Babies Born September 1st ~ 15th 2008 #2

[Niamh75]

Ill be joining that and i know a few other girls from another baby group who will be very interested as well. isnt that disgraceful bf is a beautiful thing some people eh

any way how was every one christmas mine was good quite not what im used to but good.

Eireann loved all her presents and her new buggy I love that to though lol she is really looking at things and trying to grap things and getting so vocal lovely stage can you believe its 4 months all ready this time last year we were only finding out !!

take care every one

[Captain]

Good morning everyone

Well, not so good morning here. I'm sitting here after another night of broken sleep wondering how everyone else is coping? Am I the only not getting a decent sleep? Last night Ashlyn woke up at 10pm, 1am, 4am and then 5.30am. After that I gave up, she went back to sleep but I decided to do some housework instead - less frustrating. I know she can sleep longer because she has gone a couple of nights only waking once, but she seems to need everything to be just right to sleep, ie tummy full, nappy clean, not to hot/cold etc.... It can still take an hour to settle her at night.

Sorry for the ramble, just feeling a bit down after listening to people at Christmas talking about friends babies who sleep through from very young, girls that lost weight and look fantastic after having babies, all the things I don't want to hear when I'm exhausted and feeling fat

[ezymay]

Oh Captain that's rough. I feel for you hun. I don't think you are alone. We have been extremely lucky with Emily and I don't take any of the credit for it I think its just her. So don't feel its anything you can do, you are doing everything in your control you can to make the conditions right for her to sleep, the rest is up to her. I'm not really sure what else you can do, so I'll just offer more hugs and sleep vibes.
Saying that we didn't have a great night last night either, She was awake from 2-3.30 and i'm not really sure why. All I can put it down to is that we did use a different wrap that she could get her arms out of and I think it made a big difference. She has nearly grown out of her miracle wrap which keeps her more secure. Tho she sleeps during the day with her arms out. DH just slept through all her noises which really frustrated me.
I think she is getting to big to wrap at all but now i'm worried she won't sleep as well as she has been without wrapping. She still startles herself awake.
Does anyone use grobags? I have one but haven't tried it yet.

[yummymummy]

just quickly cos i saw your post captain and i know how you feel but before i finished work i had twins in my care at child care and one was a perfect sleeper, ate well, never cried and the other was the complete opposite - woke every hour, ate sporadically and cried all the time so it's not the parent (or the womb haha)!!

liberty slept better at 6 weeks than what she does atm, in saying that 4 months and 8 months are the worst times supposedly for sleeping habits?? i'm getting woken up a fair bit atm but i've stopped looking at the clock because it makes it worse for me. and even though i've wanted her to not sleep next to me as often in the bed, i'm too tired/lazy to settle her all the time so she's been sleeping next to me heaps more.

and if you're feeling frumpy, liberty sits on my roll of fat on my belly when i'm holding her!!

[Mummatotwo!]

Well i still look freaking pregnant!!!! maybe its all the cheese cakes i am eating, but i am still a heffa lol.

Nath has his moments with sleep - sometimes he wakes up once, sometimes he doesnt at all. But never more then once, which i thought was odd as he is fully BF.

How much is everyones babies weighing? i am paranoid lol

[oopsadaisy]

Oh Captain, im sending your way. I don't usually post in here but like to read it as most of you i spent time with in the sept pregnancy thread. I miss chatting to you girls. Our thread doesn't seem to move along very fast
Captain i don't really have any ideas for you just wanted to post and let you know i'm thinking of you.
Lol: A big HELLO. I'm glad that you had a lovely chrissy, Wasn't it nice to spend it with our little treasures.
Indie24: A big HELLO to you also

I also can remember this time last year. We weren't even TTC so babies were not on my mind. Can't believe one year on and i'm now a mum and now have an adorabel little cherub. I found out i was preg around the end of the first week of January. I remember announcing it to DP's Parents on his birthday and that was the 12th. I had known for a few days by then.

Maddy is doing well. She will be 3mths on the 30th. She sleeps through the night and has cat naps in the day. Sometimes she has a big 2-3hr sleep. At the moment she is having her big sleep. She is doing the sleep, eat, play, sleep routine, so we have got things going quiet well.
I am so excited as i have now fully BF Maddy for 3mths. After having so many issues at the beginning i'm now really glad i persisted. It certainly takes time to get into a rythmn.

Oh Missy i love the photo of you BF ashton. I reckon its one to frame.

Eej: I still wrap Maddy. I find she settles alot bet when wrapped. At first when i wrap her she has a little tanti but then she settles quickly and goes to sleep. If her arms are out she often wacks herself in the face, wakes herself up and pulls her dummy out. In saying that often when i wake up in the morning her arms are out (and very cold, i have been putting mittens on her) and most of the time in the day they are also, but to intially get her to sleep wrapping helps heaps.

[Visitor8]

Hugs Captain! I am glad it wasn't just Ashton last night that woke up 4 times!! He usually only wakes once for a feed at 4ish so I was sooo tired today! It will get better The boys were both sleeping through by now, but both were on bottles so maybe that's why.

