Babies Born November 2007

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I went to Tresillian when DS was 8 months old so I'm going to start sleep training with her in the next couple of weeks. I feel she's too young yet so I just cuddle and rock her to sleep and throw in the odd boobie too in really tough moments.

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Krisp - I agree. We went to tresillian with DD too, initially for b/feeding problems when she was 4 weeks but we did about 4 day stays till she was about 4 months old. I've been trying to use their techniques with DS but so far, not much luck. Although reading about other babies around his age here and in the Dec thread too, I realise he's actually not doing too badly.

I am waiting till he is 12 weeks and then I'm really going to start getting serious about self settling etc. I've spoken to Tresillian about it a few times now (I'm so neurotic :rolleyes:) and they've told me from 12 weeks they are developmentally much better at self settling.

Generally he sleeps well at night, its his day sleeps that need work, exactly the same as his sister!

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Any ideas on convincing my precious princess that her cot is a good spot for a daytime snooze?

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We had the same problem with DS initially. He was sleeping in his bassinette in our room during the day but that wasn't working so one day I just decided enough was enough, popped him in his cot, closed the curtains to darken the room and just stayed with him till he settled. Being in his cot in his own room and darkening the room made a massive difference for us. Now he is in his cot day and night. He just seems to settle and sleep better there.

DD starts pre-school on the 31st (she's going 1.5 days) and while I am a bit sad about it and will probably cry on the day (Hoody - surprise, surprise! LOL) I am looking forward to spending some one on one time with DS and I think it will be fantastic for her! We do go to playgroup but she's never been to day care or anything so I think it will be great for her to have some play time and interact with other kids. I am also looking forward to being able to go out without it turning into a sideshow which often happens with a toddler and a baby!

Hoody - I hear ya hun. It is probably the most trying thing on a relationship that you are ever going to face, and so many couples do eventually break up over it (maybe in 18 years time when the kids leave home and you are left wondering what you see in each other anymore). It is SO important to take time out for yourselves. Set a goal maybe to go on a date at least once a month. We get Caden looked after by a friend (well, we have done twice now in 2.5 months) and go out for dinner together. It is like it is our first date all over again! As for YOU time, that is very important too. Again, leave bubs with DH or a friend and go for a walk, go shopping, just a drive or go get drive-through coffee. That way it gives you a moment to reflect on your feelings, what you want out of life besides mothering. There IS more to life and before you were a mum, you were a person too.

Willow - great to have you back. Your holiday sounds good, although it does sound exhausing. It sounds like your bubba was the same as Caden - couldn't work out how to put himself back to sleep. I guess it depends on how brave you are (I couldn't have done it without the help of Ngala) but maybe just keep trying until he finally does it on his own. It may take a few hours (on our first day with Caden it took over an hour) but will be worth it when he finally works out how to fall back asleep. I think I ended up digging a hole with Caden, in that initially he would just fall asleep in my arms anyway cos he was so small. Then I got into the habit of rocking him to sleep (right around 6 week mark where he had "the week from hell"). Then it got so bad that he would only sleep for 40 minutes before I got him up again and had to hold him in my arms all day so he would sleep. Obviously this was exhausting, I had a grumpy baby, and was a wreck! Now I just pop him in his cot and off he goes. I hear him cry after about an hour, but he settles himself again and only ever cries for a few minutes. I sabotage it if I go in there too soon. As for your ETA - sounds like he has the idea, just keep reinforcing it by allowing him space to self settle.

As for us - all is good! I can't believe what a difference Ngala has made. Now when he is awake he is happy and when he starts to grumble, I put him down without complaint. I have also learned to back off and allow him floor time by himself. I think I got so afraid to leave him because he just cried, that I ended up smothering him all day. Now I can let him play under his mobiles and he is happy until sleep time. This gives us some great together time, as well as his own space.

