HHHHHHHEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOO out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
where is everyone???????
TARA had another beer tonight!!!
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HHHHHHHEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOO out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
where is everyone???????
TARA had another beer tonight!!!
Im here in Dumb Blondeville...LOL
I have an evil child (one on the the inside and outside it appears). Chels wont sleep, but is happy with her bottles and our chips we had for dinner!! Chips or potatoes is all thats on her menu atm!!
A beer tonight sounds bloody good Jols.... hope u enjoyed it!
yuck beer!
LOL Kim... dumb blondeville!! classic
i was just sooooooo busy today had a tupperware party, went for 4 hours arghhh :S then had to go shops get a present for my cousins 2nd birthday tomoz (nother busy day!!) ended up staying at the shops for almost 3 hours buying stuff for me ahaha! DP was a bit peeved he didnt get anything!
had to take Emelia to docs yesterday she had a rash all over her body, its slowly going away..doc said just a viral thing...should go in a few days.
hope everyone is having a good weekend...im ready for bed im a zombie!
oh blanchie, i just saw your blog, SO CUTE, the youtube vid of Emelia playing, the photos of her piggytails, in the cot, what a cute bub you have!
AJP, can you have a spiced mead for me please, it's mighty chilly tonight, and that is my fancy, not really into beer (too gassy for my tum).
Taralee, you sound relieved about not going back to paid work. I have given the solids a bit of a rest, i'm giving bilby solids once a day now, trying her with a savoury taste e.g today pureed peas and parsnip, and if she doens' tlike that, (which she didn't today - wot a surprise - not), then i resort to pureed fruit with a bit of banana custard (the only thing she wolfs down happily).
i got one of those mesh rattle things that you can put steamed food inside too. So i'm just going to take it down a bit, take the pressure off us both, reduce the times i offer, not stress about it, and keep it lowkey, so we don't both get stressed out of our tree.
Still have to face the parenting support worker and her Window of Opportunity re Solids Theory, but oh well, what can she do? shoot me for failing?
Hope EMelia's rash clears up soon Blanchie.
we are moving furniture around in our bedroom, so the bassinet is out, and the cot will be in (hopefully by tomorrow). Nine months and she will finally be in the cot next to our bed. With so many feeds thru the night, i can't imagine her not being in our room. Poor dh is still on the sofa most nights, not enough room for all three of us in the bed, when i'm feeding her. (and i often fall asleep doing it). I miss having dh in the bed.
Gigi there have been sooo many mods whose children haven't taken to solids until closer to the 12 month mark... don't listen, when that little replay of the "opportunity for solids" starts to play, hit DELETE!!!!!
Ok I need some serious advice cos i think i am about to lose it. these tears are right on the edge.
evie just will not sleep. there is no way in hell she will go down for naps at the moment. yesterday i got so frustrated i walked out and she sobbed so hard she nearly threw up then when i went in to comfort her she calmed down but 10mins later she would occassionally whimper.
I got up at 3:30 this morning to her and realised it was the 5th time.
I am so sleep deprived and at the end of my rope. i have no idea what to do and i was going so well, but i really worry i am on the brink of PND. I just dont know what to do. I put her to sleep just now by leaning over the side rail so my top half was lying in the cot with her. my throat hurt from sh'ing so much. i feel like the only one in the world with a baby that doesnt sleep - i know i'm not - but it feels that way
aww tara your poor possum :( i really dont know what to suggest, except maybe trying sleep school, have you spoken to you MCHN?
the MCHN i went to last week said 'oh just let her cry herself to sleep'. nice one, chump!
oh Tara *hugs* matey anyone who suffered sleep deprivation to that extent for this long a period of time would feel like they were loosing it. I barely survived 6 months of it with Matilda. We are still up twice a night, but its nothing compared to what you are going through.
MCHN's aren't always helpful. Have you tried some homeopathic remedies such as bach flower rescue remedy? or the brauer calm homeopathic drops? I found they helped us get a bit more rest, not the end all be all, but better. How about packing up you & Evie and coming to stay here a few nights?? Its loud & chaotic but you can have some help during the days....
