csab - Sorry to hear that V needs an op. But her growth is good.
belfie - Oh that massage sounds nice.
Georgi - What routine were you following? I've decided that I like to have a bit of a routine but I find it so hard to stick to any sort of routine as soon as I leave the house! Plus I find that a strict routine just doesn't work for me. Like now I am not supposed to feed her before 3 hours since the previous feed and I'm not supposed to feed her if she hasn't just woken from a sleep. But she keeps only managing to stay up about an hour or less even. Then she does an hour or hour and half nap. So sometimes that's 2 hours since the last feed but I can't resettle or feed her and I'm at a loss as to what to do. The nurse is going to call tomorrow so I'm writing a big long list of questions to ask her!
katones - Yay on Jack's good sleep.
So a woman from Tweddle came over yesterday. It was great having that extra support. I had tried some of the things she wants me to put in place, but I always gave up on them cos I never knew if I was doing the right thing or not. Now I have the confidence to keep going. I have no idea if it'll work or not for me. But something had to change and I think this is definitely worth a try. So far it seems to take less time to settle her down for a sleep which is good! But not everything is working at the moment or sometimes it takes a lot of resettling to get her to sleep or to go back to sleep. I just hope she'll be able to self settle at some point!
Anyway, I'm feeling more positive at the moment. And one of the good things is that my DH can again help to settle her. For a while now my DH couldn't put her to bed because she'd scream the house down and not stop screaming if he tried. So for me even that's a huge plus that he can help me with it again!
And I'm still down on all the sleep school waiting lists - so at least I know if this doesn't work out for me on my own I have those (when they are available!) as backup!
ETA - I forgot to mention that we also moved Maya to her own room and into her cot yesterday. She wasn't going to fit in her bassinet much longer and the woman from Tweddle thought it would be a good time to move her and start the new routine at the same time. I really missed Maya last night though. I love hearing her little noises and knowing everything is OK. Our room felt so empty last night. I keep thinking if I'm missing her this much and she's just in another room, imagine what I'll be like when she stays at someone else's house for the first time.
Hello all!!
Turns out my cranky baby turned in to a very sick baby. Short version she woke up Tuesday all phlemey and congested having trouble breathing, took to to emergancy, they wanted to observe her. While there she had what they call a "faint" where she was unconsious and unresponsive for about 5mins although still breathing (thank God!!) Mummy and daddy however were not!! So she was admitted overnight, then they found that she had RSV so longer stay. We got home a couple of hours ago, She is still clogged up poor darling and not well but I am happy to have her home, she can rest more and just chill here. Anyway I will be back tomorrow sometime...For now I want to shower and sleep after 4 days in a little hospital room!!!
Oh crap Amy!!!!! What is RSV - guessing respiratory something virus?? How absolutely scary for you - good on you for trusting your gut mummy instinct and getting her seen to - well done It's hard to know when to make that call sometimes ...
Heaps to say, been very busy - but no time Zander had a 5 months check up yesterday and was 7.7kg and 68cms long - so about 70th percentile all round .... starting on some rice cereal tomorrow, he yelled at us again tonight and as soon as he was on our lap and I gave him his own spoon - straight in his mouth and trying to grab my food - so cute. Digital recorder all loaded and ready for the mess
Amy - that sounds just awful you poor thing! Glad Bethany is on the mend! Oh and I googled RSV cos I didn't know what it is either- Respiratory syncytial virus (link).
SamiH - tehehe so cute from Z re the food. I think X isn't ready, but yesterday I had MG at my place and one girl bought chocolate snowballs (you know, the marshmallow things) and X kept STARING at them. Was hilarious... mebbe he wants solids now after all!
Katones - woo hoo for overalls & a successful night! Good luck with the less hours too - how many do you want?
Tanya - when we did a early parenting class (all about settling stuff) I came home mad keen to implement it, and nothing worked at ALL for the first day or so. So hang in there hun, good luck with it. Great that you get some follow-up and chance for more question.
I've got the IL's coming over this mornign (all the neighbourhood dogs have a regular sat morning play) then it's garage time! Hard rubbish collection on monday and my garage SOOOOOO needs a clean out. DH's back is bad atm, so him & MIL are on baby duty while I get into the cobwebs! And finally after DH has been snoring SO loudly all week I actually was so stuffed last night I fell asleep before him and got a good night's sleep. At last phew!
Oh and a teething question. We keep thinking X is teething... then he's not... then he is! His teeth on the top are very visible in the front of the gum IYKWIM (a friend yesterday who has an older child) thought they weren't far away at all. But the fact they're very visible, does that mean anything? I can't tell so much with the bottom gum, cos his little slobbery tongue always comes out to cover it! Plus last night he was waaaaaay grumpy, big red rosy cheeks, drooly and not a happy camper, jan! And he's munching on his hands, but he's always been a fist muncher anyways so I ignore that.
hope everone has a great long weekend! We only realised it was a long weekend on Thursday lol.
belfie - i can see Zanders top teeth sitting there under the gums too - but no i don't that necessarily means they are close - close could be 6 weeks or 3 months!
With the bottom teeth, try the glass on his gums trick i posted earlier - i can see zanders now one teensy bit is cutting - but yes they do have symptoms that waiver - so he certainly could be all drooly and cranky and redcheeked and ear pulling etc for a day or two, then nothing for a couple and then sore again .... Riley was such a cool dude though I didn't know he was teething until after they had cut
Z just had some rice cereal - he thought it was so funny cos everyone was sitting around him, the kids wanted to have a go puttin gthe spoon in his mouth - so he didnt swallow much of course and pushed it around his mouth and out - but like anything it takes practice. He did a big poo about 30 mins after so will just need to keep an eye on that - but seems happy enough ... all recorded for prosperity
Off to watch the ACT bmx championships and for some sunshine!
I am also organising Giselle's 4th birthday party - the busy-ness just never ends.
OMG..i have the demon child!!!!!
put teething/constipation and waking at 4am together and screaming and you have JACK!!!!! this went on til nearly 5am when DH said i am getting his bottle NOW!!!! he drank it happily went to sleep then was awake at 8.15am!!!!
still no poo and it is near 3pm!!!!!
he HAS to sleep tonight!!!!! or my eyes are going to bungy!!!!!
he also has to poo soon!!!! or it will be suppository heaven....
We're having fun here listening to lots of crying and screaming. Maya's not liking the new routine. Though she also cried a lot with the old one. So now I'm just confused and have no idea what to do. I keep wondering if the new settling techniques will actually work or not?!
Poor Maya also has the most awful nappy rash. She's had slight nappy rash at times but it's really bad now.
amy - What a scare! Glad Bethany is OK now.
belfie - The new settling seemed to work great for the first day and now it doesn't seem to work at all. How long did it take to work for X? Now I wish I'd started much earlier. I wish they taught this stuff at hospital.
katones - Hope Jack is better.
Gotta go.. she's up and needs a feed. Hi to everyone I missed!
Sorry to hear that V needs an op. But her growth is good.
I keep thinking if I'm missing her this much and she's just in another room, imagine what I'll be like when she stays at someone else's house for the first time.
It's hard to know when to make that call sometimes ...
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