A question on thumb sucking - Caden has learned to suck his thumb, which is great as he can self-soothe back to sleep. Only now it seems that he focusses on sucking so much it takes him a while to fall back to sleep. AND he has a sucking blister on his lip! I encourage him to fall asleep on his own without putting his thumb in his mouth, to ensure that he can get to sleep without sucking. I am just concerned that by the time I think he is ready to get up, he has actually had less sleep than what I think because he has been trying to suck his thumb. Oh well, one drama just leads to the next! But things are TOTALLY getting better and I am so much happier.

Well, thanks for listening to me whinge over the last few weeks. It is only now things are improving that I realise how bad it had gotten. DH is much happier also.

Have a great week (we have a funeral tomorrow :() and it is going to be 40 degrees!

Well today we had our 2 month immunisations and poor Jacob screamed his little head off. I felt like such a horrible person holding his leg still for the needles, but its much better than the alternative! Handed him over to DH for a cuddle and he instantly went to sleep. Poor thing! He weighed in at 6kgs which I am really happy with for 9 weeks.

The last few days with Jacob have been amazing. He is just developing so fast. We are having lots of conversations now and he is discovering lots of new sounds he can make. Its always fun watching his face after a new or loud sound that comes out of his mouth. He seems to think our ceiling fans are people as he will "talk" to them for ages or just stare at them giggling. We have one of those playgym things that you lay them under and they can hit thinks and they make noises, well today he was able to get his coordination right and he was bashing away on it. This leap in his development though has meant that he has decided day time sleeps aren't important any more. After a few days of fighting to get him back to sleep DH and I just decided to let him decide what sleep he needs. Obviously if he is showing tired signs we get him to sleep (and he goes down well), but if he wakes up and we can't resettle him after about 10 minutes we just let him stay awake. It has made for a much happy environment since then.


Willow - welcome back. Sorry to hear your holiday was not particulary restful. We seem to have lost the feed play sleep routine at the moment too, but I really think its just temporary.

Hoody - I hear you on this being hard as a couple. Last week I was so fed up with feeling like the hired help. All I seem to do is housework and baby settling. But I know its pretty hard on our partners as well. Everything has changed so dramatically and so quickly. But the fact that you guys have realised and are making an effort will make all the difference.

Krisp - I think thats a great idea to get Ewan into child care. It will give you more of a chance to spend quality time with Paisley and he will love getting out and socialising. Not sure about helping you with Paisley sleeping in her cot during the day. Maybe just make sure it is really dark and quiet like it would be at night (but I'm sure you've tried that).

Dragonbub - Jacob has just discovered his thumb as well, althought at the moment he settles for his whole fist or a few fingers. Not sure whether its a problem with sleeping or not. If he seems rested enough then he should be fine.

Hi to everyone else, hope all your babies are behaving.

Quick question for those of you that are putting your baby down for a sleep while they are still awake, how did you move to this? At the moment most of the sleeps that Jacob has are when we cuddle or rock him to sleep. Sometimes we can put him down in his cot when he is semi-awake and pat him to sleep (but this doesn't work even 50% of the time). I know we shoudl be teaching him to sleep on his own, but we have tried a few times and its a dismal failure.

Hello Everyone.

Like June78 we took Molly to have her 6 week check up today (a little late as she is 8wks tomo) and the Dr gave her, her immunisations while we were there. I was not expecting them to be done so was not mentally prepared but at the same time was lucky that MIL had DD1 so i didnt have to contend with her at the same time. It was very diff to getting DD1s done. With her it was one needle at a time with me holding her but this time they had me lay molly on the bed and 2 nurses did both needles simultaneously a leg ea at the same time. It was over with alot quicker but harder for me not holding her while they administered it etc. I dont know which method i prefer though. We had them done at 9am and have had a shocking day. Dont know if it was because of needles or a coincidence but poor thing was miserable all day. On a brighter note we had her weighed and have just hit 4kg (4050g) so i am pleased.
I am in quite a good mood though because DH and i have finally decided that we are going to put DD1 in family daycare one day a week. We got a flyer in the mail for a lady who has positions available who lives only one st away. I know my MIL will help out often etc but i really want a guaranteed one day a week where i can run errands and go shopping etc. Plus i think DD1 really needs a little more structure and this lady sounded like everything i wanted from daycare. I am going to meet her and have a look around on Thur so fingers crossed all goes well.

