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thanks guys. the whole sleep thing with Katie is really getting me down at the moment. DP put her down tonight and even though she refused to go to sleep and he had to go back over and over until it was pretty much time to feed her again, he says he thinks she was getting closer to being happy to be put down...I hope he's right.
It's my birthday tomorrow, turning 41, I hope that I feel happier than today.
Charli has just gone down for a nap so im all for catching up on threads, lol. She screamed almost the whole way home from dropping alyssa off at childcare and it was sooo heartbreaking her cry, as soon as i picked her up she just sobbed on my shoulder, it was so adorbale yet so sad. She is also now in infant nappied, she was 4975g last monday so she'd def be over the 5kg mark now and the nb nappies were a lil small, you could almost see her bum crack. lol. I ended up giving the 10 or so that were left to alyssa for her doll that pee's. haha, works out cheaper than those baby alive nappies anyway.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FUSSY BOOTS. Hope you have a great day and Katie behaves for you :)
I know it can get really hard sometimes when they won't settle but having your DH there will help alot, it does take a while for them to self settle but once they get into it you'll be soooo glad you stuck with it. Alyssa was almost 1 when i took her to sleep clinic cause i just couldnt do it anymore and it was alot harder cause she was so 'used' to getting nursed and cuddled to sleep, but also keep in mind that sometimes babies just need a cuddle to sleep and once every now and then wont get them into a bad habit.
GL Melsa with the rheumatoid arthritis hopefully it settles down for you soon, if not and you have to switch to formula dont feel guilty at least you gave it your best (some mums dont even give bf a second though they go straight to formula, not judging them of course) and you could always express one bottle a day of breast milk, some if still better than none ;)
Hi!!!
Long time no post!! I miss you all heaps!! It's been super busy around here thats for sure - Ethan won't take a dummy and needs lots of cuddles etc and is usually up until 10pm evernight unsettled...thus no time on the computer for me usually...
Wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas though!!! I hope you have a super special xmas with your new bubs!! Hoping the new year brings us all sleeping bubs! LOL!
We're off to Bonnie doon to the PIL on boxing day so I'm hoping to take the computer up so I can write to you all properly!! (some quiet time to myself is just what I need at the moment!!) We'll see if it happens though...otherwise dh is finishing work today and then off until the 12th so I'm sure I'll manage to catch up before then!!
Merry Christmas!! Chat soon!
P.S Kirra - we have to catch up in the new year!! It seems silly we live so close but haven't met yet!! LOL!
Hi guys
Long time no post from me too.
Things here have been really hectic.
The girls are both growing well and had their first lot of shots yesterday. I can't believe they are 2 months old already!
Just wanted to wish everyone a VERY Merry Christmas and I hope to catch up more over the next few weeks while DH is on holidays.
Shell
hi everyone
seems like everyone is busy! Haven't had much time to get on here as you can all imagine - just as busy as the rest of you :)
Lily gave me a very good Christmas present - she slept for 7 consecutive hours last night! yay!
Ok, just wanted to wish everyone a merry christmas. Hope to be able to get on here & catch up on all the posts in the new year.
Ciao peeps
Nice to hear from all of you who haven't been on in ahile.
Hope everyone had a great day......Charli didnt really like it, she def prefers to just stay home all day.lol
Hi guys. I hope you all had a fantastic first christmas with your new additions. Logan had a great day and got spoilt by everyone. I had him weighed at his 8 week appointment yesterday. He is now 6.18kg and 59cm. He has grown 800 g and 4cm in 4 weeks, a very healthy boy. He has started only pooing every 2nd day now, but they are massive explosive ones - the last two have been so bad that they have escaped everywhere!!!
I wish everyone a happy and healthy new years:partysmiley:
Thats awesome Kylie about logans weight gain, charli is averaging 90g a week which the mchn says is a lil under what she would like (they say 150g is better) but she is happy and healthy so im not worried.
LOL @ the explosive poo's, charli's are like that sometimes, she poo's everyday sometimes up to 4 times but the expolsive ones are funny cause DP wont change them he makes even more mess. lol.
Hope everyone had a happy, healthy and safe new year. Enjoy your night (i'll most likely be sleeping. lol)
Hi everyone!
Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year! We didn't make it to midnight last night! Sleep was more important than counting down to the New Year!! ;)
Samuel is doing really well. He no longer fits the newborn nappies and is wearing 000 size clothes now. Even though he was born 8 lbs he's got his daddy's long and lean figure (I'm so jealous!). I was looking at some photos yesterday of him in his first week. Can you believe how quickly they grow and change?
