Sami - no he wont care but i am not coping with the thought of weaning very well.
I feel lazy - as there is no reason i have to wean.
And therefore not haing E's best interests at heart.
poo! i dont know i am very confused right now.
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Sami - no he wont care but i am not coping with the thought of weaning very well.
I feel lazy - as there is no reason i have to wean.
And therefore not haing E's best interests at heart.
poo! i dont know i am very confused right now.
if ur not coping with your decision DONT do it!!!!!!!!! please dont make the same mistake i did. The longer Mia is on formula, the worse i feel about it. Ide do anything to keep Bfing... :(
Hi girls!!
Mad day here, I went and drove past 4 houses to decided which ones we want to arrange to see inside off. What a ridiculas system, you have to drive past then contact again to see inside then apply. Grrrr. Anyway we also got the call that our protraits were ready to pick up, they are gorgeous!!!!! When I find the gallary I will post them for you, but she isn't a happy baby, she has a fistula (sp??) on her bot bot so every wee and poo comes with screams of pain :( Had her checked out today, it should heal up with stacks of Sudocream they said.
Tanya~~ :hug: i know how you feel hun, hang in there and you are a great mummy!!
Belfie~~GO X!!!
PP~~ Do what is right and what works for you hun, you will be able to know what that is, I have learnt lately that we have an inbuilt knowledge of what is right for "OUR" babies!!
Katones~~ Hey!! Bethany sends kisses to her online boyfriend
:hello: to everyone I missed, not personal just tried!!
Oh any news on when BB will go back to normal??
Ok off to bed I go.
Night night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite!!!
***UPLOADED PORTRAITS!!!***
Well i woke up with dreadfully rock hard boob lol! tmi sorry.
So i expressed off and then fed BF E.
I am going to keep giving it a go i think. In the hope that he will get better with his feeding as he gets older. Thanks girls :)
Well I am just foul ....
I have spent the last 30 mins trying to express - I waited an hour after his feed - too many things to juggle to express one side whilst he fed off the other this morning with DH away - nothing - had a shower, tried again, nothing - I mean I got the 30mls of foremilk but I couldn't get a let down after all that time, so now I am just majorly psd off cos I know the milk is just sitting there - I am expressing cos I have a hairdressers appt tomorrow morning. Sore nipples, and cranky as buggery now. I need to get out by myself tomorrow morning to buy Riley's birthday present too - his birthday on 01/02 - and I need some new swimmers for the beach next week.
Any ideas where nice bathers are at the moment, bit late in the season I know .....
I cant believe how cranky I am - maybe AF is thinking of coming back too - well that would just top my day right off!!!
sorry for me post -
SAm - hop in a hot shower and try to express again :) (while you are in there).
PP - Z woke - instead of resettling him I got himup, put him on - and got 110 in about 3 mins flat - poor bugger LOL. ANyway, I will try again later - pump on one side, him on the other - I just wanna get another 50mls in case he decides to have a good feed when I am out ... I just couldn't get a let down no matter how hard I tried - think my pump is about to give up the ghost too - ....
sam i 0 i couldnt get let down this morning either pumping pre feed! :(
:yeahthat: - I second what PP said... and :hug: hun, that's just sooo frustrating for you!
PP - congrats to you :clap::clap: it's such a hard decision, but I agree with Hollye that you'd hate to regret it later. I know that with our BF'ing difficulties, I've always felt glad I could try BF'ing again if I wanted, leaving the door open with expressing is good like that. And while every attempt to BF is still a disaster for us, at least the chance is there.
Amy_O - love the family pics!! Just gorgeous. We need to get some... soon... soon.
Tanya - gosh your post made me think! I think it's great you got it all off your chest - that's what BB is for after all! I guess I think the whole issue of enjoyment is an interesting one. I think it's really easy to feel when you're pregnant that this little person will love you because they're IN you! How can you not "get" them when you grem them? Whereas the reality is they come out (with no manual!) and sometimes it's incredibly difficult to work out what they want, what they enjoy and I think a lot of women feel they should just "know" this automatically. I've also had times where I've wondered what to do with him, or not really felt like playing (kinda like I know I'm taking the easy out, or rushign play time a bit)... but then I have to remind myself that I'm not a bad mum for doing that... it's just life really. Sometimes you want to play heaps, sometimes you don't.
Things we tend to do... tummy time, rocker time, mummy singing silly songs (nearly all the time!), lying on a mat while mummy coos, goos & waves toys at us (gotta be in the right mood for that), going for a walk, going to shops etc. Also, I know you've said Maya screams with other people, I'm just curious as to what you do? You may not mean to do it, but you might be hovering and looking worried (which would be quite normal given what's been happening!)... when others are holding X, I tend to dance around like a goof, smiling & talking to him and giving him big messages that it's ok. Sorry if I'm telling you how to suck eggs, but just a thought maybe to try and get her more comfortable with others?
