Babies Born November 2006 #3

awww Vicky I know that was a hard choice... I'm sure you will feel better.

Meredith I forgot to give you this forum link: https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...splay.php?f=36 this is the reflux forum and there are quite a few posts about losec.

well after getting sophie to bed at 6.15 for the night i cracked open a bottle of wine!!! yeahhhhh 1 and 1/2 glasses later and i'm very very very happy, slightly tipsy, well maybe very tipsy!!!! gee it hits sooooo much harder these days!!! sorry i will reply to posts tomorrow, aahhhhh i'm in lar lar land god it feels good!!

LMAO AJP!!!

Have a good night AJP!!!!

Throw a glass my way would you AJP! Enjoy yourself.:lol:

LOL AJP :)

Vicky: hope the kids settled into school well, i changed luke over to another school this year and after a horrible start he is feeling better now thankfully

Christy: Hope the burn is feeling better, i dont know if i read how you got burnt?

Ann: Yah for the toy grab, its so good when you get to see them do stuff like that

Well i have had a terrible arvo and night so mentally drained and considering killing DH, so hopefully tommorow is better!!

nite

AJP - Hilarious.

I'm such a cheap drunk these days as well. :)

Christy - sounds like you have your hands full with the burn as well. Hope you get some rest.

Ann

I hope today is better for you Belinda!!

AJP how's your head??

Vicky I'm sorry I forgot to say Happy BIrthday yesterday!

My burn is on my belly, from the bottom of my bra to my undies. Its over more than half of the belly area... (just what I wanted people staring at my post baby belly daily...). I sat down with a bowl of boiling water to steam out my head cold around 11.30pm Sat night and accidentally poured the water straight onto my belly. I had to call an ambulance & go to hospital until around 4am when I got home. I had to leave Jovie & Matilda with DH and go by myself... in undies & bra!!! Luckily DH though to run & grab some pants & top, breastpads & mobile for me otherwise I would have had to walk out of the hospital in undies & bra too... & they were soaking wet because after the burn I ran into the shower & stood in my clothes under cold water. Then the ambo's had to take the clothing off and pulled skin with it :(

ouchhhhy you poor darling. Gee i hope it gets better asap for you :)

Chelsea had her needles today. She was crying as soon as she seen the doctor.. then was ok... needle went in and screams louder then ive heard heard. But i held back tears... was hard though. Took my friend with me....she was great. My friend took Chels out once needles were done so i could have my check up. All went well, escaped having to show off my twat to the doctor as i assured him all was fine, DTD dont hurt, all healed. Took my word for it... all was true tho. I did however get a script for some cream...for the last 5 weeks ive been in pain when i do a #2 (TMI maybe).....hurts like hell and all i end up with is blood and/or tiny blod clots. So i have a fissure and it huuuurts. I get to the point where i freak if i hve to go to the loo. Hopefully the cream will fix it... otherwise maybe surgery will b involved :frown:

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. I am starting to feel better, though still pretty tired. the redness is settling down thankgoodness, so the antibiotics are working. so far Aston hasn't had a reaction so that is good. I have spent the last three days resting, and sleeping when the little man is asleep. I started a sleep chart yesterday for Aston just so I could work out what his routine is (if there is one??!!??) and how much sleep he is having. My brain just isn't working still. maybe it never will again.. .lol.

Well done Kim on being so brave. your a better woman then I - but I'm a big whoos. Hope the fissure sorts it self out for you. Have had that experience and it isn't very pleasant. Oh the joys of being a woman!

Farout Christy - that is major! You poor darlin. Never a dull moment is there? In fact I can't remember what a dull moment is! Your doing so well with persisting with breastfeeding Jovie - I don't know if I could have, make sure you get an opportunity sometime soon to be kind to you.

Belinda I could have hit DH over the head with a brick recently. Sometimes they can drive you to bloody distraction can't they?!? Hope the air has cleared today for you. Like we don't have enough to deal with, without adding overgrown kids who should be behaving like men into the mix!

I have to take Nathan to Karate, and then are popping into the shop to get something easy peasy for dinner. too shattered to think about cooking and DH is at work. Yay - looks like he has some more regular work now. For the last 3 weeks he has only had 13 hours - and that just isnt enough no matter how creative I get!

Hi ladies, OMG its all happening in here at the moment isnt it.

Vicky - Glad that you are starting to feel better.

