hmm, much to ponder.
evie hasnt eaten a lot at all since she's had a cold, it's starting to pick up again now though but she does snack on me too. lol
we're moving house so it's my job to try and pack the kitchen and i have no idea where to start! such a big job i am such a horder! i have told dh i'm getting cleaners in though - woot!
TARA (whoops wrote tart lol!!) have fun packing!!!
have you tried the custard powder from heinz mixed with b/m? i find if sophie wont eat i alternate custard and savoury, cheating i know but it works, one spoon custrad one spoon vegies etc
for anyone whos had the pleasure of adminsting demazin or similar, go for the dimatap colour free!!! has hardly any taste and sophie actually opens her mouth for it, unheard of in our house!!!
my best friend who lost her little boy last year had a girl this afternoon by c/s!!!!! i'm so happy for them but god i cant stop crying!!!!!!happy tears of course!!!
Thats great news AJP, congrats to your friend.
i've found the same with dimetapp too now that you mention it.
Ok, i need some serious help. i have never been an angry person. my dad was always very angry when i was a child and i swore i would never let my kids feel what i felt. but lately, when i'm trying to get evie down for her sleep i find i am getting so angry. i clench my teeth so hard that i swear i'm going to break them, and sometimes i just yell before putting her in her cot, pulling the side up so it bangs and then storming out. of course she gets upset then i feel like sh*t. the thing that is infuriating me at the moment is that i cant cut her nails any shorter than they are and when i am trying to rock her to sleep she reaches up and grabs handfuls of my face. i have just stormed out the room now and my lip is bleeding in 3 different spots, i have 6 gashes across my chin and my nose is bleeding. i cant help it i just get so so so angry.
usually rocking is fine and she'll go to sleep within 5 mins but sometimes it doesnt work and when i put her in her cot she stands up and plays then gets overtired and i cant get her to sleep at all.
my god, my face is stinging
Hugs tara,
i'm finding sophie harder to put down for sleeps now that she has discovered been mobile around the cot!!! what i find is sort of working is putting her down and letting her do her thing for say 15mins then i go back in a put her back onher back and tuck her in, seems to work for us
thanks AJP, i just cant stop crying now. i feel so upset that i let myself get angry with her. she's a baby for goodness sake, shes not trying to be nasty! whats wrong with me!
i feel like i have completely ruined the bond we have, how can she still smile at me? how can she forgive me when i cant forgive myself. i'm a terrible person, how dare i.
Tara - You are normal. She loves you and you love her unconditionally but we all are tested. With the move on your mind as well you may be a bit more stressed than normal. Can someone help you pack?
Ella sometimes scratches me too and it really hurts. She kicks me in the boobs when I undress her for bathtime and it really really hurts especially because they are full of milk. I get upset too but I sit down and take a breath.
I dont know what else to say since Ella's not mobile. But I'm sure I'll be going through the same stress as you.
Big Hugs
Ann
Last edited by luua; August 4th, 2007 at 08:49 PM.
Tara - hugs, dw we all have days like that, and we are only human. have u got a baby nail file?
we are having the same problem with Emelia she keeps standing in her cot, i just let her go until she crys and then as AJP does, i lay her down tuck her in...sometimes this can go on for ages!!
ur doing a great job Tara it is a hard job at times, ur not a terrible person at all ur only human
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Taralee, hugs to you sweetie, we're all human. Moving house is the #1 stressor in people's lives, it's such a huge thing to do. Good on you for insisting on a cleaner, i hope you have a moving van and movers too.
i have baby nail clippers, gee they are hard to use, and i have a baby who will actually watch me use them on her, and she DOESN"T wiggle when i ATTEMPT to cut her nails (i find this amazing). But a baby nail FILE??? do they really exist? I find her nails SO SHARP after i've cut them.
You poor sore face Taralee. We are also in the position of not getting bubs to go to sleep easily, so 15mins sitting up on our bed, surrounded by big heavy pillows, and THEN lie her down to sleep. It's like she needs to "wind" down or something.
TARA there are times that i get angry with sophie, i have just put in her bed and walked out, she's safe and i just catch my breath, your bond will still be as strong as ever everyone knows how much you love her
Have a great day today Kim!!!
Last edited by Olive; August 5th, 2007 at 08:34 AM.
