Babies Born September 2007 #27

[MamaPan]

hi all - i am also in the run down no sleep club... had a HELL night and i am exhsuated from a week by myself. my mum is coming for the night today - i am half looking fwd to it as it will give me a break and for some reason it is half stressing me. oh well she is on the plane now so better get perked up about it! our cleaner usually comes on fridays, not today bc pub hol and that has made me burst into tears... i am a bit houseproud and the place looks awful so i finally got N to sleep after 90 mins of rocking and now i am madly tidying. it has been a long and tough week with work, DH away etc etc. i am bustring for dh to come home on sun. he better be superdad!!! and glad he now works 4 days per week. must say md i thought of you last night when dh rang and complained about work, he is working v hard but doesnt then have a teething bub to contend with too. i was a bit snappy and impatient i think. so there's my vent - i dont have them often - but looks like we are all feeling a bit the same way today! i wonder if a part of it is the cumulative effect of 7 months of broken sleep and now the added teething bonus.
Arte - sorry the mums dont seem to be the ones you will be great friends with. i also only made one great friend at mums group - the rest are the same - ladies from mums group that i dont have that much in common with. are there playgroups or anything in your town?
ok better go, washing to fold, rubbish to take out, spare bed to make up etc etc.
have a great anzac day. i remember us all baking cookies last year in belly buddies - now i dont have time to go out and BUY them LOL!

[Isadora]

Hope you are all having a nice Anzac Day, I've been watching tv bawling my eyes out like I do every Anzac day! Also made some Anzac cookies...unfortunately I put too much carb soda in them hahahaha and yes I am studying to be a home ec teacher lol!!!

Sounds like theres a few of us not getting any sleep. Hope you can all have a rest this weekend, with DH's being home hopefully they can do a couple of nights for you all. I'm not having much trouble with sleep apart from a few night wakes here and there, just settling her these days is a friggen nightmare, screams the house down and she knows her cot now so when you approach it, the crying begins. 7 months is such a gorgeous age, but not when it comes to sleep!!!

Renee - I was in your position a few weeks ago as well. See its very suprising how many of us have been, I think we all know exactly what you mean about putting up a front and pretending everything is perfect, so dont go thinking you are the only one. Before Maddie we were fine too. We had a huge talk about it all, and we seem to be heading in the right direction now. So maybe try setting aside a time, turn off the tv etc, and just talk. Otherwise someone suggested couples couselling? Thats very scary about Rory choking, Maddie gags on little bits of food and I freak out! Its hard not to get sucked in with the pics....ah well they are only babies once! Oh & if you buy the Sunday paper, look for Maddie in the baby photos section, apparently her pic is showing this weekend!

MD - I too would love to come and give you a helping hand you poor thing. Keep strong! You are doing so well on your own, I hope DH makes you realise that when he gets home. My AF arrived a few days ago and leading up to it I was SO grumpy and a couple of times I was shocked to find myself getting angry at Maddie, AF arriving also explained it all for me.

Noni - The trolley mates are a great invention arent they? We have one...courteousy of DP's Nanna...unfortunately she picked the most revolting colour, i cant even explain it, but DH refuses to be seen in public next to it and I dont blame him lol. Oil up the bum? LOL What is that!!??? I dont get it. Hope those teeth make their way through soon.

Clare - Thats hillarious that you dropped the mousey at someone elses house. I am the same though, I have rescued a couple of baby mice from my cat because I cant bare to think that he is torturing it before killing it, like cats do.

Sherie - Kids love those ball pits, one of my friends got a small one for her bub at coles for $15. I've been looking for it each time I go shopping, but no go. Oh the joys of living on a farm..hehe

Arte - Oh no hope Will gives you at least one night to catch up on sleep. Please Will!!! Dont worry about the messy home and if DH complains he can clean it. Grr. Maybe as you get to know the girls at mums group better, you can invite them over for a coffee etc? Dont write it off yet, its only early days.