Christy - OUCH!!! You poor luv. (Gentle)Hugs and kisses for you:hug:

Kim - OUCH!!! Fissures are not nice, I've just had one and it seems to have cleared up on its own (thank god). But I know what you mean by being scared to go to the toilet. I pushed against my perinium when I went(TMI? sorry)It helped though.

Meredith - Im glad the chiro was nice and I hope the elimination diet works for you also.

Belinda - I hope DH is still breathing;)

AJP - You're a crack up, I hope you had a good night.

Ann - How cute is it when you see them actually play. Makes you realise how quickly they are growing though.

Well Baylee has been suffering a bit the last couple of nights with his reflux, have had to give him some mylanta before bed, I can only sympathise with what Christy and Meredith are going through, considering his reflux is nothing compared to Jovie and Logans, but it has been bothering him. It seems to be working.

Well its late and I can hear my bed calling me..."robyn" :bedtime:

Thanks girls I think I only realised on Wednesday how hard things were after the burn. Maybe because thats when its started hurting me soooo much. Then after a few meltdowns I think DH has finally come to understand too ;)

Robyn - thats fantastic that the mylanta is helping!! YAY! I so can't wait for them to grow out of the reflux.

Dinners- I too have started resorting to the easiest thing to make. Least amount of time. I'm usually a bit of a cooking freak & love to spend time cooking with a glass of wine, but atm... its there's fish sticks honey... chuck them in the microwave & hope that she doesn't want anything else to eat, we'll figure ours out at like 9pm... maybe a vegemite sandwich LOL. Not that bad, but definatley 2-3 nights a week are like that.

Hi all, well i did have a great time in lar lar land the other night, even had another crack at it last night, out for dinner at a friends house and they live on at a winery!!! bring it on!!! took EBM with me as i have about 3 litres stored up and it has to be used.
CHRISTY i hope the burn heals soon, how are you going BF with a sore tummy???? cant be easy hey..
ROBYN i hope the reflux settles down soon for you both, i know hoe it felt when i had reflux cant imagine how a little bub feels!!!
KIM how's the cream going? hope it clears things up for you soon darl, remember to9 drink heaps of water
MEREDITH i'll PM you love
VICKY how are the girls going?? hope the AB's straightened them up
BELINDA is DH still alive or did you behead him?? put him in time out if needed!!

well not looking forward to the next few days it's ment to be 38 in melbourne!!think i might go sit under the house!! it alsways seems to be nice and cool there!!

haha nah he survived luckily for him

Dinners: i have dropped a bit on them, but most nights will cook something dinnerish lol, but we seem to have takeaway in there once a week or crappy dinners, i used to make a good effort but no energy or desire too lately

arghhhhhhhh! i hope that how I am feeling at the moment is just part of not being well this week, because I tell you, I'm just about ready to blow my top. I'm going to install a pick-a-ticket machine so that the kids, DH, the Dog, the cat all have to pick one before I will pay them any attention. And can't anyone possibly think for THEMSELVES in this house??? Do I have to do EVERYTHING???

Right - got that off my chest. would like to go and fly to an island and lie in a pool that has a bar in it, and drink ****tails served by a very buff young stud - who doesnt talk, but just does my beck and call....lol. oh a girl can dream cant she?

Anne, the girls or in this case was just one of them, are doing better. the antibiotics have kicked in. I'm still feeling a little lousy (if you didn't get the jist of that from reading the above!) but hope that come monday it will all be a distant memory. How lovely to go to dinner at a winery....wine, maybe thats what I need to get better...lol.

Christy - go the easy dinners. I wish I could wiggle my nose and something would appear! I'm so bloody tired by that time of the day that the last thing I feel like doing is cooking, I have a hard enough time thinking about WHAT to cook, let alone doing it at the moment....I thought things were supposed to start getting easier...not harder???

Robyn - hope Baylee is feeling better. My heart goes out to all you mums whose little ones are suffering from reflux. Makes my carry on about mastitis a tad ridiculous really.

Meredith hope you and logan are doing ok. hows the elimination diet going?

Kim, hows chelsea been after her needles darlin? and are you on the mend?

i hope everyone else is having a good weekend. I shouldnt be such a negative nelly, I got taken out for a belated birthday breakfast, but I'm in such a bad mood, and nothing seems to shake it. I hate feeling like this. I hope it goes away soon....otherwise...sigh.

Nah Vicky this is a great place to vent & get it out so that when you go back into the "real" world you are somewhat sane ;) I think mastitis would be horrible.

