Thank you all so much for all your advice the last few weeks. It just helps so much hearing other people talk about what they are doing and it just makes you realise you aren't alone. Thank you, lots of words of wisdom from everyone and it was very helpful and made me feel heaps better.
Miss E - I do like the new name! Good luck with the wrapping and I hope this time Ash gets the hang of it. Sam is still one arm out only, we will try with two in the next few days and his merino wraps are arriving this week. Don't worry about sounding like a broken record, I think I do too most of the time!!
Heva5 - way to go on the rolling! Isnt it exciting! Sam rolled a few times but doesn't seem to now so I am waiting for him to do it again! He has started laughing sometimes but it seems mainly at my husband! Very cute though!
SS Storm- glad to hear that the sleep is getting better! Good luck with the new house, it sounds so fantastic! I really hope it works out and they are happy with pets. I have been umming and arring about solids too. I think Sam is almost ready, but maybe not quite. Will be thinking about it maybe around 5 months or so and just introduce a little bit of rice cereal and see how that goes. He does love watching me eat and drink though.
Jess - good to hear from you! Glad to hear you are feeling better, I was going to message you on facebook as I hadn't seen a status update for a while! I am glad that things are looking up for you.
Bekz - hope things are going okay and that the needles went well.
AFM - we had a few rough days after the needles last week with Sam very hard to settle. Then he went to 6 sleeps in a row of settling himself, now he is waking again once in the night! Mind you tonight he settled himself off to sleep which I am so proud of him for.
We had his photo taken with Santa last week! So gorgeous!! He was actually smiling, I have the disc so will put on facebook! Not quite rolling yet, did it a few weeks ago and hasn't attempted since. He is drooling lots and am thinking of buying a high chair in the next few weeks. Oh, we got him a fisher price rainforest jumperoo this week and he LOVES it! It is so great watching him bounce around and spin the things. So cute!! Hope everyone else is well and anyone I missed out!!
DAmn wonder week.....hate the process of it, i.e no sleep, clingy, grizzly, no knowing what he wants, but i do love knowing that soon there will be something new he can do.....although the way he is, we always seem to living in a wonder week lol
Cam has rolled a quite a few times onto his tummy and has rolled a couple of times onto his back, but loves moving around on his back mostly, loves standing and sitting...
Started solids about 4wks ago, the rice cereal, no he has 1-2 meals a day mostly pureed apple....about to get into making my own food for him like i did with DS1, much cheaper and great knowing what is actually going into it aswell, but will still buy jar food for when we go out.
Cam doesnt take a dummy, refused to, still refuses, has finally learnt to suck on his thumb. Teething pretty badly, can feel 1 bottom tooth almost through....so hopefully that eases things for him aswell, loves babling and has learnt to bable in a high pitch voice....sounds like i have a daughter when he does that lol
To see pics, add me on FB naomi washington....just say your from BB baby group!
jasp: yeah thats the thing that keeps me going, is the fact it cant and wont last forever, days are getting better but slowly, very slowly lol...New Moon, was it good??
Miss E: i wonder too, some people seem to adapt to it easier and faster with more then one and i think that what sometimes makes me feel out of control, knowing others can do this and it feels like i cant iykwim
What kind of things have you got Ash for xmas?? We have alot of things from DS1, so shopping for Cam this year is pretty hard lol, was thinking about a walker though, was so against them with DS1 but got some ifo and advice etc so might do that, but i want to get him a toy aswell....just unsure what to get considering we already have stuff from DS1.
Thats great about Ash's naps, Cam only normally sleeps 1 full 4hr sleep for the day until bed time, but very greatful its in one where Lachie has his arvo nap aswell, so half the time i get atleast an hour to myself a day. Lachie loved the high chair, lived in it, but as we only have the one, Lachie isnt to keen in sharing it with his little bro, he shares most of his other things, so i can understand if there is some things he doesnt want to share, i just feed Cam in his bouncer.
