Wow am I tired recently, I think all this running around leading up to and just after Xmas has finally hit. I just can't seem to get motivated and just want to sleep.... But that's not happening in our house during the day...
Can't complain though as Tara is still sleeping through and has now changed her sleep pattern as she now goes down at 8.30pm and wakes up at 8.00am the next morning. She has also got into a pretty good daytime routine of feed, play, nap, wake up, play, nap, feed etc although her naps are generally only about 45 minutes but she has about 5 a day. Still on 3 feeds a day as well although we are still getting some chucking after her feeds (even with using the thickener) nothing like before but still enough to generally create a load of washing everyday. I'm hoping that once we start her on solids next month that the amount of chucking will decrease, although I'm tipping the washing won't...
Also Tara's new thing at the moment is sticking out her tongue, she has been copying Daddy and now does it all the time. Although I think this will help her with her talking and eating solids as it helps strengthens the musles in her tongue, and what a chatterbox she has become as well. It seems that whenever her eyes are open she is chatting away, even when she is feeding she will talk to me. It's so funny as she has a happy voice, a complaining voice, a grumpy voice and an I just can't be bothered voice, she has also worked out different sounds she can make as well so we have just started to get the high pitched squeal as well.
I hope all your little ones are doing well, gaining weight and becoming so much more fun. Wow it is hard to believe our little ones have hit 3 months already.....
Well DD is rolling everywhere now, some days I come into the lounge room and she is happily on her belly looking around and others whinging because she cant roll back over. She is also never in the same place I left her.
Well I spoke too soon... The malt has begun and I am really shedding heaps of hair at the moment. My shower plug get full of hair nearly everyday and I have hair all over the house as well.....
Congrats on all our babies now reaching the 3 month milestone . Tara still hasn't started to roll as yet but maybe this is because she absolutely hates being on her stomach and screams the house down when put that way, and also I have probably been a bit lax making her have tummy time due to her reflux and not wanting her to spewy everywhere. Although I think we have the reflux under control (thanks to thickener) and I have found I can generally put her flat on the floor after feeding without anything coming back up.
We also seem to have now found a good routine, nights have always been pretty good but during the day it has been a bit of hit and miss. But she now wakes up around 7.45am and has her bottle about 8am, goes back to sleep around 9-9.15am and sleeps normally until 12pm (fantastic for me to then be able to get all my housework done). She then has her next feed between 12.30-1pm, has a play and then back down for a nap, she then wakes up for another play of around 1 1/2 to 2 hours, has another nap and then has a feed around 5.00-5.30pm. Then nap again, playtime - including a bath if needed and then finally a small bottle at 8pm and off to bed by 8.30pm.
I'm starting to get all the stuff together as well to start her on solids next month as well which hopefully she will take to. Is everyone else going to start solids at 4 months or wait until 6 months?? I think Tara will be ready for it by 4 months as she is already used to having thickened formula so should be a good transition and she also loves watching me & DH eat and copying the mouth action..
I hope all of your little ones are thriving and giving you all lots of smiles and giggles and just so much love.
I was wanting to wait till 6 months as the current research suggests this is best and also because its one less thing for me to worry about at the moment, but the Paed had told me to start Ella on solids in about 3 weeks which would make her abiut 4.5 months as he thinks this should help the reflux!
Poor baby had her needles last night - it makes me get so distressed seeing her scream and today had a temperature for the first time! I was told at 6 months they are giving the swine flu vacc - but unsure whether to have her done or not, what bout you gals?
izzy isnt getting any needles till 12 months, and even if she was getting them, there'd be no way in hell she'd be getting the swone flu vacc, noone knows the long term efects of it, im not going to be injecting a rushed vaccine into her little body just because they tell me to
. Tara still hasn't started to roll as yet but maybe this is because she absolutely hates being on her stomach and screams the house down when put that way, and also I have probably been a bit lax making her have tummy time due to her reflux and not wanting her to spewy everywhere. Although I think we have the reflux under control (thanks to thickener) and I have found I can generally put her flat on the floor after feeding without anything coming back up.
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