Oh yeah im getting therre....the cream hasnt done anything yet...but i hopefully will find it working soon. Gives me the worst headaches..and make me soo dizzy.

Chelsea went ok with her needles....but last few days been soooo unsettled, always crying, bit of a temp and got the runs :(

Hi,

I thought I would join in, hope it's not too late, if it is, let me know.

My first ever baby son, Lugh, was born on the 17th of November at the Mercy in Melbourne, by emergency caesarean (spelling ??).

He is great, he eats a lot, and plays a lot, and hates to sleep during the day.

I have run into some of you in other parts of the forum...mainly questions about sleeping.

Anyway ...that's me. I hope your babies are all well and that you are too ....I laughed about the stuff you wrote about dinners ...I have eaten loads of vegemite sandwiches too ..lol.

Welcome Olivia :)

Vicky: hope your weekend improves, felt exactly the same thursday night, hence wanting to kill ppl lol

Kim: hope things have improved for your house too

had a few drinks tonight so the world is good for me lol

LOL Belinda great!!

Welcome Olivia, there are a few of us here with sleep issues *hugs*

Hey Olivia!!! Welcome to our group.

My lil girl is a terrible day sleeper as well and also loves her grub!!

hi, thanks for the welcomes.

Is anyone involved in any playgroups, new mothers groups ? How's it going if you are ?

Perhaps our babies are too young for playgroup ? Is it silly to worry about him catching something ...like a cold.

And ...has anyone taken thier baby to the pool ? Lugh has had first injections and I love the water ...

Having a good moment ....Lugh is asleep in the swing my MIL bought us...hooray.

Hope you are all well.

Welcome Olivia. :)

Ella's day sleeps are getting better but she likes to chat to herself in her cot for the first 10mins before she cries for her dummy.

She turns 3 months on Monday and each month i retell her the story of her birth. (she loves it!). We're going to start reading to her more as she loves chatting to us and listening to us talking. Anyone got any good story book recommendations?

Vicky - i know about spreading yourself thin with the other creatures in the house. I woke up yesterday to find the cat had gone to the toilet in two laundry baskets (one with clean laundry) DH says i should pay more attention to him. THIS HAS BEEN THE 4TH TIME. I know he wants more attention but everytime he does this i just get more and more annoyed with him. He's done it everywhere, but mostly on Ella's things ...pram cover and car capsule.

Now i walk around the house sniffing to see if there is anything else he's gone to the toilet on. I'm obsessed.

Ann

Hi Ann,

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. Dr Suess. Lugh loves that. It sounds fun and is colourful.

hi everyone!! Just thought i would pop in to see how everyone is going...

Samantha is going great, growing big and chubby :)

Will try to keep up a little better from now on

Hi Olivia, I'm not so usually remiss in saying hello. just this last week has been rather exhausting for me, and I am only just starting to feel human again. Welcome, and look forward to getting to know you better. My little man is Aston, and he is 2 half months already....where oh where has that gone?

ann, Reading...I love it, it made me really happy that you are doing that. I am positive that both laura and Nathan love reading so much now, because I read to them when they were tiny, from babies, and all the time. Do it lots and lots. in fact it reminds me that I am going to start to do more of it with aston! having the third is so different to the first two, plus the age gap...
like olivia said Dr Zeus - they are great books. fun and bright
And if definately sounds like the cat is jealous...my puddy cat wont let me pick him up, because he can smell the milk. for days after we came home he wouldnt come in the house because he could smell someone knew...then to add insult to injury - we got a puppy. poor frodo


well thats me done for the night...more tomorrow./

Curly locks...Samantha is just gorgeous...big and chubby like my Aston. I love it!!

Hi Girls, I've got some exciting news...Baylee rolled over today YAY
I had him on his tummy and he was kicking his legs, he loves tummy time, he got his arm stuck underneath his belly and over he went. I got excited then I thought maybe it was just a fluke so I turned him over again and he did it again:clap:My clever little man.

Anyway...
Welcome Olivia and welcome Lugh

Ann - I love books and thats rubbed off on Xander, we read him a story every night and he is always telling stories when he plays. When I started reading to him I would read anything and everything, he just loved hearing my voice.

Dinner - I love cooking, but sometimes I just do the slap together meal also. But I find the best time to cook is after lunch when Xander and Baylee are asleep.

