Babies Born October 1st ~ 15th 2008 #2

[SamiH]

My DH just says - here you go, he must be hungry .... even if I just fed him 30 minutes earlier ....

Tanya - well done on packing the car etc last night - hope you got some good sleep in too - what a great night for you at a time when you needed it.

teruteru - being away from Dragon - who is looking after him - your DP? Are you expressing or FF - are you going away o/n or just during the day? You're a good friend!

I'm just waiting for Z to wake up and demand a feed - I fed him at 7.15am so should be soon! I can tell my milk has finally adjusted too cos I don't feel like I am gunna explode, just a little full.

belfie - i dunno where you get the time to express and then feed, that's hard work

Amanda - LOL - I stay up for 10 minutes after I put him down to make sure he is happy to go to sleep ... otherwise I just get snug in bed and he calls out for quick pat and that annoys me more

[SunnyRain]

No Amanda, I really don't know. I never ever know. I try to settle him until it's been atleast 2 hours since his last feed and then I feed him and that often doesn't make him happier because I don't have a clue.

[Moi]

Sami - Yeah I'm waiting for Maya to wake up so I can feed her and then I'll head to the shops. It's the only time of the day when she'll have a nap! I've been trying to get stuff done during her nap time - like pay all the bills! Oh and my DH is the opposite - he'll hang on to Maya while she's crying and keep trying to settle her because he wants to be able to settle her "without my boobs" as he puts it! And I did get some sleep - but I went to bed at 11pm cos I was so sure she'd wake for another feed! Also I just can't really get to sleep much earlier than that anyway - even when I am absolutely exhausted! And it takes me an hour to get to sleep. So overall I probably only got about 6 hours sleep. The other night my DH said that I need to try the settling techniques on myself!

[amy_o]

I am not sure how long I have to type this...Dreadful night with Bethany. She had a temp and must have felt unwell cause she just wanted to be held poor little possum. She's been sound asleep in my arms for about 30mins and I just put her down so we will see what happens. After 3 shocking nights though I feel like death warmed over. (I am sure you all understand that feeling!) Anyway to top it all off my DH who is usually so wonderful has tapped in to his inner man....conversation had this morning at around 2 am...

Him: I am calling work in the morning and taking the day off...I am too tried....
Me: (rocking bethany trying to sooth her) Ohh but you have been asleep on and off all night that is more than me (or bethany for that matter!!) (also he had sleep all the other nights before too!!)
Him: but then I can help you...
Me: oh ok so do you want to take her for a bit now so I can have a break
Him: mmmm (Drifting back to sleep.....snore sounds)

Currently he is sleeping in bed and I am out in the lounge with the little one. Gee wizz. Granted he did get up at 7 and call work and took her out with him and I got to sleep from 7-9.30. the most consecutive sleep in 3 days!!
I feel bad whinging about it but I can't call in sick or take a day off. I still have to get up each day no matter how bad the night and care for her and do all the house stuff and take him to work etc. Don't get me wrong I love my stay at home mum job wouldn't change it for the world!! Just can't get man logic sometimes! I bet he will be rested enough to play computer later while I am feeding her, getting dinner and all that. Or it will be the typical, "I'll do it in a sec" how long is a man second by the way is a a measure of time at all? Or "I will get her when I finish this" yeah no worries I will just explain to the 8 week old that daddy will be there when he is ready and could she just calmly wait till then. So I end up doing it and then whatever I was doing gets put off and so on I am sure all of you have had the same situation. I just need to vent. Very cranky today. Have a psychcolgist app later should be fun I reckon I can cry through the whole hour.
Well she is staying asleep for the time being so I am going to get some stuff done.
I'll pop in and out, need other mums today to keep sanity!


Sorry for the me post I will try to get back at some point and do personals and be a nice mummy

[SunnyRain]

He's home, so use him wisely! After you feed Bethany, take her to your hubby and dump her in his arms then leave the house, or just go to bed. But I know what you mean.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

oh Kuraiza i did that the other day. DP got home from work at 4:30pm and Mia was fed and all ready. I said ok im going out now, have fun and if im not home by 8pm she needs another feed. lol. Mind u i was back by 6pm and Mia was screaming the house down. That was that night she screamed for 6 hours straight. Oh i dont think DP is going to let me go anywhere anymore.

