Thats great Blessed! You have done such a great job and he is super adorable by the way! (im on his FB page ;) )
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Thats great Blessed! You have done such a great job and he is super adorable by the way! (im on his FB page ;) )
Hi girls! Great to hear from you both.
Hard to believe it, but coming up to DD2's first birthday too. Better start planning soon! She's crawling very effectively and pulling herself up on everything, but still a bit wobbly about moving on two legs. DD1 was running around by this age unsupported, so it's kinda nice to still have some of the baby stuff. Have no idea what she weighs and haven't had her weighed since six months, but she's a good eater and bfs whenever she wants. Atm that's probably about 6 times a day, random night time ones. Some nights she can sleep from 7pm-7am (rarely), more often she's awake and in bed with us before midnight and then at least once for a bf in the early morning. I don't really pay attention.
She's a cheeky little rascal with such a sense of humour! She cracks up at the most random things and makes us all laugh. She's not silly either, she can undo her seatbelt and get her arms out (five point harness), understands a lot of instructions, caught her trying to plug a double adapter into a power point the other day. :wall: She'll keep us on our toes, this one! And she has quite a stubborn streak. She really cracks it if you try to take something off her. She can already throw a bit of a tantrum. And if she wants sympathy for something she can play to a crowd too.
I am enjoying watching her grow into a toddler, I remember how much I loved that with DD1 and I'm so excited we'll be there soon!
Oh, and not so excited, but AF returned at 8 mths, and when it was 2 days late this month I was a little nervous. Luckily, just late, nothing else.
Jennifer- Have you found the days she sleeps 12 hours it affects your supply? my supply is horrid. I have to wake her every night at 10 and try my best to feed her every 2 to 3 hours during the day. It still only results in 6-7 feeds in 24 hours but if I miss just ONE my supply starts dropping.
I haven't paid much attention, Mrs S. She eats and drinks pretty well anyway. My bbs this time have been mostly left to their own devices and I've avoided the multiple bouts of mastitis, so something is going right. She's big enough to know how to ask for bbs now if she wants them and I assume she'll just ask more often if they aren't as 'full'. We go with the flow. ;)
hi girls,
cant beleive its been nearly a year since i went on maternity leave! DS is nearly 11 months old and has just started crawling (he was a bum shuffler!) and is getting very fast very quickly lol. He has also just started beginning to walk with a push toy which is SO amazing to see and watch. He is a little time consuming at the moment tho cuz he wants to walk everywhere and hates sitting down lol but that is okay - the house work can wait!!!
Jen - i know what you mean with tantrums... we have major tantrums at the moment in the bath cuz obviously DS wants to stand in the bath the whole time which is very dangerous and i am worried he is going to fall over and hit his mouth. So we have full on tantrums sitting down lol. Trying not to sercumb and let him stand too long as i dont really want to encourage the whole screaming and crying gets what i want! lol
We are also going through a period of day sleep refusal and tends to only have one sleep a day sometimes only and hour long. He still is sleeping at night 10-11 hours at night so i am not too worried but again.. house work getting a little behind lately!
I am still waiting for AF to return and would normally be happy to continue on as we are but Hubby and i would really liek to start TTC again soon so not sure what to do about it. We are only feeding five times during the day (wake up 630ish, 10ish, 1ish, 4ish and 6pm) but still nothing. WE havent night feed since four months so i am thinking she wont return till i atleast get rid of the 4pm feed or even wean completely. I dont really do the whole asking for BM as im not sure i would be able to tell what that looks like? He does lately seem to only feed some feeds for like 2 mins and doesnt need anything again but im worried if he doesnt get him milk during the day then he will wake during the night and i would prefer not to go back to that!
any advice on reading milk cues at this age? i guess now he is more active it might be more obvious if he crawls on me and grabs at my shirt?
AM - I taught DD2 (and DD1) to pat me on the chest when they want boobie (name in our house). She won't pat unless that's what she wants, usually I ask.
Thought you lovely ladies would like to know we are expecting again :) just found out today.