Krisp- Does Ewan have much contact with Paisley or isnt he really interested in her? DD1 will not leave molly alone at all. I cant leave her within reach ever and its starting to drive me mad. She HAS to have a hold everytime i go to pick her up or else she will try to take her off me etc and will get rough with her (pinching and hitting etc) I have to shut the door if she is in cot or bassinette as dd1 will climb up and in which is scary as she has just started to open doors so it's starting to concern me. I do let her hold her all the time and she "helps" with daily tasks etc but no matter how much i include her she just wants to be with her all the time. She even cries for her if i put her in the car 1st or a diff room etc. So basically wondering if Ewan is similar and if you have any tips etc.

Willow- I know what you mean about pre-school i am about to put dd1 in day care and as much as i want to i will be sad too but i need a day with jsut molly to get things done etc. ROFL at the sideshow at the shops. I jsut dont go anymore lol its in the too hard basket.

Dragonbub- i like the idea of date night i will have to introduce it into our relationship. At the moment we do something similar but is a family date where every weekend no matter what we have planned we will do one activity/outing as a family even if its just out to feed the ducks at the park etc which is mainly for dd1 benefit but good time for family bonding etc.

June78- how did Jacob cope after his needles? With regards to putting bub down awake what i do is give Molly a feed/cuddle and when she is obviously tired i wrap her and put her in bassinette/cott and walk out of the room. If she grumbles i will go back in and pat her etc if she gets too upset i pick her up and cuddle her til she settles and do it all again often she will lie there quiet and extremely tired but will fight sleep for up to half an hour b4 actually going to sleep.

Everyone else- i hope you are all doing well and getting lots of sleep

Hello everyone & an extremely belated Happy New Year to you all!

Welcome also to the newbies since my last post (.....way back in 2007 :lol:) It's so lovely to come back in see all the new posts! I tried checking while we were away but my Dad's old peddle-powered 'puter wasn't up to the challenge!

Well, DP & I came home on Friday after spending almost 3 weeks over the Christmas break at my parents house in Canberra. So good to be back! By my calculations, 3 weeks worked out to be about two weeks too many! By the end of the 2nd week, I just wanted to be back in Melbs with my own little fam, enjoying the 'Just Us-ness' of it all.

Ellis is going along brilliantly, growing & just being generally beautiful. Best of all, she's smiling & talking to us all the time and it's amazing to see how rapid her development is. I love it! I've never had a complaint about her sleeping habits - we're fortunate I think, having read some of your posts. She's sleeping in her cot since we came back and seems to like it. She managed to spin herself 180degrees the other night, so I went to a big, gummy grin and found her totally uncovered and unwrapped with her head where her feet should have been!

(june78 - It sounds as though Ellis & Jacob have been plotting... She has more or less decided that day sleeps are for the weak and has done away with them most days! (Having typed that, DP just announced 'She's crashed out again!'). I have mothers group on Thursday & we're covering sleeping and self-settling techniques, so hopefully I'll have some tips & tricks to share..)

She had one T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E day in Canberra, the day after we'd arrived where the poor little thing screamed from around 10am to 10pm. I think she had horrible pains in her tummy & despite being exhausted, couldn't sleep for more than an minute or two (oh yes, that's right!) before screaming again.

To make matters a little worse, DP was following us up a few days later when he finished work & I was alone with my own (s)mother who, I'm convinced, still thinks of me as the naughty 14 year old who caused her so much angst all those years ago.

We'd been taking it in turns to try to make little Ellis feel a little more comfortable so she could get just a little sleep, without success until I said to my Mum 'Give her to me & I'll take her for a walk outside. It should help her sleep, even if it's just in my arms while I'm walking'......it was met with a curious glare and so I left it until the next doze-scream-doze-scream cycle and said it again...again the glare.... I said it FOUR TIMES and she wouldn't give her back to me!!