Pregpan - I hear you on the 90 mins of rocking to sleep. Dont worry about the mess, your mum wont mind and I'm sure she can understand. Hope she can look after Noah so that you can get a bit of a well deserved break.

Gracie - Hope you have a nice weekend with your DP's bro & gf. No doubt they will be clucking all over gorgeous Lewis.

Hi Fianne & Cally!

I've had a big cook up today. So far I've made Maddie cauliflower cheese (its delish), apple ambrosia (apple and rice YUMO), pureed up some more pumpkin & s/potato, & pasta with a tomato & vege sauce. Really enjoying cooking for her. Is anyone else having trouble when it comes to feeding fruits & sweet things like banana, pear, apple, custard? Maddie loves her veges, but wont touch anything sweeter.

[*noni*e*]

haley - its something the helath nurse told me lol a little squirt of baby oil in her bum n she goes almost straight away most the time!!! lol asha loved her trolly mate or whatever i think hers is called clean shopper lol
ahhh bbl winging

[Cassius2]

Hi Girls!

Wow the sleep thing seems to be the vexing issue this week...maybe these babies are in it together...plotting against their unsuspecting parents LOL!!
Luckily Leila only woke up once last night, she had a quick feed...trying to resettle without a feed for her is mayhem and I guess i am too weak to try (especially when its 1.30am!), and then grumbled for about 20 minutes in her cot. we are approaching the week mark of her not sleeping properly and i am being reminded of those early newborn weeks...kills any cluckiness that may be lurking!! And I am totally with you Arte on the whole 'too tired to try'. sometimes i just cave in to give myself some respite!
And i would just like to put it out there Pregpan, that when i read your posts i am totally impressed! working your butt off, cooking amazing meals and doing it on your own when DH is away. you're so strong! and hey, I think it will be great to have your mum around for a bit, take advantage and get some well deserved R&R.

Sherie: yeah, unfortunately the endo played havoc on us TTC. but we got lucky!
you are so brave for taking care of the mice! i guess though when it's in plague numbers (as it is sounding!) a womans gotta do what a womans gotta do! LOL!!

Cally: leila's had one bout of really bad nappy rash and we used curash and sudocream, lathered it on and only used wet washers to clean her and dried her whole area before putting the cream on. paw paw cream is also great.

Anyway i had best be off as dinner is not going to cook itself and being 9.30pm i am falling way behind...BBL for more personals...

[AnyDream]

Well I feel like I'm back from the brink today. I took your advice Noni and tried the Nurofen at bedtime (still using the Zantac as well) and she still got up 4 times but settled quicker except for once when she was up for an hour. Still not the best scenario but I don't feel completely overwhelmed today. And Dh finally apologised over the phone for being a complete pratt so all's good there too.

Commiserations to everyone else who's having rotten sleeping at their house too, it's amazing how one or two nights can knock you about.

Noni, I had a "What the...?!" moment about the oil in the baby's bum but then I thought about it and figured it was probably a really good tip.

Haley I have an el cheapo version of the trolley mate ($3 at Kmart 9 yrs ago LOL) which has the strapping in function but doesn't cover the whole seat area in fabric. I'm all for E having contact with a few germs around the place. Mine's revolting fabric too, but I love it. I can use it in cafes too to strap her into a regular chair, I haven't used it with E yet but it's in my bag ready to go.

Pregpan I hope you get a well earned rest this weekend with your mum there. Is your DH away for much longer?

Arte - it sounds like you're having a really hard time right now. I KWYM about just wanting to sit down and watch an hour of telly uninterrupted! Also know what you mean about realising they are not going to be your friends. Don't despair, just keep doing things that you enjoy and soon enough you'll bump into some of your own 'peeps' and you'll be friends in no time!

Clare I have mixed feelings about sleep school. I'm actually thinking we might need to do more investigation in the way of making sure she is physically comfortable. Her back and shoulders creak and crack whenever we pick her up (it was something we noticed when she was a day old and the paed checked her out a couple of times and now the physio at the hosp is monitoring it) but what happens if that means she's in pain (not teething) of a night?

