ss_storm - much the same here today. I was having a mini meltdown this morning because Amelia just would go to sleep even though she was so exhausted. She kept rubbing her head over and over and friends tell me now that maybe she was hot and uncomfortable. It is hot here today and I have the fan on in her room but maybe she was too hot. She has been asleep for the last 2 hours thank goodness and I keep checking on her but thankfully she seems ok. The problem when she is that unsettled is that half the day is gone and now I don't want to disturb her so grocery shopping will have to wait until later.
Heva - isn't it amazing when our little ones do something all by themselves. I love having the proud mummy moments. Sounds like you have a clever little man there. We didn't really want to introduce the dummy this time but our motto is "whatever works" and as Amelia wanted to suck all the time, we gave her the dummy to soothe when her hand didn't work for her. DD1 still has the dummy but only for sleeping and we didn't have any trouble really with her waking up for it to be put back in when she was a baby. Usually once she was asleep she would spit it out and all was fine. My bug bear is seeing toddlers talking with a dummy in their mouth. I really want to wean her off it as she will be 2 next month.
Miss excited - that is awful that the immunisations didn't go so well for Ash. I think that's the last rotovirus now so he shouldn't be traumatised next time. It is always sad when I see my little ones cry when the needles go in. I shed a few tears myself when I had to take DD1 in and I was pg with DD2 (very emotional I was). It gets harder to hold them when they are toddlers especially when they know what is going to happen.
I better go check on little miss and do some more housework.
Its a hard one with the dummy. We use it occasionally, sometimes in the afternoon when Sam is a lot harder to settle and I always have one in the pram or when I am out in case of an outburst!! I have a friend who just refused to use one and I don't know how she coped!! There are certainly days when it really just settles them and comforts them and you have had enough of crying and screaming!
Tinsel - it is hard with the heat, Sam's room gets sun all day long and we had to install air con becuase the room is already hitting temps around 27 degrees. I don't think he likes the heat at all and is certainly harder to settle when it is hot. The problem with the air con, is he has dry patches on his face and the air con is not helping. I can't get rid of them even though I am putting sorbolene cream on several times a day, but at least his room is a comfortable temperature - wait til we get the bill!!
Heva - sounds like Isaac is coming along great guns! Amazing that he is starting to pick up on words. Sam has a lot to say and copy him sometimes and then have conversations other times, it will be so great when he starts communicating with words.
Miss excited - that is what I was worrie about, the rolling thing. Sam isn't rolling all the time yet but getting there and I thought if he rolls over when wrapped he won't have his arms to help lift his head up. He is self settling for his morning sleep at the moment and like you he is sleeping from 10 til 6am and I SOOOO don't want to disturb that!! The morning sleep I get so much done but I do have to do it some time so perhaps if he is self settling that sleep i could try one arm or something. It is hard when you are just starting to feel like you are getting a rythem with them and now you have to throw something in the mix that might change everything! I hope both you and Ash are feeling better after the needles. We have to have ours next week and I guess now that they are far more aware it is going to be tough. Don't worry I will be making hubby hold Sam too!!
Jasp - hope the cold gets better soon!
Off to take the second child( the dog) to the vet to get his cast changed again. Had my personal training session yesterday and got absolutely flogged so I am very tired today!!
wow - after a quiet week last week, it's really taken off in here!
I don't think I've got time to do personals, sorry...
Zac had been sleeping really well at night, but has started waking again. It's not too bad if he wakes around 3am or 4am and then sleeps until 6am, but yesterday it was 1am and then 4am - and didn't go back to sleep until 7am - and this morning it was 3am and then 4.45am, not back to sleep until 7am... and his day sleeps have gone to hell - he's awake for up to 3 hours, but in the last couple of days he goes to sleep and then wakes up screaming, looking absolutely terrified! The afternoons seem particularly bad. Yesterday I managed to get two short sleeps out of him by just letting him lie on my lap. I guess the heat's not helping, although we have air con in his room. Then he went down fine last night...
This morning he woke up screaming again so I rocked him back to sleep and have left him in the big bed, where he seems quite happy. I don't think he's sick - he seems otherwise fine and very happy, but it's like he's having nightmares, poor thing.
And he seems to be super hungry again - wants feeding again before 3 hours is up.
so confusing!! And I feel so bad for him when he gets sad and upset :-(
Sorry about the pity party... better go while he's still asleep and try to get some stuff done. Hope everyone is doing better than we are right now!
Well hayley seems to be fine after her needles yesterday. She kept spitting out the rotarix one (the oral one) so I don't think she got much of that one. But she hasn't been grumpy (she is in a much better mood today than she was yesterday!) and doesn't seem to have a temperature. If she was going to have a reaction I would have noticed it by now wouldn't I? It was about this time yesterday she got them done.
Went out shopping today, got a heap of photos printed at Big W to stick in some calendars for family presents. Not happy with some of the photos but I think it was too dark/too close up when I took the photo rather than the printing. Anyway they are done now so they'll just have to do! Hayley was good, very chatty in her pram, a couple of old ladies walked past and commented how chatty she was! Lol so cute! Went into work quickly and said hello to a few people up there, she was great, showing off great big smiles and even a giggle! Until she gave herself the hiccups and started getting cranky so we got out of there then! Back home now and resting in the air con...it is so hot outside.