It wasn't until I gave her a very 'meaningful' glare of my own and suggested she come too that she relinquished my child to me. Totally bizarre behaviour, like she didn't feel Ellis would be safe with me. I never really addressed it with her though because I was far more concerned about my little bubba's comfort and waaay to exhausted to bother bringing it up when it all blew over.

Ellis finally slept at about 10.30pm and spent the night in my bed. Seeing her so upset during the day was heartbreaking but the night time cuddles made it all better.

We have her 6 week check up this week (a week late), then we have immunisation the following week. I’m not looking forward to it at all.

Hope everyone is well & happy and your babies are being kind to you!

X
AJ

Hey ladies!

Well we went to the CHN today and guess what?! They (there were 2 nurses there today, not sure why) said DS is doing fabulously, and that I need to just stop worrying about his sleeping!! YEY!!

They were saying that he's probably in a better routine than they'd expect for a 9 week old so I am doing a great job. They also said that because he's doing that really good sleep of 2.5 hours in the middle of the day and he does self settle during this sleep and he's sleeping well at night not to worry. If he was awake for hours on end and not even doing one sleep cycle then they would be concerned. They said that at this age they look more at the accumulation of sleep in 24 hours as opposed to their sleeping patterns or how long they sleep at a time.

He's still putting on heaps of weight (he's up to 6.25kg :rolleyes:) and is healthy and happy so I'm really going to try to relax more and just enjoy my boy!

Since we've been home from holidays he's kind of settled into a routine during the day: He has four sleeps a day, the first one is usually a short sleep of only 40 mins and generally I can't resettle him during this sleep. His next sleep at around lunch time is generally 2.5 hours, I sometimes hear him wake but he will self settle back to sleep and I don't need to go into him at all. Then depending on what time it is, he'll do another two shorter sleeps, sometimes an hour, sometimes 1.5, sometimes only 40 mins. If it's late in the afternoon, say around 5pm, I don't even bother trying to resettle him. I just get him up and then we do our bedtime routine and then he's down for the night at about 6pm. He is doing about 12/13 hours overnight with 2-3 feeds which take about 10 mins each so I am really happy with that and getting plenty of sleep. I hope this lasts!

The last two days he's done 15 and 17 hours sleep in 24 so he's spot on and getting more than enough sleep.

I've also been working on getting him to self settle to sleep this week too and he's getting better and better at it. I just wrap him, put him down, sometimes give him a dummy depending on how he is, and then walk out. He usually grumbles for a few minutes (and this is getting less and less) and I only go in if I think he needs me too. No more rocking, patting etc.

I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders - he's not a crap sleeper!!

Hi everyone!

Well, the monster is awake, but is just hanging out in his bouncer. It's been 10 minutes and he hasn't started to grizzle yet, perhaps velcro baby is finally starting to like his own company?

Oh bugger, spoke too soon - anyway - hi to all - I've been lurking and wish I could post more!

xx suse

Hi everyone


I think the reason our litle man was so unsettled last week was a combinatin of a 6 week growth spurt, weather of 30 to 41 degrees for a week, and reflux that made him so unsettled. The last few days he has been much better. We have 2 more 40 degree days coming up, which I am not looking forward too, particularly as we have to go in the car for my 6 week check up with the obgyn. He just seems to get so hot in his car seat, no matter how high we have the air con on. Does anyone have any suggestions on this?

The new parents group (mothers group) being run through our local council is so overwhelmed with new mums that they told me last week that they couldn't fit me in the current group,and that I would have to wait until March to start. I was not at all imprssed when I was told this. Luckily for me DH was with me and he said that was not acceptable, and that we needed support and that we were to be in the current group. MCHN then left the room to speak to the other MCHN, and when she came back she said that I could go into the current group, which starts on 16 Jan. Yay!! I am a very social person, and have really been looking forward to starting with a mothers group ( very annoyed at the Christmas delays). Will be great to meet some new mums who live near me, and enjoy our babies together.