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oh Tara *hugs* there have been times with Jovie (not as much as with Matilda) where I've had to put her down & walk out. Last week I would be settling her for an hour & only to put her down & have her wake up in 10 minutes! I got so angry with her one day I got up & walked out of the room & slammed the door!! LOL wasn't very constructive in getting her to sleep but helped me feel better, then I went into the lounge room & screamed into a pillow... I felt like I was having my own little tantrum... I felt better after a minute or two so walked back in & started over.
Friday was turning into one of those days for me so putting her into the pram & walking was the best thing I could have done.
Thanks guys, feeling better today. we just visited our friends who have a 4yo, twin 2yo's and a 9 month old. OMG is all i can say. made me feel better about just having the one!
I'm so sick of feeling guilty for that fact that evie's not really on solids and she doesnt sleep through the night. i cant force her to do either of those things and i know they'll happen in time but i feel like i missed 'Feed your baby solids and get them to sleep at night 101' - i must have been out having a beer that day
BTW Tried the nail file (I have several - they are Tommee Tippee if anyone is looking for them) and today i just sat with her and cut them so low. she too watches while i cut them - which is nice for me. so obviously i attended 'cutting baby nails 101'
tara i too wouldnt stress about the solids, sophie ate the most she ever has tonight, 3 cubes of meat/veg and 2 of pears for dessert!! she aslo watches me cut her nails though i just use the ones we use on ourselves!!!
we have a very busy beever here, in the past couple os days has learnt how to wave and commando crawl/crawl!!!! now th fun begins
BLANCHE mainly both got the sniffles so hopefully wont pregress further
went to visit my best friend today i had forgotten how small newborns were!!!
LOL AJP, evie started waving a couple of weeks ago and at first it was just when someone said hello but now it's in every reflection that she sees either herself or someone else and any animal that happens to walk by gets a smile.
I gave evie more pureed chicken and vegies as well as a sausage in her mesh dummy thingy today and she has like 2 tspns and then isnt too interested in anymore but will guzzle a breastfeed. any ideas? am i doing the right thing there?
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oh taralee, evie's waving sounds so cute! Can i join your Failed Solids and Sleeping well by Eight Months Group? I don't like beer much, i must have been having a portacaffe the day that class got taught!
AJP - yeh for Sophie the Commando Crawler!
i sold my glider chair today to a heavily pregnant lady (sigh, made me so clucky, and SHE was so clucky over my bilby) - and then went looking in a baby shop at playpens, highchairs. Our distinct lack of toddlerproofing the unit has led us to think about having a baby proof coral for bilby. I won an ebay auction for a baby seat that has a swivel base, called TURN A TOT, to help with my back, the seat turns 90 degrees to face you, the parent putting your bub in the seat. once you have done the harness up, you turn the seat 90 degrees and it clicks shut into position. Fingers crossed this will make my back pain reduce, cos constantly having back and neck pain, makes me grumpy all the time.
i think we got maybe a dessertspoon of apple puree down tiny bilby today. About a week ago, i thought she was taking to solids and now we're going backwards again. Lucky she's chubby, so no-one would look at her and accuse me of starving her! She loves the breastmilk and makes faces at the solids, tolerates a bit, but not much really. My parenting support worker said the window of opportunity is at seven months, i think i missed it. I see her monthly now, am dreading next visit.
WOW...we had a fab weekend and Chelsea most certainly was a Princess and looked like a doll yesterday!! I have soooo many photos to put on her site i have to go thru them first!! Was well behaved, never cried...and loooooved the attention!
All good on the food and sleep front...no complaints.... sleep is great....nothing could be better. AND its Craig's first day home from work... and we have a Chelsea FREE day
Morning! Well, had a chat to my SIL this morning about solids and sleep and feel better. Gigi, welcome to my club but i think that window business is a load of crap. i watched a thing the other day and soooo many mums were saying their babies refused solids until 12 months and then just started eating. evie loves bm too and she's thriving so i think thats whats important - although it is hard to remember that when it seems like your baby is the only one not eating/sleeping.
I tried putting evie back to sleep last night without feeding and just patting or rocking..... 2 HOURS LATER!!!! i was still standing there so i thought f**k this i'll feed you...15 mins later she was back asleep for another 3.5 hours. so thats just what i'll have to do from now on. i went to put her down for a sleep just now but she wriggled too much so i put her in her cot and now she's having a great ol' play and chat so i'll leave her until she cries for me to come back and then put her to sleep. i'm a stay at home mum i dont have anything else to do! lol - thats why we're broke! roflmao
YAY Chelsea on her princess day! Glad to hear you had a great weekend Kim, and if anyone deserves to have a baby that sleeps through it's you!!
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