started this early yesterday so will be missing personals on the newer posts. was going to update it but thought that if i did, might not get sent this year at the rate i?m going.
same with katie the other day, i?ve been reading but not responding. everytime i sit to type, the princess wakes up or demands attention.
jazmum, i thought it might've been brookside. saw in the news, maybe a month ago, of some woman who was sexually assaulted there too.
lp, i hear you on needing bubba/kid free time. I actually took some ?me? time last sunday and went shopping and met up with a friend for coffee and left max at home with dp. it may sound bad of me and it was only about 3 hours but it felt good to be out without her to worry about.
hayley, it wasn?t really self settling that i was onto. just weaning her from being carried by me all the time. but i don?t think i?m really achieving all that much these days. i?ve learnt to read the signs that tell me that i should start working on getting her to sleep but when i do this, i find that i?m either feeding, playing or putting her to sleep the whole day!!! absolutely no time for anything else at all. and as i am able to make her sleep on the bouncer or pram, it still needs to be rocked constantly which means i still can?t do anything. oh well, one step at a time i guess. but have to admit that i had some success on tuesday but have reverted back to old habits by yesterday....minor changes but not the complete routine that i was ?taught?. haven?t tried topping her up when she sleeps early. not game to. also finding it still difficult to judge whether she?s getting anything off the bbs and should i just give formula. always a quandary.
ditto on the ? hour day naps. it feels like she?s just fallen asleep and as i go to put her down, she?s waking up. ....no fun. did you guys know that babies sleep in 40-45 minute cycles? that?s why they wake up/stir so often. adults sleep in longer cycles.
i?m envious of you lp with scarlet self settling....have to admit that i actually missed the cuddles last monday when the chn was helping me to settle her on the rocker. i think that that was the day when i carried her the least.
am so glad that there are so many childcare centre experienced people here that i can milk for info. :P
is it really possible to settle without crying? i didn?t even know that the crying was part of the settling routine (or at least that?s what it seemed to me) and that there?s a pattern to it. it?s supposed to escalate and peak and then stop-start and then they fall asleep. i?ve been settling her the past couple of days on this premise and it?s killing my nerves. i can?t stand to see/hear her cry. i always breakdown before the 20 mins allotted time?s up and pick her up. that?s why i?m not having that much success in settling her on the bouncer or pram.
md, glad that someone else has benefited from my day at the health centre. really glad i went and that i got something out of it.
cally, hope that dh is all good now.
lp, c/s scar?s looking ok but still have linea and slight overhang. does anybody?s scar have a ?bit? at one end like a knot? is this part of the stitching and will it go away on its own? (since the threads supposed to dissolve on its own?). don?t think i can call mine a lovely scar but it did bring about a lovely little girl. *inlove
katie, that was amazing weight gain. i was happy with the 130g that max gained in a week and a half. 450 would take almost a month for me.
pregpan, that would?ve been so scary. glad things are fine again.
noni- lol about asha faceplanting into her own spew.
christmas shopping and cards...am somehow glad that we don?t live close to my family since i?ve got 6 sisters and 1 brother and a total of 13 nieces and nephews. since we?re living far from them, i just send a xmas card every year. usually only have to worry about getting about 5 pressies. a couple more this year coz? we?re going to perth to spend xmas with dp?s family. at least he?s only got 1 brother and 1 sister. sent my xmas cards out last week. sister in l.a. actually got her card in 3 days! quite impressed with the speed of snail mail...not quite as snail-ish.
ozstar, hope you have a good holiday in sydney.