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Hollye - I'm due for James' needles too but won't go if he is still sick - they won't do them anyway but you don't want possible affects from the needles combined with her cold. Wait til she's better hun and one week or so delay is ok if she's sick. Izzy has been sick every time so has never had them on time.
Hi to everyone - this weather is horrible!! SO much rain in Melb today - nice day for snuggling on the couch all day which is what we have been doing!
HOllye - if bub has not had temps then they will probably still do the needles :)
*hugs*
p.s hi Tan!! :) i am still waiting for my $2k .... monday i think
belfie - I know what you mean about the shops being foul now! I went yesterday too and it was packed (on a Friday!)! Took me ages to find a park. And I was annoyed to see some teenagers park in a 'parents with prams' spot and they didn't have any kids! I think I'll avoid the shops now till the New Year! I've been doing lots of my Xmas shopping online and I'll get DH to do the rest!
kuraiza - At my mother's group there's a women who's baby won't sleep for more than two hours at a time. So she only gets two hour blocks of sleep at most at night! Don't know if hearing that makes you feel any better about Jude, but it made me feel a lot better about Maya! Ohh.. must be so lovely to hear Jude laugh. Maya hasn't done that yet. She smiles a lot now though!
Amanda - I find that Maya also sleeps better at night if she's had crap day sleeps! But I worry that's not healthy for her. :dunno:
Hello to everyone else!
Warning - long rant follows:
Well I had a crap time last night! But I am actually proud of Maya! It was raining heaps last night and we had to get across the city in peak hour, Fright night, close to Xmas, raining heavily traffic! Well needless to say, we got stuck in the most awful traffic jam. And a trip that should have taken us half an hour took us two and a half hours!!!! For the first hour Maya was happy, which is so unusual for her! I was so proud of her for not crying! But then she was hungry so she started screaming. We had to pull over for a bit and give her a feed. Then she was OK for a while again, but starting crying cos she was over-tired. Anyway, by the time we got there both DH and I were so annoyed from the traffic and the screaming. :( Oh and the only reason we didn't turn around and go home was because one of my SILs has not met Maya and DH really wanted her to meet her. But my SIL didn't show up cos she couldn't be bothered, which just ****ed us off even more!! We didn't get home till 11pm so Maya was in bed after midnight and we were all exhausted. Happily she slept till 8.30am (8 hours of sleep!). But only cos the poor girl was exhausted from the trip!
Today we've had a nice day at home and I got some house work done. Tomorrow we're going to a 1st birthday party, which I'm looking forward to. :)
quick one from me - no personals cos I'm stuffed! Busy day and more on tomorrow.. but finally got the pic of the grin that I've been wanting! :dance:
First his mouth quivers... then the smile grows, the eyes light up... then the nose scrunches to give just that little extra "grin-ness"... and the whole face is just a big delighted grin. And if I'm trying to talk when he does it... honestly it drives all thoughts & coherent words from my head - as I just have to beam back at him!
Hope you all have a good night and a lovely Sunday :)
Hi chicks.....
Not much happening with me. Byron wouldn't take his EBM on Friday, I didn't try yesterday but will give it another go today. The poor little thing, I've been busy shopping & outings & he just doesn't sleep whilst out. Though he has been sleeping through the night every night. He woke at 6am this morning, not crying, just stirring. I thought I better get up & feed him as his last feed was 8pm.
It's good to have my GF up from Syd. She goes back tomorrow though.
Hope you're having a good weekend.
Kisses to all
New photos here!!
Hope everyone had a great Sunday. Pretty good day here. Although the heat is a shocker. I have been feeling a bit down, I just am so fed up with having no energy. I know my iron will re build and I am doing what I can but it is sooo frustrating to have a sleep and still feel like you have been hit by a mack truck and a train. :wall:
I will however brag on my little possum, she has been so good in this heat and her sleep is improving each day...but shhh don't tell her she might get ideas and mix it up to trick us!!
Well I should keep cooking dinner and I need to make some phone calls down south before it gets to late for them....Ahhh the joys of daylight saving...
See ya later alligator
Mia's been crying since 2pm!! omg! i dont know what more i can try!!! :(
:hug: :hug: :hug:
Oh Hollye I know that is tough...I am sure you have tried but have you given her a bath? That sometimes helps Bethany. Also when she has been crying that long sometimes it is a pain thing and a half dose of panadol does the trick. Just something that works for me.
