Bianca is STILLLLLLLL not sleeping been about a week now!!! im sooooo tired!
Oh well just part of the many joys of motherhood i guess!
No way are we having number 2 any time soon - im too tired to even think about DTD hahaha
Mia - hello bubba girl how are u? are u playing up like Bianca is and giving ur mummy a hard time? i hope so
Olive - wow u certainly are thriving - your mummy is doing a fantastic job feeding you!!!
Lara - ur such a good girl for only interrupting mummy's sleep for a couple of nights! are u feeling better or are u still sick? Bianca has her needles on friday too so your not alone - be brave for mummy!
Liam - were u brave thru ur 1st cyclone - did it hit very bad or was it just very windy and wet? did u take good care of mummy thru it?
Julian - hows the rolling over going? sorry to hear about ur familys poor putty tat! that is very sad - not nice too lose a pet!
V and Jorda and Meara - you are all very quiet - i hope all is well
Just thought that i would leave a msg to all the adorable bubs this morning
HJ - that's very cute leaving msgs for the bubs. I'm not nearly organised enough to remember everyone's bubs names atm.
OM - how similar we are! I went to clinic yesterday too. And have MG this morning. And am ridiculously busy right now but am finding it near impossible to get a lot done! It's driving me crazy!!!!!!
Anyway, clinic, Liam is about 6.4kg (1st time weighed w/out clothes lately), 62.5kg length (or 82.5? I don't think so. hard to read), HC 42cm. Healthy and well. has a slight 'cast eye' though - where one is pointed in a slightly different angle to the other. It's hard to see though. Anyway, she said they wait until 12 months to do anything coz they often fix themselves. After i got home she called me up and said actually, he's moved backwards in his percentyle since the last time they weighed him there (7 weeks) and said i need to make sure he's fed up lots so he doesn't go backwards further. She said it was just by about 1%. She said i should feed him 6 times a day!! The formula says 4-5 times at this age and I've only been feeding him 4 coz that's all he has. He has plenty during those times. I can't even imagine squeezing in 6! ???!!! Surely i should just make sure he's having plenty at each feed, not be shy about giving him the full 150ml top-up, and bump up his solids???? What does everyone think? How often do you feed?
We're having a tuppaware party at MG today. I can't afford anything and would buy it from my sister anyway. HOpefully i can avoid temptation - i usually get sucked into buying something! Then i have my hair appoint afterwards. My nanna's on hols so can't babysit so i'll be taking Liam in with me and am a bit nervous about it. He's always really good but might be too tired by then already...
After that i have to move my butt and finish my mum's photo book so it gets to her not-too-far-after-her-birthday. And try to get a secret one done for DH's birthday (he's quite a good amature photographer so i want to get all his nature/wildlife ones into a book for him).
As for housework or getting my sisters baby shower organised.....!!!!!!
Oh, on the cyclone, it was a bit of an anticlimax in the end. Just reeeally windy, grey and cloudy. But that's good!! Don't know if they even evacuated the low lying areas like they thought they still might have to. Thankfully it stayed out off the coast and is now slowing down and dissapearing.
Oh, Hollye - I lost .5kg last week. Slowly but surely....
Hi everyone,
Olive has cut her first tooth. Such a big milestone, I can't believe she is getting so big!
She is also a roll-a-holic ATM and is waking herself up rolling over. She is asleep on her tummy now after rolling over, hope she will be ok.
Quite a few of the ladies from MG have got their bubs on solids but i'm going to wait a few weeks and probably try a week before I go back to work as i've found that i'm having to do at least one formula top up through the day as Olive is still hungry. I'm fine with this but I think she is getting ready to start solids. She will be 5mths on the 17th and is off the charts for her weight so I feel like her system will be well prepared for it.
I'm also feeling excited cause DH and I have decided to start looking for another house. We are both feeling like our house is way to small with a bub and i'm constantly chasing my tail with cleaning as there is nowhere to put anything.
Olive also has 5-6 bottles per day.
Sorry no personals
I'm happy to give Liam more feeds, but honestly, he doesn't look like he wants any more. I feed him approx 3 hours after his last feed, and that works out to be 4 feeds. Even if he wakes up early in the morning, I'll be expecting to do 5 feeds but he always sleeps longer at one stage in the day so it becomes just 4 again. He doesn't show any signs whatsoever of being hungry or I'd feed him in a heartbeat. He rarely cries, so its not like i'm ignoring a baby who's fussing from hunger. He sleeps really well, people are always commenting on how he looks like such a contented baby, and he's a seriously happy kid.... Would any of that be happening if he was always hungry???
HJ and Hollye, your girls have 5-6 feeds but they only drink like 120ml or something dont they? Liam has, like a 20min BF + 150ml formula.
I know I sound like I'm trying to defend myself but I'm just confused. If he seems to be satisfied with what he's having, and he seems to be having quite a lot at each feed, why do i need to string it out more and force feed him. That doesn't seem right to me. ...i think i'll call her back tomorrow and have a little chat with her....
Congrats Olive on your 1st tooth!!! She really seems to be thriving OM. Congrats on the decision to get another house. Good luck with the hunt.
1stbub - I think what you are doing with feeds is fine. You know your baby and whats best and seeing he has solids this also means he shouldn't need as much milk. There is another mum at MG who's bub is the same age as ours and her baby has 4-5 bottles to and isn't on solids and she's packing on the weight. You follow your gut, your a lovely, caring mummy so don't stress yourself about it. Not all babies fit the squares but as long as he's happy, growing, has lots of wet nappies it's fine.
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