It's been so hot here this past week - over 35 each day - so we haven't been doing much except staying indoors in the air conditioning.
Hope everyone's doing well.
Charli is the same Melsa, she's been in 'infant' nappies now for almost 2 weeks and she's just gone up to "00" in the bonds wondersuits cause her legs are too long for the "000"
The last 2 weeks she's been coo'ing and goo'ing and smiling heaps and we've even got a couple of laughs out of her, they are just gorgeous although i havent managed to catch it on the video camera yet cause its still in the car from xmas, talk about lazy. lol
Better go get dressed if we wanna get the grocery shopping done today, i've got about 1.5 hrs if im lucky before she wakes up for her next feed so i better get a wiggle on.
Hi. I hope everyone and their bubs are well as it has been very quiet in here lately. Logan is getting his 8 week needles tomorrow, hopefully he it will not be too bad!! DH is coming with me so that will be nice.
We are almost into 00s and crawler nappies as Logan is just growing so fast. I have already had to pack up a whole heap of his clothes that don't fit any more :( My SIL is already putting aside her size 3 clothes for him which he won't need for a couple of years but it is still good to know that i won't have to buy too much.
He's looks so cute Kylie. I hear ya on the getting big, Alyssa didnt weigh 5kg until she was almost 12wks old Charli was only 7wks and already she weighs over 5kg. lol. All her 000 still fit her though with the exception of her Bonds wondersuits which she is too long for now. She's such a chubber but i love it.
Hi girls, I'm just amazed too at how quickly our bubs are growing. Katie weighed in at 4.9 kg today, bang on average apparently. We had to rush out last week and buy her a cot as she outgrew her bassinet over Christmas and we had her sleeping on a sofa seat cushion on the floor for a few days. We've become a sucker for the gadgets. We have a baby monitor now, a musical mobile over the change table and looking for another one for the cot, a bouncer that vibrates (Katie looks very disconcerted when we turn it on...very cute), and we're contemplating one of the those baby swings to get her to sleep.
She no longer goes to sleep if you put her to bed, she has to be walked, rocked in the pram, or breastfed to go to sleep. It's a bit tiring.
On the upside she is much calmer and does actually sleep a bit during the day now...thanks to Infants Friend. When we were home over Christmas my sister (a NICU nurse in Brisbane) took one look at her and said that she obviously had wind...we felt like real idiots. We'd known that she had a bit, but apparently she'd been incredibly uncomfortable for weeks. We rushed out Boxing Day and bought the last bottle in the chemist and she was better within in hours...my DP says that he loves our 'new' baby.
We have a couple of challenges this week. We want to try and teach her to go to sleep in her cot, its going to be a bit of slog we think but we'll have to be strong...we've started a bit in the last couple of days, but I have to send DP away because even though we agree on how long we'll try for, he can't stand her crying and always wants to pick her up within minutes. I stay with her and I tell him to come in when the time is up.
She is also having her shots on Friday, hopefully she's more like me than DP, he hates needles.
Off to my first Parents Group meeting at the clinic on Thursday, hopefully we'll all click. I'm too likely to keep to myself and really need to get out and socialise with other mums.
Anyway, good night ladies. Chat to you later.
That excellent she seems to be doing very well Fussyboots. I too had a stranger comment that charli had wind while she was sleeping in the pram one day when i was shopping, i felt extremely stupid but the said when they pull their legs up when their sleeping and move around its cause they had wind. Atleast i know now.
Charli is sleeping in her bassinette only at night, she's almost outgrown it but i just dont wanna part with her at night yet. lol. She's been sleeping during the day in her cot for about a week now and she's doing really well, i wrap her lay her down turn her teddy on (it glows dif colours) and give her the dummy and leave. She usually spits the dummy out before i even leave the room but after about 5 minutes of sooking and sometimes crying she goes to sleep. Havent mastered it at night yet though, she still wants to be held and nursed to sleep then.
Hi all,
Samuel had a visit to the MCHN yesterday. I didn't realise we have to see a GP or Paed as well! I thought the MCHN did everything! I'll have to get on to that. Sammy weighs 4.86kg now and has grown from 53cm at birth to 58 1/2cm now! He too is really too big for the bassinette but I'm like you Kirra - I'm not ready for him to leave our room at night yet!
He's lots of fun now that he is more responsive with smiles and coo'ing. He is also very nosey! Likes to know what's going on all around him!
I've got mum's group today. Don't know if I want to venture out in the heat but it's down by the beach so shouldn't be too bad!
Better go, the little guy is calling me!!
Have a great day ladies.
Hi, havent posted for a while just been really busy over Christmas etc. Glad to hear everyone seems to be going well.