Thinking of you sweetie
hollye is she bring her knees up when crying> is it belly pain?
Try rubbing warm olive oil on her belly or putting her over your knees and rhymically patting her back then bottom. I do this with Ethan and he will cry for 20 minutes, fart then fall asleep?
Ethan cried heaps to day to hardly slept. Then did the biggest mumma of a poo at 430pm! so go figure he was crying all day. i just got him down at 8pm (otherwise only had a couple of power naps today - 30 mins etc).
But i agree with amy. ethan loves his bath (we have one of those terri towelling things he lays in).. but in saying that Ashley hated the bath until she was 7 months!! so it isnt for every bub.
hope the night gets better!!
shes finally asleep.. phew! 8 hours of screaming, that would be a record.
PP - nah she wasnt doing that. She was more shaking her arms around and trying to scratch her face. And spew.. lotsa spew.
Amy - yep i gave her a dose of panadol and rocked and rocked her and she drifted off.. oh man im sure DP was going to sell her on ebay! lol
off to try and get some sleep, i have a feeling it is going to be a loooong night.
Finally - BIG woooohooooo
Zander last fed at 6.30pm and went to bed at 7.15pm - he woke at 1am but gave him a dummy which he was happy with - and then woke at 5.45am for his next feed!!
:leap::leap::leap:
So I know he can do it - just need to find a way to push that 6.30pm feed to 7.30pm ... :think:
So whilst I have been up early, I haven't been up (for him!) overnight - Giselle was still up at 1am telling me there were too many toys in her room and she couldn't sleep :rolleyes: so funny ... she must of remembered a conversation I was having with DH yesterday about cleaning out some of their toys in their rooms in preparation for Christmas!
Hollye - I hope you got some sleep and Mia just needed to get some wind out. I second PP's suggestions - a bath is great here too - Zander loves them.
Tanya - OMG I can't believe your SIL just didn't turn up!!! My sisters BIL and SIL just "didn't turn up" to their sons christening - they rang the next day to say they had "slept in" - people can be soooo inconsiderate sometimes.
Whenever I go to take Zander nappy off he smiles and can't wait, he loves being nudey - it does help them move more freely so good for prep for rolling etc. Just have to watch the firing wee missile :ROFL:
Getting ready for school - BBL
Hi all
Rough night here, nothing to do with Bethany either, I had night terrors and flashbacks all night. Thought I was over them... Need a complete outfit change at one point I had sweated that much. The bed will need doing too.
Feeling pretty fragile today. Need to get ready for mothers group...nervous about going, They all had pretty run of the mill births and post birth experiances (we shared birth stories one week) by the time it was my go I played most of mine down. :( I am shakey and teary.
Hollye~~ So glad the panadol helped, wish I could take credit for the idea but my aunt a retired NICU nurse told me that when Bethany was a few weeks old!! She said that often if they have been crying for that long it is a pain thing even if it didn't start as pain cause they work themselves up and cause pain so you need to break the cycle so to speak and a dose of panadol won't hurt em!
Sami~~ Woo hoo!!! Taking steps in the right direction!!!
Well I should get ready. I really don't want to but I don't want to stay home either.... Wish DH wasn't working today. I am scared of having a flashback while I am home alone with Bethany...
Ok getting myself worked up here over nothing. Need to get ready
sorry girls..i have been MIA for the past few days...
saturday we had preparation for Jacks baptism (in feb) and yesturday was DD dance concert :) (fun fun!!)
and this morning it was school presentation....
Jack has been good (has had his moments!!) he has now started NOT too drink all of his bottle and has discovered his tongue.. and pushing the teat of the bottle out with his tongue!!!! and also discovered how good his fist tastes!!! trys to eat his whole hand...
He is still co-sleeping with us and sleeping well...
Today has been interesting!!! i think someone has swapped my boy.... he has fed/played/slept without us having hissy fits... hmmmmm and he has slept in his pram...
katones - you must of swapped with my normally placid boy :rofl: Zander has still been placid, but has avoided sleep all afternoon with big grins, cute smiles and lots of gurgles - how are supposed to resist
But he;s in bed fast asleep now without fuss :)
jack WAS asleep but is now in my arms....now is his shiat time of the day usually.....
hey hey.