Krisp- it sees that we have the same babies!! My DS is fine in his bainet overnight- waking 1-2 times for feeds. But he really doesnt like sleeping in it during the day. At the moment am I just working around this problem, letting him sleep in his rocker, his pram, the car, the baby bjorn. I will try at least once a day to get him to sleep in his basinet, but if he kicks up too much of a stink, I am not pushing it too hard. Ithink as he gets a bit older, I will start to try a bit more. Just not very good at doing the whole leaving him to cry thing ATM.

Other than that DS has almost hit 4.5kg, and is now 57cm long.:clap:

Anyway better had off to get some sleep now, as I am sure DS will be awake in a few hours for a feed. ;)

Well I knew I'd jinx myself by bragging about how wonderful our nights have been :rolleyes:

Didn't do as well last night, still slept from 6pm till 7am but had 4 feeds during that time, so that's an extra one in there somewhere! He still fed, settled and slept well so that's the main thing. I think I'm only feeling it a bit because I was stoopid and stayed up till about 11pm last night when I could have been sleeping from about 8pm!

LOL Willow - he only had the extra feed because he 'knew' his mum needed the sleep!

Euan the amazing velcro baby didn't go down till 12:30 lat night (1:30 by the time I got to sleep) and is up at 7:30. Ie, early enough to knacker me, but not early enough for me to go back to sleep before I have to take DP to work. They plan it, I'm sure!!

EJE - we have the same problem - we'll have to turn the air-con down because he'll be cold, but his back will be hot and sweaty. Same goes if we use a sheepskin, but then we're in the tropics whereas you guys get that dry heat. Try a sheepskin liner, it might help.

Everyone else, can't get back to previous page to see what everone else is up to (darn Mac mouse) 'cos I'm one handing it ATM, butt hope all is well. Have six week checkup today!!

Well, we had our 6 week checkup. Notwithstanding that the drs scales are calibrated differently to the MCHNs - he is now 4.85 kg (290gm up on last week's weigh in at the MCHN - which is why it can't be right - I think the scales are about 100gm out TBH), 58cm and 39cm HC. My big boy!

I spoke to the dr about the MCHN's concern about his weight gain - the dr asked me if I'd be worried if he wasn't getting weighed. I said no, that I figured that he wouldn't be sleeping for 7 hour stretches at night and longer if he was hungry. She said good, don't worry - he's perfectly fine, and that she'd only worry if he was putting on less than 100gm per week (he's averaging 130). I also told her about his sleeping pattern (or lack thereof) and she asked me if I went to sleep at the same time every night? Yeah, right - talking to the ultimate classic insomniac and night time reader!

So I'm very happy to hear that he is going well! He was exceptionally adorable at the clinic - had a huge sook at getting his nappy taken off for the weigh in - the ultimate torture for my little guy, but apart from that was as cute as a button and charmed the receptionists silly. And, after a feed at the clinic, he went straight back to sleep and didn't even wake when I got him out of the car seat - that was at 3:30 and he's still asleep. WTF? Someone must have been tired after yesterday's marathon, but I shudder to think what he'll be like when I have to pick his dad up at 9:00 tonight. Mummy should use this time wisely and get dinner ready instead of playing around on BB, she thinks.

After contemplating trying to start establishing a routine I've decided that I'll just go with the flow. I'm sure there'll be days when he's good and sleeps when I'd like him to sleep, and there'll be days when all he wants to do is play/feed/cry/whatever. But even though I love hearing about what everyone else's bubs are doing - I think that there is the temptation to compare bubs - eg: so and so's bub is sleeping well - why isn't mine? Oh, and so and so's bub is feeding well/talking/etc, etc. And it is so easy to want our babies to be an amalgam of all of the good things about everybody else's babies - probably the mum with the fantastic night sleeper (this week, anyway) has a rotten day sleeper, or one that isn't putting on quite as much weight, but when we are worried about our bub's behaviour we tend to focus on that one aspect of behaviour and not the big picture.

So I've decided to trust my instincts a little more, not to worry and over analyse his behaviour - and just enjoy the good days and deal with the bad days as best as I can! I'm sure there's a mighty big rod that I'm creating for my own back somewhere in this, but I'll deal with that later!

