Good morning everyone!
Unfortunately Kieran and Joel didn't get the memo that daylight savings finished and were up far too early this morning, blurrgghh! Well, we had our best night yet last night (since the earlier days that is), K went to bed at 7:15pm, had a dream feed at 10pm and slept without waking once until 5:15am! I fed him, but he didn't really go back to sleep properly so we got up at 6:30am. It was nice to have such a big block of unbroken sleep! I am actually dreaming at night again, I haven't had dreams for ages because I could never get into a really deep sleep (I'm usually a vivid dreamer), but now they are back!! So it has taken 5 nights of some minor controlled crying (I haven't left him alone and I comforted him after 5 minutes) and by night 6 he has slept through, hooray! He woke up happily for his morning feed so I can only guess that my persistance has paid off. Hopefully he will learn to sleep a bit later soon
Alz - Sorry you have been feeling a bit down lately. Re: losing pregnancy weight - I lost all of mine the first time around and like you was still a size bigger in clothing. I think it is because our bodies broaden to accomodate bubs. You will eventually get a bit closer to your normal size, but if you're planning on another bub in the near future it may not happen for a while yet.
Julia - I hope you're not coming down with a cold, there is nothing worse than having a clingy bub and not feeling well yourself. I've been there a lot lately! Re: solids, I mixed some pumpkin and sweet potato in with K's rice cereal the other day, but if you want to give him vegies straight, it won't hurt. You decide!
Ange - Congrats on Lu cutting a tooth!!! What a clever girl! Hopefully she will be nice and happy for a while before she cuts her next one. Don't worry about weight loss just yet, it took me 9 months to lose all of mine after I had Joel. My theory is that it took 9 months to put it on, so it should take at least 9 months to lose it again! By the time Lu is 12 months old I'm sure you will be back to your normal self. Though I'm sure you still look great anyway!
Leah - Congrats on Amara's tooth too! I am so impressed that you manage to look after two girls, sew nappies and play soccer!
Saffi - Have fun at the workshop. I can tell you are one of those people who love cooking, I wish I did, but I loathe it. I only do it because I HAVE to! Lachlan is lucky to have a mum who loves making food!
Viv - It sounds like James is teething to me. Can you get your MCHN to poke around in his mouth to check? I'm thinking of calling mine and asking is she can check K's mouth out. When Joel was teething he would go back to normal as soon as the tooth cut the surface. Then we'd go through it all again! He usually had two bad nights, then a tooth would appear. You can use those trolley seat covers as soon as bub is able to sit up in a normal trolley seat. I think Joel was around 6 months old when he could sit up in one of those seats.
Nic - Thanks! I don't feel like super-mum atm. I feel like a bit of a failure to be honest! I am so disappointed in myself that I haven't been coping very well. I'm usually pretty good at holding things together! Hope you and the boys have fun at the circus!
Mo - How did the move go? Are you all settled in?
I have recently lost another 2kgs so I only have 2 more to go to be pre-preg weight. That means I have lost 19 kilos! That sounds like such a huge amount of weight, yikes!
Anyway, better go, K is in his Jolly Jumper and I suppose I should get him out. I'm trying to get one of those exersaucers to plonk him in for a change of scenery. He gets so frustrated just playing on the floor after a while.
Have a great day all!
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