Mia went nuts again today so i took her to the doctors. Doc seems to think she has reflux and abit of colic :wall: she just cant win! So he has put her on a new formula to help the reflux and if that doesnt help then he wants me to put a little baby rice in her bottle. So today she did scream for 2 hours but it was hell of alot better than 8! Atm im so exhausted and just plain over it. Is it bad for me to feel this way? :(
So i got her to settle at 7pm and she has been asleep ever since.
It really feels like im losing the battle here. She was so good and now she has just turned evil! lol
so thats my day...
Hollye - :hug: Sorry to hear you and Mia are having a hard time. It's not bad to feel over it. I think every mother feels that way at times! Hopefully with the new formula things will improve!
katones - Sounds like you had a good day. :)
SamiH - Can you give Zander a bath at 6.30pm and then feed afterwards to help push the feed out? I sometimes give Maya a bath to help push the feed time out further.
amy - I hope your day turned out OK!
I've had a good couple of days. :) I enjoyed going to a 1st birthday party yesterday and catching up with friends. Maya didn't sleep while there and was unsettled but when we got home she went to sleep easily. Then today I had a friend come to visit and we went out for lunch. :) Again Maya didn't sleep while out, which is annoying. But hopefully she'll sleep well again tonight!
I really wish she'd sleep when I went out though! It would make life easier. I could then concentrate on whatever I was trying to do, rather than having to comfort her.
Tanya - great to hear you had a good day, and I agree, it is so much easier when they sleep if you're out & about. I always feel like i've half-listened to someone when he's unsettled... so much for my multi-tasking huh.
Hollye - big hugs for you hun and i'm so sorry to hear you've been having a rough time. If it helps any, X got very colicky about the same age, and suddenly wasn't his normal self. Once we got him on wind drops he went back to being his old self again...so I don't know how much harder the reflux is to get sorted, but I've got my fingers crossed that finding out what is wrong will mean you'll get big improvements very soon. Don't beat yourself up for being over it either - gosh anyone would be after 8 or 2 hours of screaming!!! It's so hard to listen to that... I'm sure they could have used it in torture camps! Repeat twenty times after me.. "I am a wonderful mummy!" :hug:
Katones - sounds like things are going great, specially when he's settled at that shiat time! Hope it continues for you! My neighbours are getting used to seeing me charge around the block at about 7pm.... that's our shiat time usually, but X skipped it today... how kind lol.
Amy_o - i hope mother's group went ok. I really felt for you, when I read how you're feeling... that must be horrible. I don't have much else to say, but sending big hugs your way and hope the day has improved.
SamiH - resistance to those cute grins & gurgles... nah you don't stand a chance! :p Oh yes, and i walk with X to push out that evening feed - but that's probably not an option for you with your other littlies... good luck, I'm sure he'll get there soon.
PP - ooooh our boys were in sync with their poops! X did the hugest poo while we had visitors. My friend (male, also a father - luckily!) was just staring at X in fascination as X did the whole grunting, turning red production - we all knew something big was coming... it was just hilarious! And of course, it did leak from both front & back... top & bottom! Wowsers!
We had a huge social weekend. We had friends visiting yesterday from 4pm... then some good friends wanted lunch & a lift to the airport - and they're dear dear friends who we treasure every moment seeing, so of course said yes... but big day for us (we usually try limit to one thing a day) but it all went brilliantly! I raced around on Sat and had EVERYTHING ready (figured the day would be a disaster if I didn't) and it all went beautifully, so that was a relief!!! Then today I finished my xmas shopping... I'd been thinking about getting X a santa's helper suit... and they were on special at Target!! SO cute, and I figure he can wear it to my work xmas bash, DH's work's bash, and Xmas & boxing day do's... that's pretty good going!!
X has decided he doesn't want to be wrapped anymore, and keeps wriggling out of them and sleeping the way HE wants... pic of his fave new sleeping pose... tehehe... and then he went on safari!!!! :rofl: (ok so mummy had some time to spare.....:redface: ahem!)
hi to everyone else, hope your weeks are going well