Amy.. is ur DH sure there is no return policy? im aure ive picked up the wrong baby is hospital and my calm baby is out there somewhere..
Katones, dont worry im feeling like a failure aswell. She has been screaming and i mean screaming at me for the past hour and i had NOOOO idea what was wrong with her
Aaaw hugs to the ladies who are having bad days! NONE of you are failures, you're all doing such a brilliant job! Ok so maybe baby isn't settled, but it doesn't make you a bad mum at all! Gosh if that did, then there would be no good mums anywhere!
My week has been busy but better. My boofer boy had his 8 week check (even tho he is actually closer to 9 weeks ) - he's now 75th percentile for height & weight weighing in at a roly-poly 5.8kg, plus he's grown 9cm in 9 weeks!!! It's a big change from 25th percentile at 2 weeks!
We also went to an Early Parenting course tonight at our hossie - it was brilliant! Realised why we've been getting more unsettled time during the day (we've been basically over-feeding him - um yeah... that weight gain tehehe) and got heaps of great settling tips and stuff.. and just info we hadn't realised! So saying, we're very lucky and he's been pretty much back to his usual self now. Oh and the pump got swapped so mummy's milk factory is back in business.
Oh and my mother's group starts in Dec, I can't wait for it to start!!!
Hollye~~ DH assured me again that there is no returns...Although I am thinking someone broke in to our house took my good baby and replaced it with this one...although they look the same....mmm can't explain that.
Am still soooo tried, this heat and humidity is doing me in and I wish I could get my iron count back up surely that would help too. In the meantime I am on strike today. I will cook tea for DH when he comes home but the rest of the house can wait, Bethany can get fed and changed and we will have play times but thats it!!! My brain is in overload I can't deal with any thing else.
Sending "be good"vibes to all the bubbas out there, and "stay strong" vibes to the mammas!
This is gunna sound a bit cliche, but alot of you sound really down and blue at the moment. It really does get easier - just remember you can't get this time back again and enjoy your baby whilst they are still a baby - they grow so fast
Zander had his 2 month shots today - it is only the second time I have seen him have real tears - I felt so mean. None of my kids have had reactions as such, but he does seem a bit unsettled, crying every couple of minutes as he is drifting off to sleep - but I will try and keep the paracetomol for night time if possible. I left my sling in our other car which DH has taken to Sydney so am cursing that too.
belfie - how have you been over feeding him re making him unsettled?? I didn't think you could reaaaaally overfeed a bf bub - he is mainly bf still - is it the foremilk thingy? Has Xander had his immunisations?
I weighed Zander at the clinic this morning - he is 5.5kg - which is 400g in two weeks so still doing well. He is 62cms long - which is 9cms from birth length too!
We all had a good night - he fed aroudn 3am and back to bed by 3.30 and up again at 7am with the other kids. Not bragging, but he really is an easy going little fella, but he has to be really being #3.
SamiH - i was always educated the same that you cant overfeed a BF bub? maybe you can? BUt if he is hungry then isnt he hungry? i feed and feed Ethan lol so he wont want more for a few hours!
I am not looking forward to the shots. More so that i have to take ashley at the same time for her 18 months as well. And i wil have 2 screaming kids. at 2 months it is easy to hold them but omg 18 months they are strong!!!
Amy_o lol at your DH! is he sure. You know if one thing had taught me well working with sick children, that a little crying and unsettleness - even if it is 12 hours a day sometimes like with ethan.. is fine by me as i am so blessed that my baby has no serious health problems! so i say let him be upset if he wants to.
Belfie - yay for your classes. I wanted to go to ours at our local child health centre but they told me that my daughter wasnt welcome as it is for mothers and babies (she is still ababy in my eyes at 18 months). And i explained that i dont have care for her and they said well she cant come to the class boo to them i say! lol
And yay for a chubba bubba! i guess i will find out in 2 weeks what ethan is weighing.. but he is growing so fast!! i can tell!
HOllye - i find if i have fed, burped and changed Ethan and he still screams for an hour it is because he wants to poo... it is dreadful but i just have to comfort him and once the explosion happens he is so much more settled. It is amazing what 1 little poo can do to a baby!!
Cant wait to see the xmas dress pics today btw! she is going to look so cute! I put my tree up yesterday ... shhhh early but i wanted to!
Kur - how are things - when is your appointment?
As for the curtains. It is probably good that they are not too dark so he can get used to sleeping in day and night. rather than confusing him . I have the curtains and windows open and have Ethan next to the window during the day so he has short naps and darkness at night so he knows it is time to sleep solidly!
Kat - how is the sleep school going. Have been thinking of you babe! post some pics of that gorgeous boy in his mcns for me! Ethan is slowly growing in to the BBB - not looking so uncomfy today! lol
Itsme! -Great news on the check up. I keep thinking i should have gone to mine but i couldnt be bothered lol. i didnt with Ashley either! oops... need to look at contracpetion... but dont want to take hormones! options....???
We are looking into a laptop too so i dont have to come into the study! and i can sit on the couch without DD screaming at me for being in here lol
Georgi - hows that pool goin... arrrh so jealous right now.. it is a stinker today!
to everyone else - hope your days get better and i agree with samiH - as sucky as the time may seem, they will still grow up too fast.
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weighing in at a roly-poly 5.8kg, plus he's grown 9cm in 9 weeks!!! It's a big change from 25th percentile at 2 weeks!
it is only the second time I have seen him have real tears - I felt so mean. None of my kids have had reactions as such, but he does seem a bit unsettled, crying every couple of minutes as he is drifting off to sleep - but I will try and keep the paracetomol for night time if possible. I left my sling in our other car which DH has taken to Sydney so am cursing that too.
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