Babies Born ~ April 2013 #2

Eleni is showing a lot of interest in what we are eating, which is why I asked the question in the first place!... DD1 was the same and was screaming for what we had by 4 months!...

Freya- Eleni has already had a lick of apple, pear and cherries! So don't feel guilty!!... couldn't stop licking her lips and asking for more!..DD1 never really did the mushed food, I just grated or soft boiled it mostly!... then by 10 months she was eating whatever we had!

Day sleeps- we aren't very consistent here during the day... I just try to put her down when I see she's yawning... sometimes she sleeps...sometimes she wants a top up before going to sleep.... sometimes I need to put her in the swing late afternoon!...sometimes she doesn't sleep at all!!... But I find on the days when she has done more day sleeping, she doesn't sleep as long at night before waking for a feed! it depends!

We'll be looking at solids at 6 months same as DS. We BLS as well. The recommendations are a bit wishy washy around solids I think, they've changed so many times back and forth since 1994 when I had my oldest DS. So I am just going to follow Georgia's lead with BLS. If she is showing interest sooner than 6 months I think I'll just go with it. They all develop at such different rates I'm going with if she wants it (and handles it well) I'll let her have it.
I had huge dreams of consistency and longer sleep with DS3 and solids, but it never happened! LOL So not pinning any hope on it this time :)

Day sleeps here are still crap Beatrix, so sorry Freya my only tip at this point could be drugs :lol: I AM KIDDING!!!! :p

Last night she did about 8.30pm to 3am. Of course I had no idea she would do that so didn't go to bed myself until late. She woke at 3 for a feed then slept another 2 hours then 2 again. She's been really fussy all day, I'm pretty sure her tummy is bothering her :( She was hungry earlier but every time she would start to feed she'd pull off and scream. In the end she would feed if I stood up and fed her :o This is not sustainable!!

Logan has been fantastic during the night. The three hourly feeds overnight have disappeared (for now). He has been having his last feed at 8.30-9pm and then sleeping for 7-8hrs. On Friday he slept for 10hrs. It's a shame I couldn't enjoy it - between worrying whether he was ok (I was out of bed checking his breathing) and engorged/leaky boobs I didn't get a long consistent sleep anyway.

My sleep patterns are awful right now. I only slept from 2-4.15am this morning. I potter around the house cleaning or watching Wimbledon/The Ashes on tv. It's not sustainable when I'm working.

About work, I started crying in front of my boss today because they still haven't organised my lactation breaks and I have to send messengers to get someone so I can express. It's a nightmare. My boss didn't know what to say or do with me crying so hopefully it will crack him into gear. I felt weak crying in front of him though and that annoyed me to know end. I am worried about my body calling the milk production quits - exactly what they want even though they aren't saying it.

:hug: DB I don't know how you're doing it! You must be exhausted :hug: I really hope your lactation breaks are all sorted for your next shift, it's enough already! I also hope Logan keeps up the big sleeps and your body catches up ASAP so you can get some decent sleep :crossfingers:

Thanks Willow. I'm doing work preparation at the moment. I'll probably need another hour or two. I'm exhausted. DH is taking good care of me. I refuse to sacrifice the 3-4hrs I have with my babies in the evening for work so I stay up late. My poor little girl has a cold. She woke crying not long ago with boogers and drool all over her little face. Her voice is all croaky and she is coughing. I have a cough too. Logan is fast asleep. I just need a day curled up in bed with my babies and hubby watching tv and staying in our pj's. Sounds perfect.

It was so nice when Emmy ran up to me after a rough day at work calling "Mummy, Mummy, uppy, uppy" and gave me a big cuddle. Needless to say I got teary. She had a huge smile on her face when she saw me at the front door.

I love my babies so much.

:hug: DB :hug:

BD :grouphug:

here is hoping for a better day!! xx

No rolling here, but we have hands and we're getting pretty clever with them :)

DB I hope you're having an OK day today.

DB- oh man you need to get the union on their bums ASAP!!

Willow- we have hands too... all photos are currently Dr. Evil style!!!

haha we have a half roll!.... you know, the legs up, bottom up twist! HAHA

But she's LOVING standing up... when i hold her hands and help her sit up, she instantly pushes her legs out to stand!!... and if I hold her weight she will walk over to her big sister 5-6 steps!!! :o

Thanks for all of your well wishes. My lactation breaks were organised after 45mins of discussion! And that was just for the breaks TODAY. Tomorrow needs to be organised... it's just stupid. Wasting 45mins to organise a 30min break. Other than that it was ok.

Logan has rolled over twice a few weeks ago and it freaked me out. He was just 2 months old. He hasn't done it since though. I don't know if it is because he is a big baby. He's in 00's and even some 0's fit him. He's not 3 months yet. He needs to slow down. I feel as though I'm going to blink and he will be at school already. Life is zooming by far too quickly at the moment.

DB- glad something was sorted, even though it took longer than the actual break! :o awww Logan sounds like a wonderful squishy baby!! :)


As for us... last couple night miss Eleni has started going to sleep at about 8:30pm but is waking now at 1pm and then at 4 0r 5am! grrr..... we had worked it out just right..and now this! Hoping it's just these few days and it will fix itself again!! Both times she woke with a poo... so maybe she just needed to poo then realised she was hungry?? This morning she woke at 1am, 4am and then 6am!!!!! WT??!???? each one started with a poo!...... :asleep:

Harri- cant help with your poop timing. Lol miss Zoe goes once every 4-5 days and poops out of everything she is wearing and sitting in lol.

As for the sleep. Could be a growth spurt. We had 2 days of 3-4hrly feedin then the next two days she only woke once a night and went 6hrs between feeds during the day and slept heaps (on me or her swing. Never in her bed)

Ha! I was just coming in to see if anyone else was having a growth spurt :D We've had non stop feeding for 24 hours bugger all sleep last night, just feed, feed ,feed! I was excited the three nights before with all the 7 hour stretches in her own bed, now I'm worried it was part of the growth spurt :( I really hope it wasn't I hope she's settling into longer sleep stretches, but last night was terrible! I feel like I've been hit by a truck.

DB go Logan what a strong little guy! I know what you mean though it goes sooooo quickly.

Beatrix/Willow- Eleni poo's nearly every feed!!.... and sometimes in between! HAHA I was thinking growth spurt again as she had a 3hr sleep yesterday during the day!!...She's asleep now as we speak... I have also noticed some changes in her over the last few days, so maybe it's all related!?

Logan poops just about every feed too. It's only the last 24hrs where he has only pooped less than 8 times. He's been asleep since 6.30pm. I need him to wake up to feed before I go to bed otherwise I'll have to express and I really don't want to have to do that unless necessary.

My BD1 is still sick - getting better but still coughing in the night. She isn't two until a couple of months so I can't give her any medicine besides Panadol. We rubbed Eucyrub on her back and chest so I hope that's helped. I wish I could help her. Poor little baby has to sleep propped up with me.

Can you try a dream-feed DB? Hope your BD is feeling better soon :crossfingers: