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Hi everyone
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 :D
Zander had his 2 month shots today - :crying: 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.
Hope you all have a nice day :)
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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. :)
mwah
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PP - I told my hubby after DS1 that he was taking any other kids to their 4yo shots! i will probably have my DD's 4yo and Zanders 6mo at the same time - I think some big bribes will be in order :lol:
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I would never return her anyway she is too sweet! And thanks for the reminder PP, cranky fussy babies are nothing as long as they are healthy. I am blessed, I think I lose sight of it though when I am tired. :) I don't mind admitting I seriously underestimated motherhood! Its been a tough week all round really. I had 2 people give me a hard time about bottle feeding (one a random person at a shopping centre phooy to them but the other a diabeties educator...not so nice.) I also need to deal with the news from my doc, it is easy to shove it in the later pile but I almost feel like I need to grieve...sounds so silly, I have a beautiful baby that is so much more than so many get but to know there are no more after her, that is hard.
Anyway I can hear the said beautiful baby crying so I am off for now!
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lol amy _o re: no more.
I think everyone says that but when you seen them 3-12 months and how much they change and grow and the laughs and crawling... oooh your heart will melt again!!
its just this 'leech' stage lol as i call it (all feed feed feed and no reward back!)... that is hard.
Any smiles yet girls?
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not really a LOL PP, having Bethany did too much damage to the uterus, can't carry more children
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oh amy - i didnt know. Will you look at other options? adoption or fostering if you wanted more?
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Its ok, I think I quickly mentioned it a few days back, don't feel bad. We will look in to fostering I think once Bethany is a bit older. Even adoption if we can go down that road, I would love to have more children in our home even on a non permenant bases. It was just a shock to hear I guess. I mean I am young and healthy and meant to be able to do this again...And of course people are already asking when the next one is!! I think for now it is all a bit numb if that makes sense. I could go on for pages about the mixed emotions!!
As for smiles, she will smile when she wants to, but have got a few, melts the heart. I was holding her last night I was watching telly so wasn't really talking to her, besides she was supposed to be winding down for sleep and I just just happened to glance down at her and there she was just gazing up and me with this wonderful smile, wish I could have caught it on camera. It was one of the most perfect moments ever in my life. Ok that is the mushy stuff done for now.
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i didn't end up going...i have come to the conclusion...he is who he is.. and if he catnaps well he catnaps... he slept from 10pm last night til 6.20am :D and i went out this morning to the shops and i fed him befroe going.. and he slept the whole time we were out.. i fed him while we were out & changed his clothes...compression leak from laying in one place for ages in his MCN!!! he slept in the car.. and is awake now..
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Mia slept quite well after her episode lastnight. thank god.
as for the smiles, yep Mia's been smiling for about a week and she actually smiles at people now! its so cute. Its a big open mouth smile.
PP - shes still being abit crabby so shes still in her PJ's. Hopefully ill get time to get that dress on her :)
Im sure Mia would be over 4 kilos now which is cool.
anyhoo.. chat later xoxo
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yep Jack smiles when you talk to him... BIG gummy smiles...soo funny :D so i talk to him more then he coos at me and smiles more... BUT every time i try to get a smiley piccie i miss it...
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katones - I think all mums feel like a failure some times. Yesterday I was struggling to get Maya to sleep too! She would only sleep for a couple of minutes at a time until she finally fell asleep on me in the late afternoon! I've thought about attending a settling course somewhere too! But I reckon the day I do a course Maya will be on her best behaviour. She seems to do better when there are strangers around, I think because they are a distraction! :wall: Anyway, I hope the centre helps you! :hug:
amy - I'm loving the mothers group meetings too! Having an outing organised each week with other adults is great! My group finishes on the 17th December. I hope that the other mothers decide to keep going with it.
kuraiza - I hope your tent is continuing to work! :) I've noticed Maya sleeps better when it's darker too. But I try and have some of her sleeps with some light during the day so that she'll know the difference between day and night. But if she won't go to sleep during the day I resort to making it darker for her.
belfie - I'd also love to know what you mean by you've been over feeding Xander. And how does that make him more unsettled?
PP - I do get smiles but only after a feed! I got a script for the mini-pill from my OB but I'm not sure whether to use it cos I don't like the idea of taking hormones while BF. There's always condoms!
Well.. I'm having a better day today. Yesterday Maya was awake nearly all day!! Then she went to bed at 10pm and slept till 5.30am! She must have been so exhausted. After her 5.30am feed.. I was so tired so I lay her down next to me and normally she'll start crying after a while, but she fell asleep again! So we stayed in bed together till 10.30am! It's amazing how much better babies are after a good nights sleep! And mums too! ;)
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amy - Just saw your post about not being able to have other kids. :hug: Not sure how I missed it - must be cos I'm always sleep deprived! I think it's perfectly reasonable to grieve now. I think it's better to grieve than to hold it in!
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do you think I'd get into trouble if i put a nudie pic of Jack up that i took this morning?? it is gorgeous!! in black/white...
well he is still sleeping (although in the bouncer!!) i don't care as long as he sleeps...
in the mean time i have put a load of washing on.. and got dinner started...
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i think u would only get in trouble if some people found it offensive.. mayb if u crop it to cut out the rudey bits? just dont want u getting in trouble thats all. Im the same.. i dont care where Mia's sleeping as long as shes sleeping. Atm shes on my bed, on a pillow.
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itsme~~ Oh do I know that feeling of sleep deprived fog! Thank you though, It is still numb I think it is one of those things that I will deal with in bits over time if that makes sense. But hugs are always good.
Katones~~ I have some sweet ones from Bethany's bath yesterday...I wish I had a gallery so I could share photos for you all that little one on the ticker doesn't show much! Do you think I can post just one here... or will the mods get cranky?? I think you should all see how cute Bethany is!! :)
Bethany is down and hopefully for a sleep not a little cat nap like she has been doing all morning she is stuffed poor little lamb. We had our feed and then a bath, I try to bath in the afternoon cause once Andrew gets home it all tends to get lost...she misses out and she loves her baths and having her hair washed. She has been known to cry if you DON'T wash her hair. I filled it up deeper today so she had a good float, of course her hair wash and then her massage, come to think of it, it is like a spa treatment everyday!! Hang on where's mine?!?!?
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Hey Sami, I am a bit slow but I just noticed you are in Canberra....I miss Canberra so so so so much! I was there before moving here 2 years ago to marry DH.
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