Hi girls, haven't been on much because still not much sleep from Logan and hence no time for me! I feel a touch selfish but I REALLY need just 1-2hrs of ME time.
So Vicky - you are not alone in venting! I've got 6 "children" in this house - 2 dogs, 2 cats, hubby and Logan. They all want, want, want - I am running out of "give".

Vicky - hope the mastitis is easing and that your family gives you a break soon too. Don't know how all of you with 2 or more kids manage - hats off to you all. I think mothers deserve a medal - hardest job in the world!

Christy - How is your burn? sounds VERY nasty and the last thing you need when you have a high needs baby. Is Jovie managing better still? Sleeping without the HAB? Sorry to be obessed with sleep but its all I can think about these days!!

Olivia - Welcome on board!! I have chatted to you re sleep issues and our boys being very similar. My mother's group hasn't started yet due to xmas etc but I am getting quite desperate for it. Just need to talk to other people possibly going through the same hardships. I know a couple of other women who have had babies recently but they have very placid children who sleep well and on their own!
Where are you in melbourne - maybe we should catch up someday?
How is Lugh doing in the bassinette? Is the night sleeping going ok with the switch from co-sleeping?

Kim - Sorry to hear chelsea is so unsettled after her immunisations - have you rung you GP?

Robyn - WTG Baylee! Soon will all be talking about our bubs crawling,talking,walking for the first time!

Well, as you can gather from my whinging, the sleeping issues are not improving. Night sleeping actually worse the past 3 days - DS waking every 1.5-2hrs and having a very restless period from around 2am when he may sleep but so restless that i don't!
Possibly the pain/crying is a bit better since the chiro and me eliminating dairy but hard to be sure. I have started the Losec for reflux so will see if this helps at all but I get the feeling the sleep problems will remain regardless. Really need some outside help I think but very hesitant about "sleep schools", mother/baby units as I am dead against CC.
He is alseep atm in his hammock which is a miracle in itself as I usually have him in the HAB this time of day but to hot already. Going to reach the 45 min mark very soon so we'll see.
Sorry about the lengthy post but needed to rant !!

Ann- sorry, almost forgot - was going to ask about your cat. Have you heard of Feliway - its a feline pheremone spray that can be useful for kitty anxiety/toileting issues. Speak to your local vet or ask me any questions if you like - my veterinary brain hasn't been active for awhile but I may be able to clear the cobwebs in there!!!!

*hugs* Meredith I can sympathise... truely. Hey I thought you were a vet. I've been a vet nurse for 8 years ;) So there you go!! I was thinking Feliway too. I'm still working, but mainly just going in & doing paperwork, I bring Jovie in the HAB. But can't atm because of the burn. I don't feel like putting more pressure on it atm.

The burn is getting better. Had a few set backs on the weekend with my skin becoming hypersensitive and reacting to everything including the tape used to hold the bandages on. And the cream they were using all week... grrr....

Opps...gotta run Jovie is very unhappy I decided to sit down and have some me time.

Thanks for the suggestions about using Feliway - i tried it when we first got Henry as he was clawing the sofa but it didn't seem to stop him. I'll give it another try on Ella's things - is it safe for babies to come in contact with it??

Christy - God the burn sounds nasty. I had bad burn on my ankle years ago and used paw paw cream which helped with the healing.( but it looked awful)

I'll also look at getting some Dr Seuss books, my MIL has plenty. She's been buying them for years for this exact occasion. Thanks for the suggestions!

Robyn - WooHoo on Baylee rolling over. That's fantastic. He's 2 days younger than Ella and she's still not entirely sure about tummy time. :)

Is anyone else's baby drooling buckets and buckets of drool?

Ann

No drooling here yet

Maybe you have an early teether, although some kids can drool for quiet awhile and not get teeth, so who knows lol, bet that was super helpful lol

Was meant to be on another forum getting a recipe i needed and oops ended up here lol

Better go

ann, sophie drools HEAPS as well!!! it's cute though isn't it!!

Man im soooooooooooooo damn hot i cant think and i cant absorb any ones posts.....but i thought id still write!
Chelsea is being a lil horror, wont sleep, wont drink, plays with her milk and spits it out, so hot so she is reaaly wingey and keeps crying/screaming. Wont settle no matter what i do.

