekend, it was great! Even with the cane toad that hopped out of our tent as we came home from the pub! Ewww! It was raining, and I worried about the noise, but bubbaloo slept beautifully! It was a bit of a challenge to pack our little car too, but we managed! No pram, just sling. We had a great time.
Hey ladies,
Sorry, it has been a while!
Rolling - nada here! I'm wondering if DS is too big to launch himself, LOL! He was quite proud of himself at 2am the other morning tucking his knees up ready to roll onto his side, but couldn't get the momentum!
Oops - DD needs attention - BBL!
No rolling from here either. I rolled him onto his front the other day and because his arm was underneath him he rolled back onto his back, but I think that was more a loss of balance rather than consciously rolling.
No AF for me either, thankfully. Supersticially (spelling?) I keep putting off buying any pads, but I know I'll just get caught out one day.
Audax you are doing well going camping already. We are lucky if we go out for a long morning, let alone an overnight trip. We just can't seem to get DS's daytime sleeps sorted. He is generally only awake for 90mins, and will then sleep for 30mins and so on, and of course the times vary depending on what time he wakes up - sometimes 6.15am, sometimes much later. It sounds OK but I know after the lunchtimeish sleep that he is still tired and grumpy, but I cannot get him to sleep longer and I don't want to let him CIO, so the afternoon deteriorates into a series of mini-naps and increasing grumpyness and the bath/feed/bed at 5.30-6.00 is him crying through his feed until he falls asleep, sometimes up to an hour after he started feeding. I was feeding him every time he woke up (approx every 2hrs), but I found he was just snacking and I ended up using the boobs as a comforting thing for him, so he was on them all the time. I can't seem to time the feeds and sleeps correctly. I would like to know that he is fed whenever he wakes, and then say 9am, 12, 3pm, and 6pm (to save me constantly looking at my watch to see when he was last fed and to try and establish some regular pattern to our day), but then he won't sleep cos he is hungry so I feed him and he falls asleep after a few minutes so I know he hasn't really fed properly etc. Plus his 30min sleeps don't really allow me time to get much done around the house. Sometimes I still feel like I have a (large) newborn, our life still feels very chaotic. Ladies - do you have a set pattern to your day at all?
Solids - we are going to Bali in May for a wedding so I really want to hold off on the solids until we return, it will just be so much easier if DS is on the breast while we are away, and also provide some comfort for him in a strange place with people he is not used to. I've bought a book about baby led weaning so I'm going to read that and then see how I feel about puree vs proper solids for our return.
We took DS in the pool yesterday - he didn't hate it but he didn't seem to enjoy it that much either, whereas he loves the bath, so I think we just need to persevere with it while the weather and water temperature are still warm.
Have a good rest of the weekend ladies x
Hi All,
We ended up going away for the long weekend to a farm about 3 1/2 hrs drive from Melb. Caitlin had a great time and Campbell slept a lot and fed terribly. I had just enough bottles to last us while we were there so I didn't have to sterilise but he wouldn't drink. In the 3 days we were away he probably only had 1 day worth of milk. Now that we are home though he is back to having his full feeds. I suppose it was the different surroundings that he was not comfortable with. Makes me worry when we go up to Qld in Apr/May. He will have just started solids but will still need to be having bottles so hopefully being that little bit older he will do as he is told and drink well! Unfortunately when we go away I will have to do some sterilizing because I am not buying 11 days worth of bottles to take up there pre-sterilized!
Picketty - Our routine is pretty set now but it is much easier when you are bottle feeding than demand feeding. Up at 8am for bottle. Sleep by 9.30/10. Bottle 11.45. Sleep 1.15/1.45. Bottle 3.30. Catnap 5/5.30. Bottle 7.15. Bed 8/8.30. Dreamfeed 11/11.30. The 1st 2 sleeps of the day vary, 1 will be a long 2hr sleep and the other will be a catnap / awake / catnap. If he sleeps past 8 I just adjust the day by feeding him 3.45hrly so that his dreamfeed is as close to 11pm as possible so I can get to bed although DH does this feed regularly so I can get some extra sleep!
Finally got physio clearance to go to my first hockey training last night. I wasn't allowed to do much but it was great to get back out on the pitch. I am sore today though and very unfit! I have a lot of work to do to get fit for the season. I think I will probably peak halfway through season! Oh well better than nothing I suppose!
Hope everyone else is well :)
Hey ladies,
Not much action in here lately! Hope everyone is well and their bubs too!
Had a funny incident this morning- went to pick up DS after his sleep and he'd rotated 180 degrees from where I'd put him down!! Not sure how he managed that as he still can only roll onto his side and that's it! No wonder he was crying and a bit bewildered!
We have DS's baptism this weekend, so lots of preparations going on here! Cake is made and iced, last shopping done. Just need to get all the salads and potatoes made tomorrow and set up all the tables. Hopefully will be a good weekend!