Just a thought ;) . If you can come tomorrow, plan on staying all day & maybe you can have some rest.... often babies entertain each other...
*hugs*
awwww christy thats so sweet of you to help tara out!!!!!
oh arent you a gem Christy! she just went down for her nap with no fuss. granted i fed her to sleep but who cares. i guess i just want someone to tell me its normal and that i'm doing the right thing, because i just dont know. like, she wakes in the night and has a little grizzle but puts herself back to sleep so i think i'm worried that i'm not helping her by putting her back to sleep - more like i'm hindering her self-settling development
Hands up if you think i think waaaaaaaaaaaay too much. dont be shy.
i am feeling a bit better tho....is it beer o'clock yet ;)
tara we have just gone through two weeks of night waking, stopped on friday night, but i was getting worried that by feeding her i was createing a bad habit, but at 2am i'm not going to argue!!!!
do what you think is right, everyone has their own opinion, i did controlled comforting the other night for 90 mins, gave up at 3am and gave her a 1 minute boobie feed and she went back to sleep!!! 90mins for that!! i only let her whinge for 1 minute up to 3 minutes so not too bad. she knows how to self settle she done it for 7 months. i put it all down to a wonder weeks moment and hopefullly thats all over now.
have you thought about ginveing EBM with her still in bed and decreasing the amounts over a few nights???? or offering her water?? i did that and it didnt go down well at all!!!!
mmmmmm beer o clock *homer simpson drool* soon!!!!! were having roast beef in the slow cooker like last week, done in redwine!! we liked it so much were having it again tonight!!
to all the QLD girls I'M COMING UP IN FEB.,!!!!!! 5-14the to coolum beach, so we HAVE to organise to catch up somewhere central we will have a car so can travel!!!!!!
tara :hugs: do what you feel is best. Christy you are a champion - Tara if you can maybe a change of scene and someone who has been there being your chersquad will be a good break for you.
Controlled comforting / crying worked for us when I was in exactly the same situation and I think it was primarily bcos DH was the one going in and not me ... so DS realised that there was no milk coming from daddy so may as well go back to sleep. If you don't have someone to do that I think it would be much harder. Even now tho if he wakes - and last night was 3 times - when DH goes in it is straight back to sleep, yet when I go in it is hysterical crying when I try to tuck him back in and pat back to sleep. Usually DH does all of the night wakings but he is really crook with the flu and is struggling to sleep at night himself.
I also spent that first week of DH doing the nights on sleeping tabs so I could catch up on sleep. That was a great help - even tho after the first night he want back down to 1 quick wake and no screams.
BTW I am making a cake for tmrw Christy do you need anything else brought?
AJP I agree about the wonder week too - Jake has started walking holding onto our hands and all he wants to do is cruise with us or around his cot, the furniture, over the cat.... and since that started Friday he has had crap sleeping habits.
No thanks thats wondeful!! I went out & bought dips this arvo because I just couldn't do it... both kids wanted Mummy only so I gave up ;)
hey everyone
well just got back from hospital Emelia has Hand foot and mouth disease :( poor chickeni wqas up all night literally, didnt get to sleep till 4 and then she was up at 6.30. nothing i can do for the poor thing but give her nurofen, but that desnt help much...have to wait it out.
poor chicken blanchie - what is that sorry never heard of it before... is she ok now?
mmmmm Christy cake is done, not my best work but have smothered it in cream cheese frosting so it hides all flaws!
Ok girls have taken bull by the horns and here are the details...
Thursday 6th September 11am
Roma Street Parklands,
meet at the ampitheatre stage
BYO picnic blanket etc
Hope to meet you all soon!
