Hollye: For your bleeding, try to do as little as you possibly can during the day with your feet up as often as possible, let the house go for a couple of days and the bleeding should let up.
AmandaJ: Sounds like you have a catnapper. Jude doesn't sleep all day but he's a pretty good night sleeper compared with other bubs.
Last night Jude slept in bed with me from 11pm to 4am. I had 5 hours of unbroken sleep. Bliss!! Then I put him in the nursery at 5am and actually he's still asleep now it's 9.30am so I think I might gently nudge him and see if he needs his nappy changed and a big feed. My husband woke me up at about 6.30am getting ready for work, so that screwed up my chance for another unbroken stretch of sleep. Anyhoo, I'm not expecting Jude to do this every night but it was lovely just for one night to rejuvenate a bit.
PS. Happy 1 month birthday my little monkey.
Last edited by SunnyRain; November 7th, 2008 at 08:44 AM.
Morning - we have our 6 weeks check today - already!! With DS1 I bled until this point, then with DD for two weeks then lightly spotting on and off for another 3 - and this time the same, pretty much nothing now, just back to a little bit more than normal. YAY! Seems to have gotten less time for each baby??
We are doing well, Zander feeding ok (weight check will tell today hoping for 5kg) - and day sleeping a bit all over the place with school runs and shopping and general stuff but night sleep he usually goes down with the other kids around 7 - 8pm - then wakes twice overnight. However, I don't mind the feeding overnight, and lately he has been settling well afterwards so I had a total of 6 hours last night and feel rejuvenated - and that is still with DH away in Townsville until tonight so I feel very capable again!
Amanda - you deserve Julian to be sleeping well for you overnight with 4 other kids in house - you are amazing - I feel like I am struggling enough with 3 at times - but do pull through They are all so precious ...
Kuraiza - we evicted Zander out of our room after all the visitors left cos he was so noisy! Grunting, groaning, wind after the night feeds etc - he has been in his own room for 2 weeks and I think we are both sleeping better cos I am not disrupting him thinking he is waking or cold or something My plan was for him to be in our room for a couple of months like Giselle, but nope, can't sleep through his noise!
Itsme - the pulling off to me sounds like either Maya is getting fussy about your let-down (is it really strong and drowns her?) - or like Zander - he does the pull off/on thing when he is trying to get wind out or has a tummy pain - sometimes they like to suck to help move it through their bowels, even if they are burping fine - they still get wind in their bowels. Hang in there hun, around 6 weeks and on their bodies mature and they start to be able to push it through a bit easier - here's hoping!
Belfie - see I told you I had already gatecrashed into this thread with all the due girls Seemed very lonely in the other one and of course I love talking to you feels strange that there was only 3 of us though hey!
PP - Christmas - when is that? LOL I am usually soooooo organised, better do something about that soon .... I have DD's pressies on lay-by but DS1 fads change so we were waiting to see closer to the day - which would be about now ..... EEK!
Gotta run .
KURAIZA I normally start on dinner at 4pm, sometimes earlier, and try to eat it around 6pm. That way I can do the dishes etc before Byron feeds at 7/7.30pm. Then once he's back down I go to bed. It's just a matter of doing everything throughout the day so you don't have to do it all after 6pm when the bub is restless.
Byron was pretty restless yesterday. He kept waking up & I had to re settle him all the time. I think it was the heat. He was great over night though. I put him down at 8pm & I went to bed at 8.40pm. Got to sleep around 9pm & Byron woke up at 1.40 for a feed. He went straight back down again (as he normally does). I got back into bed at 2.20 but couldn't sleep. Grrrr, it always happens. Must've been 3am before I fell asleep then he woke at 4am with gas pains. So I co slept with him till 7am. So I managed to get a pretty good sleep. He went back down just before 9am. He mainly feeds 4 hourly with 1 3 hour feed a day. I can't complain about that.
We're starting to get some smiles from him now. It first happend last week, then again yesterday when my MIL was tickling his face. We managed to get it on camera, it's in my gallery, then again this morning while DH was talking to him. So cute.
I uploaded some pics in my gallery if you want to take a peek. They were taken yesterday.
Sorry about the lack of personals. I just can't seem to keep up with you all. I do read all of your posts though.
wow SamiH.. 6 weeks! where has the time gone?!?! i cant believe Mia is over 2 weeks now, the past 2 weeks seem like such a blur and she has changed so much. I dont want my lil girl to grow up
speaking of her we had a great night lastnight. She had a feed at 7:30pm and stayed awake for mummy and daddy cuddles until about 11:30pm (wow thats like 4 hours), then had another little feed and slept till 4am! had another big feed till 5:30 (with falling asleep and waking in between! lol) and then i had to wake her at 10am this morning!!! she just fed for 50 mins and had mummy cuddles and now shes back asleep. So proud of her and she hasnt even cried once. We are slowly getting into a routine with her feeds and it seems to be helping. She has 2-3 hourly feeds during the day and at night and the morning all she pretty much wants to do is sleep! Btw i co slept with her from 7am this morning which i usually do every morning.
Matt went back to work today and so far has been all good. Was wondering how i was going to cope doing it all by myself but if she keeps this good behaviour up it will be a breeze. (touches wood). cant see it happening tho.
Well after been up most of yesterday Julian slept from 6:30pm until 5am this morning again, had a feed then back to sleep in my bed all snuggled up to me, was very nice. He slept through school drop off and part of the kids parade as I stayed because Lockie was getting an award, was so proud of him. Now it's bloody hot and after his feed just now he's all hot and sweaty so I've got him in his bouncer watching me.
Georgi I'll go and have a look at Byron in a min, Julian has been smiling a bit too lately, I caught some on camera yesterday and this morning.
Sami wow 6 weeks already, it goes so quick.
PP and Kuraiza both your boys are 4 weeks too, hope you are both going well.
Yes kurazia- happy 1 month birthday to our bubs! lol
HOllye - hun you can always vent here to me!!! i feel your pain lol
Well last night omg!!! DS went to sleep at 930 on his belly and woke at 130am for a feed.. i was like omg!! that s 4hrs i never get 4 hrs then he came to bed with me and i thought... oh it is going to be a good night.... he wll sleep till morning... but THEN
DD woke at 430 and wanted to play -waking DS! doh! cant win!
Then I put him in the nursery at 5am and actually he's still asleep now it's 9.30am so I think I might gently nudge him and see if he needs his nappy changed and a big feed. My husband woke me up at about 6.30am getting ready for work, so that screwed up my chance for another unbroken stretch of sleep. Anyhoo, I'm not expecting Jude to do this every night but it was lovely just for one night to rejuvenate a bit.
With DS1 I bled until this point, then with DD for two weeks then lightly spotting on and off for another 3 - and this time the same, pretty much nothing now, just back to a little bit more than normal. YAY! Seems to have gotten less time for each baby??
hoping for 5kg) - and day sleeping a bit all over the place with school runs and shopping and general stuff 
but night sleep he usually goes down with the other kids around 7 - 8pm - then wakes twice overnight. However, I don't mind the feeding overnight, and lately he has been settling well afterwards so I had a total of 6 hours last night and feel rejuvenated - and that is still with DH away in Townsville until tonight so I feel very capable again!
My plan was for him to be in our room for a couple of months like Giselle, but nope, can't sleep through his noise!
Seemed very lonely in the other one and of course I love talking to you 
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