Babies Born September 2007 #29

[Cassius2]

Hi Girls!

Sherie: sorry to hear the little man is finding it hard to sleep. v frustrating. but i try to remind myself with this mantra...'this too shall pass!" LOL, at the very least it gives you the few seconds sometimes needed to calm down when the wailing starts up again in the middle of the night! Also i totally get the holding him down when going to sleep. leila loves to get right up and sit there and have a chat. the other day she did it and i left her to it...and low and behold 10 minutes later she had fallen fast asleep in the sitting position!! LOL! DH got a photo...i'll try and post it in the gallery when i work out how to do it.

Hayley: not too clear on the cows milk thing either. MACH nurse told me to put some in leilas cereal in the morning which i have been doing for the past week and she seems fine...if that's any help! Also, regarding the crazy sleep positions, i reckon leave her to it. as i said to Sherie, leila fell asleep while sitting in her cot and is none too worse for the experience!! we also have those 'airwraps' around the cot and that stops her from sticking legs and arms out. we bought it when she started to go walkabout in the cot.

MD: yeah i wished i got his rego. he was on a mobile phone too. i checked today and the car has a cracked rear light...not happy jan.

JazMum: yep, i think i qualify for cranky mums 2008! but we try our best and one day they'll realise that! well we can only hope!!

Gracie: so jealous of your roaring fire. here we have a very unsexy column heater that is surrounded by the dog and one of the cats...

Agnes: congrats to W with the crawling! what a champ and they are so proud of themselves when they work it out arent they?!!

Cally: not too much damage, a cracked rear light...although i think that i am going to be ultra paranoid for awhile! LOL!

Well our news of the day is that Leila is CRAWLING!! hallelujah! the frustrated baby worked it out and can now follow me everywhere...E.V.E.R.Y.W.H.E.R.E! gotta childproof ASAP. the cats are terrified.

anyway best dash as it's laaate for me...egad. saturday night before midnight and i am turning in for the night...

[Artechim]

Hayley, I would be careful with dairy if there is a family history of allergies but if she is fine with formula then a bit more dairy in cooking won't make a difference. W likes to sip a bit of my cereal milk in the morning (only time he will eat off a spoon), but then I am not overly worried about allergies as there is nothing in either family.

Agnes, my W had several grizzley nights when he was hard to resettle but then he started crawling and it stopped.

Clare, congrats on the crawling.

MD, is E worse at night when your DH is away or is it just harder to manage on your own? You said she is a clingy bub, could it be sep anx when daddy is away?

Sherie, sorry A isn't sleeping well, constant wake ups are a pain.

I have some friends visiting and we stayed up until 2am playing boardgames. Between 9pm and 2am I had to go and resettle W 7-8 times. It is crazy. I had an appointment with Plunket but the lady but she said to feed him and put him in the cot and that he would 'protest' but would eventually get used to it. I told her I wouldn't leave him to cry and then she had no other ideas. She referred me to a family clinic but I think I will cancel because it is a two hour drive and I doubt they can tell me anything I haven't thought of.