EEj I love growbags! Too hot now for the ones I have but in winter it was all we used

Lol Ash sleeps with me all the time hehehehe

Mummatotwo you are SO lucky!! I would love for Ashton to sleep through reguarly. He HAS done it but I can count the times on my 2 hands Ashton weights 8.4kg, went down last week not up because he was a little sick.

Oopsadaisy well done on Maddie sleeping through the night!! That is wonderful And congrats on your milestone. It's great that you persisted!

Well Ashton is well, going through a feeding frenzy at the moment, feeding 1-2 hourly day and night. I was so tired today. His dad came to visit again. He asked if he could come back on the days he gets off work early, which is nice I like that he is interested in spending time with him.
Ashton is talking a lot, he finally found his voice. He just gets into full conversations which is SO cute!! I even got it on camera He is really trying to crawl I don't want him to move yet so have limited his tummy time lol Used to spend most of the day on his tummy when he was down, not anymore!
I can't believe he is almost 4 months old!! It has gone SO fast!!
He is really into sucking on everything at the moment, his toys, clothes, blankets, fingers, MY hand and shoulder lol.
GOSH it's noisy here at the moment! Ashton is talking as loud as he can, the boys are making a racket lol the telly is up really loud so I can try and hear it haha

Hope all the bubbas are well! I would LOVE to see them all, so if you have put up a recent pic link it cos I can't work out this gallery thing

[Mummatotwo!]

i am still gob smacked at his weight lol! Its nice and all that nath sleeps through, but i do miss the midnight feeds and cuddles. Also i think thats why he isnt gaining that much. its a catch 22.

Yep nath is a sucker too... sucking everything a the moment. and i am getting so tired of people putting their dirty feral fingers in his mouth!

[ezymay]

Mto2- Emily weighs 6.4kg. I was worried about it til I checked it in the blue book and she is bang on the middle line. Nath must be feeding really well to sleep through. We have Emily having her last feed at 10 then feed her again at 6. I think we are doing pretty well for full EBM feeding.

Hi Oopsadaisy- you must have been in the preg thread after mine. Thanks for popping in. I'm sure its nice to keep up with your belly buddies. Quite a few we started with are in the group before now too. Good to hear you still wrap too.

[Captain]

Thanks guys. I think when exhaustion hits, everything seems worse than it actually is. It wasn't helped by the fact that DH has been sick since Christmas and my mum has come down with it so she couldn't have Danielle for the night like planned. Oh well, Ashlyn seems to have settled after a half hour cry, I hate not knowing what is wrong and what I need to do to help her.

Eej, I love my growbags, luckily Danielle and Ashlyn were born in the same month so I can reuse all the ones I had. I started using it a couple of weeks ago because Ashlyn would spend more time trying to get out of her wrap than sleeping and after 2 occasions of finding the wrap right over her head I stopped using it. Now she sleeps with her arms spread wide or up over her head.

Lol, wow twins that are complete opposite. Sometimes I forget that it's a personality thing, not necasserily something I'm doing wrong. Danielle didn't sleep at the beginning either, but for totally different reasons, and now she is the best sleeper. I just need to be patient.

Mel, I love it when they talk with you, it's so cute! I'm glad Ashton's dad is making more of an effort. LOL at stopping the tummy time! I can understand you wanting to slow everything down. Danielle never crawled so I have no idea what it will be like to have Ashlyn on the move!

Angie, Hi!!! You can always come in here some more if you want. It's strange that one year can change your life so completely. But such a wonderful change.

Mummatotwo, it must be nice to get some sleep, but your right and I should try to look at it as an extra chance for cuddles. I guess we all have something we're paranoid about!

For the girls that are feeling a bit frumpy, did you see the Body Transformation challlenge that Lucy is running? I would post a link but I'm really hopeless with computers

[indie24]

Captain - I am sorry to hear about your broken sleep. Molly has been waking at night too. I feel for you.

eej - My DH sleeps through any Molly noise too. One day I caught him telling someone that Molly had been sleeping through and at the time she wasn't. Seems the louder she gets the deafer he becomes

Iserve- Molly sits on mine too. But mine was preexisting before she ever came along. 4months and 8 months are the worst for sleeping?? oh no

Mummatotwo- Molly was weighed about 2 weeks ago and she was 6.3 (was about 3 months old). I always worry about her weight too.

oopsadaisy - Hello to you too I stop by your thread to read too as some of you were in my pregnancy thread. Maddy sounds like she is doing so well. Congrats on the BF. It certainly takes some effort doesn't it. We are still BF here just taking it one day at a time. We have had lots of issues.

Missy - Ashton sounds like he is doing great. this is the link for the latest pic of Molly in the picture gallery. If you go to the gallery and click on Member galleries -> choose the letter of the persons username (i for indie24) that brings up the links for the galleries there. KWIM?
I still can't get Molly to do tummy time but we are trying. She looks so weird scooting around on her back lol

Well Christmas was good. I had heaps of fun pretending Molly knew what it was about. We went to SIL & BIL house. Poor Molly didn't cope well with all the noise and people. She spent most of the time in my nephews FP swing where she was happy. SIL had bought Molly nearly as many presents as we did (DH and I decided not to buy heaps because she was so little).