Sherie if you see him it's because he's NOT doing his job LOL - supposed to stay out of the way of the cameras. It was a bit less exciting this year because last year his footage was on the news but this year he's just taking pickies. That's funny about A in the ball pit. I had a similar moment with E in the bath, when I started pouring water from a cup for her - she was completely delighted by it, when she saw the cup again tonight her face lit up again LOL. The other funny thing she does in the bath, is when I hold the yellow ducky and quack, she coughs. So it goes "Quack quack quack" "Cough cough cough" "Quack quack quack" "Cough cough cough". She looks pretty pleased with herself when she's doing it too LOL.

Oh and she's really really crawling now, she's given up on commando and just wobbles forwards everywhere. She made it to the threshold of H's room today

[AnyDream]

ETA - re the food. Noni I was inspired by your couscous talk and did up some chicken and pumpkin and couscous. The first couple of times E was unimpressed with the texture but I added a bit more liquid and now she wolfs it down LOL. In fact she pretty much wolfs everything down.

I've bought a parsnip to try her on and some fresh beetroot (bet she loves that but it will be messy) but I need to get a piece of steak to do Pregpan's stew this week. Also going to try a rice pudding as it has that bit of extra texture to it too.

Is anyone else using the Goulburn Valley fruit purees? Remembered my dietician friend feeding them to her kids and picked a couple up the other day. Sooooo much better texture than the baby food ones (they are like real food, kwim?). I still do some of my own fruit purees but they are handy for something quick.

Fianne I know exactly what you mean about feeling like you've been busy but haven't really done anything. I'll add chasing the baby around to my list of things I've done today. LOL

[Isadora]

We had a bit of a scare here tonight. My yumo caulifower cheese seemed to backfire on Maddie, 5 mins after having it she went all rashy and red. Then she was crying uncontrollably, I have never heard her cry like that ever before to the point where she was gasping for air. DP picked up the phone to call the ambo's we were both so shocked, however I managed to calm her down before he called. It was so scary I was crying too! The rash has gone & she is sleeping well but we are keeping a close eye on her. DP is convinced she is slightly allergic to dairy, as I used cows milk and cheese in this puree. What do you think? We cant come up with any other explanation, apart from the fact that she was overtired, but even when she is overtired she has never screamed like that or gone rashy. Far out it was scary.

Before the scary incident, we took her across the road to the park to use the baby swing and she loved it. Just being outdoors on a nice day was great fun as well. She loved watching the older kids on the park, who were equally fascinated with her lol.

MD - SO glad you are feeling better and more refreshed. Good tip re the Goulburn valley fruits. I tried apple and rice on Maddie today and still too chunky for her. The cous cous sounds yum, I'll try it in a week or so as I'm sure she will gag on that too. She gags on tiny pieces hehe. Your DH is very lucky getting to attend the service at Gallipoli, something I'd love to do one day.

Fianne - Cooking for babies is simple once you get into it. Its even so simple just to puree up individual veges like pumpkin, sweet potato, carrot etc and mix a couple for a different dinner every night.

Clare - I agree, the late night wakings and trouble with settling does kill any cluckiness big time! Sometimes I think one child would be just perfect lol.

Figured out why my anzac cookies were very bicarb sodaish....I put one tablespoon instead of one teaspoon!!!!

[fianne]

hi everyone! i'm praying that all the bubs decide that this is a good night to start sleeping through.

hayley, i'm impressed with your cooking. all i've done is half a pumpkin and i'm feeling good about myself already. really should experiment more. max likes her veges but loves her fruits/sweets. she just wolfs down pureed pear and apple.

a bit tired from doing a lot and from doing nothing. i feel like i've done so much but when i try to think of what i've done, i can't seem to come up with what i've accomplished. anyway, hope everyone had a good anzac day.

sorry no personals as i can't get my head to respond to what i've read.