Babies Born October 1st ~ 15th 2008 #2

[belfie]

Curl - OMG at people telling you your baby is crying ! that's hilariously stupid!!! Oooh and I keep meaning to start doing Wii Fit! Tomorrow tomorrow...

SamiH - oh I am SO proud, it's like I have a second child! ok so maybe not, but well done on uploading some pics such a gorgeous collection of kiddies you've got there!

Itsme - that's so hard when she cries! Does it make a difference if she's in a harness or stroller? X always goes to sleep very quick in the stroller which makes it sooo much easier!

amy_o glad to hear you're feeling a bit better & always nice to get some reassurance when seeing the nurse

teruteru - g'day and welcome

Hollye - luckily didn't need the bicarb tip, but thanks anyway (maybe others will find it handy).

Was fascinating going for the vaccination - big hall full of bubbas, kids, prams & parents! Had lovely chats with various mums sitting near me (as you all realise, me being the shy retiring type that I am... ). X was GREAT! He is such a little legend. Screwed up his little face & cried a smidge (after sleeping the whole time we were waiting, and waking up at 7.15am to feed JUST when I wanted him to, for good timing). He'd already stopped crying by the time I stood up, and was asleep again within 2 mins. He's been fine all day - if anything a bit sleepier than usual - all feeds have been 4-5 hourly and he's been very settled (and we were out at very noisy BBQ tonight - lotsa young kids there). I was warned by DH's work colleagues to panadol beforehand, but I didn't, and I'm glad I didn't as he didn't seem to need it at all.

Amy_o, good luck with your vac on Thurs, hope it goes as well as ours did.

[SamiH]

Awww fanks everyone, of course I think my kids are cute too

curl - IKWYM - whenever my DH goes away for an extended time, the adjustment period is always hard - like, no, I NEVER put that there so don't - do it my way or maybe I am just not as patient as you ....

belfie - yeah I found Zander slept alot on the day of his needles, and glad to hear your little one didn't get a sore tummy. My other two didn't have rotavirus (wasn't in the schedule) I think that is why I was probably more observant than previously. Glad you are proud - yeah life sure is a juggle sometimes with priorities with 3 kiddies

Holly - love your new avvie

teruteru - welcome to BB = look forward to chatting with you

Itsme - sometimes it just seems easier to stay home doesn't it! I had one of those days today - but I did get to wrap all our christmas pressies for the kids so I feel I have achieved something

amy - Bethany is just doing the girl thing already and keeping you on your toes! Hope your appt tomorrow goes well with the nurse.

I am a bit peeved cos it is 12.50am - Zander woke at 12 and I thought the clock said 2 and I just got up and fed up, if I had of known it was 12 I would have tried giving him a dummy first - now I will probably have a 5am feed which means not worthwhile going back to bed afterwards with school and everything. Oh to just have a baby again LOL - nah, wouldn't have t any other way of course .... except maybe on Sundays ... a biiiiiig sleep in would be noice But I DO NOT want to go back to 2 feeds a night again - how selfish am I hey!

[belfie]

oooh how annoying on the 12 am feed! I'm sending good vibes that you ain't sitting feeding atm, but are happily still in bed snoozing away! Clearly I'm not still snoozing.. but his last feed was at 8.30pm last night so that's just dandy

[SamiH]

oooh how annoying on the 12 am feed! I'm sending good vibes that you ain't sitting feeding atm, but are happily still in bed snoozing away! Clearly I'm not still snoozing.. but his last feed was at 8.30pm last night so that's just dandy

It worked - he woke at 6.20am I can do that!!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

thanks Sam, if only i looked that damn good in real life! lol

going good here. Mia slept 10:30pm till 6am. was back asleep by 7am and still is.

photo shoot today! woot woot!

[PinkPalace]

Hollye - i hope your photo shoot goes well! Ethan is covered in heat rash so avoiding pics altogether! lol....

I have been MIA lately as my parents were here for a few days so had to entertain!

Well last night was dreadful. Ethan woke 5 times. ive decided i will lay on the couch all day today (might try to bake a pav but will see..).

He is averaging about 2-4 hrs a of sleep between the hours of 6am-8pm. i know he should have more but it isnt happening.

hope all is well

hugs

[SunnyRain]

I've been MIA too, because I've been feeling terrible reading about all your perfect sleeping babies (but don't get me wrong, I'm really happy for all of you, I've just been having a hard time).

I know I'm not the only one struggling, so I can recommend watching the sleep videos on the raising children web site. It's a pretty good resource. It reassured me that I'm not going through anything unusual or anywhere near the worst case.

I've been taking on the challenge of encouraging Jude to go to sleep on his own, following the advice of the MCHN (is that the right acronym? I'm not down with these abbreviations - I'm too old for net jargon). I've been trying to rock him to sleep in my arms and it's been killing me emotionally and physically. Now I just pop a dummy in his mouth if he's grizzling, pat his nappy and leave him in his bed to (hopefully) fall asleep.

I have to admit, I'm not very in tune with him. I haven't been able to recognise his tired signs or understand his cries at all. I never know what's wrong. So I've been trying really hard these last few days to watch out for the textbook signs, like yawning and jerky movements, arching his back etc. I think I assumed he was hungry all the time when I should have been putting him to bed.

I saw the psychologist yesterday. She asked me every question imaginable including all about my family, highschool and ex boyfriends. I think I talked too much about irrelevant stuff from my past because I have no emotional connection with ex boyfriends etc, but when I talk about my current situation and how exhausted and hopeless I feel I start crying, so I was avoiding the real issue. I have another appointment next week, so I'll try to suck it up and get to the real problem.

With the medicare safety net my $175 appointment ended up costing me $12. Gotta get all my medical stuff out of the way before the end of the year!