Sorry to hear that Blanche i hope she's feeling better soon. my sister had HF&M when she was 3, quite nasty if i recall.
poor emelia!!! hope she gets better soon!!
i think she got it from go bannanas (play centre)
heres a little bit of info
:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common illness of infants and children. It is characterized by fever, sores in the mouth, and a rash with blisters. HFMD begins with a mild fever, poor appetite, malaise ("feeling sick"), and frequently a sore throat. One or 2 days after the fever begins, painful sores develop in the mouth. They begin as small red spots that blister and then often become ulcers. They are usually located on the tongue, gums, and inside of the cheeks. The skin rash develops over 1 to 2 days with flat or raised red spots, some with blisters. The rash does not itch, and it is usually located on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. It may also appear on the buttocks. A person with HFMD may have only the rash or the mouth ulcers.
Poor Emelia....i hope she will be ok.
Poor Emelia - I hope she is ok.
*hugs* poor Emelia, its awful. Matilda had roseola and it was horrible.
Nelly... I *think* we can make it!! Depends on Matilda.
hugs Tara, you really sound at the end of your rope
hugs Blanchie, i hope the nurofen helps Emelia, thanks for putting up the info so we can all watch out for it.
Taralee - 9 times out of ten, i put tiny bilby to sleep by feeding her to sleep, i hadn't realised that was not quite the ideal, until i read your post, i thought nothing of it. When we've tried to put her down, and she screams, it just feels instinctual to me, to offer her some milk. I hadn't really thought of it as good or bad, or setting up habits or not. Maybe i do it so often (usually in weird hours of the morning), i am not awake enough to even consider doing anything else. So, obviously, i am not going to tell you off for doing the same!!!
There are so many other things i had planned to do with my baby (for bonding) that have bombed, i guess i'm hanging onto the bf-ing gig. It's the one way i feel i have of any chance of bonding with her, all other things i THOUGHT we would be doing, have bombed.
i also found out yesterday, that all her suckling to get my milk, actually helps her muscles in her face develop and prepares her for speech. So am feeling better about the feeding. Something for me to think about next time i hear "are you bf-ing her STILL?".
ENjoy your QLD meetup girls! LOL at you thinking you could make a cake Christy! So many things we USED to do, different with our babies around! I used to always rock up to that sort of thing, with home made goodies too, i really enjoyed making stuff. Woudln't dream of it now! ha ha Still living on weetbix and toast myself! Brekkie at 4pm, that sort of thing.
lol Gigi, you are supposed to have breakky before 4pm??? No one told me that, I'll have to put that in my workplace agreement ;)
Well I met Nelly today!! It was a good nappy party & I'm pretty much converted to the cloth nappy side now. I got heaps and I can't wait to wash them all & go nuts. It got a bit crazy with cranky kids & loud noises but it was great to see Jake, he's stunning, absolutely gorgeous. My house does look a bit like a bomb but not too bad (I'm ignoring it atm ;))
I'm glad you had a good time Christy! we're still going here, packing/unpacking - although it really feels like we're moving stuff from one spot to another!
Gigi - i had never thought of feeding to sleep as not being ideal until someone mentioned it to me! but i agree, in the wee hours of the morning i'm too tired to think of anything else either!
anyways, may be offline for a while as we shift computers from one spot to another....at times like this all you can do is laugh!
I think I am slowly being converted to MCN!!!! Thanks Christy! :p
You know I don't think there is a right or wrong when it comes to feeding our bubs. Personally I stopped the night feeds bcos I was just getting shattered by the sleep deprivation and I think it was becoming a habit for Jake to settle himself back to sleep with a nipple in his mouth rather than for sustenance - he was eating 3 meals and 2 snacks a day, plus 3-4 BF! If you keep the feeds up Gigi it's your decision and if Bilby doesn't hook into solids yet - it is her lead. I don't eat stuff I don't want to so why should our bubbas.
I hope that makes sense and makes you feel better rather than worse gigi.
Christy - so glad that the party was a success. I'm sorry I couldn't get there.