(And you are all welcome to laugh at me next week when he is 'little demon' again and I am neurotic as anything - it's so easy to be logical when they are asleep, isn't it!).

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And you are all welcome to laugh at me next week when he is 'little demon' again and I am neurotic as anything - it's so easy to be logical when they are asleep, isn't it!

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Suse - you got nothing on me hun! I'm up and down like a bloody yo-yo! My moods directly reflect my son's sleeping habits - what a loser :cryinglaugh:

Willow, I am going to hop on a plane to Sydney and come and spank you girl - you are NOT a loser - you are a typical sleep deprived mum doing a FANTASTIC job!!!

Wow you have all been busy posting!!

I have not had time to even think about the computor today. My BIL dropped his 2 DD's off this morning (8yo and 3yo) at 7.15am and picked them up at 8pm so along with my 2 i have run around like a headless chicken all day. I have decided that i do not want 4 kids, lol. Boy were they full on. Because they got here so early and stayed so late i had to feed all of them b/fast, lunch and dinner. It was also my playgroups 1st meet up since Xmas so i took them all to that- hard work is all i can say esp with a non co-operative 3yo and a 21month old who hasnt had a sleep! They pestered me for a sleep over and felt dreadful saying no but 12.5hrs was enough for me. My house looks like a bomb has gone off and poor Molly is rather unsettled by it all.

Well Molly had a rough night last night getting up 3 times and has hardly slept today. (mind you cant blame her with all the noise from the other kids.) She is starting to smile more each day esp when i take her nappy off to change her. It really is quite strange DD1 would sit in a dirty nappy and it wouldnt faze her but with Molly she gets very unsettled if i let her sit in it too long. We are consequently going through and average of 12 nappies a day. She is that much happier with it off that i have even been giving her nappy off time when she is playing on the floor.

Well the little monkey is crying again so i best go. will try and do personals soon
Nat

Well glad to hear everyone is surviving! Congrats to all the bubbas on being brave for their needles too - a big achievement!

So I went to my ante-natal reunion on Sunday, really glad I went too. Had a great time and it was really good to have some adult stimulation, everyone was really friendly. As it turns out lots of the girls were going to the 1st time mums group at my health centre as well so that was great- so I decided I'd go to that as well!
We toddled off on Tuesday morning and everyone seemed to have a great time, coffee and biscuits and a physio telling us the importance of our pelvic floor exercises! A bunch of us have decided to make the ante0-natal reunion lunch a once a month thing which will be nice. Also came up with a "cooking bee" - once a week we each prepare a large meal and portion it out for lunches, so the group of us all have a different meal for each day of the week, or in the freezer or whatever - just to make sure that we are eating well (since most of us eat 2 minute noodles of biscuits for lunch otherwise!!)

Charlotte is being really good - the fists are still the flavour of the week...shes now discovered that is not one fist but two! YAY! lol Very vocal now too, we chat away to each other all day it seems hehehe. Slowly getting the hang of this "bed time" thing too...although she often takes a couple of hours to get fully settled, she doesn't cry or scream so I think I'm VERY lucky there (knock wood) Shell fall asleep and go down and then a few minutes later realises I'm not there and starts getting all jiggity again, so we have another cuddle. We do a lot of co-sleeping to which is nice.
Been feeding for a LONG time (like an hour each feed!) for the last day or so - hopefully we'll be having another growth spurt! (byebye newborn nappies!)

Daryl is back tonight so thats nice, just got home from the airport and he and the bump are passed out in bed now...so good to have the man home!! Will be really nice to have someone in the bed with me that cuddles ME for once lol Going to go sleep and enjoy my man just being in the same room as me now... personals tomorrow!

x:)

PS - the sink is STILL shiny too! ;P

Hi everyone
Finally got on here this week. have been so busy!