Then theres me....this cream i have for the fissure....not working yet..but as soon as i put it on...with in no lie, 30 seconds-1 minute i get a splitting headache...and it wont go!! Having Chelsea screaming isnt helping at all. I have to use it 3 times a day....so just when the headache goes i have top use the cream, and its BACK :frown:

Christy-I hope that burn makes a speedy recovery.....

Luua-DD not old enuf yet to drool (teeth).....maybe Ella is an early developer!

B]Vicky[/B]- How you feeling now?

Robyn-How exciting about Baylee.....he will be off and running before you know it!

Meredith-Get 'You' time when you can....im having trouble doing it as well...i take it as small as can be... 15 minutes feels like hours!!

Curlylocks-Your DD is soo cute!!

Olivia-I started going to mothers group, but not now. I found all the mums to up themselves and selfish..made me feel as if both DD and myself were not good enough to be there....which is a shame...i was hoping to meet some new friends and mums in the area

If i missed anyone...im SORRY!! Hope everyone is trying to get sleep....in this heat....or if their bub's are letting them!

hey ...

sooo hot here ...Lugh really struggles with the heat at bedtime esp cos I swaddle him ..can't not swaddle ...cos otherwise no sleep, a fine balance.

Kim ...I hope the Mums aren't up themselves ...I really hope they are just "normal". Can't wait though ...starts Thursday. Am also going to go to baby and mum yoga this week, I am OVER being in the house the whole time.

Luua ...Lugh dribbles and drools the WHOLE time ..in the last couple of weeks everything has gone in the mouth and everything is wet ...mostly my shoulder.

Robyn, Lugh rolled over as well ...but unlike Baylee ...he did it two days in a row, a couple of times and then hasn't done it again ...it was during tummy time ...funny little boy I think he has forgotten how to do it.

Meredith, I would love to catch up ...but am going home to NZ for three weeks ( wish me luck ) so it would be cool when I get back ...good luck with Logan ...is the dairy elimination working ...I don't eat dairy so I can't try that. Yes still in the bassinette, no real change in his sleeping from before ...but I feel happier about it as he is easier to settle ...and I can put him down for the night ( after 40 mins settling argghhh ) and I don't worry about him, like I did when he was in our big bed ...6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other ...but I think it's better for me and him this way.

thank god the cool change is here.

Amazing... I had both children on my own tonight & Matilda was being a full on tantruming 2 year old and I had to take her to her room to settle down & I put Jovie in her swing & popped the dummy in & gave her a wrap to hold onto and had to try & ignore her crying while I dealt with the tantrum. DH is working until 8.30pm tonight & I was nearly in tears with what was going on and suddenly Jovie got quiet & Matilda fell asleep an hour earlier than normal & I went out to check on JOvie & she was fast asleep in the swing... Matilda NEVER fell asleep anywhere without massive screaming & hard work from us & Jovie just fell asleep... on her own in the swing. Now I'm too scared to move her ;) she can stay there until DH gets home...

Oh Christy, I know how that feels. DH works rotational shift work, 1 week day shift, next week is afternoon shift then the following week is night shift.
This week is afternoon shift and its hard as its the busiest time of the day when you have 2.
When Baylee falls asleep in the swing, I just leave him also. You've gotta do what you gotta do.;)

Yeah Xander is only a few weeks off Matilda in age and Baylee is only 2 days older than Jovie!! So you know what its like. Do you just get used to it?? I was so afraid of it yesterday I got a bit stressed LOL then afterwards I was rested & laughing at myself for being so scared. Then I wonder how single mum's do it... OMG my hat is off.

I often wonder how single parents do it too. I count the minutes when DH walks through the door. He's been working late for the last 2.5weeks so it has been hard. But he's taking next monday off so - yipee!

Kim - you poor thing. Is there another cream you could look at using that doesnt give you these horrible headaches.

Olivia - would love to go to yoga here but the free classes conflict with my mothers group meeting...Have fun. I've been doing yoga for 5 years now and did it when i was pregnant. I found the breathing exercises helped during labour.

On the issue with the cat. We've decided to talk to our vet about the problem. I was feeding Ella this morning and he took the opportunity to go to the toilet on DH's shorts.

Agggghhhh!

Ella went through two outfits yesterday with all that drool...we're now using bibs since i found that the wet tops gave her a little rash.

Ann

Far out...where has the last month gone???!!!