I'm absolutely shattered. We had a HUGE weekend. But it was good, and I stressed for nothing. DH took the afternoon off on Friday so was there to help me get organised for the party. SIL helped clean up afterwards, so I didn't feel like I had to do everything. Everyone had a great time, including the kids, so it was a really good weekend all round. Left Aston with DH this morning while I went and had blood tests, then took the car into be serviced, then got home this afternoon, and had completely forgotten about the friend who is arriving at 3.30!! so have round around and cleaned up. (see I told you christy - if I don't write things down I forget - and I'm even worse when I tired!)
Aston is crawling full speed ahead, and is cracking us all up with his antics. Now that he has mastered crawling he wants to move right on to walking thank you very much!! He laughs as he is crawling - especially when he is making his way over to something that he shouldn't be!!
Blanche - I hope emelia is feeling better soon - the joy of childhood diseases.
Sorry ladies no personals today..... im just over life.
I think it was you Christy that suggested some stuff to Tara for sleeping...(for Chels not me....altho...if any one knows somethign safe i can take that would be good too)?
I hit breakin point today.....and all i can say is im glad i held my temper otherwise god only knows what i could have done with Chels :(
u poor thing Kim, hope things get better for u hun :hug: is Chels not sleeping?
*hugs* Kim it was me. We used two things, either brauers calm homeopathic drops or Bach Flower rescue remedy. Most chemists who have a supply of natural remedies would have them. Bach Flower takes the edge of anxiety and restlessness. I used it during anxiety attacks when pregnant and when I was in labour. I also used to give it to a dog of ours who suffered with anxiety. ALSO I used to put it in Matilda's bottles. The Brauers homeopathic drops are great, but they have belladonna in them which can cause nightmares. I use it still with Matilda as well as lavender oil in the bath & sprayed on her bed before bed. I find she settles so much easier with less screaming & frustration when we help her along.
:hugs: kim!
Oh Kim I really feel for you.let me know if theres anything i can do..even if its just a chat :) *hugs*
Thanks everyone.
Yeah Chelsea is not sleeping and im going out of my mind... im not sleeping either and im getting rather down and antsy.
It must be developmental cos evie's the same. wonder weeks anyone?!?!?!?!
holy cow! i just looked up wonder weeks on amazon and people are selling 2nd hand ones for $180!!!
Kim - big hugs! can someone help mind Chelsea while you nap? What about splitting the night shift with DH. Sleep deprivation is the worst torture.
Tara - how are you going hun? Its a roller-coaster ride isnt it?!
We'll we're now in our new home. Living out of boxes still. Ella slept badly the first night - waking up every hr the first night but its now a lot better. We've got the freedom to do her room any way we want so that will be fun.
She doing well generally. Her teeth are still annoying her sometimes I have to medicate her before her night sleep - she's in so much pain.
Hope everyone gets more sleep tonight.
Ann
ANN glad the move went well have fun decorating!!!
TARA $180!!!!! i bought mine recently for $15 from cindy here on BB, wopuld you like some info photocopied for you???
KIM is craig still at home???
YEah Craig still home....Chelsea sleeps at night... in fact still asleep now and wont wake. Its the days thats our problem. Im sorry but 40 mins a day of sleep is not enough. She just wont give in and sleep......instead cries, screams and gets so worked up nearly hyperventilates (sp?). I on the other hand does not sleep at night..... so im pretty awake much all the time.....or if i do manage to get to sleep its from pure exhaustion....then something will wake me....i reckon i get round 2-3 hours maximum a night....and thats no lie at all. Im at my wits end....i have no idea what to do with her....i try rocking, feeding, car drives. Nothing works. It started happening before Craig was home all the time too... so i cant even say its started since he is always home...its just gotten worse.
How i long for FDC to start up again.....3 more weeks before her carer is back from Sri Lanka :(
kim, sophie isnt sleeping much during the day either at teh moment, yesterday apart from going back to bed at 6.30am, after waking at 5.15am for a feed, for 2 hours, i kept her up for 3 hours thinking she would sleep for at least an hour at 11.30, nope, 35 mins!!!!!! aarrrhhhhh, out to mothers group home and bed at 4pm and only slept for 50 mins!!
im not sure whats going on either, sorry i'm really no help!!