Little miss is walking too how is everyone's little ones going? Can't believe it's almost there 1st burthdays
Congrats TylersMummy!
DD2 is cruising around (has been for a while) but not walking on her own just yet. She's so close. She'll stand up and down on one spot from sitting and thinks she's very clever. I think she's just more impressed with how fast she can crawl. :rolleyes:
We had her first birthday last week! Hard to believe the year has flown by that quickly. Loving her more and more each day. She's a cheeky little thing and soooo funny. Loves nothing more than to make us laugh. She and DD1 are great buddies too. Listening to them play together is heart warming. DD1 even goes to sleep on the spare bed in DD2's bedroom at night so they're together.
Good to hear from you guys!!!
DD2 is a bit of a terror, always up to mischief. And very loud about it haha. Lucky she is so cute! She started walking about a month ago. She can now climb the wrong way up slides too. She is the strongest thing ever and can climb something higher than her by using arm strength. She is hands down stronger than I am which can be awkward haha. Very determined little soul. She is also a little copy cat, she will try to say any word you say to her or do anything you do. Her new trick is being asked "where's your tummy" and she lifts up her shirt. Love how they get older and more people like. Love having sisters too, they are beautiful together. We are still co-sleeping, still breastfeeding... almost 4yrs all up since I went straight from DD1 to DD2 lol.
DD2s birthday is tomorrow!!! Celebrating on Saturday though with a swim and bbq and cake of course, she might even get some... maybe.
Congratulations TylersMummy!!! I'll be back later to do a proper update :D
Thanks Jen can't believe your dd2 is already 1!! Aw they are so cute when they try to walk I'm glad your Dds are getting on :). Dsd and dd have got a bit of rivalry going in with getting dfs attention and it always ends in dsd sooking... Which he always gives it to her lol
Jellyfish happy birthday to your dd for tomorrow can't believe how quick it has gone!
Thanks blessed!
Happy Birthday to all the January babies!! Ds is now officially a year old according to his adjusted age :)
He's doing amazing, he commando crawls, can pull himself up from sitting to standing and cruises the furniture. Unfortunately because he is unable to crawl on all 4's yet, he still can't get from laying to sitting, which is quite annoying! The physio thinks he lacks strength in his abdo muscles, which considering he has had 2 major surgeries, isn't surprising. What is annoying though is that he now has to wear a support thing around his tummy. She didn't have any his size, so we are using tubi grip. It's hot and he hates it, I don't have it on him as much as she would like, but whatever lol..
He has been challenging with his hearing aids, pulling them out and losing them. He has one in at the moment which is a loan one, as we wait for his replacements.
We have had a nice break from therapies over the xmas break, I hated his speech therapist, so we are changing this year. Not sure who we get, but I hope I like her. If not, I am not sure what to do next. I feel speech therapy is so important as he is at the age where speech is developed. He doesn't say much, dada, bub bub, and he has said Mum a few times. He sometimes shakes his head "no".. I know his comprehension is fine, but his speech is most definitely delayed.
I think that's most of our news, I know most of you are on his page anyway :) We are still breast feeding and co sleeping too.. Next month will mark 1 year breastfeeding for us!! A very big milestone for me because it has been extremely challenging at times. I have no plans to wean anytime soon though!
Congratulations Tylersmummy!
Love reading all your updates. Will come back tonight and give ours. I am feeling quite relaxed as i reminisce what i was doing this time last year. Jen and Bella had both had their hbac s and i was just waiting for my little man to be ready, and hoping he would get and stay head down.
Hello Everyone!
Violet has been having some allergy issues. We have discovered she is allergic to polyester and hummus (assuming from sesame seeds). She cant wear anything with polyester in it or breaks out in hives/exzema. This makes it difficult because its cold and baby clothes are mainly made from fleece right now.
We havent checked her weight in awhile and frankly Im glad. Im sure its still not where Dr.s want but I know she is healthy and happy and thats all that matters. We are still bf'ing but I give her one supplement bottle a day of cows milk (ran out of donor milk).
She is standing by herself and now we are just waiting for those first steps!
