Not on that diet anymore :( but i am watching wat i eat and really want to get into the excersise so cant wait till we get the bikes :D
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Not on that diet anymore :( but i am watching wat i eat and really want to get into the excersise so cant wait till we get the bikes :D
LOL i have having a mega fitness thing too atm!
ROFLMAO the other day i pulled my wedding dress out (I was 4 wks pg when we got married so not that long ago!) and DH walks in and goes 'you wouldnt even fit in that anymore.....with your beauty" PMSL he didnt realise what he'd said until he said it but it was so funny.....and kinda true...about me not fitting in it!
Well I treated myself & bought a pair of new undies to fit into... they are a bit too small & I thought that it would encourage me to keep moving ;)
christy that is usually the best way i find to demotivate myself! goodluck to you tho! :)
Did I say that Jovie's started crawling?? She did on Friday & I thought that would solve our non sleeping during the day by wearing herself out, I was wrong. LOL she wouldn't sleep today just crawling around her cot or me if I tried to settle her.... I'm a zombie again & didn't get my book read for the book club tomorrow!!! eeek...better stay up late & read.
Yay Jovie, yep Emelia isnt going to sleep easy anymore now she is crawling too, prefers to crawl around and sit/stand in her cot!! i thought the same about wearing themselves out but nope :s
Emelia has dropped her second sleep now and is having only 1 a day now for 2 hours which isnt to bad at all i guess!
we discovered moveing around the cot last week as well!!! soon as i put her doenshe flips and is off, i find if i leave her for 10-15 mins then go back in a put her back on her back and tuck her in tight, she'll go to sleep, i'm trying to get sophie down to 3 sleeps a day instead of 4!!!
tried the heinz powdered custard today, very impressed just mix with b/m or formula, no added sugar!!!
well evie's a little star eater now but hasnt worked out that food will stop her feeling hungry. so i need some ADVICE! i wait til she's hungry to feed her solids but then she knows that boobies fill her belly so makes a fuss and doesnt want solids, just boob. although she will sit and swallow food - just not enough quick enough to fill her up. does that make sense? am i supposed to offer her solid before breast at this stage?
AJP thats no far!! wow 4 sleeps a day!
Tara - ive been told that not to offer boob/bottle before solids until they are eating 3 solids meals properly a day..just wat i was told.
ok Blanche, cheers, so what do i do then? if i wait til she's hungry she doesnt want to know about solids..she demands satisfaction!
Also, just a question for you all...are you guys all demand feeding? i just assumed it's what everyone did but i'm just curious
WOW all of you have such active babies. Ella sits an plays and only just started rolling. She smiles so proudly afterwards. LOL
AJP - 4 sleeps! how long does she sleep for each one? Ella is sleeping twice a day for a total of 2hrs.
Vicky - Work is good. I'm very much aware i'm just there for the pay check. But i got paid the other day and it was SWEET. Its so good getting a bit of your own money even though its not much.
Being a mum is so much harder than working. I never understood it before but now - I totally agree. I look forward to being with Ella so much more on my days off. One of the girls at work said "You're so lucky you can sleep in" !!!!!! I just looked at her and laughed. ---yeah right----sleep in!
Tara- i gave ella boobs first until Ella lost weight and my GP said "food first!". We are feeding about 3 times a day.
We're going fine. Great day. Ella now sleeps with me sitting next to her. Her teething is easing up a bit.
Ann
tara heres an average day of feeding for us
wake up anywhere from 5-8 depends greatly- boob
usually back in bed 1-2 hrs later for 40-60 mins
boob this is normally 3 hours after the first one, sophie is not yet a breakfast fan so til lunch it's boob
lunch around 1 depending on sleep as she goes back down after been up for 2 hours, boob sleep 40-60 mins
dinner around 5pm, bath around 6.30, boob and bed at 7pm
today was
7am- boob
8am bed- 90 mins
9.30am up
10am boob
11.30pm bed -40 mins
1 pm lunch
2pm boob
2.30 bed -40 mins
3,30 boob
4.30 bed 40 mins
5.30 pm dinner
7pm boob
That sounds quite similar to my day actually, i think i just have to pre-empt (spelling?) when she's hungry otherwise i end up waiting til shes too hungry.
great night last night, bed at 645, cried out at 730 but was having a bad dream so i just gave her a pat and walked out (so that doesnt count as a wake up!!!), woke at 1115, then 315 then I HAD TO WAKE HER at 630 to take DH to work! unbelievable! i wouldve had a wee sleep in!!
and it's back to taking 15 mins to get her back to sleep once she wakes at night, i considered not offering boob but it's just too easy and i get too upset if i dont get enough sleep so its better for us all in the long run :)
tara i still seem to offer boob 3hrly, habit i guess, but if it's close to lunch or tea i do food first.
today so far
4.30am boob
8.30am boob
12 lunch 1/2 banana, 1/4 vegemite sandwich
12.30 boob
1.30 boob
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
AJP - thats wonderful news about ur friend!!
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 :hug:
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.
this mothering gig sure isn't easy.
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!!!
Gigi, yeh u can get baby nail files, i have only seen them in target, they worked well for us!!!
AJP- how r u and Sophie? did u get colds?
Kim - have a great day and im sure Chelsea will look so gorgeous!!
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?
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.
Morning ladies!!!
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 :D
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!!
tara- good to hear you're feeling better about sleep and solids. Its funny - you just want your baby to be like everyone elses....but they are so different. I think that when i wonder why Ella's not crawling or standing up by herself. I think - am I not teaching her properly?
Kim - just checked your galllery. No pics yet! We want to see how cute Chelsea was.
Gigi - we went forwards and backwards too with solids. Yesterday she had 2 baby spoons of breakfast and today she had 5 cubes! Everyday and every week is different for us. When she's teething (like now) she loves chewing on things rather than the fork mashed foods. So she prefers toast, bread with avocado or chopped dried figs or sultanas.
Well I'm suppose to be at work today but I'm at home sick. I had the most horrendous weekend throwing up. I havent had any solids since Saturday night which disappeared after an hour. Today I've just managed to stand up and walk. Luckily my MIL is here today to take care of Ella. I can barely pick her up. I think its gastro - its been lurking around the last few weeks. And now its struck. I got a call from work to see if i was really sick! - dont you love it.
Ann
Ann that is so rude! i cant believe work would ring you!!!! i'd tell them to stick it. you must feel like a trusted employee! i'd go in and start licking all their food and make them sick and then ring them in the middle of the night......too far?
yeah they always do that. it was the same when i was preggers. but the work is easy and they pay well... but maybe one or two licks of their butter wouldnt hurt ;)
i like you're thinking ;)
Just wondering if anyone else has trouble with poo-ey stains? evie's nappy exploded and i soaked everything in HomeBrand napisan for a day and have just washed them and they're stained.
tara stick it them out in the sun, the sun is the best stain remover may take a few goes but will work better than napisan!!
BBL having coffee with my man!!
Tara i use the napisan oxyaction max (the pink one) and it works the best i recon, has got every stain out so far!
Thanks ladies, will do!
I just spent half an hour standing next to the cot with evie holding my hand and me shhh'ing. so hopefully she'll be happy enough to have a good sleep.
I find that no matter how tight i tuck her in she still rolls over, everytime i go in during the night she's on all fours, like she sleeps on her belly then wakes up and doesnt realise whats going on