Anyone else christening their kids?
Star - oh the joys of organising a christening! LOL i remember that all too well with DD1! And yep we are doing it again with Miss Emily, but not until May/June!
So how did the christening go? was it a beautiful day? i sure hope it was!
AFU - we have started on solids and Miss Emily has taken really well too it! has anyone else started?
Campbell's baptism is going to be in July. They only do them 2nd Sunday of month and that's the first one we are free on! Hope the day went well Star.
We gave Campbell a rusk today to naw on but no real solids yet. He just had a suck on it and then tossed it aside!
Campbell moves around heaps in his cot, if he ever wakes during the night it is because he has jammed himself up against the bottom corner and is uncomfortable. He also spins round and round on his playmat and is trying desperately to roll from back to front but can't quite get there!
marknjo - hmmm thanks for the reminder! i think we had that prob with Miss B, in christenings only being done every 2nd sunday - i better check that!
We have the back to front happening no worries here, but still can't get front to back!
And when Miss Emily has a teething rusks she pretty much eats the whole thing?! im wondering if she might be teething?????
Hello Ladies!! Sorry it's been a while..
Hi Picketty!! Congratulations on your little one and welcome to the group :)
Everything has been going so great here with bub's. Hit the 4 month mark today!! Had his needles this morning. Was a bit blown away with his weight.. 10kgs!!! Couldn't believe it! Doc says I have steroid milk :lol: It also makes me a bit scared to start him on solids so not in any rush in that department. He doesn't seem to be wanting more either.
Definate teething here too.. His gums are up then down then up.. Dribbles and chews on EVERYTHING!! Bibs are now permanently part of his wardrobe.
Almost rolling from back to belly, gets to his side but can't quite get over. He loves his jolly jumper too.. a very active bubba.
Sleeps have been going very well. Has 3 naps during the day (morning lunch and arvo) Goes to bed between 6-6.30 (his choice) and wakes when DP does around 5. Sometimes will wake for a night feed.
Picketty I took KP to the pool last week, He wasn't quite sure at first but after a while he loved it!! Was awesome..
We will be christening as well, just not sure when.
That's pretty much it for me.. Hope everyone is well!! xo
Hi ladies, nice to catch up on what everyone is doing!
eza, 10kgs! You must have some good stuff in your milk! Miss P was weighed yesterday and she weighed... 5.6kg! Aaaahhh... and I was so proud! She is only a little dot but she has a nice covering of chub on her and I think she is just going to be little like DD1 who is 8 and has just hit 20kgs.
Not a whole lot of rolling here, Miss P can get to front to back but... well, she's kinda like velcro and I don't put her down all that often so she doesn't get much rolling practice! She is very strong though and passed all her four month checks with flying colours.
Need to make an appointment for her 4 month immunisations but not looking forward to it. She was fine last time, i just don't like it when she cries!
BF is going well, we are still about 60% BF and 40% FF which is a huge success for us. Miss P quite often refuses the bottle from me and has a definite preference for the breast. I feel kinda bad that I don't have enough milk to solely BF as she loves it so much, but I feel good that I'm doing the best I can. She is a booby monster and tries to dig into my top when she wants a feed. She has developed the cutest habit of burying her head in my chest then throwing out a cheeky smile to people who are talking to her. I love it when she snuggles into me. The top of her little head was made for kissing!
Lots of dribbling but no signs of teeth. Not starting solids yet, Miss P is not interested and I don't think she's ready yet.
Is everyone else getting giggles yet? Because I'm not!!! I get massive smiles and a 'huh..' but no giggle! Lots of other noises and blowing raspberries (with an accompanying litre of spit) is her current favourite trick! I seem to remember that DD1 was born with a broken Giggle Button and it was about 6 months before she mastered a proper giggle.
Hope you are all well and enjoying your gorgeous babies!
Awww how cute!! KP gets shy around new people and tries to hide away if they talk to him!! lol..
We get loads of giggles.. But I act so stupidly with him :lol: certain noises (when you make a popping sounds with lips like donkey out of shrek!) he cracks up at. He is also very ticklish!! Im sure Miss P will find her "giggle button" lol soon
Hey ladies,
Lovely to hear updates from you all!
Christening went really well. DS was a dream- lots of smiles - I think he loved being centre of attention! Had a great lunch at home afterwards, and couldn't have asked for a better day. Was a lot of organisation, though and would have loved people to stay for longer, just so I could sit down and enjoy it a bit!
DS is a big giggler- you can't help but laugh back, which makes him giggle more. I'm sure Miss P will get her fair share once she starts up! As for rolling, we can do one side here, but no full rolls yet. Thank goodness. I remember it being a shocking time with DD as she couldn't roll from tummy to back and would get stuck and cry every time we tried to put her down for a sleep.
DS is big on sharing the grins with all and sundry - I don't think he will be a shy boy. If he's anything like his sister, he'll be all for the limelight! Not like me, I was such a shy kid for ages.
