gosh there have been some long posts! Hope everyone had a good weekend.
jetta - I hope Sam keeps up those sleeps for you! It will be interesting to see if there is a change with the lighter bedroom. Since daylight savings I am really aware that Zac's room is a lot lighter when he goes to bed, but I'm not sure whether the light is making a difference or not - this week has been a bit all over the place anyway!
jasp & ss_storm - Zac has just started appearing to enjoy tummy time and really holding his head up well. He has also rolled a couple of times on to his back Pretty impressive that Hayley can roll onto her belly though.
Sarah - how funny is the putting everything in their mouth? Zac seems to like sucking on everything atm - yesterday I ended up with a 'love bite' on my arm, but most of the time I seem to just end up covered in slobber ...
AFM we have managed 3 nights (not in a row) of sleeping for 8 hours, although getting him to sleep to start with is a bit challenging... I never really thought he had a routine, but he must have had one cos it's all out of whack atm. Somehow we're getting to 5pm-ish and he's due for a nap, but he's also due for another feed in half an hour, and then bedtime at 7pm, and it all ends up with lots of hollering and a very over-tired baby and worn out parents... not quite sure what's gone wrong. I think I will need to work backwards from bedtime and try to make sure the day pans out properly. It's hard though when he generally sleeps for 45 minutes every 2 hours, but occasionally will sleep for 1.5 hours... Anyhow he's asleep now, and I think I might just hop into bed myself hmmmmmm
Hi everyone
Forgive me for the lack of personals - if i wait til i have time to catchup on them all i will never post again!
Jetta - hope the move goes well, will be interesting to see if the lighter room makes too much of a difference. We did put block out blinds in DS1 room but i dont think it ever chgd his sleeping.. hope it doesnt have an impact. I dont envyyou moving but i hope it is great once it is done!
WTG all the babies who are rolling. J isnt close to doing that yet.. I feel that maybe i dont give him enough tummy time. better get onto that.. he does it a few times a day but not for long, lots of the time he is lying down but then sometimes he really does lift his head and look around. think he needs more practice! he sucks his fists all the time - reaches out to swat things but doesnt really intentionally grab at things yet. oh well it will all come with time. he smiles and babbles a lot - might end up like DS1 - super talker but a bit slow in moving!
HIs excema is quite bad atm, and app tomatoes and strawberries in my diet can cause a bad flare up - so i have cut them out. bummer as I am on a diet and had upped these both a lot last week...
I ordered some moo goo so hope it arrives soon and gives him some relief!
I dont get the 8 hrs sleeps here - the most we have had is 6 i think.. but i am quite happy with his sleeping and he is a good self settler so far so i wont chg anything.
had him weighed yest and he is 6.5kg now - big boy!!!! his head is still growing so all good on the fontanelle front for now too.
we had a hard week last week with dh away... and he is away next week too but i am heading to the beach wih my mum and the boys so that wil be great
Anyway hope everyone is well and enjoying their bubbas - if you ask me they are growing up too fast!
Anton had a real bad night lastnight very unsettled feeding lots more pulling on his right ear tried panadol gave him 3 formula bottles ontop of what i gave he ended up bring up everything he had and finally got him to sleep at 5am had to be up at 7.30 to get my 3 year old to daycare. i think its time for bed yeah and its only 10.30pm dont remember the last time i got to bed b4 midnight
Miss E I would tend to agree with Bekz - sounds like he is a happy chucker - but can't hurt to mention it at his next check?
Sarah hope you are all over the colds?
Jetta good luck with the move today!
Cate, WTG with the long sleeps! Hope he gets settled back into a bti of a routine soon for you.
MamaPan hope your MooGoo arrives soon. I got some scalp cream for Arlea's cradle cap from our health food shop, it's great stuff!
Jess I hope Anton is better for you today. I agree with Lauren sounds like it could be his ears?
Lauren how are you? Have you had the chiro appt yet? thinking of you
AFM, we are good. Arlea also grabs at things & has her fists in her mouth quite a bit. DH saw her doing it & went & stuck the dummy in! but it was funny, she spat it out & went straight back to her fists; she only has the dummy to sleep & she just loves slurping on her hands lol.
Not rolling yet here either but she has started travelling, lol - the last couple of days - we put her down on her rug & she kind of pushes her bum up with her legs, then plonks down again - kind of like humping along on her back! It's so funny to watch, I have never seen any of the others do it. We end up having to rescue her & put her back on her rug
Still haven't weighed her - bad mother! but I am certain she is growing! Will get her weighed this week. I need to convince DH to pull apart the cot tonight to move it from her room to ours... she has sooo outgrown the bassinette!
Miss E - I agree with the other ladies, sounds like a happy chucker, but wouldn't hurt to bring it up at his next check.
Sarah - I hope everyone's feeling better!
Jetta - Good luck with the move! Hope it's as stressfree as possible!
Cate - Sounds like the sleep's going well for you!
MamaPan - Hope the moogoo helps little J out! I've heard great things about it. Have you tried dermeze? Noah had bad skin and that helped some.
Jess - Glad Anton got the ok from the doc. Did they have any theories as to why he was so unsettled?
Jasp - lol the "back humping" sounds like a hoot! Hope you can convince hubby to get the cot set up and hope the transition goes well.
AFM - lol well I must have been an evil dictator in a past life, I'm sure of it. To top of my stellar week last week, I got a phone call on Friday from DP's co-worker to say he'd been taken to hospital with a suspected broken ankle. After a few tense hours and many phone calls, it turned out it wasn't broken, just sprained. What a sook! He was given MORPHINE for a sprained ankle, puh-lease! Anyway he's hobbling around, annoying the bejesus out of me atm.
Took Ollie to the chiro on Tuesday, she seems to think she should be able tohelp with the wind, and general irritibility. He's going back to go tomorrow, so hopefully will see more of an improvement after that. He's been pooing a lot since he's been, so it seems to have loosened him up a bit down there! I also decided to put him on pro-biotics and take him off the Zantac. I'm convinced it wasn't reflux in the first place. He's no worse since having been off it, and at least he happily takes the probiotics. I think I'm going to try to work on getting him sleeping longer for his naps while DP's home to distract Noah. He's still waking up after each sleep cycle, and then gets so over tired by the end of the day. He seems to be having a bit of a wonder week this week too, wonder what new skills he'll have by the end of it?
On a lighter note, have any of you even thought about what to get your babes for Christmas? I know it's still a while away (11 weeks I think I read somewhere), but because we have Noah's birthday in December too, I want to get some of the shopping out of the way. I really have no idea what to get him, what does an (almost) 6 month old play with, I don't remember?
Pretty impressive that Hayley can roll onto her belly though.
Anyhow he's asleep now, and I think I might just hop into bed myself hmmmmmm
but it was funny, she spat it out & went straight back to her fists; she only has the dummy to sleep & she just loves slurping on her hands lol.
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