Oh congrats Storm! How exciting! I love moving - hate packinng & cleaning , but love being somewhere new
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Oh congrats Storm! How exciting! I love moving - hate packinng & cleaning , but love being somewhere new
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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!!
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Hi everyone,
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.
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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 everyone else is going well!
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Naomi, at this stage I've just got Ash a few Fisher Price things, a ball, sand bucket and shovel (mind you I'm not sure if he'll be ready for them this summer, but we can have fun showing him how to build sand castles. He's our first so we have nothing and are having to buy as we go, so I thought I would use christmas as a good opportunity to get stuff for the next 6 months or so till his birthday. I can't believe you get a 4 hour nap, that sounds like heaven, mind you with two you probably need it!
Jetta, we're still perservering without the wrap - 3 days now woo hoo!. This morning I actually put his wraps away with all the other things that are too small for him now so I guess there is no turning back. He's doing pretty well, mind you there are times when it takes him ages to go to sleep. Yesterday I had 45 minutes of grizzling/crying before he finally fell asleep. At that point I tucked his arms into his bag and it worked a treat. Night sleeps have been pretty good though. The last couple of nights he's been grizzling at 5am, when I go in he's still asleep but his arms are flying around so I tuck one in and then he's slept through till 7am. So I'm thinking that we'll stick with it because he seems like he's ready now.
Storm, I'm so happy for you! I can't wait till we're in the position to get a house. We have a three bedroom apartment which is a good size, but over three levels and it only has a tiny courtyard. I really want a house with a decent back yard before we have another one, but property is so expensive where we live that I think it'll be a couple of years before we can afford it cos I'll have to be working full-time again.
It'd be great if you ladies could tell me how long you LO's are staying up for during the day. For the last month or so Ash has been up for about 2 hours before I put him down for a nap, but I'm beginning to think that maybe he needs to stay up a bit longer cos he can be really difficult to settle at the moment (could just be the wrapping thing though). The problem is that I think he gets bored and that is why he gets grizzly after about an hour and half. I make a point of us going out somewhere each day, even if it is just up to the shops or for a walk. When we're home he plays on his playmat (but gets pretty bored of that after awhile), then I will play with him for awhile, he'll have a swing, but then that's about all we have to do. I have been thinking of buying him one of those jumper/playtable things (Jasp I think you might have one for Arlea). They look like they would be quite entertaining, but they're a bit pricey and bulky (we have very little storage) and I don't want to get one if it's something he'll get sick of quickly...
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Just quickly - yep we have one, I had one for DS2 & it was a godsend, and is proving to be the same for her. She LOVES it.
Her awake time usually goes something like - offer feed ( she won't always have one straight away) - on floor with nappy off - she will roll around & wriggle there until she grizzles, then she gets a nappy on & play with one of us, then in her play centre until she grizzles again , then cuddles with one of us, by then she's usually ready for a sleep. Cna all take anywhere from 1hr to 2.5 hours.
Try EBay - we actually got 2 & I am giving one to my sister for Christmas - one with no attached toys was $22 & the one with all the bells & whistles was $28!
If you can't find one straightway you can save your search, get email alerts when one is listed - that's how I found mine
I love them, they are so good especially as these days she wants to be 'up' either sitting or standing & this gives her support but she is still up & using her muscles. When we started DS2 on solids he was 4 mths & he used to have toast & fruit in there as well.
For anyone wondering what I am yabbering about I have pics on FB
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We got the Fisher Price Rainforest Jumperoo on ebay for $100 and they normally retail for $198 or something, there are quite a lot on there. He loves it and it is great.
As far as awake time is concerned, Sam only really lasts 1 1/2 hours. Sometimes in the arvo 2 hours but once he gets to 2 1/2 hours he is over it and really hard to settle so I try to make sure it is before that time. 1 1/2 hours though is really all he takes and he starts getting grizzly then and is quite easy to settle if I get him to bed around then. I use to think he was getting bored but I tried pushing it more and it didn't work.
Anyway better go, he has been at the shops all day and barely slept so having trouble at present!! Good luck with the wrapping, sounds like he still needs it a little bit but definately sounds like he is improving and getting use to it more.
Heva- I will have a read of your b/f link and see if I can offer any support.
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Thanks girls, I am so excited about moving..maybe a little too excited as I already have about 5 boxes packed. They are only small ones, but still...lol.
Hayley usually lasts 1.5 - 2 hours before it's sleep time again, although she has gone as short as 1hr and as long as 2.5-3 hours (that's if we are out shopping, she might have a short sleep in her pram but I don;t really count that!). She has been fairly good the last few days, having three sleeps each 1.5 to 2 hours each and has started sleeping better through the night again (thank god!).
She has worked out how to squiggle backwards, she ended up halfway across the loungeroom yesterday!
Better go, it's windy as here today and need to get the washing in before it blows to Sydney!
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