Better go she is due for a feed shortly so better let her have a wriggle on the floor. Sorry for no personals once again..time seems to fly lately!
SS Storm - I know what you mean about getting out of the heat!!
Took the bassinette out of the stroller today and gave Sam his first walk in the pram as a big boy! I think he really liked it!! I think he is starting to prefer sitting up to lying down. Anyway, it was really great, except I realised how much more sun he gets over his arms and legs in the stroller compared to when he was in the basinette!! He is a big boy now!! Sorry just had to share the moment!
Tinsel - Isaac is usually cranky like that when he's over tired. I know what you mean about going out too, it's so hard to get out when you had so much trouble getting them to sleep, I'm always appologising for waking him up getting him out of the car or out of the pram. Makes me feel so mean.
I think I'm just going to go with giving him the dummy for daytime sleeps. He doesn't need it at night time at the moment so I think since he's happy I'll just keep going the way we have been. As you say, Whatever works, and this seems to be working.
jetta - re: the dry skin, Isaac had a few dry spots in his skin folds and his nappyline when he was little, I just used olive oil after every bath and within a week it was gone. I used it on his face too and he was fine with it. Just watch the eyes it stings like hell.
I'm totally in awe of how quickly he is learning. I think he's going to try rolling soon too, not sure why, just a feeling I get sometimes tells me he's trying.
How do you manage to get to the gym? Do they let you take Sam in? We are with Jetts 24hr gym and because of insurance they wont let us take Isaac in It makes it really hard. One of us has to stay outside with Isaac while the other goes in and that means that theres no-one to spot for either of us. Just have to hope DP doesn't drop a weight on himself one day :S
Isaac loves being in the stroller rather than the bassinette. We changed it over at the same time as we moved him to the cot because he was sleeping in the bassinette on the pram for the first 2 months. He was getting pretty cramped in the bassinette so I changed it to the seat and he was really happy. He loved being able to look around I think. I just put a light wrap over his legs, it seems to keep the sun off. Also I found a sunscreen that is apparently safe to use on under 6mth olds - I asked at the chemist. I think it was "hamilton sensitive".
HOORAY FOR BIG BOYS!
lovelycate - Zac might be having a growth spurt or developmental milestone coming up or just happened? Apparently babies can have sleep disturbances and feed more often around the same time. It must be hard for you hope things get better soon
ss_storm Glad to hear Hayley's doing well after the needles. Those calenders sound like a great idea.. maybe I could do that to send to my family down south, I think they'd like that, and not too exxy either. If you don't mind me thiefing your idea
I am getting really sick of people staring at Isaac. I feel like turning around to them and saying "how would like it if I came up and stared at you in the middle of the shops?!" I probably wouldn't mind so much if they asked or were a bit more polite about it. It's more the people that just walk up and stand there staring or touch him, especially when I'm feeding him. WTH? Can't you see me with my tit out?
... /end rant
AFM - not too much happening really just feeling very lucky to have my lovely little boy. He really is a little miracle. SIL's friend lost her little one last week and it's made me realise how lucky we really are to have our healthy little boy.
I'm getting really sick of living with the people I live with too - MIL, FIL DP's uncle and DP's cousin - It's a big house so it's not so much space that's an issue. More the lack of respect I get as a parent. MIL has no problem just walking over and grabbing Isaac off whoever is holding him, including me or DP. Or if he's playing happily in the bouncer on his own, and makes a little noise, she'll jump and say do you wnat me to pick him up, and I'll say no he's fine, and 2 seconds later she's doing it anyway. twice in two days this has happened.
and DP's cousin.. omg dont get me started. last week isaac was "It" or "that thing" and apparently all he does is scream. Which is bs.
I gotta go get dressed, Have a good day everyone
xoxo
ETA - Sorry, another novel. I get get a little carried away
Hugs to all the bubs getting immunisations. Eva and Sara are going next Thursday for their 4 month and 4 year needles. I am a bit nervous about Sara because she fully aware of what is going to happen.
I been really busy with preparing for a combined birthday party that we are holding for Sara and Loren on Sunday.
Miss Eva is going well. She seems to be sleeping a bit better at night. Some nights she wakes once for a feed and others twice. Her day sleeps are all over the shop but I have noticed that some days she'll have 3 small sleeps and others 1 long sleep (around 3 hours). She isn't rolling yet but she is holding things and putting them in her mouth. She has just hit the 6kg mark, which makes her my lightest baby at this stage. I was a bit concerned but she is happy and bright and averages a gain of 100g per week, although I think her gains have been less in the last 2 weeks.
Tinsel - Eva is getting really cranky when biting down on things too lol. I think some teeth maybe on the way. Funny you mentioned the introducing solids at 4 months, because my friend who has a bub asked me if I had started Eva yet. Apparently the new protocol is to start at 4 months now according to her doctor and they say not to worry about holding off on introducing things like wheat and grains. I must get down to my nurse and ask her what she thinks.