Anyway, DS is awake and crying!
Catch you later!
KP rolled from tummy to back this morning!! :D I didn't get to see it tho :(
I put him on his tummy with his toys and then went to make some toast. He was chatting away then all of a sudden when quiet. When I looked he was on his back so it must of shocked him a little :lol:
I doubt that he knows what went on or how he even did it. But exciting nonetheless..
Oh, how cool!
We are still not in rolling territory yet. I have been having practice sessions with DS on the floor!
Hi girls!
We're thinking about a naming ceremony, and did have August nutted out for a date, but SIL has rudely decided to have a baby due then! All my family are booked to be up here though, so we might go ahead and do it anyway.
Nell is rolling both directions. When I put her on a doona on the floor of her bedroom she just rolls backward and forward for ages, thinking it's great fun. Something about that dooona makes it easier to roll, I think.
Anyway, everything's going well here. We gave up co-sleeping at 13 weeks, I think, to find that our little girl sleeps much much better without us. She now sleeps from 7-3am, then 3:30ish til 6am, which is pretty good, and a few times she's gone right through til 5:30 or so. Right now we're working on extending the day time sleeps to more than one sleep cycle. The hammock is great for that, because I can just sneak in and start shuushing and bouncing her, and she's back asleep within 2 minutes. Also, now that it's cooling down, I can keep her windows shut, and there's not as much distracting noise.
Loving cloth nappies too! They're great. We went to Melbourne for 5 days last weekend, and had given thought to just going the sposie route, but we stuck to our guns, and took our fluffies. It was perfect - we took enough to get us through until Day 3, and washed that morning.
Next we're getting ready for the big Easter road trip - 16 days around central Queensland! An adventure all right!
wow sounds like all bubs are doing well and growing oh so fast!
Miss Em is now rolling both ways, and gets right up on her knees and slides forward! it's now a case of once we put her down in one spot and turn our backs she will have moved by the time we get back to her! Love it! DD1 can not wait until Miss Em is on the move!
Not sure if i mentioned but we have started solids here! which is all going well!
Audax - wow thats going to be a big adventure all right! can't wait to hear all about it! and Cloth is great isn't it!!!!
eza - have you seen KP roll yet?
star - glad all went well with the christening! and how cute DS is giggling! we get heaps of smiles and the odd giggle or 2 but it's just not happening yet! i can not wait tho!
nickle - excellent job on the bfing!!!! well done! i have almost stopped! :( still do the occassional feeds but no as often!
Hello ladies
Well still no rolling from here, despite me rolling him over and back a lot to try and get him used to the sensation. He is starting to bring his legs up a little bit, but only when I take his nappy off. We too are using cloth nappies and they are quite bulky and I think they restrict his legs a bit. We had our first giggle a couple of days ago, and yesterday he started a screeching noise, so he's been practising that all day today.
I am so envious of all of you whose bubs are sleeping through, or at least sleeping halfway through. DS's sleep has been quite unsettled for the last few weeks and to be honest I'm a bit over it. We've got relatives staying at the moment though so when they have gone we will make more of an effort to get him to sleep longer.
I'm still managing to breastfeed, although he gets one bottle of formula in the evening when my boobs are empty, and I've started taking one with me for when we go out and about because he gets so distracted if anyone is talking, but I know that is not very good for my milk supply so I try not to do it too often. I would really like to continue to BF when he starts solids so hopefully it will all go ok. I bought some baby rice the other day at the m-i-law's suggestion, but in the end I just couldn't give it to him so it is sitting in the cupboard.
Audax - you are doing so well to attempt a trip like that. Even an hour in the car seems like a long trip to me nowadays with the wee bub. He doesn't sleep in the car so it always ends up in a meltdown after a while. We took him to the beach today, but it was a bit windy and the sand was blowing all over him which he didn't like very much. I had a great time in the surf though, playing on the body board and letting my hair down for a bit. It made me realise how important time to myself is, so once a week I am going to leave DS with DH for a few hours and do something for myself, not just food shopping and running errands, but time to myself, like at the gym or at the beach while the weather is still good or whatever.
Picketty - time to yourself is such a good idea! and good on you for making that decision to do so! make sure you do do it! it will make you a much more happier mum (not that your not already a happy mum ifykwim) i wish i would do it! i have days when god knows i need it but i really just cant find the time, with the 2 girsl, DH working, Uni and study, and than when there is time i get really guilty for even thinking of being bymyself when i should be with the girls and DH! just can't win! LOL
Good work on the still breastfeeding also! that is awesome! As for the sleep - if its any constilation - by DD1 is now 2.5yrs old and is still a horrible sleeper!!! she has always been up a few times a night and is still up a few times a night! nots saying that DS will be like that, just letting you know that while DD2 is a fantastic sleeper and sleeps from 1900-0600 im still getting up with the other one! :)