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hi everyone
it's very quiet in here today.
Noni - that's so cute
leanne - wow, that is a super busy weekend!!! Glad the family is sleeping well for you. Are you managing to get a good night's sleep?
Off now to get Zoe from Kindy. Have to wake Hannah up - poor little chicken - but she always wakes up with a smile
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Jazmum- The last 2 nights have been wonderful. I still am getting up to put dummys back in but have had no problems going back off to sleep just hope it lasts for a bit. I find I am always on edge wondering when the next sickness is going to happen.
Yippeee its friday arvo and I can not wait to go home. Might even watch that movie Knocked up on fox tonight. Oh I hope its still running.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
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Hi everyone - K has been very 'farty' lately, which is quite unusual for her. I still burp after each feed and she still has lots of little vomits through the day. Any ideas? There has been a few times when she's unsettled the last few nights and she popped a couple out before falling asleep again.
Pregpan - have a great time in Melbourne.
Leanne - hope you get some good sleep tonight in preparation for that weekend! Sounds busy, but fun.
Jaz - hope Hannah gets the hang of falling asleep for you soon.
We had an hour of screaming last night, nothing would settle her. I put Bonjella on her gums but it made no difference. Even holding her and walking around her room made no difference to the decibel level. I think we're going to have a slight change to the evening routine, might make quiet play time in her room rather than the lounge. The lounge is quiet (no TV) and dark, but she seems to hate her room in the late afternoon / evening. The moment we walk her out of the door she stops crying, starts again when we take her back in. I hope having nice stories in there will make it more attractive.
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hi everyone
a few quietish minutes to write while Mr N watches baby einstein. he watches it every few days - am trying to decipher if he actually likes it. he only watches if i am right next to him!
Cally - we have also had a few v unsettled nights and he is extremely hard to get to bed - i have resorted to taking him back out to sleep on me and then trying again an hour or so later the last 2 nights. i wonder what it is? re the wind, N has also been more farty but i put it down to solid introduction and i dont think you hav started??
have any of your bubs developed separation anxiety? lately when N is v upset, tired etc only I will do... not even DH!!!
not much else to report - hope you all have a fab weekend. i probwont be on much next week as i will be in melb.
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Cally and Pregpan- Sorry to hear bubs not settling. When I put Olivia to bed at night she is usually awake and if she doesnt go to sleep with just a dummy I give her a spew rag which she hugs and puts around her face. I know it sounds dangerous and weird but Jordy was the same. I go back after a few minutes and take it away from her and she is asleep. Xavier never needed anything like that and Jordy stopped doing it when he went to daycare. ( he was 1 and a half). Its funny how the things you did with your first you dont do with your second. ( I mean like rocking to sleep and putting in your bed) I look at Olivia like my second. I use to rock the boys to sleep at night then put them in there beds, with Olivia she just gets put straight to bed after her shower. I also use to put the boys in our bed when they woke at night but I refused to do it with Olivia. The boys still come in. Bed just not big enough for 5 in the bed. Oh well I must be off . Have a good one.
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cally - that sounds like a good plan. Hannah is the same. I still need to burp her a couple of times during a feed, and she wakes during the night with wind - which is why i took her to the chiro. I'm going to make an appointment with the Bowen massage therapist, who I found out only lives a couple of streets away.
pregpan- Hannah screams if dh tries to get her to sleep - she stops as soon as i take her. I hope you have a great week in Melbourne. My dh is going down on a business trip next week - 4 nights away
Hannah is in her cot at the moment - trying to see if she'll go to sleep by herself. She's not crying - but is making a lot of noise. Not sure if i can hold out.
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aaarrrrggghhhh!!! had a long'ish post which disappeared! now i know what you guys are talking about when you say you lost your post.
gist of it....
pregpan, enjoy melbourne. max is/was going through separation anxiety but i'm hoping she's over it.
jazmum, let us know how the bowen massage goes and how much it costs. max has been waking up with wind too.
everyone, have a good weekend. MIL coming tomorrow so it's either i'll be too busy to post or she'll be playing lots with max and i should be able to get on more often.
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There must be a full moon or something, Cally and Pregpan, I've had a couple of horrible nights with screaming in the middle of hte night going on and on (!) I don't know if it's teething or overtiredness or cranky about Daddy not being home (?) but geez I'm just about on the verge of a screaming overtiredness tantrum myself - wish someone would wrap me up and rock me and shoosh me off to sleep! A few new cradle tricks too, pulling herself over on the side rails and quite deliberating chucking her dummy out (cos it makes mummy or daddy come back in and then you can giggle and smile) LOL.
Noni I agree what a cheeky little monkey you've got there
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hello everyone! Sorry to have gone MIA, but I have a blooming cold and feel absolutely dreadful. I thought it was just going to be hayfever,as I had been a bit sneezy since Monday, but by Wed arvo it really hit me. I feel like my throat is full of broken glass and I have a nasty hacking cough which makes my throat feel oh so wonderful and a head full of cotton wool. Alister also has it, but is just a bit congested in the sinuses I think as he is feeding fine, so no sore throat for him thank god. It does wake him through the night a little bit when his nose gets a bit too blocked. So last night we slept in the recliner for a few hours (MD we should form a recliner sisterhood LMAO).
I took him to our MCHN on Wd and he is a neat 8kg now and 71.5cm. He has this beautiful curve on his growth charts - since about 7wks old he has only been putting on 120gm a week (until then it was about 200-300gm a week), but he's just perfect. We had a big chat about solids too and luckily I have a great MCHN who is aligned with my thoughts on the subject. Scary thing is its only 3wks until he is 6mths old anyway! He is also really progressing with the crawling too - he can now get up on his hands and knees at the same time, but doesn't move or anything. He is getting more adept at his commando crawl too and is very speedy LOL - the big kids don't know what hit them because before they know it he is into their stuff on the floor.
Hayley, Alister uses cortisone based cream too and the dermatologist said it was fine to use it in small doses (not lathering it on in other words) and to use a regime of 4 days with cream and 3 days without and it's working well. There are some risks about using it too much it can be absorbed into the system, but usually thats with overuse kwim? Some are also not for the face either (the one we use can't be put on his face so we have a different one for that)
Someone mentioned car seats the other day (I'm really sorry but I forget who it was now) and Alister has been forward facing for a while now (since about 4mths) and honestly its the best thing I ever did as he was getting v frustrated at not being able to see anything and would start crying. Now I am of the belief that I am a safer driver when I don't have to worry about my screaming upset baby in the back, so even though he wasn't 8kg yet (which is the recommendation for turning it forward facing for our seat) I turned it anyway. And he had excellent head and neck control by then too so there has been no issues with that.
Leanne, Alister has a 'sooky' in bed with him too and its just a cloth nappy too. He loves it near his face (Paige still does it too with her blankie) and I just take it away once he's asleep. Often when we are out and he gets a bit grizzly, I pop it in the stroller with him and he cosy's in and nods off.
Hello to everyone else - I hope you are all having great weekends and Gracie, I hope you get better soon too.
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