No broken record hun....wrapping both mine stopped at 3wks and 2wks...they hated it, yet needed it to sleep properly, so it was tough for a bit to actually get them to sllep without it, but like anything after about 4-5 days they were used to it most of the time!
storm: its hard moving no matter what, we moved when i was a month off having DS1 and moved again when DS1 was 10 months old and then moved again when i was 1 1/2 months off having DS2 and DS1 was almost 2yrs old.....having kids and moving is not the greatest....one thing i can suggest, get Hayley baby sat if possible, then have her room/area set up before she gets home, easier transition then....sleep issues seem to be the norm of bubs this age, hopefully she settles into a routine soon for ya.
Heva: Thanks, i sometimes dont know how i manage, but like all parents know, you just do cos you have to! TT lachie is going well, last two nights overnight his nappy has stayed dry and he goes to bed with a bottle and has maybe 1 or two more after that too! So doing really well.
Gotta love it when they learn to laugh, life is all so inocent for them and they have no idea, so to see them get excited and laugh over the smallest things is great.
When i had Lachie, i missed being pg from about 1 month after, it lasted until i fell pg with DS2!! I have no had that feeling (thankfully) after Cam and hopefully dont, but scary enough i miss my actual Labour with Cam, it was almost exact to my birthing plan and was only 3hrs!!
Jetta: I love the 1st xmas with santa photo....DS1 hated him last year, so hopefully will go with cam this year!
Thats great about Sam settling though.....cam has done it a couple of times, but mainly goes to slep on bottle or while lying down with me.
gotta go, have ds2 up (no suprise) and ds1 is bound to wake up soon.....take care ladies
Well we got the house!! YAY!!! It is so nice, I can't wait to move in, as hard as it is going to be! I think the cleaning is what I'm not looking forward to... At the moment plan is to sign the lease and pick up keys on 7th December, so I am counting down!
Which reminds me, we really must get down to the shopping centre and get santa photos done before we move!
SS Storm - That is fantastic!! Congrats! I so know what you will go through with the move and packing. I was packing boxes in between sleeps and it was hard going!! Great once you move in though. And yes, we moved to a much bigger house too so that is why I employed cleaners! I would spend all my time cleaning 4 bathrooms otherwise!!
Jasp - I love that picture on your signature at the bottom, it's so cute!
Naomi - Oh for wonder weeks! I hope things get better soon, I posted on another forum a blurb I found on wonder weeks and found it so interesting. It was all about how it feels like they are regressing but they actually arent, they are just working out how to process all the info they are learning and it is actually a step forward in their development. It was really great to read and made me think about it as a good thing rather than how annoying it was! Way to go on the solids too, I am really debating when to start this. I don't want to start too early but I think he is getting more ready to try. Sometime over the next month I think I will. Sam is the same, he is loving standing and enjoys sitting too.
Just bought Sam some Christmas pressies! The jumperoo was meant to be for Christmas but we couldn't resist! I bought a laugh and learn puppy and thought I would buy something for the bath as he is loving bath time. I have requested from grandparents some toys for him for the next stage like 6 month plus stuff so he can grow into them. Rings on the pole and stacking cups - that sort of thing.
we got his sleeping bags yesterday, so last night was the first night with both arms out and in the bag! He slept throught the night! He has been back to settling himself to sleep again, thank you very much thumb in the mouth! Most of his day sleeps he is self settling now and I am very proud of him.
Going up to the shops today with a friend, he has never slept in the pram so we will see how we go!!
I am really undecided about starting solids. A few friends say once you start food it is harder as more prep etc, and I don't really have too much idea how to do it. Anyway, perhaps will wait until mid december when he is 5 months and see how we go.
Hope everyone else is well!!
ss- Congrats on the house. I'm so excited for you!!
everyone else, hope you and your families are well. I don't have the energy for personals today. I'm feeling a bit crappy. For the last couple of weeks I've been having issues with bf, I posted a thread about it in the bf section so I wont re-write it all just give you the link.
I really just want to give up, but at the same time I love knowing that I'm doing the best thing posible for my bubba and so far thats keeping me going.
heather - just read your other thread. so sorry to hear that it's been so tough with the feeds. i'm a novice myself so no advice, but i hope barb or mantaray or someone sees your thread soon & has lots of useful advice for you. hope it all works itself out soon.
ss_storm - congrats on the new house
naomi54 - the high pitch squeals are crazy, aren't they? i have a squealer here as well. our poor ears!
miss e - love the new avatar! is the sleeping bag/no wrapping still going okay?
hope it all works itself out soon.
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