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Mmm I am so glad to hear I don't have the only evil MIL out there... Gee tomorrow is getting closer and I just can't wait...NOT.
Bethany had a marathon sleep this arvo about 4 and a bit hours....does this mean we will be up all night?? She didn't have much of a morning sleep though so that could be it.
Well gotta get dinner on the table.
Bye for now
katones.. i reckon there is a special MIL club they all go to, to work out ways to **** us off!
Amy - it is a known fact, the MORE sleep babies get during the day the BETTER they will sleep at night.. weird... let me know how ur night goes.
**** I think i love Infacol! Gave X some with his feed at 5pm... he's still asleep! It's the first decent non-unsettled day sleep he's had in ages!! WOO HOOO! AND we went to a friend's place and they cooked us dinner... and he slept... ah bliss! The last 5 hours made up for the whole week. Now do I go to bed or see if he wakes...??? Hmm such a pleasant dilemma.
As for the MIL's, wow it sounds like we've all got doozies, makes me feel much better (safety/comfort in numbers!).
Kuraiza - you crack me up with that comment re Amy's MIL
amy_o - that poo sounds impressive!! Mebbe she has hollow legs?
hollye - one of my probs with X and BF'ing was always the start of the feed - he was too hungry & frustrated and impossible to attach, so we'd often do 40ml EBM THEN get him on. So if I do it, I'm better off doing it half way through (mebbe after our nappy change - there's a thought)... I might try it tomorrow, now he's sane & not windy again I'm feeling more mentally able. Plus I think he's been getting wind cos he's such a guts. He took 130ml in 10 mins at his last feed :o that's quick.
Belfie~~ Hollow legs, thats the answer I am sure of it, OMG it was incredible!! I can understand your love for infacol for us it is Marina, oh boy I love that stuff, never ever not have a spare bottle in the house just in case. Would need to delcare a national emergancy should my local pharmacy run out/decide not to stock it (would never happen though the amount of money I spend there for my bipolar meds they know me by name!!Given the amount I spend I should own a portion by now! They all followed the pregnancy week by week and I know the pharmastist by name, David would not do that too me!! LOL)
Well I have done nothing but blow my nose ALL DAY, yup I have a cold. Taking the tablets...DH banished me to the spare room so he and Bethany are spared. His logic was if he got up to her at least he got sleep in between feeds but sleeping with me would have meant hearing me sneeze, blow my nose and cough all night. I think that is a loving remark. :think: Tried to keep my whinging to a minimum but still managed to tell DH I was sure I was dying at least 5 times an hour. If my nose would stop runny for 5 mins I would be fine.
Well the little one is asleep, I am heading to bed too, talk to you tomorrow ladies, sleep well all the mummas and bubbas! mwah!!! (from a distance as not to spread germs)
amy_o aaw :hug: good luck getting rid of the cold, that's foul luck hun
:p SamiH
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Hi girls.. I still stalk the thread, just don't post alot. I read each & every post.
We had Byron's 6 week (corrected age) check up on Thursday & the paed says he's so impressed with Byron's progress that he won't need to see him again :dance: He normally see's the premmies at 6 then 12 months but he has no concerns about Byron at all. That was so good to hear.
I went in with a list of questions & was so re assuring to get the answers. I thought he had reflux but the paed said it was cause of my fire hose of BB's & that if I lay back whilst feeding it should help. Low & behold it has. Byron now feeds for 20 - 30 mins instead of 10min & he doesn't projectile vomit anymore. He also said that bf babies can go weeks without pooing & it's no concern.
I also asked about wind/gas pains. Apparently it gets worse at 6 weeks, then will get better between 8 & 10 weeks. He said I could give 2mls of Mylanta before a feed for the next couple of weeks to get us through it.
Byron has started sleeping right through the night. From 8.30pm to 5.00am, but he doesn't sleep as much during the day. He is still very unsettled at dinner time, but we're learning how to deal with it.
He is still getting his play/aerobics & I am starting to see the benefits to it. He can now roll from his tummy to his back. It's so cute to see. Plus his neck control is fantastic. His flexibility has improved so much too.