Oops being squawked at... gotta go.
why cant i see the gallery?>
in the help forum there is a link to the gallery from kelly to get into the gallery while she is upgrading the site. Let me know if u cant find it and ill find it for u.
tanya- i talk alot to dragon, its like talking to thin air. but im used to talking to inanimate objects so its not that much harder :p i put him in his bouncer near me while i do things like cook or hang washing n he seems content with being near. if u havent already, they're not a bad investment (ard $30 when on sale). i think she has trouble settling? have u tried puttin her in a sling? it might b worth a try if u havent already. sometimes i really want him to play with me, but no matter what i try all he does is gimme laughs without sounds.
but then again, i really dont want him to grow too quik
ive booked our tickets both to adel & to HK yesterday. it looks like we come back to melb on mon arvo & flying out sat morning. all in a weeks times!!
well the past 2 mornings i have had a little boy awake at 2.30/3.30am..not grizzling..just fidgeting..so in my bed he came :D just so i could get some sleep!!!! and as soon as i put him in with me he would fidget abit then off to sleep...but to awake fidgeting AGAIN!!!! i'm thinking he is HOT?? he sweats quiet abit....
so we're sitting there yesterday and DH is feeding X. DH says "well you're nearly 4 months old now, so I think we need to start thinking...
(and I'm wondering where this is going!)
... we need to start thinking about what sport you want to play!".
Why had i not realised this is a priority at 4 m.o.? :rofl:
LOL Belfie...hubby has it all worked out for Jack aswell :D he had it all worked out when he saw Jack in U/S piccies....and had a definate reply when he was born and he saw Jacks long legs...
he is going to do karate/kick-boxing & play rugby union....hubby used to do karate/teach karate & did kick-boxing and hubby loves rugby union.
lol belfie! such a blokey comment loL!!!!
Kat - yep i would say hot.
I have DS in 25 degree on the aircon .. lol and i have mine room on 27
Wow you girls can really talk, not much going on here, have got all the boys school stuff and just have to put contact on the books.
On the subject of work, I've been a SAHM for the last 8yrs, I'm actaully planning on studing to be a doula this year.
Better go boy needs me, hopefully I'll be able to post more regularly as of next week.
hugs xoxo
I so wish I had air con. I don't deal well with the heat at all.. which is prob what is also affecting my mood at the moment!
Sami -Yep I think that's what I struggle with. The fact that I am always 'switched on'. Even when Maya is down for a nap I feel switched on because she could wake at any moment or I use the time to run around and get stuff done! I don't know when I can go back to work though. I really want to BF for as long as I can. Also my work replaced me for the year because I said I wouldn't be back till Jan 2010.:
the mental drain of being "switched on" all the time is enormous - that's why I too love going to work - I get to think about me, me, me - can go to the toilet by myself, drink a coffee whilst it's hot and say the bad word for poo if I want
Cathie - Thanks for the hug. I didn't know you had 5 children.
PP - :hug:
belfie - That's great that X is rolling. :) And I love your DH's comment on what sport to play. :lol: And yeah I think sometimes I just don't feel like playing. But also sometimes I honestly don't know how to play with a baby! I feel like it's all so repetitive. I think I'll be great when she's older! I love playing and I work with teens so I've got that covered too. :lol: I just feel so clueless with a baby! But also I feel like I need more social interaction. My entire week is just me and her and I just feel like I can't keep talking about nothing with someone who doesn't talk back! It was fine at the start but now it's just so hard to think of what to say!? Or what new things I could do?! As for Maya screaming with other people you are probably right. I probably do hover a bit and am anxious. But I'm anxious about the fact that as soon as she cries all I hear about is her 'wind problem'. arghhhhh it drives me crazy! Also as soon as she cries people hand her back straight away without even trying to comfort her. And also I wonder if part of the problem is that all she sees is DH and I - really just me mostly. No one visits and I find it hard to visit other people. So she rarely sees other people. I do go to mothers group - but that's only once a week for an hour. Anyway, I think part of my enjoyment issue is really that I feel alone and with no support. I'd even love to have another older child around to talk to!! :)
teru - Yep I have a sling and I do use it when I go out. But at home I prefer to be able to put Maya to bed, otherwise it's hard to have me time. I know my hands are free with a sling, but I'm still carrying her around with me if she's in it. I do have a rocker and I do put her in it when hanging the washing, cooking, etc. But I don't always talk to her the whole time and sometimes wonder if I should be talking to her more?!
Hi to everyone I've missed. I'm starving and want to try and eat some lunch before DD wakes!!