Hugs to all.
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Heva - the calendars were $10 each from Big W, there are a few different designs but I chose all the same design (I bought 8..the guy must have been wondering what I was up to! Lol) as I didnt think the others really suited baby photos. Got the photos printed yesterday and it was a bit over $20 for 145 photos, I need to go back and get some more, I have quite a few leftover (going to put them on front covers for the calendars though), but for December I want to use a pic of Hayley with a santa hat (got a little kids one from Big W), I'm using the same photo for my christmas cards but didn't get enough printed..my counting was a bit out! Lol.
Sorry about your SIL's friend's baby...that's so sad. I know what you mean about feeling lucky- df's cousin's baby boy was stillborn a couple of months before Hayley was born, i was so scared that after going through 9 months of pregnancy something terrible was going to happen.
Hope your 'housemates' stop being so annoying too, must be hard living with the PIL
Bek- our day sleeps aren't much better! Lol. She usually has about 4 short sleeps (1/2 hour to an hour each, an hour if I'm lucky!), or sometimes 2 or 3 short sleeps with a long 2-3 hour sleep. She just gets so grumpy if she only has 1/2 hour sleeps during the day.
Just thought I would pop in quickly and say hello and wish everyone a good weekend.
Jetta I also changed Ash over to the seat on the pram a couple of weeks back. He loves it! I keep him reclined most of the time, unless we are at a cafe or something, then I sit him up.
Storm sounds like your naps are about the same as ours. It's so frustrating when they wake up after half an hour and are still tired...
Bekz it's interesting what they say with solids isn't it... My mchn has said to wait until 5 or 6 months which I think we are going to do. I don't think Ash is ready yet, he watches me eat like a hawk but still has the tongue thrust reflex. I introduced him to water about a week ago with a sippy cup. He enjoys experimenting with it, but at the moment is mostly just playing with it and enjoying the sensation of something in his mouth, mind you most of it seems to spill out.
Heva I feel for you living with the inlaws, it must be so frustrating have MIL intervene like that all the time. I admire you, there is no way I could put up with my IL's, especially FIL. They live in the US but are coming to visit in January and TBH I am dreading it. It was bad enough before Ash was born, I shudder to think how much more they will irritate me now that they will be all over him and telling me how to do things. I get that they were parents themselves, but for gods sake that was 30 years ago now. We're doing it now, so I think we might be a little bit more in the swing of things iykwim. See how worked up they get me, just thinking about them coming has set me off on a rant LOL!
Cate Ash wakes up screaming sometimes too... I wonder if they are nightmares, but then I think what could he be having nightmares about... maybe immunisations...
Anyway gotta run, have the girls from mothers group coming over here today. Have a good weekend everyone! x
hi all just a quick note while i have called in home kids and i have been staying at their dads where it is cooler my house has been way to hot most of the time its cooler outside then inside. anton had his 4 month needles on wednesday he handled them real well. asm my throid levels are way too low im on different meds then what i was on to brring it back up im also getting ontop of my depression which im happy back
hi All,
sorry i never got back on...kids dont like it when im on comp.....we dont have a monitor so we use our tv as a monitor which means no telly on for them!! lol
Ive only got Lachie awake atm so taking the time and jumping on quickly
We have had a rather interesting 4 1/2 months!! to say the least......
Cam suffered from a slight bad case of a nappy rash when only a few weeks old (staphalogical i think, other words burned skin syndrome), wasnt good, we struggled with BF even though BF was working confused me too lol (see other post on here i made a few months back), completely stopped at around 12-13weeks, He has been diagnosed with Colic and Reflux, he is on reflux formula, soda and rubarb drops, and wind drops. He still quite whingy and demanding baby, my DP struggles with him and i cant ask him for help b/c he gets fustrated within secs of being with him if Cam starts to cry. Im not sure if its b/c Lachie was a "easy" baby in comparison or what the go is, we have struggled really struggled. I got the Labour i wanted and it was great, but its been down hill since then. To top it off he is teething pretty badly atm!!! on top of which its now day 13 of TT Lachie, but he is taking like a pro to it so not that bad but still alot.....
Lachie is playing in the toilet...i gotta go before it wakes Cam up......who hasnt slept much today at all!!
Sorry for the selfish post, i just need advice and support but need to finish what i was writing lol
Hopefully i get back on soon.....
thankyou
Just a quick one from me. Heather your photos are gorgeous what a cutie!
Naomi sounds like you have had a rough time. The only thing that got me through sometimes was knowing that it's not forever...everything changes & it will get better
It makes it really hard. One of us has to stay outside with Isaac while the other goes in and that means that theres no-one to spot for either of us. Just have to hope DP doesn't drop a weight on himself one day :S 
hope things get better soon
Those calenders sound like a great idea.. maybe I could do that to send to my family down south, I think they'd like that, and not too exxy either. If you don't mind me thiefing your idea 
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