David is alot better now. I (reluctantly) had to put him fully on the bottle as he was losing weight and I just couldnt get my supply going (I would pump away for half an hour and only have a miserable 30 mls.) plus everytime I tried to attach him he would scream and cry and pull away and in the end it felt like I was torturing him. :cry: But anyway he's happy now and last weight was exactly 4kg. He's smiling alot, has the odd unsettled day, but sleeps well at night.
He loves watching his noisy brothers and smiles as soon as he sees them. Thats funny how a few of you were talking about your little ones having wind because thats what my mum says all the time "He's drawing his legs up, he's got wind" shes said it so many times that now my other son Adam who's 4, says everytime David cries "Maybe he's got wind." lol.
Does anybody else have school age children? its hard keeping them entertained during holidays with a baby as well.
Nothing much else to report, just wanted to let you all know we're still alive. lol
Take it easy, Ness
Hi Girls,
Thought I'd better introduce myself in this thread (was with the Babies Due Nov 15-30) and Willow arrived 12 Nov. Firstly I can't believe how quickly this time has been flying and that our little girl is already 8 weeks old. I am sure that the pregnancy didn't go so fast. Since NYE she has more or less slept through from 11-5 (one exception). So not sure what the hell I am doing up at 2am :doh: but have been awake since 12am and finally figured it was a good time to catch up here.
We had our paed appt on Tues. she is now 4.9kg and everything checked out well and Willow shouldn't have to see him again (fingers crossed). We will be back there though with Charlize in May :( unfortunately that will be an ongoing thing for while yet (another story)
Willow has just had the last wears out of her 0000's and into the 000's. a little bit sad about her growing up so quickly trying to enjoy every moment as this will probably be the last time for us, DH is adamant that our family is definitely completed.
Have been BF'g but afternoon/evenings have been a bit of a struggle as I'm not sure if I am just not producing enough milk for her as she seems to want to constantly feed sometimes up to 3-4hrs with only a few 10min breaks anywhere between 4-11pm. Has made it interesting when DD1 usually goes through a bedtime routine (dinner, bath, teeth and bed) between 5.30-7 and is a big problem to keep her in bed - lately has been up to 9pm before we can finally get her into sleep and I am trying to get Willow satisfied through this ...probably half the problem not being able to just relax and feed.
Anyway getting close to 3am now, so must attempt to get some shuteye as almost guaranteed that someone will want me up within a couple of hours....had one morning that Willow woke at 1am and then 4am for an hour each time and I was enjoying a bit of a "sleep in" after settling her when at 6am I was lifted out of the bed to the dulcet tones of "My Sharona" blaring through the house - DD1 had put one of her favourite 70's cd on the intercom system and the speaker in our room was turned to full volume.....(now who taught her how to do that DH?????) He took to sleeping across the other side of the house in order not to get woken through the night when I got up to Willow within about a week of coming home.:rolleyes:
Take care,
Jo
Miss Charli slept sooo well last night from 8.15pm - 6.20am and only woke up once between then at 1am for a her feed and went straight back to sleep. I love it when she sleeps like that at night. Maybe its the cot, i've moved her from the bassinette cause she's too long and what room she does have between her head and the top (bout 20cm) she moved up anyway so atleast in the cot she can move up almost a mtr before she reaches the top. lol. I nearly didnt but it is def safer for her in the cot even if she is so far away. She's also been self settling with the exception of the afternoons where she doesnt seem to wanna sleep at all. Her legs are so strong, she stands on me and bobs up and down, its quite cute, she's also laughing now, esp when i tickle her. She's growing up so fast i'm trying to cherish her and take lost of photo's while she's still small.
Alyssa is proving to be a lil hard to entertain lately, she always wants me to play or she complains she lonely which is quite heart breaking. She's also been very cheeky which i try to let go a lil cause she's had some big changes with a new baby lately but sometimes she can be a real brat, you'd think she was the mum.
Welcome Jovi, How old is Charlize (love the name btw)?
Charli also feeds alot at night, between 4-8 she'll someetimes feed every half hour-hour but then she'll usually sleep longer at night, its like the's filling up for a big long sleep.
Nessie- Lys isnt school aged but i find her hard to entertain sometimes, esp with a baby attached to the boob, sorry to hear you had to put david onto a bottle, i remember when i run out of milk with alyssa at 10wks i had to put her on formula as i didnt know all the things i know now and i was heartbroken i cried all day.
Melsa- good to see samual is growing well. Charli is 57cm from 52cm at birth. Seems she's the biggest baby in here at about 5.2kg, i must have super fatty milk. lol