lol katones. Mia is still a dodgy drinker. Shes more of a grazer IYKWIM. Shes STILL lucky to down 80 mls and if i try and get her to drink more she vomits it up. So ill just go with the flow.
still looking for a christening gown...
i seen some on the net.. but its hard coz i dont really know what size to get when it comes off the net.
Sami I'm so glad that you said that Zander was waking overnight again, I was going to post to see if anyone had starting getting up thru the night, as Julian has been waking for a feed between 12-2am now and boy am I feeling it after him sleeping thru for the past 5 or so weeks.
katones I hope that you find the perfect gown soon.
Hi everyone else.
Well I'll bbl, Julian is awake and wanting boobie.
I have found lately..Jack is going down alot easier after i leave him 45/60mins after his feed, just letting him have a play in his bouncer..til he gets grizzly.. he then gets wrapped and given his dummy..and patted for abit he is sound asleep makes life much easier!!!! BUT at times he has his tanty then fights sleep.
We're going to a wedding this Saturday and I'm struggling to find a nice dress with a matching jacket that doesn't cost too much. I've seen some nice dresses actually, but I can't find any jackets for sale in the shops at the moment! I've also now got the added problem that size 000 is a bit too small and 00 is too big!
Amanda - Yep I am now getting up in the night again and Maya is wanting more feeds in the day - I guess it's another growth spurt time. I read the extra feeding is only supposed to last 2 to 3 days but it's been longer than that for me. And yes I am really feeling it too! I am so exhausted at the moment.
PP - I had a good day out on Saturday. The drive is between an hour to an hour and a half and normally Maya can't stand to be in the car very long. But she did OK! Someone gave us some socks with rattle toy things on them. So I used them hoping it might distract her. Not sure if that helped or she was just tired enough to sleep!?
katones - Maya suddenly seems to be sleeping better too! I'm not sure if that's part of the growth spurt too or she's just older now?! Towards the afternoon and evening though I still have to rock her to sleep and resettle but I don't have to do it for as long.
My DH is back at work today after 2 weeks at home. I'm going to start looking at moving closer to family and friends because I think I will get lonely again now that he's gone back to work.
*Tanya*
it's a good feeling that they are much more settled isn't it
Have you tried pumpkin patch for a nice little dress?? you are lucky...shopping for boys clothes is shiat!!! basically it is 90% girls clothes out there and 10% boys and i have questioned afew shop people re:- this and they have said people prefer to dress little girls up there really is NO need to dress little boys up very sad attitude!!!
Jack still doesn't like the car BUT if we are going out all together i sit in the back and entertain hubby finds this rather amusing only 2 and abit kgs to go...and he can be turned around!!!!! woo hoo!!
katones - Yep it's so nice having Maya more settled. I can get more stuff done now, rather than constantly rocking and resettling!
I looked at Pumpkin Patch and I found some dresses I loved but they were $40 and I didn't want to spend that much on a dress she'll only wear once probably. I did buy a nappy cover to go under a dress though.
If we all go out together I also sit in the back and entertain Maya on long trips!! I thought I was probably the only person who did that!
NOPE you are not alone in sitting in the back!!!! hubby gets a laugh BIG time out of it...and has a name for me when i do it...but i best not write that here coz i might get into trouble
Question: Just in the last couple of weeks Maya doesn't like to be held by anyone other than DH or I. Before then anyone could hold her. Now she starts crying as soon as anyone else picks her up and she'll keep crying till DH or I hold her. Is that just what happens around 3 months? Is anyone else or has anyone else experienced this change? If so, how long does it last for?
lol Tanya... DD is sometimes still like that at 18 months!
DS only like me, sometimes DH. as they get closer to 6 months they will become more social, but they will always prefer their parents. I find the best time for a hold for guests is straight after a sleep and feed!
ive always sat in the back since dragon came out. in fact it was very sstrange sittin in passenger seat once when we left him with my mum to go to the shops!! we really should change him out of the capsule soon...
amanda- is that the ssanta sssuit frm target in ur sig? coss we got 1 too!! very cute
I've tried giving her to someone after a good sleep and feed and she will still cry. It's going to be tough at the wedding on Saturday cos DH is best man so he won't be around to help as much and I'm not sure if I'll be able to give her to anyone to hold while I eat or use loo, etc.
Tanya - you may have to let her cry from 15 minutes so you can eat.
Unfortunately bubs tend to do this
I had to carry DS the whole of DH's xmas party (6 hours) and was exhausted but he wanted his mumma. I gave him to DH so i could go to the toliet/change DD and he screamed the whole time but he just took him where i couldnt hear it.
