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Jude sleeps in his own room in a cot. His room is next door to ours and we leave his door open and ours open just a crack. We live in a small rented apartment, I can hear him from anywhere.
I also was properly fitted for maternity bras 3 or 4 times, and every time I was told something different. I also wasted money on expensive bras. I now live in my Big W soft-something bra that cost $20 or something.
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Tanya - maybe your BB size changed? I got fitted in late PG, but I don't like what was available (think granny-style with a big seam across it that shows under t-shirts!) and find it very difficult to find things I like/fit properly. When I've been to Target & Big W just NOTHING fits me! I can't wait until I'm back to a C-cup again and can actually fit into more mainstream stuff! So I'm with you on spending a fortune. And lol I shouldn't joke around my age, it's just my way so I don't take myself too seriously teheh. Really we're 35 and 33 years young
Oh and X sleeps in his cot in his own room - we leave the doors open usually but also have a baby monitor which gets used when I have any of our 2 cats or 1 dog inside, so I can safely shut his door & still hear him. One of my cats has decided that a cot is surely nothing but a cat-sized bed and makes a beeline for it. So our door-shut policy has become even stricter! We tried him in our room but he snored so loud it just didn't work - was my first preference tho.
So saying, DH has snored so loud that i've slept in the lounge the last 2 nights!
We just had a family picnic in the park with my mother's group - 9 bubbas plus hubbies too. Was heaps of fun seeing how different all the babies are - we put them in a big circle & took piccies tehehe.
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belfie - I don't think my bbs have changed. I got fitted late in pg too. At one fitting I was told a size that was too small and just really hurt me. At another fitting I was told a size that was too big but comfy. So that's the size I bought cos I was told my bbs would become heaps bigger when my milk came in. But they didn't.
kuraiza - Yeah I bought a couple of $10 clearance bras from Kmart - plus a couple of more expensive ones. Plus I bought a few of those Bonds singlets which aren't that cheap! Now I have to start from scratch.
Maya has been sleeping in our room all this time in a bassinet. But she's almost too big for it and a cot won't fit in our room. I actually don't like the idea of moving her to her own room. It's so convenient having her in our room cos I can hear her straight away when she needs a feed and I can just pick her up and feed her in bed while I snooze. When Maya moves I'll have to get up and retrieve her from her room to feed in bed which = me waking up more. And I already have lots of trouble getting back to sleep as it is. We also have the problem of a cat, so we can't leave her door open and I'm not sure how I will hear her unless she's screaming. I'm actually partially deaf so she'd really have to scream for me to hear her. Maybe a monitor is the way to go.
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Tanya Julian sleeps in a cot in his own room with the door closed (otherwise older brothers like to play with cool toys) and we have our door open and I usually hear him when he wakes and as soon as he makes a cry I'm up and picking him up for a feed.
Belfie I've added to your overall obcession, I put some on layby at Big W yesterday and was thinking that you would love them, they are winter ones, so when I get them off layby I'll put them on him and put a pic in the gallery. I've also got E sized boobs and it's a major pain to get a nice bra anywhere.
Kurazia not sure on another bub, I would like one more but will have to see what DH says, if so I wouldn't start trying until at least mid next year.
Julian has nearly got over his cold, so will have to take him to the Drs for his needles this week. He has his appointment at the physio tomorrow at 2pm for his torticollos, so will see how he goes then.
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I have big bazoongas too, but they didn't really get any bigger with lactation so I was the same, I bought a hot milk bra after several fittings but it never actually fit me, so that was a huge waste of money. The soft contours (or whatever brand) from Big W is a bit too small but the design of the bra means it just holds my boobs firmly (squishes my nipples flat) but it's still quite comfortable. I'm actually an 8E which doesn't exist in the world of maternity bras, or in the world of bras at all, so I have to try and make other sizes work, which is nuts. Why don't they make bras in a full range of sizes????? That issue has long been the bane of my booby existence.
I was just out walking along the beach and bumped into a woman from mothers group, it's nice to start bumping into new people. I guess it's true, when you have a baby you do get to meet all new people (thank god, since I have so few friends on the Gold Coast).
Belfie: I think I should go buy some more cot sheets. I have 1. Yes, that's right. 1.
Amanda: How do you do it? 5 children and you want more? Aren't you the most exhausted person on the planet?
I come from a large family so I know, from a child's perspective, that it's fun to have lots of siblings, but I don't know how parents do it. 2 will be the absolute limit for me.
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Nothing to say really, just checking in
We have decided that next Sunday is D day - or S day - well it is an S day - but also Solids dayWe think Zander is ready, but i dont wanna do puree and mash with him cos i already cook for 4 people, yet have to do some degree of it and cant do BLS cos of all the allergies, eczema, hayfever, asthma in our families etc. Think I will still start with farex and then go onto stick food he can play with if nothing else.
*off to allergies forum to see if anyone has any ideas for me*
Zander slept in our room for the first 6 weeks, but he got evicted cos he was too noisy - i sleep without a monitor cos I found them annoying - he is about 5 metres down the hallway from us so not far.
Tanya, perhaps maya in your room - is she a light sleeper - maybe she wakes if she hears you guys stirring, or maybe you get up to her as soon as she stirs when she might settle back to sleep??? Just throwing it into the mix for food for thought.
Gotta go, too much fresh air, I am pooped!
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BELFIE OMG, you were in my dream this afternoon. I slept for 1.5hrs today while DH looked after BJ (as he got me up every 3hours overnight I was so tired). I dreamt that I was taking a short cut through my brothers house, to the beach (NOTE: I don't have a brother), and you were there cutting his hair.. You were his personal hairdresser & you couldn't find a babysitter for X so he was there just sitting in a walker. I walked in & said hi to you, then said Hi Xander. You said "who are you" and you didn't realise that I was Georgi from BB, even though you'd met me before. Then I woke up. Weird huh... You'd at least think I'd dream of Hollye considering she is a hairdresser
TANYA BJ sleeps in his cot, in his room, which is just down our hallway. There is a toilet & bathroom between us. We have both doors open and have no problem hearing him. DH is also slightly deaf in one hear, and he still hears him just fine. One night I accidently left my door closed & I still heard him. I have a single bed in his room too. That way I can still feed him in bed. It's not a massive room, though it still fits with his cot, tallboy & change table. I do agree with Sami. We evicted BJ after 3 nights in our room cause every little noise woke us up.
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I've wondered that too. But she was doing better with sleeping until recently. Also because I am partially deaf I don't hear her until she makes enough noise and my DH sleeps very soundly. So Maya has to be awake enough to make enough noise to wake us iykwim. But I do wonder if it is possible that we wake her? And I worry that we won't hear her until she's inconsolable if we put her in another room.
What makes you think Z is ready for food? I keep wondering if Maya is nearly ready but then have read that you really shouldn't start babies on food before 6 months.
My bbs changed during pg but didn't change again after birth. Now I have your C cup bbs!I'm happy cos I used to have A cup - as in nothing much there! And now I actually have some cleavage!
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