BELFIE - My sister fed 2 of her babies by expressing and giving it in a bottle. She fed her first for 5 months that way, & the 2nd for 4 months. There's nothing wrong with that at all. You're still giving your little guy the best possible nutrition
RE: Infacol. I use it too & find it very effective.
RE: MIL's. I have a great one. Sorry, can't complain about anything there.
Have a great day!
just a quicky - georgi. i have the water feature problem too. lmao.
What i do when i get let down i take him off, wait until is has stopped squirting (into a breastpad) then reattach. He gets ancy that he is off but it is really on about 20 secs and he feeds more content not having milk squirting down his throat!
:)
be back soon for personals
*hugs*
Georgi: It's funny that Byron's corrected birth age is so young. He was due 2 days after Jude was due, but Jude came 6 days early so I keep thinking Byron's corrected birth age should be about the same as Jude's age, but it's not and I get confused.
Belfie: I just calls it as I sees it.
Hollye: Did your MIL actually say "oh hes my boy and if i told him to break up with u, he would" or did she just behave like that? MILs are just a nightmare.
When my MIL was visiting she took lots of photos of Jude with my husband but very few of me in any photos, except a few with my back to the camera. Whatever, I just pretend she doesn't exist. She's such a small part of my life. Thank God she lives in the USA
Jude's a catnapper and I'm starting to just accept it. Getting him to sleep in the day time is impossible and a heart-breaking task to attempt. I also believe he's going through the 6-week change, which according to Baby Love lasts 2 - 3 weeks, so hopefully it will get better soon *fingers crossed*. I still don't know how I'm supposed to get anything done, but as he gets older he'll learn to entertain himself and my life will get a little easier.
Kuraiza~~:hug: you are coping great, keep it up!
Well I have to face it, time to leave for the afternoon at the in laws... I keep telling myself it will probably be better than I am thinking...right??Although my cold is much better I would rather just hang at home KWIM? Oh well. Bethany is still asleep so there is a good chance she will be awake for a bit when we are there so she can take all the photos she wants.... I think I have my cranky pants on that was a bit sarcastic wasn't it! LOL See ya when we return....
kuraiza - No she actually said that to me!!!
Great night here. Mia after her "feral hours" ill cal them, which is around 7pm onwards. She went to sleep at 9:30pm and slept till 4:30am! Stupid me didnt go to bed till after 11 coz i thought she was just gonna wake again. She then fed and was back down by 5:30 and slept till 8:30.. ahh bliss.. i can put up with that quite easily!
We went for a drive to benalla today, to the target there. Got Mia 3 gorgeous outfits. Just have to decide which one she wears to her next photo shoot which is next week! wow that 4 weeks has come around quick.
Belfie - yep makes sense. Mia goes abit crazy when shes real hungry.. shakes her head like a mad woman! lol something so simple can turn out to be something to mentally challenging.
I was talking to DP last night about stuff and i was telling him how pysically this baby thing is fine. My body can go through anything, its just the mental stuff. When they scream at u for hours and hours, it can really do your head in.
anyway, off to do some housework (DP is watching Mia) before my mum gets here... mwah!!!
belfie - maybe I should charge a finders fee for the Infacol! :rofl: 3am post hey .... well my boy didn't wake for his feed until 4.10 this morning so I shoulda got on and posted at 4.40 :rolleyes: I haven't used it for 2 days now in hope that he is able to get wind out by himself and he is doing ok. But, wouldn't hesitate to use it, especially for the overnight/bed time feeds!!
Yes, I have a waterfall when I have a let-down too - bu Zander is just starting to cope with it so that is good too - about time my boobs started to settle down though hmmmm ....
Went shopping and bought 2 new tops today - ones I can breastfeed in - I have been living in jeans and t-shirts pretty much and wanted something a bit nicer for Christmas. My pre-baby tops don't fit me cos of my boobs/back at the moment :( but come the new year all of that should settle down.
georgi - I am hoping Zander is on his way to sleeping through - keeping him up and letting him have a snooze in my arms from around 7 - 7.30 - then a little play and a top-up feed and the last two nights he hasn't woken until 4am for a feed - fingers crossed he shouldn't be too far away now ... by Christmas would be nice.
big Hi to everyone else
Hollye - I did take picture of him in his big boy clothes - but haven't set up a gallery or anything on here - one of those things I keep saying I must do, but time wise just don't get around to - much like cleaning the shelves in the walk-in pantry :redface: But keeping sane is more important.
