Cheryl - sorry to hear you have an infection hun. I didn't get one either time but am just so d@mn sore and frustrated and the silly feelings of "things weren't meant to be like this" are coming in..... slight case of baby blues here at the mo - I know they will pass like they did with Izzy... DH and I were just talking and I was crying and he goes - hun you know you don't do no sleep too well but get used to it! It's more that when i am awake I am so sore too though. Going out for the first time since being home for a week too today... going to sit in the park and let the little miss run riot. Sorry for the selfish posts ladies..... back in a few days hopefully in a much better frame of mind!
DH went back to work yesterday, so it was the first day that I had to organise 5 kids and do the school drop off by myself, managed to do alright I think, we weren't late so that's one thing.
Julian is doing so well, he's only waking once at night and is so settled, it's great. He's also a better sleeper then the other boys and we've only had a few fussy days, I just love watching him and having him sleep on my chest during the day. I'll have to add some more pics to my gallery as well.
Csab: Good to see you made it here. I'm breastfeeding and it's been far from smmooth. The only issue I don't have is attachment, Jude's a natural but after mastitis in week dot I'm now trying to cope with a baby who vomits up the vast majority of what he eats and I'm so worried about him. He was weighed the other day and he gained 400gs, which I'm pleased with since he only weighs a total of 2.8kgs so 400 is significant, but everyday I feel at my wits end with worry. I'm now living on Rescue Remedy.
Hippie: Awesome that you're enjoying the challenge. It's hugely life altering, isn't it? You seem to have taken to it brilliantly.
Tanstar: In what way is James sensitive to what you eat? How can you tell? I don't know if it's screamingly obvious, but I've had serious baby blues. A couple of doctors have suggested I am at risk of PND. Every time my ob visited in hospital I would break down and cry. Every day I have a little cry, I find it all a bit overwhelming because I really don't have a clue what I'm doing and all my family lives in Sydney. I really need my mummy at the moment. But most of the day I'm ok.
SamiH: What babymoon? The inlaws finally left. They would come by every day, move my furniture around and use up all my dishes and glasses and they never once offered to help and do anything productive except P me off completely. I was so glad to see their backs walking out the door last night. Go back to America and stay there!
AmandaJ: Julian sounds like an angel!
The baby bonus finally came but it's been such a big hassle. My husband is American and we applied for a permanent visa 3 years ago but it's taken the govt too long to process, so we had some hassles with the paper work. Finally the govt saw that we were submitting forms for our baby so 7 days after Jude was born guess what, we got the permanent visa granted. Lazy good for nothings. Anyway, I have to chase up the rent assistance because I think it got lost in the heap of paperwork somewhere at centrelink.
Also, on top of everything I have a lump in my boob that developed when I was pregnant and I've been ignoring it until now. The GP said it didn't feel like cancer, maybe a cyst but she's sending me for an ultrasound (not sure why not a mammogram) and so that's just the icing on the cake, isn't it? Bleh. If only I could have a full night's sleep.
Kur - are you breastfeeding? could it be a blocked duct?
I had a 3 cm lump in my breast a few years back. It turned out to be a hormonal lump. They changed my pill and it went away.. hopefully it is the same!
Amanda - can you get julian to have a man to man to ethan re: sleeping over night lol!
PP: I'm hoping it's something like that. it is a 3cm lump like you described. It just appeared overnight a few months back, it didn't grow from a little spot. Also, I did have the GP check my boobs before I got pregnant and she didn't find anything so I'm optimistic, but there's going to be a nagging doubt in the back of my mind until my ultrasound next week.
I didn't get one either time but am just so d@mn sore and frustrated and the silly feelings of "things weren't meant to be like this" are coming in..... slight case of baby blues here at the mo - I know they will pass like they did with Izzy... DH and I were just talking and I was crying and he goes - hun you know you don't do no sleep too well but get used to it!
It's more that when i am awake I am so sore too though. Going out for the first time since being home for a week too today... going to sit in the park and let the little miss run riot. Sorry for the selfish posts ladies..... back in a few days hopefully in a much better frame of mind!
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