DP also says "why is she crying?" "why isnt she sleeping" "is she hungry" etc etc etc. I just relply with "she a baby, thats what they do"

[SamiH]

Him: I am calling work in the morning and taking the day off...I am too tried....
Me: (rocking bethany trying to sooth her) Ohh but you have been asleep on and off all night that is more than me (or bethany for that matter!!) (also he had sleep all the other nights before too!!)
Him: but then I can help you...
Me: oh ok so do you want to take her for a bit now so I can have a break
Him: mmmm (Drifting back to sleep.....snore sounds)

Currently he is sleeping in bed and I am out in the lounge with the little one. Gee wizz.

I am sure I hear an echo in our household

Tanya - I love that comment your DH made about the settling techniques on you

Admission - tomorrow morning is the first time I will be "going out" (hairdressers no where too fancy) where I am leaving everyone at home and DH with an EBM bottle. Zander doesn't take bottles very well so I am a bit nervous which is dumb. Appt at 9 so I will probably try and feed him again at 8.15ish anyway - and will probably be home by 11.30, so won't need it I bet. But still, first time he will be home with all three for more than an hour .......

[1MOREPLZ]

well....last night was interesting....

Jack was the best yesturday he has ever been :0 slept like a drem...then come 10pm feed he drank 80mls then decided to scream like a banshee!! i finally got him to sleep then he slept for abit woke and screamed some more... then got him to sleep for the night after 11pm woke him at 6.15am this morning..fed him played til after 7 and he went back to sleep til 9.30am.... woke him and fed him at 10am...went out christmas shopping and had his santa piccie done (not the best!!)then he decided to scream ALL the way home...which frazzled me even more whilst driving... he is now in my arms asleep... and due for a feed at 2 and i have a drs appointment at 3.
I have not done a thing around the house today...oh well

[belfie]

NOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo!!!
I just lost a huge post!!!! Arrrgh. Back later, too grumpy now!

[PinkPalace]

lol belf - that happens to me all thetime - gives me the pips!!!

Well i just spent 3 hrs at the shops in toysrus and kmart toy isle shopping for the kids (my brother was downand wanted to buy toys).

Exhausted! then drove for 1.5 hrs across the city picking things up and dropping him off.

so DS didnt get a feed from 8am -130pm! poor thing. now he is exhausted from waiting for a feed and DD had a 10 minute powernap in the car so she thinks she doesnt need her usual 3 hrs afternoon nap! great!

i finally get him for a good sleep and she is awake... never a chance hey!

[amy_o]

Hello a quick hi before bed, I am so exhusted, have told DH that I HAVE to sleep tonight or we will be in trouble. My psych was concerned with a few things today... lack of sleep is a major trigger for bipolar add in stress and well. Anyway I have been managing pretty well till now and dispite his efforts this morning DH is pretty good. But I can see changes in my mood, actions and the like so I need the sleep and reset the brain so to speak. (My psych has a thing about refering to the brain as a computer, appenently mine needs to shut down and reboot. When I was going through my PTS from the birth it was defraging....mmm years at uni and this is what I get!!) the best part is I know sleep will help, hard part making myself do it and turning off the mummy guilt and letting DH do it for once. As my mum said on the phone it has to be done so do it. I will be a far better mum tomorrow for it and letting it go and seeing what happens isn't fair to Bethany or me or even DH.
Ok so I have rambled and now I am heading in the direction of bed, heres hoping I will be back tomorrow with some posts that make sense and don't have typos and spelling errors.
Night all hope you all get to spend sometime in dreamland!!
Bubbas be good for mammas!!!

[teruteru]

belfie- im with u on the bad melb traffic especially with all the roadworks goin on, it can b very stressful i have to cross the city to get frm my hse to mums

re lansinoh- at mums tonight so havnt got even the samples, is there anything i can do in the meantime?