Life has been pretty hectic the last couple of weeks for me. The last week of the school holidays I didnt have time to scratch myself and as you know I ended up with mastitis on Tuesday - happy birthday to me!! Tried to get rid of it with expressing and compresses and feeding positions, but the high temps continued, and the redness spread so I started antibiotics on the Wednesday lunch. I am feeling alot better then I did, but ittook until yesterday to feel that way, and of course, like an idiot I went out yesterday, and again all day today, so I feeling rather shattered. Last tuesday I would have happily handed in my resignation for this job - trouble was that I couldn't find anyone to take it!

Over the weekend had several huge epiphanies, and realise that a few things have to change if I going to keep my sanity. First and foremost, Rich and I have not spent anytime together since Aston was born. which I know is fairly normal - but we used to have dinner or lunch dates probalby once a week. My big kids haven't seen their father since the 29th of December, and he has only rung them four times in that time. So Rich and I havent had much time together at all, so I put my foot down and told Rich last night that he has to take me out to dinner on Saturday night. I'm quite excited. He wanted to bring Aston, but I said no, its just the two of us. lol. He said "but he's really cute. and he won't be any trouble" Which he wouldnt be, he's an angel, but the point is that I want to be just Rich and Vicky. so brother in law and sister in law are coming to babysit all three of them. I am going to express milk this week, for a just in case bottle, but i doubt it will be needed, unless of course Toni just cant help herself and HAS to give it to him. lol.

Aston is cooing and gaaing up a storm, and lots of lovely smiles and grins. Laura and Nathan are still totally besotted with him. I had a really good chat with both of them, on seperate occasions, and really got a sense of how they are feeling. Totally in love with Aston, a little neglected by me. They both want to give him a bottle, and I am contemplating that evening feed could be the one to do, I will just express the feed off, and they can give him the expressed milk from the day before...but we will just see how he goes. he may hate a bottle and refuse it. Nathan in particular has been feeling rather neglected, so we did some drawing together on sunday, just me and him, and it was lovely. Laura is amazing with Aston, she is in there doing everything, without me ever asking. I told her how much I appreciated everything she was doing.
I'm not sure how much he weighs now, will have to get it done later this week. but he feels very heavy to me, fast approaching 6kg I think. Lots of lovely rolls, and dimples.

I very jealous of you girls whose bubs are sleeping through....I'm very sleep obsessed, and can't wait til it happens. If I don't get a lay down in the day, I'm shattered, and sometimes it is impossible to get a lay down. like today. I told him that he could give me that for my birthday present. It must be still in the post...lol.

Even though I have two other children, I am really feeling the age gap - all my friends have big kids, other then one of them, who has a 15mth old, and we try to catch up once a month or so. I have been thinking about looking into doing the 6week course that the Noosa Childhealth have on offer for mums with babies - to meet some new people with babies of similar age. I have been feeling rather isolated, and out of it. nothing to loose, and I may meet a kindred spirit.

I'm so glad your burn is getting better Christy. Talk about adding insult to injury, you poor thing. WooHoo on Jovie putting herself to sleep. I hear you on the doing it by yourself front. When Laura and Nat were little, their dad was a shift working, and would have left for work just as the witching hours would begin. sometimes I would shut myself in the bathroom just so I could be alone. This time round, if Rich works nights it is usually a later start, but Aston is nothing like how Nat was, so it isn't too bad. What I'm finding more difficult is getting dinner organised, in between feeding aston, and getting L&N to their various activites in the afternoon/evening. That, and desperately wanting sleep...

Ann - naughty little pussy cat! he is definately not very happy with you is he? Hope you can get it sorted soon. its not like we don't have enough to do already is it???

Olivia, do you leave Lugh in just his nappy when you wrap him? I wrap aston up with only his nappy on because it gets so hot up here. Its funny, he knows that sleep cue now, and almost falls into... now if I can just get him to sleep from 10 - 5, instead of 6/7 to 1-2 life would be perfect!

HUGS Kim... what can I say darlin, other then I hope tomorrow is a better day for you. Has she been unsettled since her Needles? like meredith suggested have you spoken to your GP, or do you think its the heat?

Hugs Meredith, I'm sorry to hear that things haven't settled down yet darlin. Your right, motherhood is the hardest job there is. My worst time of the day is from around 4.30 until 8.00, it is chaos, and constant demands on me. Sometimes I feel like I would like to just jump in the car and run away! Any chance of someone coming and taking the load off you for a while, and you go and have a massage, or your hair done, with out logan?

Well this is epic..so I'll finish here before I bore you all some more. Hugs to all...sleep deprivation SUXS!