EJE - I'm so glad you got into the mothers group you were supposed to. I found out yesterday that I missed out on a mothers group for the 3-8 week group here. Was not at all impressed. My CHN did not mention mothers groups to me at all during my 2.5 week visit. Apparenlty they don't tell you about them if they are all full, because they don't want you to be disappointed, well I was disappointed I can tell you! So I kicked up a bit of a stink and they are organising a bunch of new groups for Feb and I will get to go in one of them. The problem is by that stage Jacob will be about 3 months and I could be in a group with lots of 3-8 week olds. Although they have assured me there are lots of other mums with bubs around 3months that missed out on the last intake as well. I had organised one with some mums I met online which has been great, but most of their bubs are a fair bit older than Jacob.

Suse - thats great news on the weight gain. Sounds like you have a great dr. Hehe - on trying to go with the flow. Its true, its so easy to say that when they are asleep and looking all angelic.

Hoody - sounds like you need a good lie down with all those kids. You are very very brave!!

Limeslics - love the idea of the cooking bee!! Oh and have checked out the flylady site too, might have a clean house here too soon.

Well Jacob and I went to pilates on Wednesday and he slept the whole time which meant I got to do a whole session. it was so nice to be doing something active and for me!! Although I'm a bit sore today. He seems to be coming back to liking day sleeps again (although not long ones), so maybe things are settling down again. Nights aren't too bad, although he fed at midnight last night and then decided it was play time for another hour (was not happy about that at all). He then fed again at about 3:30 but was up again at 5 with terrible wind pains. He has had this a bit lately so I spoke to the CHN at the chemist and she has suggested the Brauer Colic Relief to give him just before the last feed overnight. Will see how that goes.

Off to make dinner!

Just a quick update. Even though last night was really really hot, DS had the best nights sleep ever! Even sent DH in to check on him at one stage as he had been asleep for 4 hours!!
All went well at my 6 week check up.
DS is still awake ATM and wanting to play- hoping DH will get him to sleep soon, so I can go to bed. Hope everyone else managed to get through the heat.

Hello Everyone,

How are you all keeping? We are doing OK. Miss Molly is a bit unsettled but i think she has a nasty tummy ache as she hasnt had a bowel movement for 3 days now. I know they say that when BF they can often go a couple of days etc but i'm not sure if this is normal to stop pooing so suddenly. B4 this time she was going 4-5 times a day. She is passing lots of wind and i can tell you it smells. I tell you they always have you worrying over one thing or another. At the moment she is asleep on the couch on her tummy which isnt good i know but its the only way i could put her down without her crying. She has me paranoid so i keep checking she is still breathing.

Limeslice- glad to hear you have your DP home it must be lovely to have some company. You are very strong to cope while he is away. I love the idea if the cooking bee wish i had ppl here to do that with.

June- sorry to hear you missed out the mums group this time around thats really unfortunate. I hope when you go to the one in feb there are some bubs the same age. With DD1's playgroup all the bubs were between 1-9 wks old and my DD was the oldest. At first i felt a bit out of place but all the brand new mummies looked to me for advice as dd was always a tiny bit more infront- first to roll, crawl start solids etc. Once they got past he 1st couple of months though the weeks between when they were born melted away and you wouldnt know who was older etc.

EJE- well done on the 4 hr sleep

Hi everyone,

Hoody - hope that Miss Molly's finally had a big poo and her tummy's feeling better. Poor little bugger - she's probably saving up a monster one for you! Nasty. Dunno about anyone else, but Euan's have been getting smellier and smellier day by day. I think that it must be that they start off quite inoffensive really, so you wonder what all of the fuss is about, then wham, they hit you...

Limeslice - yay on Daryl being home. I bet he misses his girls when he is away! Euan has discovered fists too - he's working out that he can fit most of one into his mouth. He also has finally realised that his hands belong to him - he's been reaching out and grabbing things deliberately. It's very cool.

June - yay on the pilates, not so yay on the mums' group. Hope you get something sorted out soon.

EJE - yay on the 4 hours sleep!