I am very lucky Zander doesn't have the witching/arsenic hours at night time - I think the kids keep him so well entertained - even when he is overtired he doesn't cry much, just one or two big squawks which either mean - sit me up I need to burp, or I wanna try and go to sleep please help me.
belfie - second mention - imagine a Maxwell Smart voice - "the old feed, play, sleep routine hey".. hehe re your settling class. Riley was fabulous at this routine - Giselle was ok, but zander's is out the window and sometimes he goes to bed twice before another feed, and then catnaps at school drop-offs and all that stuff - but he copes really well cos he has to! But yes, for babies it is great if they can learn to predict/know what comes next so Zander is still wrapped for this reason - plus I think he would poke an eye out too .... like today we wanted to go shopping, he had been down about 30 minutes so I just had to pick him up and put him in the car, whereas with #1 I just would have waited till he woke - aaaah such is life. But once we got there, I sorta wrapped him in the pram so he knew it was still sleep time ...
Tomorrow I am having morning tea with some other girls from work who are on mat leave - 5 of us with babies all born within 2 months of each - amazing. When I say from my work - I "work" with 200 people in the building so maybe not that amazing - but kinda is cos we all know each other pretty well. Does that make sense? Oh well must be time for a coffee for me then .....
Survived lunch...just. DH did a great job defending me and telling her (MIL) to back off when she got too much. Had to laugh, Bethany did lots of grins for FIL but none for MIL!! LOL
Huge problems when we went to settle her to sleep, I put her in another room and tried to keep the routine we had established at home. She cried and I gave her a few minutes before I went in, Well you would have thought I was murdering Bethany or something. "Why are you letting her cry" "Can't you hear her?" and my favourite "you must be really cold hearted to not respond straight away" We explained over and over that we were teaching her to self settle, she was dry and feed and safe, we weren't going to leave her there for hours!! We were leaving her no more than 5 mins!! After awhile I went in to hold her for a bit, I went alone so that Bethany wouldn't get over stimulated (she was already hot and over tired...hello people, cairns wet season heat humidity...turn on the air con!!!) well MIL followed and chatted and chatted and chatted. Grrrrr. Oh well. All over and no crimes committed. :D
I added a few photos of Jude to my gallery.
Glad you survived the MIL, Amy.
Hollye: What the hell ... you need to disassociate with your MIL. She sounds evil!
Well Julian scared the absolute crap out of me last night, he had his last feed at 6:30 and didn't wake up until 4:45am this morning, had a feed and was back in bed by 5:45am then slept till 9:30, when I went in to check that he was alright and found him awake and playing in bed, cheeky little boy. Was another scorcher here today, we were inside with the aircon on most of the time. I'm sorry that all you ladies have such horrible MIL's, I just hope that my future DIL's don't think that of me, I would like to be liked by them. Will be going back to mother's group tomorrow, first time after having Julian so will be good to see all the girls again.
hugs xoxo
I ended up having a fairly quiet weekend instead of being out and about. At lunch time on Saturday my DH suddenly came down with gastro. So I've spent the weekend at home looking after him and DD! Normally I have heaps more help on the weekends from DH but this weekend I had to take care of two people. Ah well.. Now he seems to be doing better.
Anyway, just got Maya down for the night so I'm off to bed now! Night night.
Well, I haven't posted for ages but I've been getting the news via email so I've kept up to speed with everyone. With three girls including baby Loralei and a DH that has been away for almost 6 weeks you can understand why I haven't had chance to post?
Loralei is 10 weeks tomorrow! It's amazing how quickly it goes. She was vaccinated last week and has since come down with a snuffly nose and a little cough. My older two have a slight runny nose and cough too but they're fine and can cope with it... IYKWIM. But, with little Loralei, my heart breaks when I hear her trying to breathe with a booger up the back of her airway and the cough is horrid as she goes all red and tears squeeze from her eyes. She has no fever and the cough and snuffle is fairly mild so nothing to worry about but still it's horrible to hear/watch.