DH has the next week off so he is spending more time with us. Molly is getting more vocal and I love hearing her talk.
Molly slept in her room in the bassinette last night. I was a basket case worrying about her being in a different room but she did really well (she did better than I did) next step is to try and get her in her cot because we don't have much room left in the bassinette.

Any how I better go

[Niamh75]

Good morning everyone

Well, not so good morning here. I'm sitting here after another night of broken sleep wondering how everyone else is coping? Am I the only not getting a decent sleep? Last night Ashlyn woke up at 10pm, 1am, 4am and then 5.30am. After that I gave up, she went back to sleep but I decided to do some housework instead - less frustrating. I know she can sleep longer because she has gone a couple of nights only waking once, but she seems to need everything to be just right to sleep, ie tummy full, nappy clean, not to hot/cold etc.... It can still take an hour to settle her at night.

Sorry for the ramble, just feeling a bit down after listening to people at Christmas talking about friends babies who sleep through from very young, girls that lost weight and look fantastic after having babies, all the things I don't want to hear when I'm exhausted and feeling fat

no i here you on all counts feeling fat and tired, Eireann has been waking up more and ive found im sleeping in the day sometimes because of it ,doesnt help that my two year old wakes up at about half 5 in the morning, cant get cross at him though as he is so sweet with lots of cuddles and kisses ,

but yep feeling fat as well think ill join WW after christmas try and lose some weight

Dont feelto bad hun ((((HUGS))))) i hope Ashlyn sorts it out and sleeps better for you

[blackduckies]

Captain I feel for you, Poppy is my only one that sleeps..... The others still wake at night??? I can't remember the last full nights sleep I got...Funny if it was'nt so draining!!!
Can you tell me where to find the body transformation??? I need it!!!! 20kgs to lose but would settle for 15kgs. Really don't know how I am going to do it?????

eej, yes I am still wrapping also, luckily Victoria is still cool not sure how much longer I will be able to do it, heat wise and also she is nearly rolling over everything but an arm. When she gets anything out she wakes up

Iserve, only one roll?????Unfortunately I have to say I have a few, DH took a pic of me in the bath with Poppy, I swear I have had my body stolen and replaced with chubba bubba one!!!! I nearly deleted it but decided to keep it, to help me on my weight loss journey I have put on 3 kgs since I had Poppy, stress, anxiety, health issues to blame..

Mummatwo Poppy is 6.5kgs at 3 months and 64cm off the chart for height and on the 75 percenetile for weight.

Hi Angie, yes come and post in here... We are'nt as chatty as we used to be but....you are welcome.

Poppy has started to laugh is batting at all her toys, trying to roll over, everything but one shoulder gets there, then she gets all angry and starts growling.

Hi to the rest of you girls.

Have a Happy New Year, stay safe...

we are just at home this year but suits me just fine.

[Niamh75]

Hi Pam good to see you may be we should do a weight loss thing to help spur us on in our weight loss journey

Happ new year every one

[blackduckies]

Hi Niamh, I joined the Body transformation challlenge, maybe you could too. The cut off was last night ...but if you ask nicely maybe she will add you, there are a few girls going to join in when they have babies so I bet she will if you want.

Thanks Captain for let us know about it. How much weight do you want to lose? or is it about fitness feeling better etc? Me it's the whole package. I am thinking I am going to name and shame myslef and add my "before photos to the gallery, makes me more accountable in my own mind!!!!!!

Hope you all had a nice night.
Happy New Year
Best Wishes for a safe and happy 2009

[Captain]

Happy New Year!!!!!!

Best wishes for the new year.

Pam, glad you found the challenge. I was trying to add the link when I realized you already found it! Mostly I'm doing it for the healthy eating and fitness. I used to be a very fit person and I would like to get close to that again. Not sure my tummy will every look the same again though

Well Ashlyn sleep has improved a small bit, because I've started sleeping her on her tummy. I know I'm not meant to, but her day sleeps have gone from being only 30 -40 mins to 2hours. I decided to buy one of those breathing monitors so I could try it at night. She now settles a lot faster and wakes up less, so will see how it goes.

[blackduckies]

My tummy went back well after my natural birth but not after the c-sections. I hope you acheive what you want. Tummy sleeping, my kids have all rolled over and slept on their tummy from around 5 months. She most likely would do it as soon as she rolls anyway. Main thing is they are'nt wrapped and the moniter is a good idea, especially until she can get back herself if she wants to.

[ezymay]

Niamh - I just looked at your photos of Erieann on face book, she is so cute. I didn't know she had red hair. I've been hoping Emily's hair will go red but I'm not sure it will. I have dark red hair but I was born with it and it hasn't really changed my whole life. I hope your first christmas and new years in Oz were filled with joy.

I would have liked to have done the challenge but don't feel motivated at the moment to do anything, I want to but just can't seem to make the committment. I keep waiting for the lightening bolt moment to kick my butt into gear.

Captain- I think tummy sleeping is more natural for them, they can't seem to startle and they seem more cosy.

I hope everyone had a good new years! Exciting to see what 2009 holds for us, the year our bubba's turn 1!