Pan - Don't feel silly complaining, going solo is difficult however many kids you have lol!! It's funny this time last year I was nervous becaue DH was going to India for a week and I was all alone with the 2 kids, one year later and now there is 3 TMI we actually conceived Eva the day before he left lol!!
Re waking up cranky: Eva some times is cranky around 4am and it usually results in her passing a lot of wind. hth and I hope this little phase ends asap. You could try only feeding him off one breast as much as possilbe before he finally goes to sleep at night. This will ensure that he gets more hind milk and less foremilk which can cause wind.
Jetta - Enjoy your beautiful new home
Jasp - Yes we should do a meet up soon. How is Arlea going at daycare? Are you going to try and stopping expressing all together?
I can't believe all the bubs that are rolling and possibly teething. I don't think I give Eva enough tummy time, so rolling is probably a while off yet. Atm she loves her hands and is putting them in her mouth all the time.
So far so good, I am surviving the week..it is early days yet.
Just quickly - Bek I love the idea of a meetup, just let me know when
Arlea is doing great at FDC, it's me that has a hard time - but I think it's better for her to start now anyway, at least that's what I tell myself!
My minimum goal for expressing is 6 mths, I'm halfway there already and then we will see. I would really love to make 12 months & atm it feels like I can - but it's a long way off yet so we will see. And it would be great to do even longer but I don't know how DH would feel about that lol, we will see...
MamaPan we are kind of the same here re tummy time, she doesn't like it much so I tend to be a bit lazy with it - but I think they will kind of do it when they are ready anyway? Arlea gets stuck on her nose atm, quite cute but a bit frustrating for her
MamaPan - when I read your post I was relieved I am not alone at 5am. Amelia has been waking up at 5am and I finally get her back to sleep around 7am and then her big sister wakes up and wants to very loudly say hello to her and wake her up I think it is wind pain with her and sometimes I have to change an enormous poo around 6am.
Bek - I hope all goes well while DH is away. Amelia doesn't get enough tummy time or mat time when her big sister is home because I have to watch her like a hawk. She loves to be so close to her baby sister that she is always squashing her. Amelia LOVES Monique and always smiles and 'talks' to her even when she is being squished so that is nice. Amelia cracks it if I leave her on her tummy for more than a minute. I even tried rolling a towel up under her chest but she didn't like it.
So clever all these rolling babies
Jasp - well done on the expressing. I know how time consuming it is so you are doing really well.
Jetta - glad the move went well.
I don't want to know about babies sleeping through the night LOL. I was up every 2 hours last night and still usually about twice every night. It will be so nice when Amelia decides to finally sleep through. I might try dream feeding to see if that will work.
Amelia has terrible cradle cap too but I always forget to put anything on it.
I hope mums and bubs are doing well. I'm off to bed.
tinsel - your girls sound so beautiful together! even if it does involve some squishing! don't worry - no sleeping through here either!
jas - wtg on the expressing - i think you're an absolute wonder woman! how's arlea today? i hope she's settled down & back to her happy self/ i guess at least if it is a wonder week then she might have something cool to be able to do at the end of it? well, that's how i justify them!
bek - hope everything is still going smoothly!
mamapan - we did have that until a couple of weeks ago - every morning around 5 & then all of a sudden it stopped, but i have no idea when...i just realised one day that he hadn't done it for a while & can now be settled for fed back to sleep until around 7-7.30.
jetta - wtg sam on the roll! hope you're enjoying your new house
cate - hope you enjoyed the lovely sunny day yesterday, sounds like we might have another one like it tomorrow!
hi to anyone else i've missed!
okay, so we now have a crazy little roller on our hands here...corey really worked it all out yesterday & he just kept rolling & rolling all afternoon this morning i put him down for his usual morning stretch & kick but nope, it's all about rolling now - pref from his back to his front. yesterday afternoon he was doing a kind of commando crawl - he didn't get far but he just wants to be moving all the time ...yikes. now i need to work out how to keep him entertained! must be tiring tho - he's been asleep for 1.5 hours. but apparently thirsty work as well - he's still waking for feeds about 4 times a night at the moment!
wow - what clever bubbas we have in here with all the rolling and moving around. I am impressed!!!! glad a few others are slack on the tummy time, i have had the major guilts about that...
Tinsel - our households sound the same - Noah is the same with Jacob - it is gorgeous! it also means poor J doesnt get as much sleep or time on the ground etc... as there is so muchnoise and i cant leave him in case Noah falls on him of squishes him totally. but i love watching Noah with Jacob and the way Jacob smiles up at him.
Re the pain at 5am - i just bought some brauers colic relief as someone ib my other buddy group said it was good.. wll let you know how it goes. i do prefer to use something homeopathic.
well i am busy here today packing for our beach trip - seems most of the house has to come with us.my mum arrives tyoday so i think DH and I will put the boys down and then go out for dinner. been a long time since it was just the 2 of us for a meal... i will only be 5 mins away so it should be ok.
just had osteo for J's neck - seems to be on the improve but still needs more work...
Well.. I read your posts yesterday about the 5am pain & thought 'what a relief we don't have that...'
yep you guessed it 5:30 this morning we were awake... luckily it only took about 15 minutes for 2 huge burps & she settled back down.
I found it pretty amazing that it happened right after reading about it yesterday! Just had to laugh.
She was much better yesterday, & today (after her morning burps lol) - back to her normal self. So now I am wondering if it's just mum's house she doesn't like? Sounds silly but babies can pick up on so much
oh and WE HAVE THE COT UP! she slept in it last night & although she looks tiny in it she also looks much more comfortable
Sloane love the mental picture of your 'crazy roller'! It's great watching them work out new stuff & loving it so much. I would think his new-found ability will keep him entertained for a bit
Tinsel hope you had a better night? Arlea is waking two or three times a night if you count her dreamfeed... I started it thinking it would take her past 2 or 3am but no, she kept that feed & just added the 10pm one hugs to you it WILL get better!
MamaPan hope you have a nice day at the beach. Dinner for two sounds lovely, enjoy!
I should go get some work done while she is sleeping ......
LOL Jasp - sorry I hope i didnt jinx you!!! hope it was a one off!
WTG on the cot - we really need to do that - he is way too big for his moses basket now... it is just that i cant stand the thought of moving him out of our room... and I dont think Noah would take too kindly to the cot being in our room... i guess after we get back from hols we will have to do it...
J also has 2 - 3 feeds overnight... i dont see any signs of sleeping through here!! but aside from the 5am antics he is great to settle (self settles to go to sleep at 7.30 - big shock to me, Noah still wont do that LOL) so i am ok with how things are. i guess i have to be - i cant MAKE him sleep longer!
I will probe be back on later but in case I am not have a fabulous week lovely ladies - will be back from the coast on tue afternoon so will check in then...
TMI we actually conceived Eva the day before he left lol!!
and then we will see. I would really love to make 12 months & atm it feels like I can - but it's a long way off yet so we will see. And it would be great to do even longer but I don't know how DH would feel about that lol, we will see...
- but I think they will kind of do it when they are ready anyway? Arlea gets stuck on her nose atm, quite cute but a bit frustrating for her 
I think it is wind pain with her and sometimes I have to change an enormous poo around 6am. 
...yikes. now i need to work out how to keep him entertained! must be tiring tho - he's been asleep for 1.5 hours. but apparently thirsty work as well - he's still waking for feeds about 4 times a night at the moment!
she slept in it last night & although she looks tiny in it she also looks much more comfortable 
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