On a very positive note, she sleeps wonderfully. She naps during the day with only true wakeful moments for feeding, bum changes and smiles and back to sleep again. I have her in the rocker mostly during the day so she gets used to her sisters being so noisy all the time. At night Loralei generally goes down around 10ish and will wake once for a feed and will be back to sleep within 20 minutes for several hours. Last night was exceptional!!:dance: She last fed at 9.30pm was settled and in her cot at 10pm, I woke up at 5am with that dread of is she okay, she was fine of course so I went back to bed. I awoke to her crying/calling me at 6.30am! What a good little baby! This is the longest she has slept/gone between feeds. I had torpedo boobs of course but that is a small price to pay for sleep.
I will add for those that think I'm bragging that like all babies Loralei constantly changes her sleep routine. She will sleep generally for 5-7 hours first sleep at night and then 3 hours next sleep but some nights she will take over an hour to settle and will wake several times during the night which exhausts me no end and I cannot catch up during the day or afternoon as I have two other children here at home full time.
No personals for me at the moment but I will try to get to some of them later. Big HELLO to all of you.
curl - Good to hear from you. And good to hear that Loralei is doing really well. I hope she gets over her cold soon!
Amanda - Sounds like Julian is giving you lots of sleep. :)
Amy - Glad you got through yesterday. :) Oh and love the pics of Bethany! She's so cute. :) As for poo.. Maya does MANY poos a day and always a MASSIVE poo at some stage that often leaks out of her nappy and onto her clothes and sometimes onto other things like me! I'm starting to wonder if I feed her too much, cos she seriously poos all day long nearly!
kuraiza - Maya's a cat napper during the day too! I think I also need to accept that that's how it is.
Georgi - That's excellent news about Byron doing so well. :)
To everyone else: Hello! Hope everyone's day is going ok!
As for MILs I can't complain. I really love my ILs - I see them as part of the package I got with my DH! They are so helpful and generous. Of course there are some things they do that I don't understand or might not agree with, but overall they are great! My family on the other hand are a different story. Always criticising things I do or say - except for my mother who's great! But she doesn't drive so she can't come up to see me or help me. :( I do remember an ex-boyfriends MIL who was a night mare though. One day she cornered me and started saying "why don't you ever call me?". And I was just thinking WTF - Why would I call her?!
Anyway, DH is doing better and has gone back to work.. so I only have one person to care for today. :lol: Ohh.. and I'm not doing controlled crying yet at all.. but I really had to use the loo this morning and put her in her bassinet and I could hear her screaming and then by the time I got back she'd fallen off to sleep! :o
Ahh.. she's calling..
Hello and Happy Monday!! :)
For the first time in ages I feel calm and organised!! Surely that can't last! I have gone back to menu planning each week so I know what I am cooking each night a week in advance, makes shopping so easy and I just get up and do that. No thinking. I ask DH each Wednesnight to contribute ideas but once it is on the fridge it is done. Bethany has settled heaps which was great considering I spent most the weekend with a killer cold. Dosed myself up on echanasia (sp?) garlic, horseradish and all those things and by last night it was mostly gone. Today can't even tell. Bethany is self settleing really well and wait for it....only woke for one feed last night at 3am. She did 9pm-3am then woke again at 6.30am to start the day. Super baby!!
It is stinking hot and sticky here, I think I will melt, bless air con. Our mothers group met out doors this morning, talk about cranky babies. Beth is sleeping but when she wakes I think a nice bath is in order.
I love IL dispite everything, My MIL just seems to have become really strange since Bethany's arrival...Can't get it. Andrew's grandparents are here too and they are lovely. :) Bethany is lucky to have so much extended family. I wish mine where her too. :( Oh well we are probably flying south next year in Feb for visits.
Well I going to keep enjoying the cool and have a read around the place here. :)
Hope all mumma and bubbas are well *mwah*