Oops, it took me awhile to get back. DS started walking 4 days before his birthday. He is now running, climbing and getting into mischief whenever he can. He has quite a few words, lot more than DD had at this age, but he is also alot quieter than her. He topped 10kg! at his 12 month mchn visit (between 50th and 75th percentiles) and 74.5cm length (just below 50th but he wiggled alot so he may have been taller)and head 48.3cm (fat head at just under 98th). He has slowed down in growth since his birth, but he is still bigger than DD was at this age, and i feel it when i have to carry him for long periods.
I am tentatively working on night weaning. We had 3 good nights, but then the last two have been not very successful again. I am pretty tired after 3 years of no full nights of sleep, and would like to move DS in to DDs room but don't see much point if i will just have to get out of bed to feed him multiple times. Is anyone else still feeding much overnight?
We're still bfing overnight, Hot1. She was down to one, maybe two up until about a week ago, when she got a virus that DP had. She was up every couple of hours again. I've had a touch of it too and it includes a dry/slightly sore throat, so I'm sure she needs the bfs. She's back to one or two a night atm, but it's taking a bit to shake this one completely. She's totally happy and seems fine during the day, but I can just hear it in her nose a bit overnight. Apart from that, like I said, generally once around 2am and then 7am-8am to start the day. Occasionally an extra. DD1 was completely night weaned of her own accord much earlier than this, but she regressed at around 15 mths for a few weeks until I quit night feeding for her. But DD2 is not as sound a sleeper and also doesn't really like co-sleeping the way DD1 did (at least for a few hours each night), so it might be her comfort filler as well. I get that you're over it though, it's a bit tough! I don't mind as long as it's only once and I'm not up for long. I also like that DD2 lets us sleep in, because she's a much later riser than her sister was! So I figure to last all the way to 8am she needs something. DD1 used to wake any time from 4-6am to start the day. :wall:
Like your DS, DD2 is walking, climbing, raiding her sister's bedroom, generally into everything! She's lots of fun though. And really good at understanding instructions. She makes a lot more sounds than words, will bark like a dog, roar, hiss, copies words/sounds that I make. Other than that, it's Mum, Daddy, a version of Charlie for the dog, boob, hello, hi, nan, yes and a few things like that. I don't think she's gotten that many new words over the last few months, but her comprehension has improved a lot.
I love the toddler stage! I'm not sure how much she weighs, but she was over 9 kg just before she turned one. I think she's put on a bit since then. She's tall though, rather than heavy. I'm putting her in clothes DD1 didn't wear for ages yet.
Hope everyone else is well! Working a fair bit, have a nanny on Mondays and DP is learning to be at home with DD2 on Fridays. ;)
We are still feeding overnight, multiple times although I couldn't really tell you how many because I make it my business not to know lol. She is attached a lot at the moment but I remember DD1 going through this phase as well so am just riding the wave. We co-sleep and I guess I'm pretty used to it (DD1 started sleeping through about a month before DD2 arrived) so doesn't seem to worry me much. I don't really expect it to stop for another year or so because that was my experience with DD1. She co-slept in my bed till around 2 when she moved to her own bed in our room where she seemed to settled into a consistent once a night feed. She then started sleeping through around 2yrs 9mo (fed to sleep for another 6mo after that till weaning so that didn't affect night wakings here) and we moved her into her own room just after DD2 arrived, her choice - she wanted out because DD2 was disturbing her haha plus loved having her own space with her name on the door. She hasn't really woken in the night since (a handful of times because she wet the bed or for a drink but that is DPs job now) and has never fought sleep ever so it worked out well although it was a commitment. Planning to do similar with DD2 so will move her into her own bed (room for me to crash in should she need me more than expected) in our room when she is waking less frequently then in with her sister when she starts sleeping through. I don't feel too tired although I'm now up to almost 4yrs (DD1s birthday in 2 weeks) with interrupted sleep bar that few weeks between the girls. DP lets me sleep in while he gets up with the girls each morning which I think makes all the difference if that is an option?