Have you got a sling? Perhaps family can wear her in a sling?
weven't come across Jack crying when held by other people yet...note i said "yet" i am waiting for that....he does 'sometimes' tend to cry when he goes from me to hubby and hubby gets abit peeved....
well we have a baptism gown woo hoo!!!! now....i am waiting on a nappy cover
PP - It's a good friend of my DH who's getting married and I don't know anyone who's going very well. I don't mind if Maya cries while I eat I'm more thinking of the person who has to hold her. Not sure if there will be any volunteers to hold a screaming baby while I eat or not. But I guess my DH can spare some time here and there to take her off my hands. And maybe someone there will not mind holding a crying baby. I've just found lately that now that she cries in people's arms they are always in a huge hurry to pass her back to me.
Tanya - as hard as it is to hear the crys. i fyou need 10 minutes to eat or pee lol just pass her on and tell them, 'she may cry'
Also i am sure DH can take her even if he is at the bridal table. i owuld just sit down with him before hand so he understands.
it made me think of when DD was 13 monthso ld and we went to a wedding. It was a family wedding so heaps of family there lol. But she didnt want anyone but me or DH to hold her. It was a short night, i told DH i would take her home (i almost 7 months preg at the time and it was hard to hold her)... and he could stay but he insisted we went home together.
Also i told the bride before hand that i would be taking a pram../. the one thing i have learnt is BABIES LOVE loud muffled music. And i had the pram off to the side - everyone knew she was there and would check in on her and she slept weel from about 8pm.
We toook DD as a babie to lots of xmas parties etc and she would go to sleep tothe muffled bands and music. so just check with the bride they dont mind you taking a pram, and they may be kind enough to seat you somewhere suitable to have a pram close by you could rock bubs to sleep during dinner ?
Actually I don't feel like Maya is welcome at the wedding. The bride to be didn't want me to bring her and I had to explain that I'm BF. Then the bride to be said that there's a room at the reception where I can leave Maya. And I had to explain that you can't leave a 3 month old alone in a room somewhere. Then the bride to be said she didn't want Maya to cry during the ceremony and I told her I can't control that. I think the venue staff talked sense into her actually and they organised for me to sit somewhere where I can have a pram next to me.
*tanya*
HONESTLY i would have said..."have a nice wedding then if you can't accept i am BF and won't leave my bub" she obviously has no concept of young babies.... HOW RUDE!!!
AmandaJ - yeah it poops me that he is waking again, but what can you do??? After the two dummy pops I get the picture he now wants a feed, and honestly Zander is quick feed and back to bed, so is quicker too hehehe. It is hot here too so he is probably thirsty - hopefully just another stage .....
katones - i know what you mean about boys clothes, it doesnt change when they get older too does it! I am godmother at a christening in 2 weeks and I have got the feeling she expects us to be really dressed up - she has two girls so they always get the whole works. Anyway, what does Riley wear - he will be nearly 6 - he can wear a shirt, but he doesn't have dress pants - so he will still wear jeans - and then footwear, he doesnt have dress shoes - she will just have to accept it.
Tanya - ok, after they are married and down the track she has had her first child - you and DH renew your vows or something and then try and tell her her baby can't come! Man, 3 month olds are not a disrution, they are a blessing, i cant believe she commented about her crying during the ceremony - so what, it should be special cos you have the people there who you want to share the special moment with - as youcan tell I could go on try best & less for some dresses at the moment, they have some with tuille underneath for $20 I know in size 1 but not sure about smaller. Just a nice sundress is fine.
Zander is fine being held by someone else, as long as I am within eyesight or earshot - but this changes all the time - but cos i have other kids he has gotten used to me saying to my friends etc - here just give him a cuddle whilst i do .... for the other kids.
We are having Zander baptised but not until 19/04 - we have to travel to Ballarat for family as they all won't come up here - so first school holidays we will go. I would rather do it here where our life and friends are - but ho hum. Riley wore black pants and a white shirt set I bought super cheap for $30 and he was 7 months, but Zander is going to be smaller than Riley was at his age so I will need to buy something - but I won't have him in a gown at 7 months - will have to start looking ....
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makes life much easier!!!! BUT at times he has his tanty then fights sleep.
I'm going to start looking at moving closer to family and friends because I think I will get lonely again now that he's gone back to work.
only 2 and abit kgs to go...and he can be turned around!!!!! woo hoo!!
But I guess my DH can spare some time here and there to take her off my hands. And maybe someone there will not mind holding a crying baby. I've just found lately that now that she cries in people's arms they are always in a huge hurry to pass her back to me.
try best & less for some dresses at the moment, they have some with tuille underneath for $20 I know in size 1 but not sure about smaller. Just a nice sundress is fine.
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