Well, you don't want to hear about this little guy's monster sleep last night. Went down at 10:30 after no sleep all day, I figured he'd be up at 4:00, but no, slept through 6:30 (my boobs nearly fell off), then back at 8:00 until 10:00. Flippen heck. Then slept from 4 - 7:30 this afternoon. It's now 12;30 and I've just (I hope) got the little man back to sleep - he was hyper up until about 20 minutes ago.

He's been really cute lately - smiley and happy (most of the time), and still complete velcro baby that won't be left alone for 5 minutes, but at least he's happy and cuddly when he's awake.

Right, I'm off to bed...

Good night all!

Hi everyone

Hoody- I would't worry too much about the lack of poo. My little man was doing a few every day until recently. Now it is one every 2-3 days. My GP said this was completely fine for a BF baby. The funny thing is that I have missed changing his nappy for the last 3- DH has had them, and they have been monster ones!!! Tee hee hee.

Suse- nice to hear about your happy little man. DS has been smiling heaps for me too. He has also started turning his head and following me when I leave the room.

Limeslice- hope Daryl is enjoying the company of his girls.

DS has been fantastic over the last few days. We went to a friends house for dinner last night, and he was all smiley when we arrived, then slept whilst I ate dinner. Little grizzle and a feed after that, then went to sleep, and slept all the way home, and for the transfer into his bassinet unil 3am- total of 5 hours sleep!!

Today for the first time ( after 3 attempts with settling) he went to sleep in his own room in his basinet- for 3 1/2 hours!! Then 2 hours later after a feed and bath he fell asleep in his rocker, and is now all tucked up in bed. Am hoping he will have another good sleep, so I can. Yey little man.

Start mums group this week- very excited.

Off to bed now :)

Suse- omg how lucky are you for that monster sleep! I bet your boobs were ready to fall off. DD went for 6.5 hrs last night and my BB's were very full when i woke.

EJE- glad you are having a few good days it really helps when they are happy and content and doing all the right things.

Well we have had a ***** weekend. Yesterday both girls were monsters (really i think someone swapped them sometime before we go up in the morning) Molly is still very gassy and unsettled. Still no poo and its day 4 i know it can be normal but its still worrying me. She has been a bit of a star today though with lots of sleep and nice awake time. DD1 on the other hand had ANOTHER big asthma attack which meant we ended up at the hospital again. Its the 3rd one in 9wks and i'm over it. Today it took 2 nebulisers to get her breathing under control however her oxygen levels where still only 92-95%. She is back on redipred (a steroid) and also antibiotics for tonsilitis so we should see a big improvement tomo. The Dr said under normal circumstances he would have admitted her but because i have Molly and BFing it would have been very hard for me as i wouldnt want to leave her in their alone and couldnt stay with Molly. It also helped as we are only a 4-5 min drive from the hosy so should we need to go back its not that far. I jsut hope Molly doesnt get the tonsilitis.

Wow! Lots of posts. I guess I must not have been here for a while.

Glad to hear things are picking up (except for you Hoody, bummer about the asthma). LOL EJE about the boobies falling off :D

As for us, doing HEAPS better still. Caden has a grumbly time between 12 and 4 off and on and is tired but just grumbles. I pretty much leave him in his cot when he does this and then after a while get him up for a break. He is sleeping really well at night and even though I am getting about 7 hours a night, I feel even more tired now than when I was getting 5 hours! I guess I have about 11 weeks worth to catch up on, which really means I should be getting 9 hours each night, oh well...

Just a quick one cos I have housework to do before DS wakes up.

Have a great week everyone!

Just having a quick read and its good to see some of our lovely babies are being kind and starting to have longer sleeps at night. Jacob is also going with this trend. Last night we got a 5 hour sleep and the night before a 6 hour sleep. On Sunday after his 6 hour sleep he fed at 4am and then went down for another 4 hours, which meant we got a sleep in. Couldn't believe it! We were pretty happy with, although I woke up in a bit of a panic.

God Hoody sounds like the asthma is keeping you on your toes. I hope it settles down for you. Juggling two must be hard. Thinking of you. Hopefully Molly has a nice poo soon. Although if it is a monster one like the ones we have had here lately you will need to have a mop and bucket ready.

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